Spain SPAIN 2022 - Chanel - SloMo

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Llegó la mami
La reina, la dura, una Bugatti
El mundo está loco con este party
Si tengo un problema, no es monetary
Yo vuelvo loquito’ a todos los daddies
Yo siempre primera, nunca secondary
Apenas hago doom, doom
Con mi boom, boom
Y le tengo dando zoom, zoom
Por Miami

Y no se confundan
Señora’ y señore’
Yo siempre ‘toy ready
Pa’ romper cadera’, romper corazones
Solo existe una
No hay imitaciones (Na, na)
Y si aún no me crees, pues me toca mostrárselo

Take a video
Watch it slo mo, mo, mo, mo, mo
Booty hypnotic
Make you want more, more, morе, more, more
Voy a bajarlo hasta el suеlo, lo, lo, lo, lo (Yeah)
If you wish, you could do this dembow (Do this dembow)
Drives you loco (Yeah)
Take a video, watch it slo mo

Te gusta todo lo que tengo
Te endulzo la cara en jugo de mango
Se te dispara cuando la prendo
Hasta el final, yo no me detengo
Take a sip of my cola-la
Un poco salvaje na-na-na
Make it go like pa-pa-pa-pa
Like pa-pa-pa-pa-pa

Y no se confundan (Y no se confundan)
Señora’ y señore’
Yo siempre ‘toy ready (Yo siempre estoy ready)
Pa’ romper cadera’, romper corazone’
Solo existe una (Solo existe una)
No hay imitaciones (Na, na, na)
Y si aún no me crees, pues me toca mostrárselo (Oye)

Take a video
Watch it slo mo, mo, mo, mo, mo
Booty hypnotic
Make you want more, more, more, more, more
Voy a bajarlo hasta el suelo, lo, lo, lo, lo
If you wish, you could do this dembow (Do this dembow)
Drives you loco (Yeah)
Take a video
Watch it slo mo, mo, mo, mo, mo
Booty hypnotic
Make you want more, more, more, more, more
Voy a bajarlo hasta el suelo, lo, lo, lo, lo
If you wish, you could do this dembow (Do this dembow)
Drives you loco (Yeah)

Y no se confundan (Y no se confundan)
Señora’ y señore’
Yo siempre ‘toy ready (Yo siempre estoy ready)
Pa’ romper cadera’, romper corazones
Solo existe una (Solo existe una)
No hay imitaciones (Na, na, na)
Y si aún no me crees, pues me toca mostrárselo (Oye)

Take a video
Watch it slo mo, mo, mo, mo, mo
Booty hypnotic
Make you want more, more, more, more, more
Voy a bajarlo hasta el suelo, lo, lo, lo, lo
If you wish, you could do this dembow (Haz el dembow)
Drives you loco (Yeah)

Take a video
Watch it slo mo​

 

[Kitakaze]

I'm personally against having juries in national finals and especially international juries, simply because not only 80% of the time the people in the juries aren't actually music professionals (choreographers and directors are related to the performance, not the music that the juries should be judging) but also cause international jurors especially those related to the delegation of their countries might vote for an entry they don't consider that much of a threat in order for their country to avoid competition (I'm not specifically talking about that guy from Iceland I don't know how he voted, I've just seen it happening in the past). It would be better to have online voting if they wanted the opinion of non Spanish people, cause esc fans would sincerely vote for their favourite. If they want a San Remo voting system they should do it like San Remo not making a foul out of people who had to pay a ridiculous amount of money for their votes to barely count.

I’m the opposite and while I agree the jurors themselves need to be strictly musical professionals and there needs to be that representation from different jobs within the industry, I don’t think international jurors are inclined to sabotage an act in a national final in any way, at least not when they’re one of a select few who have been personally invited to judge. I know it happens at Eurovision but I don’t know of any cases where that’s happened at a national final over the years?

I also think if you open the televote to international fans rather than an international jury there’s that risk that people may not be voting necessarily with Spain’s best interests at Eurovision. The goal this year was to improve Spain’s lack of success and while it remains to be seen how well Chanel will do, I think having an international jury was definitely a step in the right direction given the sentiment that the best performance and the one with the most Eurovision potential won seems to be fairly unanimous.

