At a press conference today hosted by RTVE, Director of Communications María Eizaguirre provided some details about how Chanel came to win Benidorm Fest 2022 with her Latin-inspired hit, SloMo which has hit #3 on Spotify’s Viral 50 Global Chart!
Despite this success, Chanel’s victory has caused a level of controversy rarely seen from a national final event for Eurovision. Chanel has unfortunately received many unkind messages from fans who were upset at her victory. Today’s press conference revealed a better look at the maths that led to Chanel’s win.
Benidorm Fest 2022 – Voting Results
The public televote‘s overall weight was 25% of the final vote, and was split:
- Tanxugueiras: 70.75%
- Rigoberta Bandini: 18.08%
- Chanel: 3.97%
- Varry Brava: 2.26%
- Rayden: 2.12%
- Blanca Paloma: 1.04%
- Xeinn: 1.01%
- Gonzalo Hermida: 0.76%
- Tanxugueiras: 14.59%
- Chanel: 13.88%
- Rigoberta Bandini: 13.52%
- Gonzalo Hermida: 12.62%
- Rayden: 12.17%
- Varry Brava: 11.39%
- Blanca Paloma: 10.92%
- Xeinn: 10.92%
- Chanel: 51 points (7, 12, 12, 8, 12)
- Rigoberta Bandini: 46 points (12, 8, 6, 10, 10)
- Blanca Paloma: 39 points (5, 6, 8, 12, 8)
- Rayden: 37 points (8, 10, 7, 6, 6)
- Tanxugueiras: 30 points (10, 7, 4, 7, 2)
- Xeinn: 30 points (4, 4, 10, 5, 7)
- Varry Brava: 25 points (6, 5, 5, 4, 5)
- Gonzalo Hermida: 12 points (2, 2, 2, 2, 4)
Are you a fan of the voting system Spain used at Benidorm Fest, or is there room for improvement next year? Let us know below or on our socials @escbubble !
