The second semi-final of Spain’s Eurovision pre-selection “Benidorm Fest 2025” aired tonight, with the last four out of eight contestants advancing to the final. Watch the full results!
Spain began its search for the Eurovision 2025 representative through the “Benidorm Fest 2025” on Tuesday’s night. Following the first semi-final round, where four artists advanced to the final stage, tonight, an additional four contestants from a pool of eight have now secured their spots in the upcoming festival finale, set to take place this Saturday. Unlike previous years, the results were determined by a 50% jury vote and 50% public vote. The jury panel included eight members, featuring singers, delegation heads, media professionals, and producers. Each semi-final features eight songs, with four from each show advancing to the grand final—totaling eight songs in the final itself.
Benidorm Fest 2025 was hosted by Ruth Lorenzo, who represented Spain at Eurovision 2014, Inés Hernand, a comedian, analyst, lawyer, and television host, and Paula Vazquez, a model, actress, and television host.
First Semi-Final Results:
- Mel Omana – “I’m a Queen“
- Henry Semler – “No lo ves“
- DeTeresa – “La Pena“
- J Kbello – “VIP“
- Carla Frigo – “Bésame“
- Mawot – “Raggio di sole“
- Celine Van Heel – “La casa“
- Melody – “Esa Diva“
Click on the song title to watch the semi-final performance!
Jury Members of “Benidorm 2025”
Spanish Jury Members:
- Roberto Santamaria – Director of Spain’s National Radio, spokesperson for the Spanish Eurovision selection jury.
- Javier Llano – Head of music programming at CADENA 100 radio.
- Jaime Acero – Content Director at TelevisaUnivision.
- Claudia Orellana – Director and founder of “Son Buenos” company.
International Jury Members:
- Oksana Skybinska – Head of the Ukrainian delegation for Eurovision.
- Maja Tokic – Musical producer of the Croatian Eurovision national selection “Dora 2025”.
- Twan Van De Nieuwenhuizen – Music event producer and Head of the Dutch delegation for Eurovision.
- Mariangela Borneo – Director and manager of international projects and festivals for the Italian television network RAI.
Key Dates for Spain’s Eurovision 2025 Selection
Semi-final 1 –Tuesady, January 28th, 2025Semi-final 2 – Thursday, January 30th, 2025- Grand Final – Saturday, February 1st, 2025
Spain in Eurovision 2024
“Zorra” is the name of the song performed by the duo Nebulossa, representing Spain at Eurovision 2024 held in Malmö. The duo won the Spanish Eurovision selection “Benidorm Fest 2024”. Spain reached 22nd place in the grand final with 30 points. This is the seventh time in the last decade that Spain has received one of the last five places in the Eurovision final.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Spain’s 65th participation in Eurovision. Spain joined the competition in 1961 and won it twice consecutively in 1968 and 1969. Spain has hosted the contest on its territory only once in 1969 and since then holds the longest waiting time since its last victory – 55 years.
