The choir of Luis Rivero and Juan Manuel Moreno Gandul in this 2023 Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Competition. They won second prize in last May's edition with Quimbara

Francisco José Fernández Diaz Toté embarks in 2023 on the creation of a troupe 25 years after he did the last time. In 1998 he presented "The Voice of the Neighborhood", from his native Puerto Real. On that occasion he did not make it past the pre-selection phase. In the next COAC 2023 he will defend the troupe "Los boracheras", with which he will have a different objective.

"I was going to my house and I appeared in the galaxy (the abductees)" is a newly created chirigota for the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023, which is a complete mystery due to the few references that exist about it.

Seville brings Competition of Carnival groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 a newly created troupe under the name "Let yourself fly!".

The quartet "This is stuck!!"was one of the moments that will remain in the memory of COAC 2022. This group had the bad fortune - which later became good - of having to perform during the final minutes of the match of the last day of the league between Alavés and Cádiz CF. With everything against them, the yellow team was saved, which caused this quartet to rise up with the public and qualify for the semifinals.

One of the most exotic notes of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla 2023 in the Cádiz temple a fourth century after beginning its career in its town.

Just by its name, the Cádiz chirigota "Cádiz how beautiful you are with your whore mother (the bipolar)" will be one of the groups to follow in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. With a newly created ensemble, Its two authors do have some experience.

The conil troupe It is one of the groups that always leaves good feelings in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023, although they have not yet managed to make the jump to the quarterfinals. In 2022, with the particularities of the May contest, he offered a pleasant repertoire with "The burroños". In 2023, he intends to surpass the first cut with "The tramway"

The Barbate choir had a magnificent premiere in the past  Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with "the canning factory". After reaching the semi-finals, The objective of "las del puerto" will be to maintain the good sensations that their repertoire offered.

The chirigota of Sofri It is one of those that has had a clear positive evolution since it began its career in the  Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2017 with "the eleven". After not participating in the last edition, preferring to prepare the "Febrero fest" chirgota for his town and the competitions in his surroundings that were held in the month of February, he returns to the COAC in 2023 with "Those seized". 

The Algaba troupe returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after five years of absence. In 2018, she appeared in the Cádiz contest with "The other cheek", some priests who counted on the authorship of Antilepoz y the sponge cake. On his return to the Cadiz Coliseum, he presents "The rogue pen".

Jesús Romero Ariza once again launches a solo chirigota in the adult category, in which he premiered in 2003 with "Los Jura Banderas." With a newly created group, he will participate in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 with "The midwives of Villacapona de la Frontera".

The Port of Santa María will once again be present in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after not presenting any group in the 2022 edition, despite the enormous tradition of the town of Guadalete. One of the representatives will be the comparasa "El Don Juan de sus details." The authorship of the group will be carried out by Juan Luis Falcón, a historian of the Portuense festival who returns to Cádiz two decades after composing his last troupe, which was called 'The Goddess' in 2001, although he later directed 'Other Way' in 2017. He has also presented other troupes such as 'Café and glass' or 'The white and green'. 

The Sheriff's chirigota was tested again in the last Official Contest of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla, the honeys of stepping on a grand final after spending several years without doing so with " Cai's cheeks"Won a second prize that marked the ascending stage of this group, in which Juan Pérez El Blanco and Roberto Fabio Gómez have collaborated. A mixture of experience and youth that has borne fruit and hopes to continue on this path in 2023 with "Los del verdict".

The Chiclana troupe reunites again for the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. After deciding to take a break in 2020 and the break forced by the pandemic, it was in 2022 when this group reunited with an anthology to prepare for the next edition of the Cádiz contest, to which he returns with "Cádiz, wake up."

One of the most popular returns in the choir modality will be the return to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023 of the group led by Julio Pardo, who rested last May due to the circumstances caused by the COVID-2022 pandemic. coronavirus and the transfer of the couplets contest to the spring. He will do so accompanied again by his son, Julio Pardo Carrillo, who already has important honors within the repertoire. They will do it with "Los Martínez", an initial idea planned for XNUMX but that could not be carried out.

