Benidorm Fest: The Chosen Ones | The 'orgy' of RTVE

• Eurovision Benidorm Fest, the 18 candidates and the surprises of RTVE: Agoney, the Twin Melody, Alfred and drag queen Sharonne

"Janis Joplin used to say when she got on stage that it was like making love with 25,000 people," said

- what a great choice she was from

- to

after her performance.

The drag queen

answered that she had never tried that, but that it was the moment anyway.

Well, the moment of the orgy was last night in the special program to present the

, the

.

And why an orgy?

The RAE defines orgy in its first meaning as "unrestrained party where you eat, drink and have sexual relations immoderately", but it is its second meaning that is of interest: Wildness in the satisfaction of passions and desires.

Because

was a debauchery in all its senses.

None of the 18 candidates presented themselves last night with the proposal for which they were

by

for the

, but with songs from yesterday, today and always, but above all with their songs to make their style known.

More than necessary because beyond the triumphs and the familiar faces, this year's

is a compendium of artists that are little known to the general public, and hence the need not only to see their faces but from where they come from, where they are going and what is the style that has led them to be at the

.

And there are surprises.

We are not going to start with the usual, which then happens to us with

but it is clear that among the 18 there are many tables, few, too few, and many artists with a very clear audience, the youngest.

Let's say that I'm a 'boomer', that I'm between two waters and I can swear that at last night's gala there were moments when I didn't know what they were saying or what they were referring to.

With the exception of

or

, the oldest of the group, the rest are artists on the starting line who, clearly, are looking for relevance.

And what can give it?

Without a doubt the

.

There is everything and everything is a debauchery.

I don't know if anyone felt

and went on stage last night feeling that she was making love with 25,000 people, but that it was a "cocoa",

's word , of styles, offers, sounds, etc.

No doubt.

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is clearly the beginning of

's great commitment .

"This is just the beginning of the

and what we have left", never better said,

, and what we have left.

The success of the first edition with the victory of

and its subsequent victory in

, deserves no less from the public.

Plunged into a true audience crisis, the

, which began last night and will end in February, is a kind of lifeline that ensures reaching the ground whole and without any damage.

If we add to this the fact that the average viewer of

is about 60 years old, there is an urgent need to attract that young audience that either does not watch TV or prefers to flee to pay platforms when they watch it.

It was clear when

announced last Wednesday the names of the 18 chosen ones that the

is made by and for a very determined public.

But you can't lose the one you already have, so, recalling the great moments of

, last night's gala was a kind of revival.

Applicants -chosen- sitting in some stands of candidates, previous performances or interviews, promotional video, applause, guest artists after each block... Only the jury was missing, but that will come in February.

And the option of pulling those who do have boards and leaving the innocence and shyness of those who, despite having boards, are less known or have never faced a monster like

What do you think there is no fear running through their bodies?

There has to be a lot, especially considering the one that got mixed up in the last edition of the

and the one that can get mixed up.

It is not to mount a controversy again, but it is to be clear that if the last edition awoke the monster, in this one the monster is already tremendous.

And those exposed are them, their proposals and their music.

Is it time to place bets?

Well, maybe the orgy has only just begun.

But with the few brushstrokes of last night, what can be assured is that

has sought a show, has sought to impress, has sought to hook and has sought to turn the unknown into stars.

Everyone benefits.

One of the biggest criticisms after knowing who the

were was that there was no powerful face of the Spanish music scene, unlike those chosen in the last edition of

.

It is true that there is no

or

-at the moment-;

it is true that there is neither a

nor a

;

it is true that there is no

... But, as seen last night, there are many chosen ones -not all- that can fit perfectly with

.

Above all, because despite the fact that the proposals are each from his father and mother, almost all of them have a common thread that unites them with

.

For example,

, who last night went out to sing her song

, barefoot, to the

by

in that 1983

. Only the blue striped dress is missing.

We have

, pure spectacle on stage, literally, she eats it up, and since she couldn't be herself any other way, she has

as her idol.

, the 'black sheep' of the

because, as she herself acknowledged last night, she would never have imagined here, but she is there, and that she is very reminiscent of a

from the year

;

either

, "a mix between the sinister and cotton candy, inevitably reminiscent of the winners of

, the Finnish rock band,

.

And there is also a

, evolved;

and a

, or several, winner of

;

and a

... That is to say,

and the

do not give stitch without thread.

They will be able to ensure in presentations, programs and press conferences that the best 18 have been chosen from more than 870 candidates.

Can be.

But what is not given after last night's presentation gala is that they have chosen those who offer what Eurovision asks for.

It is with this that you have to see the

so that the mistakes of yesteryear do not occur.

This does not consist of choosing the best voice, nor the best artist, nor the one with the greatest international projection, which, of course, also counts, but digging and reaching the bottom consists of choosing the one that can best fit with the

.

The

is not just music and we know that well.

If it were only that ,

,

,

and many others would have brought the glass microphone with them.

The

is a compendium of so many things that the candidates need to be an orgy in themselves.

They have to have a voice so that we don't mess it up with a rooster again, they have to have a presence on stage, they have to transmit, they have to offer a show in abundance, they have to attract, they have to attract attention, they have to know what they are going for and what it will mean.

We always make the mistake of asking, of demanding from the great artist of all time.

has been the artist who has broken that glass ceiling.

She is an artist, without a doubt, but when she appeared at the

, what did she say to herself?

We are not going to remember it, but now and on the day of

there were many who had to swallow their words and after seeing what happened last night, we are going the same way.

At the moment, for many of the 18 candidates this is "the dream of a lifetime".

There's something for everyone and that's without even knowing the songs for which they've been chosen.

There is a cuddly toy or, at least, last night it was a cuddly toy;

there is a queen;

there is flamingo;

there is urban, too urban;

there is reggaeton;

there is "a night of sex" by the hand of

;

there is "a pinch for them to get up from the chair" with

-the one who repeats-... There are artists from her father, from her mother and for Eurovision, which is what matters.

And then there is

behind it, which has been learning over the years for these things.

That last night's gala had sound failures?

Yes he did.

Especially with the bases of the songs that in many cases were listened to more than the artists themselves.

That was too long for just a presentation without proposals, well, too.

But does

have something better right now ?

Think about it.

surprises?

was not for surprises.

Those will come when they present the songs.

For surprises, last night, leave it to

: "

Next year

at

.

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