Spain – RTVE, the Spanish broadcaster, hosted Destino Eurovisión to decide which song Blas Cantó, will sing for them in Rotterdam: it’s “Voy a quedarme”!
Spain chose to keep their 2020 singer, as more than 20 other countries did. However, many broadcasters did not know what do with their chosen artists: another national final seemed risky, with possibly dividing the audience who wouldn’t want to back a song they didn’t like even if it won a national final. Moreover, if the artist is already selected, why not pick internally all the way? Ukraine went that path, and talks in the street say it’ll be the same for Slovenia and Serbia now.
In the Spanish case, two options were on offer, so that the choice is more about the genre and not just the song itself. Ten songs provided by composers who usually work with Cantó were shortlisted and then two were selected for the national final. The songs are:
- “Memora” (written by Steve Daly, Oliver Som & Leroy Sanchez)
- “Voy a quedarme” (written by Leroy Sanchez, Daniel Ortega “Dangelo” & Dan Hammond)
You can click on the pictures below to listen to them again:
The televised final took place tonight, as the voting went on for 10 days (mostly online voting but some televote tonight as well). The winner was “Voy a quedarme” (written by Leroy Sanchez, Daniel Ortega “Dangelo” & Dan Hammond)! Of course, as usual in Spain, we heard some boos but the results are pretty clear with 58% votes for the ballad!
What do you think of this entry? What are its chances in Rotterdam?
I investigated the Cypriot videoclip thoroughly and I spotted a very nice panther. That’s always a plus!
Full video CYPRUS 2021
https://panikmusic.gr/eldiablo-kikloforia-video/
I’m so happy to see that she is totally turned on by Head & Shoulders shampoo and conditioners. Is El Diablo actually dandruff?
Her boyfriend is actually sweet rapper Mike. Remember him?
Of course I remember him! Very nice couple 😃
Did you spot the panther?
No, I was mesmerized by her boobs and legs!
No. I watched it on my phone. They could have used OBI.😍
Who is OBI.
The Greek-Nigerian singer i showed you yesterday.
Singer? More of a instagram lad.
I really hate to see the sponsors in the music videos.. I mean the whole video concept has got nothing to the with “head and shoulders” and that nail polish brand .. I know they pay for the video but at least let them blend in well in your music video
It was a real LMAO and WTF moment in the midst of this overtly sexualized tableau! And now Eleni’s Fyffes seems very natural and not clumsy at all!
Seriously, of all the products they end up with dandruff shampoo. Must have been pretty desperate to find a sponsor :-)
I see 2 sponsors.. There is also nail polish brand, no? 🤣
I must have been still laughing as I missed the second one!
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
I usually don’t have a problem with sponsors but in this video it’s done clumsily. I was expecting Ronaldo or Buffon to come join her at some point.
This must be one of the clumsiest ever. Products are totally out context. Then again I think supermarket shampoos and nail polishers are quite a task to place smoothly on any pop music video.
Negative reaction among fans for Cyprus. They say it’s a Zara Larsson copy.
The VP of Love me Land. They almost identical. Also the chorus reminds me a lot of another hit but I don’t remember it’s title. It could be a Gaga song.
Didn’t think of Gaga first, but the “I fell in love, I fell in love” part reminds me of the chorus of Rita Ora’s “Anywhere”.
I am less familiar with Rita’s work because
I am less familiar with Rita’s work because I never like her. I listened to it and I can hear some similarities but nothing as close to Gaga.
Gaga is very obvious. In “Anywhere” it’s only the ‘Over the hills and far away…’ part that I immediately had in mind.
Lady Gaga ”Bad Romance” When the ooo part hits sounds like El Diablo’s chorus.
“Alejandro” rather than “Bad Romance” :)
No. ”Bad Romance”
As a whole it reminds me more of Alejandro.
Even the scene with the dancers remind me more of the Alejandro video. Still those devils are much preferable to Norway’s :-P
I think it’s whole Bad Romance era they are after here!
“I want your love, I want your revenge” part in Bad Romance😉
Generally many FAME MONSTER era references
Exactly.
Who are the writers? The Swedes?
It’s Swedish-Canadian- Brazilian-Danish collaboro :-)
Most credited one of the team is Swede Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt who has been working in US Latin scene with Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Marc Anthony, Daddy Yankee and others.
