Who is Almácor: the ‘Brillos Platinums’ who have reached the final of the Benidorm Fest 2024 | Programs

Today is the day! This Saturday, February 3, you can see the Grand Final of the Benidorm Fest 2024. The gala, presented by Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Calderó and Ana Prada, will be broadcast from the city of Benidorm. After her, La 1 will have live with The night of Benidorm Festa program presented by Inés Hernand and Aitor Albizua.

Among the 825 proposals that the program organizers received, Applesauce managed to conquer with Brillo Platinum. Now, after the first semi-final and the second semi-final, which were held last Tuesday, January 30 and Thursday, February 1, the artist will have to defend his performance along with the rest of the finalist candidates of the Benidorm Fest 2024: St Pedro, Nebulossa, Angy Fernández, María Peláe, Miss Caffeína, Sofía Coll and Jorge González.

The winner of Benidorm Festas reported by RTVE, It will come from a mixed voting system between professional jury -national and international-, televoting and demoscopic jury. In this way, whoever receives the highest score will obtain the bronze microphone and will represent Spain in the 68th edition of the European Eurovision contest, which will take place in Malmö next May.

One of the most interesting candidates of this edition of the Benidorm Fest is that of Almácor. Some may not yet have him on their radar, but the truth is that this young artist, originally from Villena (Alicante), is a great urban promise. In recent years he has worked hard to carve out a niche for himself, creating a repertoire of songs with which he has been climbing positions on the national scene. Now, with his participation in the third edition of the festival, he wants to establish himself as the essential voice of the genre.

catchy hits

Almácor began his journey through the difficult world of music in 2019. Get it It was his debut single. and with that song he presented an artistic proposal based on reggaeton rhythms and catchy lyrics. From that moment on, many other songs came and little by little he gained followers and hit songs came out. I don’t want anything anymore, Out of cover y Crazy and Crazy They are some of the most popular cuts in his discography. This 2023, in addition, Your project has gained a greater dimension with the launch of an EP, Melancholiaa work where he collects themes that one hundred percent represent his style.

Almácor, however, is the type of artist who doesn’t like to pigeonhole himself and tries to get out of his comfort zone whenever he can to bring other sounds to his project. The proof of this is found in Pop Tech, his most recent single. On this occasion, the composer has also opted for electronic pop, also maintaining his distinctive urban style.

Nominated for LOS40 Music Awards

We said that this year was being a good year for Almácor and that, as it could not be otherwise, has been reflected in the LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2023. And the fact is that the man from Alicante He earned recognition in the last edition, earning a nomination for Best Urban Newcomer in the Spain Category.. The award ended up going to Saiko, but a nomination in the most important music awards in Spain says a lot about the good professional moment that the singer is going through.

LOS40 Summer Live

In addition, Almácor was also very present at LOS40 Summer Live last summer. The artist was part of an extensive and successful tour where he rubbed shoulders with industry peers such as Abraham Matthew, Paula Cendejas, Alvaro de Luna, Dani Fernandez, Chanel and Viccoamong many others.

Thunder’s Friend

As artists gain ground in the music scene, their circle of influences grows. Almácor, without going any further, has very important collaborations on his resume, but he has a pending relationship with an urban star with whom he maintains a beautiful friendship: Trueno himself. “I respect him and value him a lot. God will tell if there is a collaboration. You don’t have to force things,” he said in an interview with LOS40 Urban. “I have gotten along very well with him for many years. I met him at a free style event that he did. He had a song with a friend of mine called Neelo and that’s where we met. “Afterwards we became colleagues.”

What is clear is that the future of Almácor cannot look better. It remains to be discovered what his performance will be like with Brillo Platinum this February 3 in the grand final of the Benidorm Fest but, Will he be the one who manages to bring reggaeton to the Eurovision Song Contest?