The second semifinal of Benidorm Fest, audience leader and once again a global trending topic

The second semifinal of Benidorm Fest was the audience leader in its time slot last night and once again became a global trending topic on Twitter. A gala in which Rigoberta Bandini, Rayden, Gonzalo Hermida and Xeinn won their pass for the grand finale tomorrow, Saturday, from which the name of the Spanish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Turin (Italy) next Month of May.

According to the audience figures published today, more than 1.7 million viewers followed the entire gala live on 1 de TVE, which translates into an audience share of 14.2%, exceeding by 2.4 points the 'share' and the number of viewers from the previous day. In addition, a total of 6.7 million people watched the festival at some point.

The impact on social networks was also somewhat higher, which "shows that the expectation generated by the first semifinal led several hundred thousand people to want to see and comment on the second gala, thus adding to Benidorm Fest phenomenon", he indicated. the mayor, Toni Pérez.

At 11:00 p.m., Benidorm Fest had already added more than 154,000 comments on Twitter, “so, according to the data we considered, the reach would have been above 130 million users, figures that far exceed expectations that we were considering when we started working hand in hand with RTVE and the Generalitat in this festival and that confirm not only the pull of the formula but also of the city itself”.

The mayor has indicated that "everything is already prepared at Palau d'Esports l'Illa for the final this Saturday", in which the eight finalists will be measured: Varry Brava, Blanca Paloma, Tanxugueiras, Chanel, Rigoberta Bandini , Rayden, Gonzalo Hermida and Xeinn”.

The deployment planned by the City Council on Paseo de Levante will also be ready tomorrow so that all those who wish to follow the development of the gala through four giant screens, they are going to be placed  in the section between Bilbao and Valencia streets and which will connect at 10:00 p.m. with the live broadcast of La 1 on TVE”.