The chirigota of Seville returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023 after trying the street in an atypical year. She did it in the month of February with "Los kichi blinders". In 2023, he returns to his habitat with "La chirigota del barranco".

The brothers Rafael María and Marcos Pastrana Lorenzo maintain their union for the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. After reaching the semifinals in last May's edition with "The La Viña mafia", on this occasion he will present the troupe "Los emigrantes" on stage.

Servando Sabajanes, one of the most different authors of the Cádiz carnival, come back to Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. After being absent since 2014, when he presented "Los recomendaos." He will do it with a chirigota from San Fernando together with Jesús Montero and Pablo de la Rosa to compete with "I won't come one day".

The Huelva troupe of Victor Quintero and Nelli Conde will once again be present in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. After being absent since 2019, when they participated with "the last god". In 2023, it will be "The Green Old Lady."

In the last Official Contest of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla, La chirigota del Cojo demonstrated its respect for the Cádiz contest by being one of the few foreign groups that chose to participate in the atypical May contest with an idea and an exclusive repertoire for the COAC. Beyond its level of quality, it was a detail to highlight in a year in which there are many returns. This year, he will participate with "Kaditi kid".

José Gutierrez Ponce faces the repertoire of his group Barbateña alone in 2023 after having shared authorship on other occasions with Manolo Varo or José Manuel Pérez Martinez. In this Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. He will offer "Those in the Dark Room."

Chiclana will once again offer a tango in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. After not doing so since 2019. It will be thanks to the group led by Jesús Rivas, absent since that year he presented "The spectacular", which reached the quarterfinals. His return to the stage will be with "Vive!".

The purest and most recognizable Antonio Matinez Ares returned in the last Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2022. With "The submissives". The anger at the transfer of the couplet contest to the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in a repertoire that was reminiscent of its previous stage, the one that captivated many fans of the Cádiz Carnival. In 2023, it resumes the primary idea of ​​"The Invisible City", which was put aside before an atypical party.

The last of the groups to register for COAC 2023 was the Puerto Rican chirigota of Fermin and Antonio, which won second prize in 2020 with "We can't take it anymore... we're getting impatient". After not being able to participate last spring, in this 2023 he returns with "To me happens to me: the misfortunes."

The Chipionera troupe of Marco Antonio García and Antonio Manuel Pedrosa is another of the groups that in 2023 returns to carnival normality after the break caused by the coronavirus and paralyzed the project it had in hand for 2022 at the time when the incident it soared before the end of the year. In the next edition, he returns to the idea of ​​"A Thousand Nights Up."

The Bizcocho chirigota was the protagonist of one of the many controversies in which the jury found itself involved. of the last edition of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. On the one hand, and although the final result of the COAC is always limited to the personal taste of the five members, the 11th place of "People with spark"when he was one of the serious contenders for the first prize for the quality of his repertoire. On the other hand, in the post-carnival, one of the most talked about issues was the zero he received in the class from a member of the jury.

"La aunt de la tiza" is a newly created troupe for the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. At the head of this project is the prolific author Jose María Barranco Cabrera el lacio, who for the current edition of the COAC He will also be the author of the chirigotas "La chirigota del Lazlo", "Fariña de mis ojos" and "El Niño de Isabelita".

José Manuel Martínez Pérez sema, one of the historic figures of the Puerto Real Carnival, returns with his chirigota to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023. After the pandemic stoppage. After participating in 2020 with "Those of the well done punch... it's for you!". In this edition he will present "I haven't gone out before because my mother wouldn't let me."

The Mérida choir will not miss its appointment with the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. If in 2022 he managed to present "Your Majesty"Despite the multitude of vicissitudes caused by the pandemic, in 2023 it will once again bring a representation of the Roman carnival with "An ideal world."

