Destino Eurovisión 2011, the Spanish Eurovision 2011 national selection will be kicking off today. Twelve hopefuls will battle to become one of the five lucky acts to qualify for the semifinal of the Spanish selection process.

The show

The firstSpanish Eurovisionselection galaDestino Eurovisión 2011 will be held tonight at Sant Cugat Studios, in Sant Cugat, Barcelona. Anne Irgatiburu and last year's Spanish Eurovision representative Daniel Diges will be hosting tonight's show. TVE the Spanish national broadcaster has prepared an evening full of excitement and surprises for all its viewers. A total of 12 acts will compete in order to qualify for the semifinal. All the candidates will sing a former Spanish/European Eurovision entry. A special jury (Albert Hammond, Boris Izaguirre, Merche andReyes delAmor)will shortlist the number of candidates from 12 to 8 after their performances. Then the public will vote for their favorite from the remaing 8 candidates. The top 3 from the televote will qualify for the next phase the Semifinal phase. The jury will then select another 2 candidates to qualify for the final, thus a total of 5 candidates will pass to the next phase.

How to watch

• Live on TVE1 at 22:15 CET
• Webcast (TVE official)
• Via satellite on TVE Internacional Europa (Hotbird 19), live at 22:15 CET
• On a taped format via satellite on TVE Internacional Europa at 02:50 CET
• On a taped format via satellite on TVE Internacional América 1 at 02:30 CET
• On a taped format via satellite on TVE Internacional América 2 at 04.30 CET

Participants (in alphabetical order)

• Auryn
• Baltanás
• Da Igual
• David Sancho
• Gio
• Guadiana
• Las Miranda
• Lucía Pérez
• María López
• Paula Marengo
• Roima Durán
• Sunami