Wow
#TheDandruffDefenceTeam
LOL
Thank god they didn’t put any before and after shots in video! :-)
Huuum?
You forget the most important stars?
Alvaro Estrella with WORLD HIT “Baila Baila”???
And Sweet Congolese choco Tusse Chiza with “Voices”!!
MINUS to you! :P
Scroll down! I only forgot Baila Baila. ”Joker” might like to forget that too!
Kadiatou should be on the list too.. :D hahaha :P
Ok, I tried to polish him a bit to be more presentable to these vultures!
Kadiatou has just responded to you:
Hahaha :D
Hahhahaa!
What do you think in the scale of 10, how furious Ricky Martin is about not being offered to record Baila Baila? I would say 11. And poor Enirico Iglesias is rumoured to get his migrens back. And we really don’t want to go to Maluma here!
Hahahahah you are mean, but you an act like that cause poor Alvaro is not with THE KING this year!
El Diablo!!!!
El Diablo rips early Lady Gaga very convincingly and at the same time joints it to very different style of song, much more contemporary one. Still, I like it.
I like it too.. I would have prefered her as brunette tbh. I don’t know why Cypriot team is obsessed with bleached hair.. Not a flattering look. Remember Tamta? 😁Still missing the guy from last year.. If only HE had been given a good song for this year
I agree. I was just wondering about the blond hair. She would defo look better as brunette. Someone in the team obviously must prefer blonds. Let’s just they doesn’t hire Tamta’s ”stylist”!
Sando is missed here too, his song not that much :-)
To make her look like Zara Larsson? Check my comment below.
Lous Yakouza from most recent VFoS edition as well. Her hair is always drenched and dyed ib a vivid colour. She always comes across as tacky in every videoclip.
Oddly enough I can’t find it anywhere in YT.
They were busy getting sponsors in and totally forget about the YT as part of the marketing plan.
I think there’s a panther among the dancers :)
Oh, it wasn’t the shampoo that made her so horny!
She mind tends to his afro with a posh conditioner, who knows what that mamasita has in her mind.
I wouldn’t call it posh, but we do know what mamcita has in her mind :-)
She likes white cream.
Oh, it wasn’t the shampoo that made her so horny!
Aren’t they all in blackface? That might get Cyprus into trouble :-P
I spotted an afro.
Don’t think CNN and NYT can cancel Cyprus from ESC :-)
No they focus on Belarus now :-P
:-)
They will only upload it on Sunday. Panik wants fans to visit their site and possibly download their app.
I wouldn’t ever bother doing this :P
You want to miss all the new releases? :-P
I wouldn’t actually miss them. Just listen to them… afterwards :)
They should have released it in all the platforms now, The heat is on, and there are new songs in the pipeline.
The internet is full of bad quality snippets now, so it’s really a bad strategy. However I find it very interesting that Zara Larsson immediately discovered this look is ripping her! Seems to me they got the publicity mill running.
I fully agree. It happened way too fast! Cat fight! Who wears it better!
Maybe they did it on purpose.. There is nothing like bad publicity for some ppl
Cyprus:
I really love the chorus!
I have a problem with verses.. Im not too fond of them, and that part with “Mamacita” .. But chorus is a killer really, it is so hot, melody of it is great! xheat
And yes this reminds of Lady GaGa a bit, but I don’t have a problem with it.. Im a bit afraid of live rendition..
I dunno what mark to give.. I have to think more, it is much better to me than previous 3 Cypriot entries I didn’t like at all..
The mamacita part is an utter cringe.
Oh yeah it is.. :/ :D
I didn’t like Fuego that much either, but comparing it to this is… :P
LOL I prefer this sound to fake ethno/latino or smth.. :D
As if this was authentic sound :)
Zara Larsson just tweeted the cypriot entry with a reference to Mia Khalifa and people are pointing out the similarities between her video for “Love me land” and “El diablo”. Part of the marketing strategy?
“Love me land”
OMG! They are twinning, innit?
I mean why do they do this?I wish they had shot the video in the shower. That would be scandal free and go well with the sponsor. 😁This is ridiculous, really!