José María Barranco el Lacio had a successful return with his solo chirigota in the last Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2022. With "Here it smells like verdigris", who won the fourth prize, returned to a grand final that had been resisted since 2002, an edition in which he won the third prize with "Villancicos populares."

The Giraldo family has a long tradition in the Huelva carnival. Cristoval, the patriaca, is one of the veterans of the Huelva festival, with a career spanning more than three decades since he began in 1987 with "Entre candilejas", with a great history of awards. In Cádiz, he has participated with groups such as "Tiempo al tiempo", "Losanimados" or "Los chipichangas", among others, where he has not suffered the same fate.

Newly created Sevillian chirigota that arises from the split of the children's chirigota. which in 2020 participated in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with "Activists pretend to be artists", staying close to passing the first cut. With "Everything about Marvel", a new stage will begin in 2023 with a good part of this group.

The quarry troupe in the last Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Fails its process of maturity, both interpretive and compositional, with the second prize it won with "After Cádiz, no way". An important leap in his career in the adult category that in 2023 he will aim to endorse with "El embrujo de Cádiz".

Juanma Bocuñano, one of the most irreverent and less filtered current authors, returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with his chirigota de San Fernando. He does it after participating in the street last February with "Los okupas de las dunas". For this 2023, he has surrounded himself with a group of expert Cañaillas chirigoteros to present at the COAC La boquita cerrá, with a clear nod to the troupe "The little mouth lends", semi-finalist in 2022 Kike Remolinos

Antonio José Toledo and Alejandro Redríguez Ferrera Ale from Huelva They come together again seven years later to present a troupe from Puerto Real to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. Both will compose the repertoire of "Those who don't waste time."

The Nandi Migueles choir is one of the groups that returns al Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after taking a break in 2022 because the appropriate conditions were not met to participate due to the coronavirus pandemic, although he was present on the streets with "The Children's Wagon." For 2023, it maintains the idea of ​​"No one gives up here."

Tino Tovar's troupe changes course again in the face of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. After forming a group of stars with members such as Ángel Subila, Carli Brihuega, Ramoni, Toni The lice or Millán Otero, among others to take out "The brigade". Tovar will not have all these carnival figures for "Caminito del Falla", his project for the next edition.

The chirigota led by Diego Letrán, one of the greatest exponents of the work being done with the Carnival quarry, will arrive greatly strengthened at the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After three years offering good manners, but without being able to take the definitive leap to overcome the first cut, this year the authorship has been reinforced. To Luis Rossi, who has already addressed the lyrics in the last two appearances with "The eventual"And"Blue verano", Moisés Camacho and Mario Rodríguez Parra join in to present "çembrando coplâ (la comparça er pueblo)".

Guille Lebrero's troupe returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. After a long absence. His last participation was in 2018 with "The opportunity", whose result will aim to improve with "The queen's sewing box".

La chirigota del Barrio has already managed to establish itself within the group of groups that initially have options to enter the Grand Final of Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After breaking the ceiling of the last cut in 2020 with "The geni of Cádiz", which won the third prize, in the last edition was one step away from repeating in the last COAC function with "The Paco seaweed" with "Hotel and resort Cadi, here is your home" will try to compete for one of the prizes.

The return of Jose Antonio Alvarado to the comparsas modality in the last edition of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla did not obtain the expected result by being left out of the first cut with "2020: The resistant". Given this, this group hopes to get rid of the thorn with "Without ojana".

The troupe of Cristina Calle and María Núñez returns to the stages of the Gran Teatro Falla four years after his last participation in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with "Tattoo". Between the mandatory rest for personal reasons and the pandemic, the stars have come together for the return with "The prophets".

The student choir will have Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 the honor of defending a first prize for the first time. He will do it with "Tomorrow", which will replace "Pachamama".

The one known in Mairena del Alcor as The Garrapa troupe In 2023, he will complete his second participation in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After making the leap to Cádiz in 2020 with "The divine troupe", In this edition he will perform with "Los tiritas".

Ceuta will once again be present at the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. He will do it with the new troupe of Josemi Romero and Alfredo Luque, which will be called "The conquest of bread".

