TVE, the Spanish national broadcaster has announced today the names of the 6 acts who will compete at the forthcoming 2016 Spanish Eurovision national final.
Spain will select its 2016 Eurovision entry and representative via a televised national final scheduled to be held in early 2016.
A total 6 acts that will battle for the golden ticket to Stockholm. TVE revealed the names today one by one throughout the morning:
1. Xuso Jones
2. Salva Beltran
3. Maverick
4. Maria Isabel
5. Electric Nana
6. Barei
The 6 potential acts are all young artists with a diversity of musical genres and styles, who are already known to the Spanish public. The 2016 Spanish Eurovision national final will be aired live on TVE 1 . The 2016 Spanish Eurovision entry will be selected via a 50/50 jury-televoting deliberation.
In 2015 Spain opted for an internal selection and selected Edurne to fly the Spanish flag at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with her entry Amanecer.
The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 10, 12 and 14 May at the Globe Ericsson Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
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