I am sure the “scandal” is on purpose. How did Zara discovered it so quickly? Come on!
I think reaching celebs on social media is not that hard. I bet all esc fans bombarded her with messages and tags
Maybe you are right but her reaction was way too quick.
Earlier in the News on Greek TV they said that Erdoan proposed that the term “Ege” for the Aegean Sea should be ditched and be substituted with a more… Turkish term. Is it true, Mermaid? :)
LOL I never pay attention his BS. He comes up with things daily… the majority won’t stop using Ege and call it something else just because he says so.. Even people name their sons Ege here it show how the word embedded in our language
Ok, I see :)
And everything is going downhill for him, I think he needs enemies more than anytime to change the agenda regarding economy, democracy etc and try to secure his position
Sounds quite typical for people like him.
Wow. They even made Elena look like Zara lol
Probably. I wouldn’t call Miss Larsson’s take on video art ground breaking or singular in any level. We have seen all this and her looks so many times before.
I just listened to Germany. Not interested into listening to it again. Hopefully the aesthetics of the clip and the live performance will add some extra layers.
Next, Cyprus. It’s again on the ambitious side. But again so was Replay. It will all depend on the live rendition. For the moment, it sounds like it relies too much on autotune and will be difficult to recreate live. The very obvious Gaga references bothered me a bit but I admit were the catchiest part due to familiarity reasons ? If juries are judging originality as they should, it will cost El Diablo some points imo. The haunting nursery rhyme parts and the Spanish gibberish are deffinitely cringey but also add to the memorability even potential viral status of the entry. Overall good effort!
They didn’t punish Netta enough for stealing Jack White’s song. Don’t think there will be any copyright issues on this one, even though they are going very near.
I think as a song this beats -19, I hope they can make a decent live as vocals are so contemporary style heavily produced.
I just caught up with the video controversy. I was not aware of “Love me Land” before and I am appaled by such strategies in the sake of more clicks and popularity. Minus one point on my list. Besides the LIVE rendition of HRV in the same girly pop genre gets my support this year :P
I’m with Cypriots, it’s way better and more intersting song also way better produced!
Do you think we will agree on one single song this season? Could tyat be our mission to find one? 😃
Cyprus 21 is more modern but definitely not more interesting to me. Besides, I’m very sceptical on her live. On the other hand, Albina has proved already she has got it LIVE.
We agree on Lithuania and France, no?
Is Lithuania your number one?
No. Finland is :P
Hahhahaa. Kudos for that! Lina has it too. Very happy about it!
1. FIN
2. FRA
3. LTU
4. HRV
5. CYP
6. UKR
7. ALB
8. ISR
9. CZE
10. ESP
11. NOR
1. Lithuania 2. Ukraine 3. Norway
Then in alphabetical order Cyprus, Finland, France. I’ll fix them later! Then again that alphabetical order looks pretty plausible 😃
So we agree on CYP’s ranking too.
No, as you have Cyprus fifth!
Cause HRV is sexier :P
I found Elena’s body very sexy!
I prefer my Croatian lolita :P
What? Have you turned into Danny? Or Frenchie? 😃
Ahaha ! No actually I’m more into milfs but I can make an exception for dear Albina :P
How noble of you 😃 Boys get so much attention here, so it’s about time one hot girl gets that too!
Don’t think we don’t have to worry about the standards of live singing this year. Everything can be fixed as nothing will happen in Rotterdam!
What do you mean?
Flaws in the singing are easily fixed in the studio afterwards. I’m sure the show will happen with taped performances.
Every singer is equal regarding voice then😀
Finally! 😃
ROFL.. The ones going this year is lucky.. No risk of humiliation
Well it’s a show contest, and the thing that’ll make me decide between two similar songs will be the live and without one for Cyprus (as usual) it’s always a question mark: no one saw Foureira doing that well before rehearsals, but then no one saw how Tamta would turn out so poorly before rehearsals too!
Actually, it’s a song competion, the cue us in the name 😃
Also I wasn’t too impressed by Croatia’s live. That can be easily match. No need for Foureira for that.
On Germany:
Well, it is not bad, some parts I loved, some not that much.. Beginning is better, I like how you dont know what to expect through the whole song, but at some point it becomes too messy Im afraid.. It will be somewhere in the middle for me it seems.. The same as Cyprus, I still dont know what exactly mark to give, it can be 6, or 7 maybe.. Hmmmm….
