Tanxugueiras are one of the candidates who have achieved classification in the grand final of the first edition of the ‘Benidorm Fest‘ with Earth. Despite not being proposed by the jury to go to the final, the Galician band are quite happy to still have options to go to the gala on Saturday: “We are super delighted and very excited.”
“I think we’re not going to win, but we’re going to give it our all. We’re going to polish the rehearsals to do much better, and above all stay comfortable with what we’re going to do on the last day”, said Aída asking for YOTELE. “I are winners by being here. We sincerely think about it,” Sabela added later.
After the first semi-final, Chanel (110 points), Tanxugueiras (93), Blanca Paloma (79) and Varry Brava (74) they have become the first finalists of the RTVE musical contest, and continue in their race to represent Spain in the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest after adding more points by the jury, demographic panel and televoting, which received more than 42,000 votes (16,854 calls and 25,197 SMS), one of the most important participations of the Spanish pre-selection galas in recent years.
On the other hand, Brown Sugar (69) and Unique (55) They said goodbye to their options to participate in Turin 2022 after finishing in fifth and sixth position in this first gala with, respectively, ‘Postureo’ and ‘Best’.
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Specifically, Chanel started the night taking 55 points from the professional jury, which gave a surprise by placing Tanxugueria in fifth position with 38 points, although they later came back with the first position of the televote (30 points) and the second of the demographic panel. (25 points), only surpassed by the interpreter of ‘Slo mo’, who also won this vote.
In the subsequent press conference, Tanxugueiras, for their part, they were “very grateful and excited & rdquor; for the result: “Spain is prepared to send an inclusive, modern project that defends the co-official languages. There are no borders & rdquor ;, they have stressed.