The 18 Benidorm Fest candidates: an OT winner, Famous; ex of El Hormiguero, the Twin Melody; and many former triumphs

• Eurovisión RTVE changes the plans for the Benidorm Fest by surprise: "It didn't give the artists time"

So that what happened in the last edition of the

with the issue of leaks did not happen and after changing the special program with those chosen for the

,

has announced in the acces of

the name of the 18 candidates that They will be played at the

to be the representative of Spain for the

.

Presented by

, who was initially going to present the special scheduled first for this Thursday and finally changed to this Saturday,

has finally revealed

faces and names of the 18 chosen - two more than expected and four more than the last edition - and thus the announcement is made directly by the chain and does not risk the names being leaked by other means before Saturday.

's strategy

has been the same as with the publication of

's official video clip for

, the song that will accompany the Spanish National Team in the

, and which was revealed this Monday in full broadcast of

, or the presentation of

, the 11-year-old boy, selected by the public network to represent Spain in

, and who was also announced during the culinary

broadcast .

Among the 18 candidates there are five groups, 8 female performers and 8 male performers.

And these are their names:

Agoney

, former OT contestant, former Tu cara me unites and the face of Incredible Duos,

,

,

, who repeats after having participated in the first Benidorm Fest,

,

,

,

,

, winner of OT 2018,

, a rock band from Madrid,

,

, influencers and former collaborators of El Hormiguero,

,

,

,

and

.

This Saturday, in prime time, will be the official coming-out of the artists in a special program presented by

, commentator together with Tony Aguilar of the Eurovision final, and

(

) and that will have the presence of the selected artists, and some of the participants of the last edition of the

, among them the chosen and third in

,

.

An official presentation of the candidates to become the next Spanish representative in the European contest, which will be broadcast in prime time on

, and which will serve to discover the profiles of each artist, their motivations for appearing at the

, their careers musicals and some clue about their musical proposal that will be released in the coming months.

This program will be the end of a selection process that began on September 1st and ended on October 10th, in which 876 applications were received, and which ended on Monday 24th. On that day, a transversal team of professionals from

chose the proposals that will participate in the

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

Initially, the public channel scheduled the special program for this Thursday where the names of the candidates were going to be announced, but scheduling problems with the artists forced

to delay the special this Monday and schedule it for Saturday in a special which will predictably be called

and will be broadcast during the schedule of

's program ,

, which due to poor audience data has been relegated to the early morning hours of La 1 since last Saturday.

RTVE

closed on Monday, October 10, the process of selecting candidates for the

.

In total,

of all styles and artists have been received throughout the 40 days that the process opened by the Corporation has lasted.

Some data similar to the first edition that has experienced

and a professionalization of the proposals received, with more familiar faces among the applicants.

The

has become a great platform for the talent of singers, composers and producers from our country, as demonstrated by the success of the program broadcast on

, the upward trajectory of all its participants and the great role of Chanel in

, despite the controversy that broke out with the votes and for which the public channel had to publish the votes of each member of the jury.

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