Solfiesta 02

SOLFIESTA
Solfiesta is the national selection process that is aired on SOL TV 1 annually, and features many of the biggest singers on the music scene in Solentoya at that time. While it acts as an annual event in Solentoya, it is time to time used as a platform in order to select their entry for either WLSC or NSC. The event is annually held at the Sola Arena in San Luciana, with this edition being hosted by regular Solfiesta host and TV personality, Holly Willoughby.

FORMAT
The final show of Solfiesta features somewhere between 6 & 8 songs, depending on the submissions of that year. On this edition, 7 songs featured. The voting was split 50% televote, 25% International Jury & 25% National Jury. Each jury present their votes using 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 & 1 points (in the case of a 6 song edition the 10 pointer is dropped), 12 to their favourite song and 1 to their least favourite. After this televote is allocated as one group, with the points given based on the percentage of the vote the song got from the public.

ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT
On 19th November, a few days before the start of Solfiesta, SOL TV announced the shortlist of 7 artists that would be taking part in Solfiesta with the eventual winner going on to represent Solentoya in either NSC 188 or NSC 189, with a decision to made closer to the time. On this particular occasion the line up was entirely female made up of mostly Solentoyan (but in some cases foreign). While their songs remained hidden until the show was aired on TV, their profiles of each singer were released sending Social Media into a buzz with the Solfiesta becoming a trending topic in multiple countries.