The one known as the Chinese murga participates for the second time in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After premiering without much luck in 2020 with "Oh my God!", this is 2023, try again with "No forgiveness".

The Cornejo saga is one of the strongest and most political of the Cádiz carnival. with the chirigota of Love as the epicenter (or pillars of its origins), this is one of the great reasons why the festival remains alive in the cultural transmission between parents and children.

Iván Romero joins in this Official Contest of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 to the chirigota of Antonio Rivas, Fernando Carmona and Pepe Martínez to contribute part of the lyrics of "Two my how late!!!". This group reached the semi-final stage in the last edition with "The legionnaire"

The peculiarities and high competitiveness in the troupe category in the Official Contest of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2022 they made the troupe "The creator"would not have the opportunity to make one more pass. With the traditional format, these options increase to "The poison of the corner".

Ramón López is the most awarded author of the Algecíras carnival in Cádiz. Although his fame in the festival is thanks to his quartet, which is the modality that has given him the vast majority of joys, this author has worked a lot on chirigota, although with different luck. After eight years of absence, he returns to the Official Contest of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 returns with "Juanito green hands".

The choir of Miguel Ángel García Argüez el Chapa, self-proclaimed as the libertarian choir, got in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla access the Grand Final for the first time with "Land and freedom", winning the fourth prize. For this 2023, face the challenge of reaching the last night of the COAC with "Al-andalus", a name that gives meaning to the path taken in a good part of their repertoires and that will have an important load of Andalusian nationalism.

Second incursion of the Fuente de Andalucía troupe in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in its 2023 edition. The group led by José María Rodríguez  the Plumi will participate with "manipulate them".

The chirigota of The Children of Rota is another of the groups that returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. After the forced absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. In what will be his fourth participation in the Cádiz coplas contest, will present "El Niño de Isabelita".

The Almería troupe returns to Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 with "The crazy cage"after deciding not to compete in the last edition due to the change of date. In 2022, he won second prize in the capital of Almería with "The Indálica"As a curious fact, this contest was not held in the month of February, but was delayed to the end of April, shortly before the Cadiz COAC began.

One of the involuntary protagonists of Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2020 was the snowman from the cordoban quartet "It's not cold here, it's humid". With his dance during the free song, he ended up overshadowing the performance of this group.

The troupe "We can do... carnival"starred in one of the milestones of the past Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. In a contest with an overwhelmingly male participation, His qualification for the Grand Final, in which he won fourth prize, opens a very important path within the official section that must be followed both in the present and in future editions.

José Molina's chirigota trained in the past Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with "Between savannahs, jungles and rivers... this year we are going to Rocio", obtaining a pass to the semifinals and finishing in sixth position. In 2023, with greater competition than last spring, this group will try to at least equal this position with "Love listen, street chirigota".

Juan Fernández resumes his career in the world of the comparsa five years after taking a long break. The hard blow that the troupe received "God save the queen", which did not manage to overcome the first cut of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla, made him open a long period of reflection that has broken for 2023, in which he will compose the repertoire of the troupe "A divine excuse."

Second attempt by Jesús Monje in the choir modality, although for this Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023, It has a luxury reinforcement, since José Luis Bustelo joins the authorship of this group, making its debut in the world of tango. After the bad experience of "The production", which did not pass the first cut, In this edition he will try to progress with "Casa Remedios corner with Cádiz".

Iván Romero once again leads the most different troupe in the modality. With their humorous interventions between each of the couplets and with a happy style and without excessive stridency, this group will participate in this Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 with "The flutters". At his side, he will have the collaboration of Jevier González Vázquez

The Sevillians Carlos Acal Pakoli and Luis Alfonso Martinez make the leap to Cádiz after several years doing the trick in Seville. They will do it with a very young group, with several components from the youth academy, and with the support of Álvaro Arufe and Jesús Romero Ariza in music. Its Cádiz premiere in Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 will do it with "Damn sunstroke".

