{"id":486060,"date":"2025-10-09T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486060\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:14:10","slug":"artists-for-benidorm-fest-2026-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486060\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists for Benidorm Fest 2026 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lineup for Spain&#8217;s national selection contest for Eurovision 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/national\/spain\/benidorm-fest-2026\" title=\"Spain: Benidorm Fest 2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benidorm Fest<\/a> \u2013 was announced today.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish broadcaster (RTVE) held a press conference at the Prado del Rey Studios in Madrid to unveil the 18 competing artists. Out of 870 submissions received, only 18 made the cut and will be competing for the honor of representing Spain at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna \u2013 but <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/esc\/spain-will-withdraw-from-eurovision-2026-if-israel-participates\" title=\"Spain will withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only if the Israeli broadcaster is not participating<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/esc\/spain-will-withdraw-from-eurovision-2026-if-israel-participates\" title=\"Spain will withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/spain-rtve_t.jpg\" alt=\"Spain RTVE\" title=\"Spain RTVE\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related storySpain will withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel participates<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/national\/spain\/benidorm-fest-2026\" title=\"Spain: Benidorm Fest 2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benidorm Fest 2026<\/a> will have three live shows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Semi-final 1: 10 February 2026<\/li>\n<li>Semi-final 2: 12 February 2026<\/li>\n<li><b>Final: 14 February 2026<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/spain\" class=\"color_hover\" title=\"Spain in Eurovision: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since their debut in <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1961\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1961 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1961<\/a>. They have won twice: in <a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1968\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1968 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1968<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1968\/spain\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1968 Spain: Massiel \u2013 &quot;La, la, la&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">La, La, La&#8230;<\/a>) and the following year, <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1969#spain\" title=\"Eurovision 1969 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1969<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1969\/spain\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1969 Spain: Salom\u00e9 \u2013 &quot;Vivo cantando&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vivo Cantando<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Spain 2022: Chanel &#8211; &#8220;SloMo&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spain is a member of the &#8220;Big-5,&#8221; which means they don&#8217;t have to go through the Semi-final round and are automatically qualified for the Grand Final. Spain is also a member of &#8220;club zero&#8221; because they have managed to get zero points 3 times. They have finished in last place 5 times in Eurovision history, the latest coming in <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/2017#spain\" title=\"Eurovision 2017 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spain 2022: Chanel &#8211; &#8220;SloMo&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s best-known song is probably &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1973\/spain\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1973 Spain: Mocedades \u2013 &quot;Eres t\u00fa&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eres T\u00fa<\/a>&#8221; from Eurovision <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1973#spain\" target=\"_top\" title=\"Eurovision 1973 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1973<\/a> (2nd place, only <a href=\"http:\/\/eurovisionworld.com\/eurovision\/1973#spain\" title=\"Eurovision 1973 Results: Voting &amp; Points\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four points away from victory<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The lineup for Spain&#8217;s national selection contest for Eurovision 2026 \u2013 Benidorm Fest \u2013 was announced today. 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