Benidorm (Alicante) (EFE).- The traditional British and German tourists who populate the beaches of Benidorm, this Saturday have been joined by ‘eurofans’ from Tudela (Navarra), Madrid or Villena (Alicante), who have ‘sneaked in’ in the city to live the final of the Benidorm Fest, which today will choose the Spanish representative for Eurovision 2023.
This is the case of Vicky, who traveled from Tudela to Madrid to meet her friend Patricia and “go down” to Benidorm for the grand final, in which Karmento, Megara, Alice Wonder, Fusa Nocta, Agoney, Blanca Paloma, José Otero will participate. and Vicco.
He explains in statements to EFE TV that Megara, Agoney and Blanca Paloma are his favorites and points out that the weather is “great” for walking and getting closer to the hotel where the artists are staying.
Patricia, her friend, states that they are “lifelong Eurofans” and that at first they only got one ticket, but that the second one was sold to them by “an acquaintance last week.”
Agoney and Blanca Paloma, favorites of the Eurofans of the Benidorm Fest
Agoney and Blanca Paloma are her favorites -and those of many more people, since both artists were first in their respective semifinals- and that it would not matter “a little bit” which of the two won.
He emphasizes that this new competition format seems “phenomenal” to him because he has been “dreaming” for “years” of Spain winning Eurovision and this Benidorm Fest as a prelude, and with the possibility of “choosing” the representative, he “loves it” and brings him closer to his desire to attend a Eurovision gala in national territory.
Dolores, for her part, who arrives from Banyeres de Mariola (Alicante), comments that she does not have a ticket, but that she thinks it is “something very nice” that the Benidorm Fest, formerly known as the Benidorm Song Festival, be held again. because it represents “a very big push for the city” and, when asked about her favourite, she chooses Blanca Paloma from Elche because “the ‘terreta’ -Valencian expression to refer to the Valencian Community- throws away”.
Carlos, from Villena, also gets wet by “the ‘terreta'” and says that Blanca Paloma and Fusa Nocta like them “a lot”.
He insists, in statements to EFE TV, that this new format generates “a lot of repercussion” abroad and that thus Spain is more likely to win Eurovision: “The songs from years ago were not bad, but now – with the Benidorm Fest – we we move more and it makes us much more known”, highlights Carlos, who concludes that in the end this “gives more points and more repercussions”.
