Spain SPAIN 2020 - Blas Cantó - Universo

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[randajad]

I don’t care it is safe, it is just kinda boring. Those Uni-uni-verso parts are annoying and overall, the song is nice, well produced and video is great, but it is not something I’m into. I gave it 6

 

[Mrm]

Ohhh, dear Spain...
Eurovisonized to bits.. AT the beginning it sound all right but from the first chorus and further, my God, never ending..
I will give 3 in the poll...
Urrrrrgh I want to love Spain one year finally!!

 

[0scar]

boring as hell I'm sorry Spain

 

[RainyWoods]

It's ok-ish. That jump scare of a high note thrown in randomly towards the end is unwarranted and might detract from what they're trying to achieve here (I was shook in a negative way). Verses actually are nice enough but it's another one of those really predictable songs that you know is either leading up to a drop or in this case some woah oh oh ohs. I don't actively dislike Universo but it's hard to find much to care about within the 3 minutes you spend with it besides Blas' nice trench coat.

5 points for now and I'll allow it a chance to grow.

 

[Mainshow]

After reading all comments (which tend to be slightly negative) and knowing Spain's ambition to end up bottom 5 every year, I prepared myself for the most generic entry possible.
That said, I'm surprised! - Personally, I think it's one of the best Spanish entries ever! - I'm not even kidding... It will definitely be not among my favourite entries and I can't see it inside the Top 10 in May but honestly, it's a well-crafted and brilliantly produced pop song: It's catchy and memorable and Blas Cantó's tone suits the song. The choir in the background sounds good to me as well.
It lacks some oomph, though, to be really impressive but there's no way it will be bottom 5 when there are juries involved.

I give it 8 points because on paper, it's a good entry and it's my favourite entry from Spain since 2012 but I'm not amazed or blown away.

 

[AlekS]

Disappointed with the entry (thought that JESC would teach you something).
I hate RTVE even more for making me agree with @Mrm

 

[EscGeek]

1st listen: "this is it?"
2nd listen: "okay, am i missing something?"
3rd listen: "nah, this sucks"

But at least he's apologizing for this monstrosity throughout the song.
I hope this doesn't make it into my top 30 because if it does, we have another weak year ahead of us.

 

[Mrm]

Disappointed with the entry (thought that JESC would teach you something).
I hate RTVE even more for making me agree with @Mrm

Why is so bad to agree with me?

 

[Citelis]

You Spain dissapointed me! Middle of the road entry for maximum points!

 

[BorisBubbles]

I've decided to give Bland Canto a 4. He probably should receive fewer points, but whatever I CANNOT be bothered to spend energy on this. It's not worth the effort of anger.

 

[Realest]

.........

 

[Fierro]

Nice filler entry from Spain.

 

[Leydan]

Well i dont give a damn if its safe, if by daring people expect something weird then im happy it is safe. But really its just not very good or memorable. Its an alright song, its not bad at all but its just... there. That random high note part is awful though and out of place, also im not a fan of the uni-uni-universo repeated over. I'm disappointed as Blas has far better songs than this and i thought a Spanish internal would prove stronger. Amanacer was super great all the way up to that staging that ruined it. I'll give it 5 for now.

 

[Alaska49]

wow so they really tried to give a marte to a dude who has nowhere near the vocal ability to sustain a marte. blás sounds annoying during the entire song, which is also a bit too dated to have any other such noteworthy shortcomings. sounds like a chart hit from 2011. any other channel would be able to work past these issues and get like 16th place because there is still something to work with, but do we trust TVE even after marte? not holding my breath.

5 points.

 

[Sammy]

I quite like that one. The Uni-uni-verso part is a bit strange, but over all I think this deserves to do well.

 

[NikolaiMoller]

I like the mood. I appreciate the song after first listening. Probably not gonna be in my top 10, but I would like to see Spain get a decent result this year.

 

[Kairit]

It definitely feels like the world is starting to move away from this kind of sound in pop. I'm so tired of these instrumental choruses with a word repeated over and over again. Feels hella lazy. But I think the rest of the song is quite adequate, I dig the first minute, by the end it feels a bit stale though.

 

[heke1988]

Five points: Like his voice, but song is nothing special to me. Also lyrics are too repetitive.

 

[Ana Raquel]

It's the type of mainstream pop song that I'm not a fan of.

4 points because I didn't have much expectations anyway + it's not a Tu Canción level of disaster.

 

[Charly]

First listen and I find it annoying as fuck