RTVE changes by surprise and without explanation the announcement of who will go to Benidorm Fest

• TV RTVE receives 876 songs to represent Spain in Eurovision: more prestigious artists and faces of musical talents

After the success achieved by

and her

in the Eurovision

, the

t, the festival in which the artist was chosen, has acquired even greater relevance.

While in the last edition, the first, the controversy generated after the election of

and

in the spotlight

, now after the third place achieved in

, the

is the place from which not only the candidate to represent Spain in

, but rather the festival that can return the glass microphone to Spain.

That is why if

already turned to the last edition of the

, in this one even more.

Not only because of the number of songs -876- that have been presented and the quality of the artists, but also because the

is going to bring with it the success of

.

Thus,

had scheduled for this Thursday, in a special program presented by

, one of the presenters of the last edition of the

, and

(

), the presentation of the 16 candidates selected for the

.

After the announcement of these,

summoned the press the next day at 10:00 a.m. to a press conference so that the media have the first contact with the artists of the

.

Well, everything has changed suddenly and without explanation.

This Sunday, the director of General Contents at

,

, wrote a tweet informing that the 16 candidates will perform next Saturday "in a great show" presented by Rodrigo Vázquez, but now with

, director and presenter of

takes on RNE and commentator of the last years of Eurovision on RTVE, as co-presenter instead of

.

In this way, the special program on Thursday in which, in addition to the 16 finalists for the

, other performers and groups from the previous edition such as

were also going to participate , changes the day, without knowing if everything planned is maintained. by Thursday;

the presenter changes after falling from the

program ;

and the presentation press conference with the 16 artists and those responsible for

in charge of the

is suspended -for the time being .

explanations?

At the moment there has been none on the part of the public channel and that the

phenomenon and the

phenomenon attract the interest of many followers.

Thursdays on

in

are from

, the program that has raised the public network's audience this day.

However,

decided to change the program for the special broadcast of the

candidates .

A strange strategy, which now returns to its origin after the change in extremis to Saturday of the announcement of the selected ones.

Predictably, and following what was initially announced by

, the special program will be the end of a selection process that began on September 1 and ended on October 10, in which 876 applications have been received, and which has culminated this Monday with the decision of the jury with the 16 candidates selected for the final.

A transversal team of professionals from RTVE -which has spent weeks immersed in attentive listening and analysis of the received topics- has chosen the 16 proposals that will participate in the

, which will celebrate its semifinals on January 31 and February 2 , and its grand finale on February 4.

In the new edition, as revealed by

, "there are songs sent by new talents unknown to the general public and emerging artists, an increase in nominations from

, singers from

, new promises and Eurovision faces of other editions".

It also highlights the presence of young people -groups, soloists...-;

indie scene artists;

groups that were successful in the 90s and 2000s;

and some candidate who wants to repeat his experience of last year in

, as well as proposals behind which there are large communities on TikTok.

In terms of ages and styles, candidates for all targets;

and musical diversity: from the most commercial pop, to ballads, folk, flamenco, fusion, rock, the most fashionable Latin sounds... and those most consumed by young people, such as rap, reggaeton...

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