TVE is experiencing a bittersweet success with the Benidorm Fest. Despite the enormous social repercussion that the event has had and the large audience figures, Chanel’s victory, boosted by the jury’s vote, continues to generate controversy. The decision of the experts, who proposed Chanel before the favorites Tanxugueiras and Rigoberta Bandini, has also been questioned by the Workers’ Commissions, which asks RTVE for transparency about the selection process.
It’s a statement, CCOO denounces that there have been “alleged irregularities” that they are “so remarkable that they should be cancel the choice of the song that will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest“. The union asks the directions involved to clarify “urgently, how and who selected the Benidorm Fest jury”. Similarly, “with the same urgency RTVE must make public the minutes of the voting and the recorded incidents, all together.”
The union believes thatrelations between members of the jury and the singer Chanel Terrero” they should be clarified. This refers to the professional relationship of the ‘SloMo’ singer with a member, something that clearly could have been avoided, mainly to prevent comments from being made towards Chanel, who has had to leave Twitter due to the great pressure received.
CCOOO insists that “it must be clear if there is a conflict of interest, the direction of the vote of the people who, in the jury, have or have had a relationship with the winning singer of the festival” must be clear. “Questions that RTVE must answer: What were the criteria for selecting the jury? Are there or have been professional relationships between members of the jury and the winning singer? What do the voting records reflect? Under what arguments did the jury proceed to vote for the participants?”, they express.
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However, the union makes “a very special acknowledgment” in its note “to the group of RTVE professionals who, with excellent work, have demonstrated the production capacity that the Corporation has.”
Notably RTVE has recognized the controversy generated about the process to choose the song that represents Spain in Eurovision after the criticism received on Twitter and has promised to open a debate for future editions of the Benidorm Fest. Although they have not yet clarified the percentage of votes that Chanel received from the public, the truth is that the artist was the third most voted option by the public and the second for the demographic jury, so, if there is no irregularity, his victory is more than legitimate.