The Granada troupe of Juanmi Armuña will participate for the second time in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 with "The indispensable".

The quartet "The ultra-orthodox of the Cardoso alleys"was one of the great groups of the past Gran Teatro Falla Competition, despite being held on an atypical date. With maximum respect for the essence of the modality, safeguarding rhyme, declamation and scenic forms, The group of Gago, Moreno and Cossi is the one that keeps the flame alive given the small number of participants in the modality.

The troupe of the girls of Alcalá rejoins the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla, after his mandatory absence due to the pandemic. Due to the change of date, he resigned from participating in Cádiz to do so in the competitions of the province of Seville with the troupe "Latidos", with which he won second prize in Mairena del Alcor and third prize in Alcalá de Guadaria and Arahal.

Camas is another of the towns that will be represented again in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023, after his mandatory absence due to the pandemic. This town of Seville's Aljarafe will do it with the chirigota "The wedges", which borrows the name of a chirigota by Jaime Fernández de la Puente from 1.

The Banderas and Monty choir perform in this Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 his second attempt after presenting in 2020 "Rayadillo". For this edition, this group will be called "The truth".

 The Carmona carnival group "Los pitos de cana" will defend again in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla to one of the towns with the greatest tradition in the province of Seville. He will do it with the troupe "Soldiers".

The chirigota de écija returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla in 2023 after being absent in 2022 preferring to be present on the streets and in his town in the month of February with "The chicharrones". In the next COAC he will compete with "Los cadi-lac".

The Roteña troupe of José Manuel Pavó and José María Puyana returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla thirteen years after his last participation. He will do it with "Earth".

José Miguel Choza complies in this edition of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 the 15th anniversary of his debut as the author of chirigota since it premiered in 2008 with "The outlaws (gifts and cupcakes)". It will do so in this edition with "Her parents".

Ramón Zamudio launches again to bring a troupe to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. He will do it five years after debuting as an author on the stages of the Cádiz coliseum with "The giant slayers"which remained in the preliminary phase. In 2023, he will try to improve his presentations with "El andalú".

The Molina chirigota resumes its path after the stoppage of the cornavirus pandemic, which forced them to resign from participating in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2022. The return will be done with "With the truth ahead, the sincere".

The San Fernando choir of the Betanzos brothers, natural heir of the well-known mixed choir of the Corolin Colorao club, is another of the groups that resumes its participation in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after having taken to the streets in 2022, where he was in June with "The island choir". In 2023, it will participate in the official section with "The bubble".

The classic chirigota, with the flavor of a lifetime, will once again be present in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. The legacy of Manolo Santander, sadly deceased in 2019, has remained in good hands, as demonstrated last spring with "The mission (the gospel according to Santander)".

The Girls of Rota take the leap in 2023 al Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After several years offering his songs through the streets of Cádiz. With a group that sounds really good, as can be seen in the numerous videos that exist on social networks of their carnival anthology, now comes the time to demonstrate all their worth in the middle of the carnival competition, a world different from the street one.

The chirigota from Beniaján (Murcia) is one of the classics that gives an exotic touch to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After being absent from the last edition due to the pandemic and preparing "The chirigota of Tino", this 2023 returns with "paw patrol".

Jonatan Pérez Ginel's troupe has already become one of the groups that, deservedly, is beginning to aspire to everything in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. The hackneyed generational change that does not arrive is broken in this case. After winning 2020, they went to the grand final for the first time with "The isolated"

 The relationship between the carnivals of Cádiz and Santoña is well known. In the Cantabrian town, everything that happens at the Gran Teatro Falla is closely followed and every year groups from Cádiz travel to this town to offer their songs. As a result of this carnival union, the Santoña chirigota was born, which this year returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. with "Farinas of your eyes"

Nono Galán once again starts a solo troupe from Cádiz capital. After his last participation with the Portuense troupe "The majaras" at Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2020. His return materializes in 2023 with "Treasure Island"

The Seville choir will not miss its appointment with the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After his absence in the 2022 edition due to the problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic to put together a guarantee repertoire. His return will materialize it with "The Fair".

