BENIDORM FESTIVAL | Máximo Huerta on the controversial votes: “The international jury was excited about Tanxugueiras”

The truth is that the controversy, which will come in the form of a question to Congress, has made RTVE launch a release to calm down among eurofans. But this does not end here, in the middle of the dispute the presenter of the Benidorm festival, Maximum Orchard, has made some surprising statements to the Socialité program that put the focus on the jury. “I will tell you that both Felix and Marvin, the international jury membersThey were excited about Tanxugueiras, but of course, the vote is individual. If the others put them very low and vote very high for the other, there it is already dismantled. felix Y Marvin They were on fire with Tanxugueiras Y Rigoberta“, he confessed returning to expose the three Spanish of the jury, chosen by the direction of RTVE.

The presenter and former Minister of Culture has also revealed, in the program ‘La Roca’, certain details of the gala that took place at the Pala de L’Illa and that could not be seen on television: “It is true that the public was with Rigoberta Bandini, everyone touched their breasts. There was onanism.” Máximo Huerta reflected on the result of the Benidorm Fest: “When it came out Rigoberta the Palau fell, with Tanxugueiras too. When there is a polarization of fans, a third party always wins.”

The eurodrama could be seen coming from the first semi-final, where Tanxugueiras they were proclaimed finalists thanks to popular outcry after the jury’s vote. at the end of the Benidorm festival the pandereteiras also won the favor of televoting and the demoscopic vote, which gave them the highest score (30). But the 51 points that the jury awarded to Chanel and the 46 of Rigoberta Bandini They took away the opportunity to represent Spain in Eurovision.

Unions join the critics

Meanwhile, the debate continues in the street and many question the validity of Chanel’s candidacy for allegedly failing to comply with the festival’s rules. In addition, the RTVE unions have also joined the controversy of the Benidorm Fest and the criticism of the eurofans and ask to “nullify” Chanel’s triumph and investigate the “notable irregularities”.

The union section of the Workers Commissions in RTVE has explained in a statement that “the alleged irregularities are important, so notable that the choice of the song that will represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest should be annulled.” In addition, CCOO-RTVE requests that it be clarified “urgently, how and who selected the Benidorm Fest jury” and they ask that RTVE urgently make public “the minutes of the voting and the recorded incidents, all as a whole. RTVE must urgently clarify the relationships between members of the jury and the singer Chanel Terrero. It must be clear if there is a conflict of interest and the direction of the vote of the people who, on the jury, have or have had a relationship with the singer.”