 

[Datura]

i did not watch the other contestants, just the winning performance and i like it! the choreo is hot (especially withe light effects during the chorus), the song is pretty catchy, she's great on stage - think this is a good entry from spain!

 

[nudiecrudi]

Overall Benidorm Fest was a good selection.
Somethings should be fixed, most of all the balance of voting system. All the juries should have the same importance.
And please no more non Spanish members in the juries.
Spain is a country with a huge music background and I think SloMo is part of it.
Personally I think Terra, Ay mama or Calle should have been better options.
SloMo isn't something new or never seen but is fresh and contemporary and Chanel delivers it perfectly.
About the result? It all depends how many songs of this genre will be present in the final. Last year they all flopped but who knows.
I have a feeling that we will not have many dance pop songs considering the disaster of the last year.
I gave a 6.

 

[HayashiM]

But Tanxugueiras and Rigoberta did better in the Televote, so is this all the evidence we need to tell that these two would have had more potential at Eurovision? Not to mention that they probably would have had greater Jury appeal as well?

Benny Cristo, Tix, Bilal and countless others say hello - local televote appeal doesn't correlate with the eventual Eurovision potential as strongly as people might think. Sometimes it fits (Voilà, Zitti e Buoni), but sometimes it's inversely proportional.

 

[alyrin]

slomo was not my favourite but chanel absolutely NAILED the performance, she's such a great performer + she's gorgeous

points

 

[Ezio]

I watched the entire show of course, texted with my love in Madrid who had a viewing party with friends and we both agreed on Rigoberta as the winner. She was estupenda, arousing, relatable, emocionante, autentica. I also think she was the favourite in the arena.

Well, that didn't happen, so we had to settle for my second favourite which I can respect. But I want Spain not only to do well, but to win. Eurofans didn't live to see Spain take the trophy, unless they are very, very, very old.

Chanel's performance is absolutely ferocious, very satisfying to watch, when she nails it. In my opinion she nailed the semifinal and the recap, but the actual final performance looked a bit messed up to me.

The problem with the song itself is, that it's too late for Spain to bring on the fuego. Especially after 2021. Chanel's act is way superior to Eleni Foueira's and Luca Hänni's, but the song is not contemporary nor are we ready for a late 2010's Latin pop revival.

What Spain got it wrong, was when in 2017 they chose Manel in the absurdly rigged selection over Mirela. Contigo is an absolute bop, that would have achieved Top 3 behind Portugal and Bulgaria.

Also this year, the juries were in for a kill, and their victim was Tanxugueira, the popular favourite. For me the staging wasnt quite right but you never know if it was rigged against their favour. I think their chances at Eurovision would have been higher than those for Chanel. I also think Rigoberta was a serious contender for Eurovision victory. I also think Rigoberta was the true winner of televoting, since Galician pride may have rigged the televote to Tanxu's favour. Imagine, Rigoberta getting 30 points and Tanxu 25 in the last round of voting, there would have been a tie between Rigo and Chanel.

For Chanel I would foresee a result outside of Top 5 and Bottom 5.

If Spain wants to break their Top 20 curse, they are fine. If Spain wants to finally win, they have to send something unique and not fit into the fuego mould. They had their chance in 2017, now they fuego time is over. But it's a major serve to the gays.

 

[dannytr24]

Good choice España

 

[Ezio]

Youtube

Rigo SF 2.2M
Tanxu SF 2M
Chanel SF 1.3M

Tanxu F 138K
Chanel F 135K
Rigo F 107K

 

[aef]

This definitely want‘s to be more than it is. Very meh and average. 4 points from me.

 

[Ezio]

A reminder of what we were robbed off in 2017

Mirela segunda con el tema 'Contigo' | #ObjetivoEurovision | #Eurovision 2017

La cantante Mirela queda en segunda posición en #ObjetivoEurovision con el tema 'Contigo'.En: http://www.rtve.es/television/eurovision/Suscríbete a: https://...