Borja Romero returns to the comparsa mode after the breakup with his previous group, which in 2022 participated with "The preacher"and in 2023 it will do so with the independent canton (long live the women of Cádiz). This, together with his participation with the chirigota "Those of southern Cádiz", forced him to make a stop along the way. In this Official Competition of Carnival Groups of 2023, has confirmed a new group to present "The oh! carnival goddess".

The chirigota of the old people, led by Juan Chaves Reina, come back to Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after the mandatory break due to the coronavirus pandemic. After participating in 2020 with "A comboy movie", the return to the stage with "Ayyy, I eat you".

The troupe "the reborn"said last May the return to the Falla contest of the old group of Juan Carlos Aragon, directed by his inseparable Javi Bohórquez. After two years without participating (one due to the death of its author and another due to the pandemic), it won third prize in the last edition of the COAC.

The Tini chirigota is one of those that maintains the tradition of the Algecíras modality. but without stopping to look at the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. Although with an irregular trajectory, it is one of the groups to take into account for the quarterfinals. In fact, in his last two appearances with "Those who are not even worth being hidden"(2019) and"Tell me what happened to us" (2020), passed the first cut. This is once again the goal en this 2023 with "Now I don't remember the name".

The Barcelona troupe, led by Juan Carlos Cruz from Cádiz, faces its third participation in the 2023 Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. It will give the title "The four cats".

The troupe "The preacher" was one of the drawers From the past Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. By not qualifying for the semifinals despite having shown the necessary qualities to make it past the first cut. Therefore, the first objective in 2023 of "The independent canton (long live the women of Cádiz)"will take away the unpleasantness from your mouth. 

The Sevillian troupe of Joseja Puerto is one of those that has been knocking on the doors of the quarterfinals for several years now. Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. After not participating in the contest last May due to the pandemic, it returns in 2023 to the couplet contest with "now or never".

The triumvirate formed by Pepe Fierro, Moises Serrano and Jose Anonio Rodríguez Tatán remains unchanged for the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023, in which he will participate with "This year we come with hope"with the aim of improving the bittersweet feeling left by the last la chirigota couplet contest" Those of the vegetable triangle".

The ties between the carnivals of Cádiz and Montevideo will once again be present in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023, thanks to the Uruguayan murga "throwing the bohemia", which is made up of Uruguayans residing in Madrid. After the good experience of 2020 with "The Cadiz woman who returned", the next edition will repeat its presence with "The turners"

The Dos Hermanas youth chirigota makes the leap to the adult category in 2023 after struggling for three years in the youth academy. Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023. After winning second prize with "A chirigota to make you laugh"will debut with the elderly with"The one to follows her, get her".

After a more satisfactory participation last May, The troupe of Nene Cheza and Jose Luís Zampaña Zampi intends to keep the road open with " Sailboats, a lifelong troupe". And it is that the stop for reflection that they took in 2020 after "The locksmith"(lengthened due to the pandemic) allowed them to redefine their style after a few somewhat erratic years. Some adjustments that were valued very positively by the public and critics, who rewarded the simplicity of the pasodoble music and the taste in the tuning, despite the enormous competition it will face.

The chirigota of Cascana, always a guerrilla, shameless and crazy, once again tasted the honeys of success by winning fourth prize in the last edition of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla with "The main quarantines". In thise 2023, will be present again with "I'm missing here."

The kangaroo troupe is another of the groups that returns to the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla after the stoppage forced by the coronavirus pandemic and the low participation of foreign groups in the contest last May. With "The southerners"He returns his participation after presenting the troupe in 2020"The Doodle Battalion".

The choir of David Fernández and Jose Manuel Pedrosa is always one of those that starts as the top favorite to win the first prize in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. In the last edition, she took a small step back in qualifying terms by winning third prize with "The Babeta", a step in which they have not been since 2013 with "The gunboat", so the goal of "The Blacks"is to recover the place lost last May.

