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EUROVISION 2021: FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM AND SPAIN - CHECK OUT THE FULL PERFORMANCES

  Here are also the performances from dress rehearsals of the remaining Big countries:

EUROVISION 2021: REHEARSAL DAY 8: FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM AND SPAIN

And here's the rest of the Big5+host second rehearsals. Let's have a look how the odds reacted: Italy claims the number one spot from France that drops to second. UK dropped two places (now 25) and Spain gained one (now 37) as did the Netherlands (now 30). Germany steady at 29.  Other movements include Sweden (-1), Finland (-1), Romania (-1), Russia (+2), Israel (+1), Moldova (+2), Serbia (+1), Ireland (-1), North Macedonia (-1), Latvia (-1) and Albania (+1) Photos and videos from eurovision.tv as usual.  France. What to say? More I see more I can't get over this is from some sort of Edith Piaf musical and it's disturbing my viewing experience as this is Eurovision, not a musical and tribute to someone else. This said it is all picture perfect and she's great but who is she? She may come across just a Piaf wannabe to wide audiences and do they want to vote for such? I'm not sure. Shock result in sight perhaps despite all? After all France has already experience...

EUROVISION 2021: REHEARSAL DAY 6: FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM AND SPAIN

And here's the first rehearsal of the remaining Big5 . France gives us nothing new or exciting but the Edith Piaf meets Patricia Kaas and becomes Barbara Pravi in this ageless number od darkness, lights and hand gestures that is currently the odds number one. Will she win in the end and do I want her to? I don't know. Being a fan of both Piaf and Kaas I'm not so into something so copycat really I think. I'd love France to win again but with this one? Maybe not..... United Kingdom's best part is James Newman himself, love his voice. The staging seems rather fitting with those fake trumpet player dancers but then again is it something original or captivating? Maybe not. Could be a lot worse, too. All in all this could be the year UK's final placing won't start with number 2.... Spain brings more or less the staging seen already in the national "final" with moon and universe (nice link to his last year's entry) and the song's been re-arranged ...

SPAIN: BLAS CANTÓ WILL PERFORM VOY A QUEDARME IN EUROVISION 2021

Also Spain has its mini national final last night when voters online and at home in front of their televisions decided between two songs Blas Cantó had prepared for Eurovision 2021. He was chosen internally last year by the Spanish broadcaster with Universo , and got another chance this year. The show was build around his career with guest performances of his biggest hits so far. In the end Voy a quedarme was the winner. No surprise. Sadly the live backing vocals pretty much ruin the song making it messy and shouty compared to the studio version . But that can be fixed with better mixing. 1. Voy a quedarme  58% 2. Memoria  42%

SPAIN: BLAS CANTÓ PRESENTS HIS SONGS FOR EUROVISION 2021

Spain chose internally Blas Cantó last year for Eurovision song contest with Universo . This year he's again the chosen one but this time the public can vote between two songs, Memoria and Voy a quedarme . Vote HERE for Voy a quedarme. 

EUROVISION 2020 REVIEWS: SWITZERLAND, BELARUS, SPAIN, FRANCE

Switzerland - Gjon's Tears - Répondez-moi One of those songs I think I should like more but in the end, no I don't. A big plus for bringing something in French instead of English, and something original and different that isn't manufactured to fit the Eurovision formula  written in some random international songwriting camp (even if apparently it is....). Original, haunting, beautiful ... but for me there's something missing to make it a standout song and a winner like it was in the various  betting odds pre-cancellation. On the other hand the first hearing felt a lot better than it is after a few hearings and people who vote... Well, we will never know!   8/10 Belarus - VAL - Da vidna The national final performance in the preview video isn't the best I have seen. There's something about them and their song that I really like,and this plays often in my headradio. This could have been a surprise success in Rotterdam, maybe. I mean a finalist and ...

EUROVISION: NEW SOUNDS FROM KEiiNO & ELECTRIC FIELDS, JOCI PÁPAI & GABI TÓTH, PASTORA SOLER & BLAS CANTÓ, MARIN JURIC-CIVRO & NINA KRAJLIC

EUROVISION 2020: GET TO KNOW BLAS CANTÓ (SPAIN)

Blas Cantó Moreno (28) was internally chosen for Eurovision 2020. His career started as a child star in 2000 when he was 8 in various talent shows, including the national selection for Junior Eurovision in 2004, when he was runner up to Maria Isabel (who went on to win it for Spain) with Sentir . in 2009 he became a member of boyband Auryn and they tried to get to Eurovision 2011 with Volver and placed in top-3. Auryn released four studio albums (three of them #1s) before Blas went solo and released his #1 debut album Complicado in 2018. Now he will finally be on Eurovision stage with Universo.

SPAIN: BLAS CANTÓ RELEASES UNIVERSO FOR EUROVISION 2020

The song is finally out. To be honest I was hoping for something else, or better, or whatever. That Spain would really make it this time but this is quite generic and unoriginal and not very memorable, is it? Plus as much as I love falsettos there's always a huge risk to deliver them live, so.... well, I save my further judgement for the live performance. 

EUROVISION 2020: BLAS CANTÒ FOR SPAIN!

Out of the blue comes the announcement that Blas Cantò will sing for Spain in the Eurovision song contest 2020 in Rotterdam. It seems the Spanish television RTVE has finally woken up - after five years placing 21st-26th.... Maybe the internal choice is a step to the right direction? Blas Cantò (27) is a familiar name from AYRUN ,  who tried to get to Euroviison already in 2011, and has also won Tu cara me suena imitation variery show's fifth season. On top of that he tried also Junioe Euroviison in 2004. With AYRUN he released five albums, all selling gold and/or platinum while his debut solo album was released in fall 2018. So far he has released five singles. Check some of them below: 

SPAIN: The confusion starts on Friday

Daniel Motiño Camúñez reports: Spain is not being clear with their intentions and selection formula but TVE finally announced the names of the 24 artist bidding to represent Spain in Düsseldorf, although my previous scepticism, once I watched and heard the auditions the options could have been worse and it is still too early to judge since the selected songs have not been auditioned yet. TVE is not giving any hints about what they are looking for, taking in consideration the different kind of artists selected. Newbies, old classics, one hit wonders, popstars as much as duets, groups, crooners, nostalgics, flamenco pop, r&b, international voices (what does exactly mean?), (apparently) black voices and even a boy band. As I said All Kinds of Everything . It is not even clear if the jokers are still to come or all already there as TVE is highliting among the finalists "some of the artist are already known from our viewers like Alazán, the singer Esmeralda Grao a...

TVE first round castings ready

Daniel Motiño Camúñez reports: The three live shows to select the Spanish performer/s in Düsseldorf kicked out with a huge attendance success on 24th and 27th November in Madrid and 29th November in Barcelona. There is no official facts about the number of candidates but the some of the contestants in Madrid had a sticker with a number higher than 7000. Candidates had to perform one Eurovision song and the most covered one was (of course) Bailar Pegados - Bravo creativity! Other contestants were for more non-ordinary songs like the classics Al fin del Camino or Yo soy Aquel, Waterloo more acutal ones like Is it True, Fairytale or It's my time but the jaw dropping entry was Milim ! Wow people is taking this serious, Alberto recorded recently a Spanish cover of Milim , the song was airplayed all around Israel and even Harel himself congratulated him for the performance and adaption. Will Alberto be the next one?  Another of the candidates was David Belardo the onl...