In the section of Presentation, Distraídos won the award in this first contest of the Carnival of Santa Cruz dedicated to “Los Secretos de África”, which with free admission on the initiative of the Councillor for Festivities today brought together more than 4,000 people at the fairgrounds, which vibrated with all the fans.

Mamelones got tonight the first prize for Interpretation in the contest of Murgas Infantiles del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2025. The second prize was won by Redoblones and third place went to Castorcitos, while Pita-Pitos received a runner-up.

As for the Presentation chapter, the jury awarded first place to Distraídos, second prize to Retorciditos, while third prize went to Mamelones. The second prize for best costume went to Redoblones.

More than 4,000 people gathered at the Recinto Ferial de Tenerife to witness the second and final phase of the contest of Murgas Infantiles del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which had the participation of a total of 15 groups in the two days of competition, one less than in previous editions and that could be witnessed both phases with free admission after the decision of the councilman of Festivities, Javier Caraballero, in an attempt to bring more people in the contest. All murgas performed two songs on stage, in addition to his presentation, parade and farewell.

The councilman of Fiestas, Javier Caraballero, accompanied by the first deputy mayor, Carlos Tarife, and the councilmen of Social Services, Education and Youth, Charín González; of Works and Infrastructures and Southwest district, Javier Rivero, as well as the councilmen of Housing, Belén Mesa; of Finance, José Alberto Díaz-Estébanez, and of Culture, Santiago Díaz Mejías, were in charge of presenting the prizes to the winning groups.

The groups that participated in the contest were El Cabito, Frikywiky’s, Lenguas Largas, Raviscuditos, Mamelones, Retorciditos, Distraídos, Carricitos, Castorcitos, Sofocados, Pita Pitos, Redoblones, Chinchositos, Guachipanduzy and Triqui Traquitos.

Journalists Sara Ramos and Nira Casanova were in charge of conducting the two phases of the contest of Murgas Infantiles, which was offered live by Mírame Televisión, as well as Canal 4 Televisión, Tenerife Plus Televisión and Ahora TV, while Televisión Canaria will broadcast it in deferred.

The Presentation jury was made up of Marta Palmero, characterization technician and stylist; Cristina Alejandra Martín González, senior costume and show technician; Beatriz Delgado, graduate in Fine Arts and professor of Graphic Design at the Fernando Estévez School of Art and Design; Noemí Torres, senior technician in Styling and Clothing, and Maira Yvett Morillo, designer, dressmaker and seamstress.

In Interpretation, it was composed of Eduardo Hernández, musician of the Municipal Band and lyric singer; Teresa de Jesús Jerónimo, choral director, music teacher and graduate in Musical Language Pedagogy; Mercedes Cabrera, lyric singer and director of children’s choirs; Daida Reyes, announcer, presenter and television producer; Alicia Rodríguez, announcer, actress, presenter and voice of the streetcar; J.J. Rodríguez-Lewis, journalist, writer, doctor in law and former manager of OAFAR; and Martha Sofía Quiñones, actress and scriptwriter of the Tragaluz Puppet Company and director of theater schools and amateur theater.