Watch: Tonight at 22:45 CET, the second semi-final of Spain’s Eurovision national selection “Benidorm Fest 2025” airs. Four out of eight contestants will qualify to the grand final. A viewing link is provided.

Spain continues its search for a representative for Eurovision 2025 through the national selection “Benidorm Fest 2025“. Tonight, eight performances will compete for four spots in the festival final, which will take place this Saturday. Unlike previous years, the results will be determined by 50% jury vote and 50% public vote. The jury panel consists of eight members, including singers, delegation heads, media personalities, and producers. Each semi-final will feature eight songs, with four songs from each show advancing to the grand final – resulting in a total of eight songs in the final itself.

The semi-final will begin at 22:45 and continue until 00:30 CET. To watch the second semi-final of Spain’s Eurovision pre-selection, click here!

Benidorm Fest 2025 will be hosted by Ruth Lorenzo, who represented Spain in the Eurovision 2014, Inés Hernand, a comedian, analyst, lawyer, and television host, and Paula Vazquez, a model, actress and television host. Also present at the press conference was the head of the delegation, Ana María Bordas, and María Eizaguirre, the representative from the national broadcaster who leads the press conferences.

Second Semi-Final Running Order

The performance order for the songs competing in the second semi-final is:

1. Carla Frigo – “Bésame“
2. Celine Van Heel – “La casa“
3. DeTeresa – “La Pena“
4. Henry Semler – “No lo ves“
5. J Kbello – “VIP“
6. Mawot – “Raggio di sole“
7. Mel Omana – “I’m a Queen“
8. Melody – “Esa Diva“

Click on the song title to listen!

The Four Qualifiers From The First Semi-Final:

1. Kuve – “Loca por ti“
2. Lucas Bun – “Te escribo en el cielo“
3. Lachispa – “Hartita de llorar“
4. Daniela Blasco –  “Uh nana“

Competition Format and Voting System

The first semi-final of Benidorm Fest 2025 was held on January 28th, the second semi-final on January 30th, and the grand final on February 1st. Each broadcast will feature eight songs. The voting system has changed from previous years, where in both semi-finals and the final, the results were decided by a panel of judges who accounted for 50% of the total vote, 25% from a representative sample, and 25% from the general public. Now, the representative sample has been eliminated, and the results will be determined by 50% judges and 50% public vote.

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, 2025
• Semi-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.