RTVE the Spanish national broadcaster have confirmed the six acts qualifying from the second Semi-Final of its annual music festival Benidorm Fest 2026.
Six acts qualify from Benidorm Fest 2026 Semi-Final 2
In total, 9 acts performed in the second Semi-Final of Benidorm Fest 2026. The six qualifying acts were determined through 50% jury and 50% public voting. The public voting was divided into a demoscopic jury and phone voting. The six qualifying acts are as follows:
Semi-Final 2:
- Miranda! & Mailamamá
- Dani J
- Mayo
- Rosalinda Galán
- The Quinquis
- Asha
Semi-Final 1:
- Kitai – ‘El amor te da miedo’
- María León & Julia Medina – ‘Las damas y el vagabundo’
- Izan Llunas – ‘¿Qué vas a hacer?’
- Tony Grox & LUCYCALYS – ‘T AMARÉ’
- Mikel Herzog Jr. – ‘Mi mitad’
- Kenneth – ‘Los ojos no mienten’
In order to recognise their achievements, the winner of the next edition of Benidorm Fest will receive a cash prize of 150,000 Euros. The songwriters of the winning entry, will take home 50,000 Euros and the performer(s) will receive the remaining 100,000 Euros.
Fresh from his Eurovision success, Sergio Jaén will be working his staging magic in Spain. The new Artistic Director arrives with vast experience. Most notably, Sergio was the creative mind behind the winning staging for Austria’s ‘Wasted Love’ in Basel. Sergio has also had a hand in the entries, of Ireland 2024, Finland 2025 and Cyprus 2025. Earlier this year, Sergio was the Creative and Multicam Consultant of UMK25.
The Creative Director of Benidorm Fest will supervise the creative team and oversee the overall vision of the show and staging of the songs. It is hoped that it will create a more organic and technical flow to the entire production. Much like other similar festivals such as Italy’s Sanremo and Albania’s Festivali i Këngës.
Format of Benidorm Fest 2026
The three live shows have moved from their usual slot in January, to February. The two Semi-Finals will take place on February 10 and 12. On Valentine’s Day, February 14 the Grand Final of Benidorm Fest 2026 will be held.
Updates to the voting procedure will see the return of the demoscopic jury. Each of the three live shows will have 50% jury voting and 50% public voting. Within the public voting there will be an equal 50/50 split between public televoting and free app voting (50%) and demoscopic jury (50%). A demoscopic jury is a cross section of the Spanish population collated into a polling panel.
Earlier this year Melody won the fourth edition of the revamped Benidorm Fest with the energetic, ‘Esa Diva’. Unfortunately, due to Spain’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2026, the winner of Benidorm Fest 2026 will not be performing on the Vienna stage next May.
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