Spain SPAIN 2022 - Chanel - SloMo

[escYOUnited]

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​

 

[ag89]

So what, we have had dance tracks before so let's not have them again?! I find that opinion silly.

 

[lacrymea]

Juries are there to ensure quality. Not to do the math beforehand and prevent a public favorite (not a joke entry) from winning. So, last night was shameful on that regard and I don't blame Spanish voters for feeling mocked at.

As for the winner, I gave it a for the slick performance. Nothing much to add song wise.

 

[Ausesken]

We've had latino music in the Spanish music scene for decades but we can't send a latino entry because Cyprus decided to do it before? What kind of argument is that? Then all ballads should be downgraded instantly because... how many ballads have we had in Eurovision since its first edition?

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Well, it seems I was awfully wrong in my prediction. Slo-mo is ok, will not be the winner of Eurovision, but I think it will avoid Spain to be bottom 5 again. I give it a because staging and choreo are already on point, but vocally Chanel needs to rely less on the backing track.

I expected a Rigoberta victory, it didn't happen. And I'm glad, because it would have been the worst choice possible for Eurovision, imo. Rigo is a great artist, but the song would have not been comprehended by a European audience and the staging was messy and really too much "in your face" in my opinion.
I know how she wanted to be back in Italy, in a contest like Eurovision that would have been a great turning point for her career, but I'm glad this one will remain her last Italian performance for now, but I'm sure she will come back one day.

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Regarding Tanxugueiras, they were my choice for Spain, so I'm really gutted the jury tanked this song, but I'm also happy they had such a good reception from Spanish audience: I didn't expect them to win both the demoscopic jury and the televote. So they didn't won in Benidorm, but they should be really happy with the love the song has received.

 

[njdevils94]

I don't mind SloMo but will be actively rooting against it because of the way it was selected. It's clear Spain wanted Rigoberta or Tanxugueiras but a jury of 5 people decided against that. The long term impact of this will be much worse in my opinion with less artists wanting to enter and with Beindorm Fest likely not being used again to select an ESC entrant I'm not too optimistic.

 

[Looren]

Spain had better choices but as long as it's better that Ay Mama

points, I enjoy it a lil bit

 

[Bmbriga]

It's okish song, the performance was great. Although, it seemed to me that it was better in semifinal.
I'm a bit indifferent to it, since none of my favourites were really in top 3... So, whatever.
I liked Calle de la lloreria, after that Eco... I'm maybe just a bit disappointed Ay Mama didn't win, but only out of pure curiosity of what would happen in Eurovision. My prediction was that it would more or less flop (maybe some votes from jurors who want to "support the message"), but I'm a bit curious if I would actually be wrong...

 

[Ezio]

I just rewatched Fuego and it looks very basic compared to SloMo. Eleni is just strutting and flippin her hair. Her hairography is effective but not hard Besides that, there is not much going on, yet she sounds more breathless than Chanel.

 

[Bobjan FR]

One thing I hope is that they won't change the scenography for Turin and keep everything as it is. The performance is perfect as it is now.

 

[Ezio]

Carmen Farala designed her outfit?

 

[Jopi]

Ay Spain.....
Good thing: At least it was not Ay Mama uf.

SloMo as a basic pop song (and I see a looot of comments praising her and her performance but not even mentioning the song lol ok) and imo it's rather a bad one. She really made wonders on that stage with choreo and performance overall so props to her. She was btw way better in semi final than last night. Ah I don't know about Spain's chances in esc, it's too early still, but I can definitely see her in bottom 5 again if the year shapes up to be good + get in there a few more girlie pop songs and yeah... For now I think her biggest reach is maybe 15th place at best. Also I just realised her singing is also very... slim. The backing track is doing most of the job. ESC pls bring back all live vocals pls pls pls

All that aside, all I can say SHAME on the juries. Preventing the victory of the song that won public and demoscopic is shameful. I hate politics so so much here and I bet the 3 Spanish juries tanked Terra down so it couldn't win.

My poor boy Rayden didn't stand a chance as expected. He was great, loved the toned down backing vocalists.

When is Spain gonna choose the representative for esc with most potential?! +1 more year of not doing that lol

Ps. I loved the show, great job RTE. And BenidormFest is definitely not going in Sanremo direction as it was said before, can you imagine SloMo winning Sanremo LMAO exactly.

 

[Bmbriga]

Besides that, there is not much going on, yet she sounds more breathless than Chanel.

She was singing much more than Chanel. She carried the song by herself, where Chanel doesn't sing at parts, we are listening to backing track- she sings the first word and the rest is repeated by a backing track.
That's no shade at Chanel, since it's permitted now and she sings good, but just wanted to say that, imo, it was harder to sing/perform Fuego.