The Seville town of Morón de la Frontera will once again be represented in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 with the troupe "The die is cast", which will be helmed by Juan Miguel Sánchez and Jerónimo Cubero.

 One of the news of the next Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 It is the return to the chirigota modality of Jose Antonio Vera Luque, overwhelming dominator in recent years. After his short but interesting journey in troupes with "The quinquis", which obtained the support of the public and critics but not of the jury, rescues for this edition the idea of ​​"Taliban Front of the Irreverent Republic of Kadikadistan", which was originally scheduled for 2022.

The troupe of Pedro Suárez from Ayamantino come back to Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla 17 years after his only and fruitful participation in the Cádiz contest. In 2006, this group reached the semi-final stage (then the quarter-finals did not yet exist and the semi-finals were held in a double round) with the troupe "The South Pier", remaining in 20th position. 

David Amaya agüito and Jose Manuel Martínez Sierra the taka I join their paths again in the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of the Gran Teatro Falla. Their only participation together was in 2018 with "This year you will see us at the altar", achieving a successful pass to the semifinals. They will return with "Those who go to bed with you".

The troupe of Germán García Rendo It is becoming the eternal contender within a modality that leaves few loopholes for new values, although in the last two years it seems that a small floodgate has been opened for renewal. Neither has luck been with this group with the jury in the last two editions, in which she has been in ninth and 13th position with "The resilient"And"The Conquistadors", respectively. Two positions very far from their level of quality.

The Los Palacios chirigota was one of the sensations of the Official Competition of Carnival Groups of 2020 with "I am your father". With the type of Julio Iglesias, one of the characterization and absurd repertoire of Luis María Rodríguez Rondán and Carlos Pérez, managed to enter the COAC semifinals for the first time.

Jose Manuel Cardoso returns to perform a solo troupe after the group competed last May with Jose Luis Bustelo, resulting in "The travelers". This new project for the Official Competition of Carnival groups of the Gran Teatro Falla of 2023 It has an enormous peculiarity that makes it very interesting with a group made up of members from various towns in the province of Cádiz and Seville, it does not have a fixed headquarters despite being registered in Chiclana.

The first group that has registered for the 2023 Carnival Groups Official Competition  has been the chorus of Antonio Procopio, Salvador Longobardo and Fran Quintana, who will participate with the title of "Queen of the south"In this way, Procopio, current president of the Association of Gaditano Choristers, fulfills his self-imposed tradition of being the one who opens the period to sign up for the COAC, going back on his first intention, which he himself announced, of retiring from the world Of the carnival.

The chirigota of Cordoba David Amaya Awito and Diego Fariñas She was one of the few foreigners who respected the change of dates of the Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition in the last edition by presenting an exclusive repertoire for the COAC. Thus, after presenting "The Falis", will try to improve his position in the contest with "Follow Me". 

Luis Ripoll, one of the most legendary authors in the history of the Cádiz carnival, returns in 2023 to the Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition. She will do it with the troupe "The talarañas", for which he will have a newly created group that in recent months has formed this author's anthology.

New blood is coming to the quartet modality, the most needed of all in the absence of new groups to give it energy. She does it with the group that won the first youth prize last May with "There are those who say that May has no holidays". At its premiere, it will bring for the 2023 Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition. with "The vigilantes of the slab".

The Ronda troupe resumes his participation in the Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition after his attendance in 2022 in which he only participated in the Malaga town with "The scarecrows". For this 2023, he will present in the Cádiz contest "The carnival-goers",

The chirigota "To live that is two days"was one of the great revelations of the 2022 Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition with a novel idea at a time when it is very difficult to come up with a proposal that has not been seen before on the stage that was perfectly exploited, especially in the medley.

 The Portuense troupe of Miguel Ángel Zampaña and David Gamaza left very good feelings in the 2020 Gran Teatro Falla Carnival Groups Official Competition with "The old woman's account", which marked the cut to advance to the quarterfinals with the necessary points to obtain the pass.