Blanca Paloma already has her ticket to Liverpool. After two heart-stopping semifinals in which Agoney and Blanca Paloma were proclaimed winners, leaving out top-level artists Alfred García and debutants as strong as Sofía Martín or the girlband E’Femme, the jury and the public have ruled that Blanca Paloma is the winner of the grand final of the Benidorm Fest 2023 and therefore, become the next representative of Spain in Eurovision.
Blanca Paloma has taken precedence with her proposal Agoney, Fusa Nocta, Vicco, Alice Wonder, Megara, Karmento and José Otero receiving a total of 169 points. And despite the fact that the other artists have defended their songs with strength and a lot of claw in the grand finale this Saturday, February 4, he will finally be the one to take over from Chanel Terrero and try to equal or improve the third position that she obtained in Turin festival.
As the organization has already announced, the formula for choosing the winner has been the same as in 2022. The Eurofans’ televote has had a weight of 25% of the final score and the remaining 75% has corresponded to the points distributed by the jury professional, who held 50% of the total power, and by the poll vote issued by a group of 350 people from all over Spain chosen at random to express the most popular opinion.
In this case, the professional jury has had the participation of the Swedish singer and producer Christer Bjökman; by the head of the Israeli delegation at Eurovision Tali Eshkoli; for Nicola Caligiore, who has also been head of the Italian delegation for several years; by British singer Katrina Leskanich; by journalist William Lee Adams; by the well-known by Eurofans and lovers of OT Nina; by the presenter and music expert Irene Valiente, and by the president of the OGAE Juan José Santana.
This has been the distribution of votes
In the final of the Benidorm Fest that has named Blanca Paloma as the winner of the night, the jury has awarded 24 points to Fusa Nocta; 35 points to Karmento; 37 points to José Otero; 50 points to Megara; 53 points to Alice Wonder; 59 points to Vicco; 80 points to Agoney, and 94 points to Blanca Paloma.
On the other hand, the demoscopic vote has given 25 points to Fusa Nocta; 20 points to Karmento; 22 points to José Otero; 16 points to Alice Wonder; 28 to Megara; 40 to Vicco; 30 to Agoney, and 35 to Blanca Paloma.
And finally, Inés Hernand, Mónica Naranjo and Rodrigo Vázquez have announced that the televote has ruled that Fusa Nocta deserved 22 points; Jose Otero 16; Karmento 25; Alice Wonder 20; Megara 28; Victor 30; Agoney 35, and Blanca Paloma 40.
But, how has the final table of points been? Here we show you all added up and ordered.
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White Dove – 169
- Agoney – 145
- Vicco – 129
- Megara – 106
- Alice Wonder – 89
- Carmen – 80
- Jose Otero – 75
- Shooting Night – 71
