Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
| Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Benidorm Fest 2022 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 26 January 2022 27 January 2022 Final: 29 January 2022 | |||
| Selected entrant | Chanel | |||
| Selected song | "SloMo" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain is scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "SloMo" performed by Chanel. The Spanish broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) organised Benidorm Fest in order to select the Spanish entry for the 2022 contest. Benidorm Fest consisted of two semi-finals on 26 and 27 January and the final on 29 January 2022. A total of thirteen artists and songs competed, and the winner was determined by a combination of votes from an expert jury, a demoscopic panel and a televote.
Background[]
Prior to the 2022 contest, Spain had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its first entry in 1961.[1] The nation has won the contest on two occasions: in 1968 with the song "La, la, la" performed by Massiel and in 1969 with the song "Vivo cantando" performed by Salomé, the latter having won in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Spain has also finished second four times, with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995. In 2021, Spain placed twenty-fourth with the song "Voy a quedarme" performed by Blas Cantó.
The Spanish national broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), broadcasts the event within Spain and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. TVE confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 3 June 2021.[2] In 2021, TVE selected the artist that would compete at the Eurovision Song Contest via an internal selection, while the song was selected via a national final. For their 2022 entry, the broadcaster announced on 22 July 2021 that it would organise a national final based on the national song contest Festival Español de la Canción de Benidorm in collaboration with the Generalitat Valenciana, which will feature a competition among several artists and songs.[3]
Before Eurovision[]
Benidorm Fest 2022[]
Benidorm Fest 2022 was the song festival organised by TVE that is taking place at the Palau Municipal d'Esports l'Illa de Benidorm in Benidorm, Valencian Community, hosted by Alaska, Inés Hernand and Máximo Huerta.[4] Thirteen (originally fourteen) artists and songs competed over three shows: two semi-finals on 26 and 27 January 2022 and the final on 29 January 2022.[5] Each semi-final featured six or seven songs and four qualified for the final. The results of all shows was determined through a combination of public voting, a demoscopic jury and an expert jury.[6] The fourteen competing acts were announced on 10 December 2021, while the competing songs were premiered on 21 December 2021.[7][8]
Voting in all three shows consisted of the combination of the votes of an expert jury (50%), a demoscopic jury (25%) and a public vote (25%).
Competing entries[]
Among the competing artists was former Eurovision Song Contest entrant Azúcar Moreno, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.
On 23 January 2022, it was announced that Luna Ki had withdrawn due to a combination of personal issues and the inability to use Auto-Tune under Eurovision rules.[9]
| Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azúcar Moreno | "Postureo" | Spanish | Miguel Linde, Alberto Lorite, David Parejo |
| Blanca Paloma | "Secreto de agua" | Spanish | Blanca Paloma, Antón Serrats, Tomás Virgós, Pablo Serrano |
| Chanel | "SloMo" | Spanish, English | Leroy Sanchez, Keith Harris, Ibere Fortes, Maggie Szabo, Arjen Thonen |
| "Quién lo diría" | Spanish | , David Santisteban | |
| Javiera Mena | "Culpa" | Spanish | Javiera Mena |
| Luna Ki | "Voy a morir" | Spanish, English, French | Luna Ki, Miguel García, Vanity Vercetti, Alejandro Fierro |
| "Sigues en mi mente" | Spanish | Marta Sango, Marco Frías, Mané López | |
| Rayden | "Calle de la llorería" | Spanish | David Martínez Álvarez, François Le Goffic |
| Rigoberta Bandini | "Ay mamá" | Spanish | Rigoberta Bandini, Esteban Navarro Dordal, Stefano Maccarrone |
| Sara Deop | "Make You Say" | Spanish, English | Leroy Sanchez, Camille Purcell, Linus Nordstrom, Frank Nobel |
| Tanxugueiras | "Terra" | Galician[a] | Olaia Maneiro Argibay, Sabela Maneiro Argibay, Aida Tarrío Torrado, Iago Pico Freire |
| Unique | "Mejores" | Spanish | Marco Dettoni, Manu Chalud, Armando Valenzuela, Carlos Almazán, Javier López, Raúl Madroñal |
| "Raffaella" | Spanish | Óscar Ferrer, Aaron Sáez, Vicente Illescas | |
| Xeinn | "Eco" | Spanish, English | Carlos Marco, Jimmy Jansson, Marcus Winther-John, Thomas G:son |
Semi-finals[]
Six acts competed in the first semi-final on 26 January 2022 and seven in the second semi-final on 27 January 2022, with the top four advancing to the final.[10]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Expert jury |
Demoscopic jury |
Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withdrew | |||||||
| 2 | Varry Brava | "Raffaella" | 39 | 15 | 20 | 74 | 4 |
| 3 | Azúcar Moreno | "Postureo" | 39 | 18 | 12 | 69 | 5 |
| 4 | Blanca Paloma | "Secreto de agua" | 41 | 20 | 18 | 79 | 3 |
| 5 | Unique | "Mejores" | 28 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 6 |
