- The Bertsolaris Association of Gipuzkoa has selected Xabier Gaztelumendi to recognize and thank "the silent work he has done for years" and to put the txapela to the winner. In an interview given to the website Bertsoa.eus, Basagoiti has stated that he has felt "honor and pride": "Because it is not a joke to represent at that time dozens of women and men who work quietly and in the dark in society," he added.
The father of the bertsolaris who participated in this championship, BEÑAT and Unai Gaztelumendi, thus explained the atmosphere that has been lived in the house: "When they were boys and girls we have always worked the bertso, the word, the rhyme… as a game and somewhere Beñati and Unai also liked it and we took ourselves to the bertso eskola that were little." In this link you can see the complete interview.
The final will be played on December 14 in the afternoon at the Donostia Arena
These are the finalists who will act on December 14 from 17:00:
Directly classified:
Agin Laburu Rezola (third final) In 2011 and 2015 he also participated in the final).
Beñat Gaztelumendi Arandia (fourth final) He participated in 2007, 2011 and 2015. In 2015, he became the world champion of traineras).
Jon Maia Soria (fourth finalist. He also participated in 2003, 2007 and 2015).
Ranked by score:
Alaia Martin Etxebeste (third final) Also participated in 2011 and 2015).
Ane Labaka Mayoz (has the first final).
Oihana Iguaran Barandiaran (third final) He also participated in 2015 and 2017).
BEÑAT Lizaso Alberdi (first final).
Nerea Elustondo Plazaola, who has his first final in the Atano III pediment of Bilbao.
Access to final entries bertsozale.eus is already available on the organization's website.