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I still sing the song on the tops of my lungs in all the available keys, and actually sounds great.

 

[HayashiM]

After Chanel's performance, I'd said she's the Spanish trap, but I was wrong, the real trap was Rigoberta, and hurray! - I am so happy narrowly managed to avoid it.

I join the voices saying this must feel crap for Tanxugueiras and their fans and that the system should be changed. I would not change it all that much though, just make the weights 33:33:34 and I'd be good (having 10 juries instead of 5 could also help).

Nevertheless, I believe Chanel was the best option for Spain from the top 3. Rayden would have been a higher risk / higher reward bet had he managed to find a better staging, but that wasn't meant to be. SloMo doesn't feel like a top 5 song, but Spain's not going to bottom 5 either and that's what really matters right now. Baby steps.

Sure, there's all the sexy bops of the last year, but 1. there were like 5-6 of them cancelling each other out, 2. On average, they still managed that middle of the table and 3. Chanel eats all of them for breakfast as a performer.

 

[HayashiM]

Overall, I am confident Spain gets its best result since 2015. The song's a 6 for me, the performance is a 12, so with a little "you helped preventing another disaster" bonus feeling, I am giving a .

 

[Ezio]

You may be right about that HayashiM. Greece 2021 is my most listened song from last year, and I think she took several hits from the other ladies in silver skirts and 4 back up dancers. And not in every year, a totally unique song wins, but a song with an excelled staging (2011, 2013, 2015, 2019). But I don't think Chanel has the winning package, after 5 years of fuego pop, and one mishap in the choreo or the vocals can sink her.

Thanks for the reminder of 2015, which was such a disgrace of a result. Edurne however also came one or two years too late, because in 2015 was an abundance of dramatic power ballads. In 2016, same story, Say yay, energetic pop formular didn't work after Heroes winning and other countries upping their performance.

If this year countries fall into the rock trap, and some of them already did, there is an opening for Spain. Also Chanel's early selection into this season may prevent other countries from sending a similar act.

 

[ESC94]

Ok, here we have the Spanish entry for 2022, "SloMo" by Chanel. What do I think of that??

I personally think it´s much better than the boring ballad they served us last year but still not something I`m crazy about. For me it sounds like many other latin pop songs we had in the last few years and compared to other songs of the same genre like 2019 or 2018 this is worse. If had sent a song like this a few years ago maybe I would ´ve been more supportive of this, but so it´s just there for me.

She´s singing and dancing ok, but for me the whole performance feels a bit overloaded, maybe they should change the choreographer.

All in all I give Chanel and her song , better than last year but I still don´t think it´ll be the major breakthrough the country really needs at Eurovision.

 

[Ezio]

Another instance of Spain on a hype train into utter defeat.

Soraya - La Noche Es Para MÃ (Spain) Live 2009 Eurovision Song Contest

Soraya represented Spain at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with the song La Noche Es Para Mí (The Night Is For Me)

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In 2009, ethnic bop was over at Eurovision, and yet Spain sent Soraya. It's a pattern of choices that worries me. Always late on the trends. I'm desperate for a Spanish victory!!!

 

[Ringdalen]

Everyone else will be trying to catch up to Spain this year, they are on another level and for sure in the Top 5 with the televote.

 

[rasmuslights]

Spain made the right choice...

Rigoberta actually had the best song but the performance was awful... everything from the vocals to camera angles, to what she was wearing was off and looked tacky, unfortunately...
Tanxugueiras actually made some improvements and I wouldn't be mad if they won.

Chanel had the most perfect performance + it will look even 10x better on eurovision stage...

I predict a top 15 finish. Song is a 6,5/10 but live performance is 10/10 therefore I'm giving it a 8,5/10... - my second after czech republic.

 

[apasionata]

I just assembled perfection in video form

 

[Ezio]

I wonder how Cyprus is doing today.... did their act just get cancelled?

 

[apasionata]

I wonder how Cyprus is doing today.... did their act just get cancelled?

I wouldn't worry too much about Cyprus who's scored 3 Top 16 results in a row