Spain: Second Semi-Final Tonight

Spain – The national broadcaster TVE, will host the second semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2023 tonight! Nine songs competed for four places in the final!

With last year’s success – three songs challenged for the victory, one won televote, one was #1 in charts and the second one in the Eurovision podium! – it was never in doubt that the new national final Benidorm Fest would be given a second shot. Moreover, the usual controversies around the Spanish NF results (where juries tend to overthrow televote winners) were met with a reshuffle in the voting process (an international jury will be introduced in the final for instance).

The show will be held in Benidorm and will be hosted by Monica Naranjo, Ines Hernand and Rodrigo Vazquez. This is tonight’s line-up:

1. Famous – “La Lola”
2. José Otero – “Inviernos en Marte” 
3. Karmento – “Quiero y duelo” 
4. Rakky Ripper – “Tracción” 
5. Blanca Paloma – “EaEa”
6. E’FEMME – “UFF!”
7. Siderland – “Que esclati tot” 
8. Alfred – “Desde que tú estás” 
9. Vicco – “Nochentera” 

For tonight’s show, Mexican singer Gloria Trevi will perform the interval act.

Tonight, the four acts with the highest results will qualify to the Grand Final after a mixed jury (50%), televoting (25%), demoscopic audience voting (25%) deliberation. Here are the juries:

• Christer Bjorkman (Sweden 1992, Show Producer Eurovision  2013, 2016-2017, 2019, MF Producer 2002-2021)
• Katrina Leskanich (Eurovision 1997 winner)
• Tali Eshkoli (Head  of Event at the Eurovision 2019 and member of the Israeli delegation)
• William Lee Adams (Eurovision fan)
• Nicola Cagliore (Former Head of the Italian delegation and  former Reference Group Member at ESC  andat the EBU TV Committee)
• Jose Juan Santana (OGAE Spain President and composer of Montenegro 2009 and San Marino 2012)
• Nina (Spain 1988)
• Irene Valiente (Radio 3)

The show starts at 22:50 CET and can be watched here.