 

[cegs5]

Official figures

Average rating: 2.966.000
Share: 21%
Rank: 1
highest share by regions: Galicia (49,6%) Madrid (28,7%) Comunidad Valenciana (24,9%)
highest pick: at 00:04 hrs. 3.499.000 (27,7%)

Source: https://www.escplus.es/la-final-del...-con-un-21-de-share-y-2-966-000-espectadores/

Total Televotes, revealed in the press conference : 192.006

I think we can say Benidorm Fest has been a success in terms of tv audience and media coverage, the impact it has had is positive and it’s only good news for the future.
Televoting wise, it remained low, let’s hope RTVE could plan another strategy to engage more people, this has to be eorked hand to hand not only with the pricing, but with the voting system, so people can feel that their voice has power.

 

[Zeus]

My god.. Spain goes slutty pop as well.

 

[HayashiM]

Ps. I loved the show, great job RTE. And BenidormFest is definitely not going in Sanremo direction as it was said before, can you imagine SloMo winning Sanremo LMAO exactly.

Of course not, if this were Sanremo, Rayden would've won (read: would've been the only song to make the selection in the first place).
But yet again... baby steps. Compared to the misery of the last few years, Benidorm Fest is a fantastic job.

 

[marty]

Again a weak entry for Spain. The song is lacking a catchy chorus and the performance is overloaded. They have to change the staging to a cooler performance, then maybe a result in the middle of the field can be reachable.

 

[ag89]

Again a weak entry for Spain. The song is lacking a catchy chorus and the performance is overloaded. They have to change the staging to a cooler performance, then maybe a result in the middle of the field can be reachable.

Absolutely not, the song came to life thanks to THIS performance.

 

[Zonne147]

The song is alright, the performance and the way she delivers the song elevates it a lot, but I'd still make some changes.

I have doubts about this doing well, the song just feels a bit underwhelming compared to previous ESC songs that are competing for the same audience. But we'll see I think it's an effort Spain should be proud of.

points

 

[PollyWantsACracker]

As I don't like popular vote choice nor the jury choice, I'm not getting into the whole drama, I'll just rate Spain's final product for ESC as it is.

1. SloMo lyrics

0/10 The song says nothing, at times the lyrics are even STUPID and DEGRADING e.g.

Si tengo una problema no es monetary

Yo vuelvo loquito' a todos los daddies (65+ rich club or what? )

And then the whole refrain is just like an allusion on a sex tape with her working her booty, just record it in slow motion (thus the title SloMo). Rolleyes.

2. SloMo melody

3/10 A forgettable disco track, flat and repetitive digital lines, one break with no melodic purpose but to serve the choreography.

3. Chanel's vocal

2/10 No vocal there, she rather talks in verses instead of singing, though she has some higher pitch line before refrain. It is all drowned in prerecorded and autotuned vocals. The professional juries at the ESC will not be able to find an excuse to rate her higher than 5 as they have obligatory assessment elements such as 1. Composition 2. Vocal

4. Staging (not choreography!)

0/10 They know they don't need the stage because everybody watches her so RTVE cut themselves some spending for ESC 2022. Maybe that's why their juror member "liked" this entry.

5. Choreography and stage presence

7/10 Well she is a professional dancer, not a singer, so this was her best card. However, I deduct her 3 points because choreography had been copy-pasted from Jennifer Lopez's MTV performance when she was awarded for life achievement.

6. Her personality and impact on the ESC

0/10 Seems like a sweet girl, like Albina from Croatia last year.

However, this is her first song ever, she doesn't have recording career behind her, and appears obviously inexperienced on big events.

She and Paloma were far the worst of all competitors yesterday when they were asked in the green room to send a message of their song to the public and convince them to vote. The girl didn't say anything, she pretended to cry because emotioanl and yelled vote only. I saw a rolleyes from Rigoberta in that moment, I swear.

So the overall average score is 2.

IMO it's objective. I'll give her in the poll 3 / 12 as I am sure there will be many more entries still worse than her (e.g. Moldova OMG hahqhhqh).

 

[hpp0]

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.

When I said international jurors, I don't mean music professionals from other countries, I meant more like people involved with the delegations of other countries or personnel of public broadcasters that I've seen being invited from time to time. It doesn't mean that they will necessary do it, but it isn't unlikely. When I wrote it I had in my mind a vague memory of something like that happening in either 2018 or 2019 with France's NF, I think but I'm not sure at all if it was France. My criticism was mostly towards that particular jury and it's composition and why these people were chosen as jurors, but maybe I didn't phrase it properly.

Online voting isn't really the best alternative to an international jury, I know, cause it can get manipulated very easily. However I think that between a juror involved with another entry and an online voting where mostly hardcore fans will vote, the first is more likely to not have the best intentions in mind. I understand tho that if that happened online voting would have given points to a riskier entry rather than SloMo and that might haven't ended up well in May.