The Spanish national selection, Benidorm Fest, is set to start this Tuesday, where a total of 14 acts were supposed to compete to represent Spain in Eurovision 2022. This morning the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE confirmed that one of the acts has now withdrawn – Luna Ki.
Luna Ki was set to open this year’s Benidorm Fest, as was drawn to perform first, in the first semi final. They have decided to withdraw from thte competition due to the fact that they were unable to use autotune in the live performance. RTVE is following the Eurovision rules regarding live vocals, as autotune is not allowed to be used at Eurovision either (Netta had a similar request with autotune in 2018 but the request was not approved).
This leaves now 13 acts left in competing to represent Spain – six of them will compete in Semi Final 1, and seven in Semi Final 2. The best four from each semi will qualify for the Grand Final.
Let us know which acts are your personal favorites by voting in our poll right here:
- Tanxugueiras – Terra 23%, 821 vote821 vote 23%821 vote - 23% of all votes
- Rayden – Calle de la llorería 20%, 698 votes698 votes 20%698 votes - 20% of all votes
- Rigoberta Bandini – Ay mamá 19%, 659 votes659 votes 19%659 votes - 19% of all votes
- Chanel – Slo mo 16%, 544 votes544 votes 16%544 votes - 16% of all votes
- Varry Brava – Raffaella 10%, 367 votes367 votes 10%367 votes - 10% of all votes
- Blanca Paloma – Secreto de agua 5%, 176 votes176 votes 5%176 votes - 5% of all votes
- Xeinn – Eco 4%, 153 votes153 votes 4%153 votes - 4% of all votes
- Gonzalo Hermida – Quién lo diría 2%, 81 vote81 vote 2%81 vote - 2% of all votes
