
This morning Australia time, the first semi-final of Spain's Eurovision national selection Benidorm Fest was held.
Eight songs competed to move onto the Grand Final on February 2 Australia time.
This year has seen changes in voting at Benidorm Fest.
The jury, consisting of four Spaniards and four international members, contributed to 50% of the result.
The Polling panel replaces the Demoscopic jury. The results of the panel are collected from an app-based survey - essentially voting by the Benidorm Fest app. This makes up 25% of the results.
The final 25% of the results is made up of telephone calls and SMS votes.
Another change to Benidorm Fest result is the presentation of the semi-final results.
In previous years viewers could see the specific number of points each semi-finalist received.
However now the four finalists were revealed in a random order, with their points hidden from the viewers. This is to add excitement in the Grand Final.
First the jury announced who their top four entries were. They were:
Kuve - Loca xti
Lachispa - Hartita de Ilorar
Daniela Blasco - Uh nana
Lucas Bun - Te escribo en el cielo
The top four of the public were then announced. They were:
Kuve - Loca xti
Lachispa - Hartita de Ilorar
Daniela Blasco - Uh nana
Sonia & Selena - Reinas
Finally the four finalists that qualified to the weekend's Grand Final were announced:
Kuve - Loca xti
Lachispa - Hartita de Ilorar
Daniela Blasco - Uh nana
Lucas Bun - Te escribo en el cielo
This means these four acts were eliminated:
David Afonso - Amor barato
Chica Sobresalto - Mala feminista
K!ngdom - Me gustas tú
Sonia & Selena - Reinas
The second semi-final of Benidorm Fest will be held Friday morning Australia time.
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