| 6 | Tanxugueiras | "Terra" | 38 | 25 | 30 | 93 | 2 |
| 7 | Chanel | "SloMo" | 55 | 30 | 25 | 110 | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Expert jury |
Demoscopic jury |
Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xeinn | "Eco" | 46 | 15 | 20 | 81 | 3 |
| 2 | Marta Sango | "Sigues en mi mente" | 36 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 5 |
| 3 | Javiera Mena | "Culpa" | 28 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 6 |
| 4 | Gonzalo Hermida[b] | "Quién lo diría" | 28 | 30 | 18 | 76 | 4 |
| 5 | Rigoberta Bandini | "Ay mamá" | 56 | 25 | 30 | 111 | 1 |
| 6 | Rayden | "Calle de la llorería" | 45 | 20 | 25 | 90 | 2 |
| 7 | Sara Deop | "Make You Say" | 21 | 18 | 10 | 49 | 7 |
Final[]
The final took place on 29 January 2022 and consisted of the eight entries that qualified from the two preceding semi-finals. The order of the performances was decided by a draw on 28 January 2022.[16]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Expert jury |
Demoscopic jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Rayden | "Calle de la llorería" | 37 | 12.17% | 15 | 2.12% | 15 | 67 | 4 |
| 2 | Tanxugueiras | "Terra" | 30 | 14.59% | 30 | 70.75% | 30 | 90 | 3 |
| 3 | Varry Brava | "Raffaella" | 25 | 11.39% | 12 | 2.26% | 18 | 55 | 6 |
| 4 | Chanel | "SloMo" | 51 | 13.88% | 25 | 3.97% | 20 | 96 | 1 |
| 5 | Rigoberta Bandini | "Ay mamá" | 46 | 13.52% | 20 | 18.08% | 25 | 91 | 2 |
| 6 | Xeinn | "Eco" | 30 | 10.92% | 5 | 1.01% | 10 | 45 | 7 |
| 7 | Gonzalo Hermida[b] | "Quién lo diría" | 12 | 12.62% | 18 | 0.76% | 5 | 35 | 8 |
| 8 | Blanca Paloma | "Secreto de agua" | 39 | 10.92% | 10 | 1.04% | 12 | 61 | 5 |
| Draw | Song | Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Calle de la llorería" | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 37 |
| 2 | "Terra" | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | "Raffaella" | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | "SloMo" | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 51 |
| 5 | "Ay mamá" | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | "Eco" | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | "Quién lo diría" | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | "Secreto de agua" | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
At Eurovision[]
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Spain automatically qualifies to compete in the final on 14 May 2022. In addition to its participation in the final, Spain is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 25 January 2022, when it was announced that Spain will be voting in the second semi-final.[17]
The stage director for the Spanish performance will be Kyle Hanagami. Chanel will be accompanied on stage by five dancers: Exon Arcos, Josh Huerta, Pol Soto, Raquel Caurín and Ría Pérez.[18]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Spain Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (3 June 2021). "Spain: RTVE to "Take Eurovision Very Seriously" in Future Contests". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Fuster, Luis (11 November 2021). "Spain: Benidorm Fest will take place during the last week of January". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Macías, Fernando (29 September 2021). "Eurovisión 2022: Ya puedes inscribirte para representar a España en Eurovisión 2022, a través del Benidorm Fest". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Benidorm Fest: Estos son los 14 artistas y canciones de la preselección de España para Eurovisión 2022". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Escucha todas las canciones del Benidorm Fest, en exclusiva en RTVE Play". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Luna Ki se retira del Benidorm Fest". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "TVE anuncia el orden de actuación del Benidorm Fest y aclara dudas sobre las entradas". eldiario.es (in European Spanish). 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Borrego Escot, Daniel (27 January 2021). "Chanel, Tanxugueiras, Blanca Paloma y Varry Brava, a la final del Benidorm Fest". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (26 January 2022). "Benidorm Fest 2022: Chanel wins Semi-Final 1, topping jury and demoscopic vote". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ van Leijden, Bente (27 January 2022). "Rigoberta Bandini wins Semi-Final 2 of Benidorm Fest". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (27 January 2022). "Benidorm Fest 2022: Rigoberta Bandini wins Semi-Final 2 in Spain with "Ay mamá"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Gonzalo Hermida, positivo en Covid-19: ¿Qué pasará con su actuación en el Benidorm Fest?". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Navarro, Sergio (28 January 2022). "Benidorm Fest: Orden de actuaciones de la gran final del 29 de enero". FormulaTV (in European Spanish).
- ^ "Eurovision 2022: Which Semi-Final is your country performing in?". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Eurovisión 2022: Chanel ensaya la puesta en escena de 'SloMo' y estrena videoclip este lunes". rtve.es (in European Spanish). RTVE. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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