So now that I’ve heard the full Cypriot entry, I actually do love it a lot. I definitely see the Alejandro comparisons but unless that becomes an actual big plagiarism issue I’m not gonna dock any points here. It takes me back to the pop music of my childhood and tween years which I will always have a soft spot for, and I think this is the best Cypriot entry since Foureira. If Elena can perform like Eleni, then I can see this doing well, but if she is a bad singer or not very charismatic, it could end in disaster. So far, 2021 is looking far better than 2020 did.
LOVE:
1) 🇫🇮 Finland (2021 > 2020)
2) 🇭🇷 Croatia (2021 > 2020)
3) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (2021 > 2020)
4) 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2021 > 2020)
LIKE:
5) 🇳🇴 Norway (2020 > 2021)
6) 🇫🇷 France (2021 > 2020)
7) 🇨🇿 Czech Republic (2021 > 2020)
EH:
8) 🇺🇦 Ukraine (2020 > 2021)
DISLIKE:
9) 🇦🇱 Albania (2020 > 2021)
HATE:
10) 🇮🇱 Israel (2020 > 2021)
11) 🇪🇸 Spain (2021 > 2020)
12) 🇩🇪 Germany (2020 > 2021)
I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
I gave it up, I gave it up
Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel..
:D :P
Besides El Diablo Jimmy ”Joker” Thörnfeldt has three tickets in Mello: Saade, Tusse and Emil.
Nobody will be surprised to learn that CYP21 wan’t penned with the intention to get my support. Well, the chorus is catchy at least, but the verses sound very dull to me. What has happened to my ESC darlings Cyprus. :(
Good luck!
“What has happened to my ESC darlings Cyprus?”
They have turned into Swyprus maybe? :P
ROFL
And I haven’t yet mustered the courage to listen to the German proposal. *panics*
“panikmusic.gr”… hahaha :D
Maybe it will be panikmusic.de :D
It’s already Wednesday evening! Apparently, I have missed 2 new entries. I will come back after dinner to listen to the new proposals. :) I am too tired to do so, atm.
Cyprus is ok. I find it amusing how Elena looks like she could be Tamta’s little sister/ daughter. Judging from the video she lacks the attitude to go with a song like that, something Eleni Foureira had. At least her hair will be flake free and full of life thanks to sponsor’s gift basket.
Germany: I’m still waiting for tomorrow and its official release.
Just finished online classes, let me make the articles now and I’ll listen to the songs as I make them :o
I actually can’t find Elena’s song on youtube (you find countless “my reaction” and “rankings” when you put “cyprus eurovision 2021” and then “elena el diablo” on youtube) and Eurovision.tv article or youtube don’t have it either?!
Ok it’s only on Panik’s website! LOL
Obviously their social media marketing is on vacation! Fools!
Check your inbox.
Watching Zara’s video could have worked LOL
Ok, I need to get this out of my system… :)
Today, I lost patience and was rather rude to a poor young lady who called me to “offer” me a gas + power package. I has been a living hell for me these last 6 months. They are extremely annoying.
The thing is that I am now feeling guilt :o
Why did you lose patience? Was she rude, insisted a lot? I usually reply I’m not interested and if they keep on going, I just reply I have to go.
I have made it clear to them that I am not interested from the first time but it has been six months now that they keep on calling me.
Today they called me 3 times in 90 minutes :)
Tbh, I thought someone is trolling me :D
Oh you are right. I used to get a lot of these “calls” but not anymore. All you have to do is ask your phone company to exclude you from all advertising activities
That would be an option, I guess :)
Do it. It will spare you from a lot of frustration!
That sounds awful: in France, you can be put on what’s called “ligne rouge” (red line) and that means ads can’t call your fixed home line (that doesn’t exist for mobile phone, but you can’t get ads called there unless you give your mobile phone number online or to a store where you bought things) so that we don’t get any calls at home. Like, NEVER lol
Yes, that’s what Donnie told me too :)
We have an official site where we can let or disable firms calling or sending texts
They somehow find your number and bother you for new campaigns but you can always cut the connection