Benidorm Fest
benidorm fest spanish song contest organised spanish public broadcaster radiotelevisión española rtve collaboration generalitat valenciana determine entry eurovision song contest beginning held benidorm valencian community palau municipal desports lilla de benidorm based benidorm international song festival amendment accommodate eurovision format contest consists two semifinal final winner jointly determined team judge public vote event loosely based benidorm international song festival international song contest created modelled italian sanremo music festival competition held intermittently interspersed several hiatus various change format fifteen year final edition benidorm international song festival radiotelevisión española rtve broadcast conference city july president generalitat valenciana ximo puig mayor city antonio pérez president broadcaster josé manuel pérez tornero announced revival song competition held benidorm would also become new spanish preselection eurovision song contest starting edition broadcast viewer assured would change update contest format well double contest famous upcoming singer would take part whose prize would chance represent spain eurovision september year rule mechanic published revealing name revamped competition benidorm fest first edition scheduled air end january subsequently announced contract signed hold event four edition generalitat valenciana invested around € event following edition competition representative benidorms municipal council including mayor toni pérez department innovation industry commerce tourism generalitat valenciana rtve travelled th sanremo music festival currently serving italian national selection eurovision municipal councillor jesús carrobles revealed aim start collaboration two event format thereby confirmed response criticism low televoting figure attributed relatively high cost telephone call sm message rtve manager stated goal make public voting free mean mobile app contest made two semifinal final number candidate – soloist duo trio group – perform song live first edition seven entry semifinal eight final second edition nine song semifinal total number eighteen entry eight final planned third edition feature reduced number sixteen entry eight semifinal public consisting televote plus panel judge made sample spanish population selected statistical demoscopic criterion national international jury vote preferred song final result determined split vote public jury end programme song point declared winner granted opportunity represent spain eurovision song contest voting three show occurs combination following method expert jury – head delegation artist musician andor professional involving national international member demoscopic panel – composed statisticallyselected sample spanish population public voting – via telephone sm theme music benidorm fest entitled vita est composed musician pepe herrero performed rtve orchestra choir symphonic piece inspired classic theme fortuna carmina burana carl orff combining modern composition composer han zimmer lyric composed latin highlight value music mean unite people make free author produced variation piece different duration instrumental template different purpose winner benidorm fest receives bronze microphone made madrid sculptor josé luis fernández centimeter tall piece cast bronze made lostwax casting method rtve open period submission artist author composer send proposal public radio television corporation broadcaster reserve right invite renowned singer author current music scene directly evaluation submission invitation carried collaboration external musical adviser contest open performer group author least year old may current year must spanish national permanent residence spain case duo group least member must meet condition song must original published performed distributed whole part september previous year eurovision song contest accordance eurovision rule addition song must half minute long must include least lyric spanish andor coofficial language spain official website