Spain prepares for the final duel of the Benidorm Fest 2023: Agoney or Blanca Paloma will go to Eurovision, except for a major surprise

The die is cast but it is unpredictable.

The Benidorm Fest comes to an end this Saturday with two names as favourites: Agoney and Blanca Paloma.

Two very different proposals but that have combined the favor of critics and public with soaring scores in each semifinal.

Agoney

won 161 points and was chosen by the jury, which awarded it a score of 86.

obtained six more points , exactly what the critics added in their assessment on Thursday.

In a format in which the professional jury reserves the last word, the eurofan world immediately proclaimed her their favourite.

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agoney.

"I was an altar boy and they told me that I was going to burn in hell for being homosexual"

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"I was an altar boy and they told me that I was going to burn in hell for being homosexual"

White Dove.

"My proposal may be liked even more outside than within Spain"

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"My proposal may be liked even more outside than within Spain"

However, the shadow of the

inevitably hovers over the second edition of the

.

"Last year it was also clear who was going to win and look."

, who are

legion these days in the Spanish city of skyscrapers, are reluctant to consider the competition closed.

The emotion is served.

The bets prior to the start of the festival were not correct, at least so far.

The great favorite a week ago,

, fell flat on stage with a

that she did not convince.

Luka, director of Eurovision Spain, already warned: "After the live performances, the favorites will change. The songs must be defended on stage."

So it has happened.

Things, a few hours before the grand finale, are quite different.

dominates

with a 45% probability, followed by

, six points below.

It seems that everything will be played between them in six points, indeed.

According to the main payment quotas, which Eurovision World collects, the rest of the opponents would have little to do, with just a 5% chance of winning.

But beware, there is nothing written.

showed us anything,

it is that the final night can bring big surprises.

And if the representative of Spain in Eurovision was neither

nor

?

The astonishment at the highest score of the demoscopic jury for

in the first semifinal, against the opinion of the professionals and the audience, and the booing of

's traditional proposal

was out of the question.

competition open up all the possibilities.

At the moment, the only thing that is known is the order in which the applicants to represent Spain in Eurovision will act.

And yes, luck wanted to place the two favorites face to face in a duel in the middle of the gala.

will open the night, followed by the

of

, to relax afterwards with the intense ballad of

and land on the urban rhythms of Fusa Nocta.

The fire of

will give way to the air of

and the vocal power of

and the festive proposal of

will close the night.

The die is cast.

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