Andrea M. Rosa del Pino Benidorm
Benidorm
Updated Friday, February 2, 2024-21:32
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In less than a week, the
Benidorm Fest
, the Spanish preselection for
Eurovision
, has gone from zero to 100. The contest has gone between disaster and controversy, between criticism and expectation. However, according to
RTVE
, this Saturday night everything will change in the grand final. They say that the
show
will be "a bomb" and that it will surpass the low audience share of the first two galas. Last Tuesday, the first semi-final only achieved a 10.8% audience share; the second fell to 10.5%. The organization hopes to exceed one million spectators today.
«The audience for the second gala grew compared to last year, as did the penetration data among the younger audience, so our expectations are high. We promise an excellent show,” says
RTVE
communications director
María Eizaguirre
. Eurofans
,
on the other hand, are not so convinced. And the festival has incurred numerous failures that have tarnished its reputation.
On Tuesday, the first semi-final disappointed the audience. At the
Palau d'Esports L'Illa in Benidorm
, the public heard the performances clearly. However, the same did not happen in the living rooms of the thousands of Spaniards who tuned in to
RTVE
. On televisions, the sound sounded distorted and with too much ambient noise.
On social networks, there were many who reported that it was impossible to understand what the lyrics were saying. Some even complained that the artists seemed to be singing in Aramaic.
RTVE
decided to take the criticism seriously and fight to hold a second impeccable semi-final. As for broadcasting, they succeeded. But another controversy damaged the contest.
María Peláe
,
Dellacruz
,
Marlena
,
St. Pedro
,
Jorge González
,
Yoly Saa
,
Roger Padrós
and
Almácor
played it out at the second gala, on Thursday night. According to previous surveys carried out by betting houses, viewers were torn between
St. Pedro 's bolero and
Jorge González
's homoerotic proposal
. The jury did not think the same.
Jorge González
managed to be the favorite of the public and the demographic vote, but the professionals awarded him only 42 points and left him momentarily out of the final. His fans burst into boos in the middle of the show.
The situation agitated the spokesperson,
Beatriz Luengo
, who suffered a barrage of whistles and even warned the public: "You are going to scare me." The directors of
RTVE
became even more nervous
, once again questioned by the fans of the contest, as happened in the first edition. There is even a group that demands to know what criteria are used to qualify the contestants. Even so, the classifieds seem to be calm.
Blanca Paloma
, Spain's representative at
Eurovision 2023
, was in charge, on Friday morning, of carrying out the public draw to determine the order of performances in the grand final. Nervously, the
Eaea
interpreter took the names out of an urn and announced that
María Peláe
will present herself first and will soon give way to
St. Pedro
,
Angy Fernández
,
Jorge González
,
Nebulossa
,
Sofía Coll
,
Miss Caffeina
and
Almácor
, the manager. to close.
Of course, some participants declared that they would have liked to sing at the beginning and not at the end, although all of them assured that they feel calm and at peace. «The pressure is no longer there. Once the staging was revealed, we were able to relax more,” said the members of
Miss Caffeina
. "People already know what I can give, so now I just want to make a fuss," agreed
Almácor
, the most out of tune of all. «Indeed, we just want to enjoy the experience. We are experiencing something unique and today I just want Saturday to arrive so I can step on stage," confessed
Sofía Coll
. «I am in charge of opening the gala and if in the semi I already had to put my foot down, tomorrow I will throw myself into a bombshell. “I think it gives me good luck,”
Peláe
revealed .
"We're going to fuck like bitches," the members of Nebulossa
joked
. «I feel grateful. I had been to many contests, but this is different. If I can fly to Eurovision it would be incredible," said
Angy
. «I have already given everything, but I promise that on Saturday I will go further. "I'm going for everything," said an ambitious
Jorge González
, who will measure his strength against the experts' favorite,
St. Pedro
. «I just want to enjoy. “It has been a brutal week,” concluded the canary.