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Benidorm Fest 2025
Benidorm Fest 2025 is set to be the fourth edition of the annual Benidorm Fest, a television song contest held in Benidorm, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). The show will be held between 28 January and 1 February 2025.[1] The winning act will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.[2] FormatThe competition will consist of two semi-finals and a final. In total, 16 candidate songs will compete divided between the two semifinals, that is, eight will participate in each one. In each semifinal, the four songs with the most votes among a professional jury (50%), and the public voting (50%), will qualify to the final. During the final, the eight qualified songs will be performed again and the winner will determined following the same voting system as in the semi-finals.[2] In response to criticism for the low televoting figures in 2024, attributed to the relatively high costs of telephone calls and SMS messages, RTVE managers stated the goal to make the public voting free by means of a mobile app from 2025;[3] this was confirmed upon the opening of the submission window on 20 May 2024.[2] Following the 2024 edition of the competition, representatives of Benidorm's municipal council (including mayor Toni Pérez), the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism of the Generalitat Valenciana, and RTVE travelled to the 74th Sanremo Music Festival, currently serving as the Italian national selection for Eurovision; municipal councillor Jesús Carrobles revealed that the aim was to start a collaboration between the two events.[4][5] An agreement for a collaboration with the Chilean Viña del Mar International Song Festival was also signed.[6] Competing entriesRTVE published the rules and regulations for Benidorm Fest 2025 on 20 May 2024, opening a submission window lasting until 10 October 2024. In order for an entry to qualify to compete, performers and at least one songwriter must be Spanish citizens over the age of 16 (at least 50% of Spanish citizens in the case of groups), and songs must contain at least 60% of the lyrics in one of the official languages of Spain.[2] On 11 October 2024, RTVE revealed that nearly 1000 entries had been received, about 200 more than the previous edition.[1] The 16 participants, selected by a professional panel made up of musical advisors Beatriz Luengo, Rayden, Pablo Cebrián and Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, were originally set to be introduced on 7 November 2024 at the Prado del Rey studios in Madrid;[6][7] however, on 4 November RTVE revealed that the announcement was being postponed.[8][9] The artists and songs were announced on 12 November 2024.[10] An additional 6 reserves have been selected, and will be revealed at a later date.[6]
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