After the scare-death of the previous day with Tanxugueiras, the other great favorite, Paula Ribó and her ‘Ay mama’ did not give their rivals options and entered the Benidorm Fest final through the big door. There awaits you Chanel, new ‘fan diva’
They will remember the fright-death of the first semifinal: the strange, incomprehensible vote of the professional jury left out of the great final on Saturday the great favorites of the evening, Tanxugueiras and his earthly coven ‘Terra’. There were shouts of ‘tongo’ among the public and, under the shadow of the eurodrama, it had to be the vote of the so-called “demographic jury & rdquor; and that of the popular one who returned the Galician trio to the place that, by common and artistic sense, corresponded to them. the second semi-finalon the other hand, ran this Thursday on rails for the other great favorite to represent RTVE in the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. No one coughed, not even close, to Rigoberta Bandini and its empowering eurodance anthem ‘Ow mom’, because it swept without discussion in two of the three typologies of the vote. Right now, except for an unlikely surprise, it seems that the trip to Turin, home of the festival, is only within the reach of two: chanellformidable hit the first night with the incandescent European ‘SloMo’, and, of course, the untouchable Rigoberta Bandiniwho after his tremendous pass today in Benidorm seems to play in another league. And Tanxugueiras? Everything suggests that, despite his disruptive stage proposal and his inclusive lyrics in Galician, his cards are marked like the five arcana of the tarot, and his destiny, unfortunate, is already written.
fan divas
We say that it is written because Wednesday’s jury is the same as Saturday’s, when the winner of the Benidorm Fest will be decided and, therefore, the representative of RTVE in Turin: Natalia Calderón, Miryam Benedited, Estefanía García, Marvin Dietmann and Felix Bergsson, experts from different disciplines of the musical world (Dietmann has been artistic director of the Eurovision Blas Cantó, penultimate in Rotterdam-2020) that they should vote with 12, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points for the performances taking into account their global concept, that is, staging, choreography, vocal technique, etc. In the final sum, Tanxugueiras it took 38 points, just ahead of Unique testimonials’ 28. It was the votes of the public that allowed him to climb to second place with 93 points, behind the unattainable 110 of Chanel, eurovision heiress of the resounding ways of other great ‘fan divas’ such as Helena Paparizou, Ani Lorak or Eleni Foureira.
Looking ahead to the grand final on Saturday, there is nothing to suggest that the professional jury will change its opinion about ‘Terra’ and Tanxugueiras: the teacher did not like what he saw in the first exam and, given that the second will be more of the same, only for that reason already starts with a disadvantage with respect to Chanel or Rigoberta Bandini, yes, right eyes of a jury that, no joke, represents 50% of the total vote. The unexpected low blow to Tanxugueiras’s options should not, however, put the second semifinal lived tonight at the Palau L’Illa in Benidorm, vibrant and varied in styles, from Javiera Mena to Rayden, from Rigoberta Bandini to Sara Diop. There was no color, of course, because Paula Ribó and her group made it clear that there is no other song at the Benidorm Fest like ‘Ay mama’, with their vindication of motherhood, and the breastsin a portentous europop key.
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The gala, fast, sober and effective like the one on Wednesday, had, on the other hand, some small technical problem just before the performances of Javiera Mena and Rayden, although without major consequences. This time the guests to kill time were the group Niña Polaca and the singer Ruth Lorenzo, a participant in Eurovision-2014, who offered a hypo-hurricane version of the classic ‘Bailar pegados’ by Sergio Dalma, culminated by the fans with the cry, in chorus, of “Long live Eurovision! & rdquor ;. Well that.
The votes, this time, did not have much history. The questioned professional jury awarded 56 votes to Rigoberta Bandini, confirming on this occasion the forecasts that considered it a great favorite. The vote of the demographic jury left the Catalan artist in second position, but the vote of the popular jury gave a thumbs up and propelled her to an indisputable, almost insulting, leadership with 111 votes, for the 90 of Rayden (‘Calle de la llorería’), 81 from Xeinn (‘Eco’) and 76 from the confined by covid Gonzalo Hermida (‘Who would say it’), the four qualified for the grand final on Saturday. Chanel is waiting for her there, with her 110 points. Dressed to kill.