The Benidorm Fest 2025 has already selected the 16 candidates to represent Spain in the next edition of Eurovision. We will be able to enjoy the artists’ candidate songs starting next December 18 and, according to César Vallejo, co-director of the festival, all the topics have been received through the web form and not by direct invitation. In addition, it ensures that we are facing the most spectacular edition to date, with a wide variety of genres of proposals, some never heard before in the contest. María Eizaguirre, director of Communication and Participation at RTVE, has announced that all proceeds from the sale of festival tickets will go to those affected by DANA.
© RTVESonia and Selena
Sonia and Selena, one of the iconic duos of the early 2000s in Spain, return to the stage with the Benidorm Fest. “We have gotten together again to reconnect with each other and for the love of the public, who asked for it so much. Doing it at Benidorm Fest, such a beautiful festival, is because now is the ideal time,” they confessed. Sonia and Selena. Queenstheir proposal, made them strengthen their bond, confessing that they have gotten emotional a few times in the creation process. The song is composed by Lorenzo Giner Pucho and Arturo Martínez Marzo.
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The well-known artist, Melody, will fight to represent Spain in Eurovision 2025. Melody has taken her music to number one in more than 15 countries. Last February she gave birth to her first child, and considers that, due to the tranquility she is experiencing, it is the ideal time to participate in the contest. “I come to enjoy art, but I owe one to the people who follow me and who always asked me for it,” he confirmed. His proposal, called that divais composed by Alberto Fuentes Lorite and claims that “we are all divas.” However, she wants to clarify that “she is not talking about the typical diva but rather about a mother who gets up early or an artist without a poster.”
© RTVEJKbello
JKbello, passionate about urban dance and multi-instrumentalist, began his career in dance. Thanks to his training he reached second place in the Cover Night program on Spanish Television. For the Benidorm Fest it has opted for VIPwhere he talks about love at first sight. In addition, he has promised that his performance will feature an incredible dance show.
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Maialen Gurbindo López is the person behind Chica Sobresalto. The Navarrese singer and songwriter, leader of her own band, participated in Operación Triunfo 2020, where she came close to the final. With Bad feministMaialen talks about the guilt and complications that women have in many aspects just for being women. Furthermore, in the song she denounces that they are always required to give the best of themselves in all situations.
Celine Van Heel
The Spanish-Dutch photographer and director Celine Van Heel has announced that she comes with the objective of bringing a fresh vision to Latin music. will do it with the househer first song, in which she deals with lovesickness and liberation as a powerful woman. Pol Álvarez and Alfred García, finalist of Operación Triunfo 2017 and representative of Spain with Amaia at Eurovision 2018, have worked alongside Celine.
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Mawot returns to the Benidorm Fest stage after appearing at the old Benidorm Festival in 2001. Raggio di sole, composed with Roberto Comins Cubertorer, it talks about the dreamer child that we all carry inside. He has assured that this time he comes to fulfill his dream with a song with which he feels identified. “I come to talk about my story,” he said.
Carla Frigo
The influencer Carla Frigo bets on kiss me for this new experience. Originally from Barcelona, the composer also promises that her song, created with Amanda Castillo Benjamín García, is a mix between sensuality and elegance, which she considers a very explosive mix.
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The proposal of LaChispa, an artist from Chiclana (Cádiz), fuses classic flamenco with the new, more urban variants of this genre. Tired of cryingcomposed by Claudia Gómez Galindo, Eduardo Figueroa Espadas, Alejandro PáezLou, Juan Diego Lazo Gonzales and Silvia Expósito Mansilla, promises to take the listener on a very familiar eternal journey. In addition, the Cádiz native has experience on stage since she has been one of Rosalía’s backup singers.
© RTVELucas Bun
Electronic avant-garde and art pop come to Benidorm Fest thanks to Lucas Bun, who promises to bring artistic sensitivity and never-heard-of notes to the edition. I write to you in heavenhis proposal, is a tribute to his deceased mother with which he will move the public. Luis García Ollés and Pau Aymí have collaborated with Lucas to write this very special song.
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Inés Ramós de Teresa, known artistically as DeTeresa, has extensive training in musical theater. In The penaltycomposed by herself and Verónica Veranur Aguirre Díaz de Bustamante, talks about the agonizing feeling that comes with a breakup. Furthermore, the song is self-produced by Inés, who claims the lack of women producers in the industry and takes the opportunity to send a message of visibility and recognition to all of them.
© RTVEMel Omana
The Canarian singer and songwriter, Mel Ömana, presents one of the most versatile and exotic proposals of the edition. In I’m a queenwritten by Alejandro Martínez Valderrana, Álex Capdevilla and María Melodía Pérez, has fused soul, reggae, funk and Cuban son to talk about the queen that we all have inside.
© RTVEHenry Semler
Henry Semler is an American artist who landed in Barcelona to pursue his dream. He has participated in several international festivals such as Rock in Rio Lisboa or the Sonorama. Henry has composed You don’t see it together with José Bernabé Ponsoda, where he talks about the feeling of when the person you love doesn’t see you like before. In addition, he has promised that in his performance the instruments that make up the melody will be live.
© RTVEDaniela Blasco
Daniela Blasco is a multifaceted artist originally from Palma de Mallorca who began her training in dance and singing at the age of eight. Now, eleven years later, he boasts of having shared stages with artists of the stature of Justin Bieber. Your song, Uh nanais composed by herself along with Félix Joan Muñiz Prat, Carlos Joseé Montado Cruz and Óscar Campos Gutiérrrez. “My team is working to give a spectacular show. My proposal is a dance anthem so that people can enjoy, it is very explosive,” stated the artist.
© RTVEKUVE
He Benidorm Festival 2025 is the second edition that KUVE participates in. Last year he was at the Euroclub in Benidorm and realized the great support that the artists receive in the contest. The Murcian singer, songwriter and producer has opted for Crazy for you. It is a fusion of pop and electronica written by Maryan Frutos and Juan Sueiro that talks about true love, about “love when you really need to be taken care of”, as he explained.
© RTVEDavid Afonso
David Afonso has more than two decades of experience in Latin music. Originally from Tenerife, the artist has participated in several concerts by important orchestras in the Canary Islands. Representing Spain is a dream for him, and he will try it with his proposal cheap love. Composed by Luis Vicente Ramiro and Alejandro Martínez Valderrama, the artist has announced that it is inspired by the Latin rhythms so typical of his land fused with other styles.
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The trio formed in 2019 by Andrea Rada de Luís, Jorge Gomis Marín and Iván Ramírez Hernández appears in the contest for the fourth time with the same enthusiasm for representing Spain in Eurovision as the first time. K!NGDOM confesses that I like youtheir proposal composed by themselves, is very different from the other applications they had sent in previous editions. To the rhythm of electronic pop, and with synthesizer sounds, they have stated that “we are going to bring party, light and color to Benidorm.”