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Spain SPAIN 2022 - Chanel - SloMo
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What’s funny is that I played BenidormFest as background audio while I was driving and I was thinking “Is this an interval act of an actual entry? They should send her next year because this sounds great!” When I soon found out this was an actual competitor, it became my instant favorite in the Spanish NF.
There are obvious elements that worked here. Chanel can sing, she ca dance, and she has the looks. Less obvious is her presence across Europe, that fans definitely noticed. She displayed a genuine (seeming) demeanor of actually wanting to be at Eurovision. Like Sam in the UK, she put her country’s very recent low scores behind her and focussed on being a good abassador of Spain to globe on the Eurovision stage. She shined on stage, beaming with energy and charisma.
As I said in the UK thread, these results are the most telling they have been in years. For Spain and the UK, Europe doesn’t “hate you,” but it is clear that they expect — downright demand — that you put in effort. If you do, it will continue to be rewarded. Very deserved result, here’s to next year!
There are obvious elements that worked here. Chanel can sing, she ca dance, and she has the looks. Less obvious is her presence across Europe, that fans definitely noticed. She displayed a genuine (seeming) demeanor of actually wanting to be at Eurovision. Like Sam in the UK, she put her country’s very recent low scores behind her and focussed on being a good abassador of Spain to globe on the Eurovision stage. She shined on stage, beaming with energy and charisma.
As I said in the UK thread, these results are the most telling they have been in years. For Spain and the UK, Europe doesn’t “hate you,” but it is clear that they expect — downright demand — that you put in effort. If you do, it will continue to be rewarded. Very deserved result, here’s to next year!
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gremlins kids
Imo those haters have a clear inferiority complex, so they push themselves up by insulting the others. I'd say Spain as a country (so the current Spanish nationalism, pretty much born during the fascist dictatorship) has an inferiority complex in general for several reasons, mainly because it focuses on the fact that it used to be an empire and now we are irrelevant: economically we suck, our military power is nothing compared to other European countries and therefore our political influence is ridiculously low. As they have nothing positive to say in this regard, they despise everyone who doesn't lick our ass. It's my theory
Hopefully another kind of nationalism (or 'national proud') arise in the next generations, a more inclusive nationalism. Spain has many good things to be proud of, which do not imply being better or worse than others, and which don't prevent people from loving other countries apart from your own.
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yeah Spain has actually a lot to offer, it's one of my fave countries in Europe and obviously I feel connected with Spain cause we share a lot in common, it's just this particular point that baffles me (specially on internet cause in real life, well... people in real life are inoffensive lmao)gremlins kids
Imo those haters have a clear inferiority complex, so they push themselves up by insulting the others. I'd say Spain as a country (so the current Spanish nationalism, pretty much born during the fascist dictatorship) has an inferiority complex in general for several reasons, mainly because it focuses on the fact that it used to be an empire and now we are irrelevant: economically we suck, our military power is nothing compared to other European countries and therefore our political influence is ridiculously low. As they have nothing positive to say in this regard, they despise everyone who doesn't lick our ass. It's my theory
Hopefully another kind of nationalism (or 'national proud') arise in the next generations, a more inclusive nationalism. Spain has many good things to be proud of, which do not imply being better or worse than others, and which don't prevent people from loving other countries apart from your own.
Great results for Chanel, again, she deserves it
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Thanks to Chanel maybe in some years there will be more people willing to represent Spain, because she has revived the dream and the hope of a lot of Spanish people!! I think the last time this happened in Spain was 20 years ago when Rosa went to Eurovision.
In these 20 years I do think there were years where we deserved bad placements, but also some where we didn't and that just helped to worsen the image Eurovision has in Spain, a contest where the money of the tax contributors go to waste, because we don't get anything from it... is not like we are asking to be top 3 every year, but for real that we don't ask to be at the end of the poll even when we have competent songs either. One year you can do it superb and maybe the next year you can fail, but not always, it doesn't feel natural even when it might be.
But Chanel... I think she has awakened a whole generation of euro fans here in Spain, she has brought us hope for the future.
In these 20 years I do think there were years where we deserved bad placements, but also some where we didn't and that just helped to worsen the image Eurovision has in Spain, a contest where the money of the tax contributors go to waste, because we don't get anything from it... is not like we are asking to be top 3 every year, but for real that we don't ask to be at the end of the poll even when we have competent songs either. One year you can do it superb and maybe the next year you can fail, but not always, it doesn't feel natural even when it might be.
But Chanel... I think she has awakened a whole generation of euro fans here in Spain, she has brought us hope for the future.
One word - robbed!
You can be proud of what Chanel did nonetheless, it's really too bad that this performance wasn't enough this year because of reasons that go beyond music.
She really nailed it. Both
and were top-notch in their respective genres. Glad to see in the top after a while as well, I'm sure this is the beginning of a new trend for in the following years and it is certainly deserved.
You can be proud of what Chanel did nonetheless, it's really too bad that this performance wasn't enough this year because of reasons that go beyond music.
She really nailed it. Both
and were top-notch in their respective genres. Glad to see in the top after a while as well, I'm sure this is the beginning of a new trend for in the following years and it is certainly deserved.
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The South is slaying Eurovision and I am here for it
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Best performer in eurovision ever???
My family was blown away by this last night, even my grandparents had this as their favorite
My family was blown away by this last night, even my grandparents had this as their favorite
Remembering where it all started for me
I was shocked that Spain were racking up the jury points at the rate they were
I do feel that they benefited from being in a ballad heavy final however
I do feel that they benefited from being in a ballad heavy final however
& continuing their twinning era by getting very similar results and i'm totally here for it. found dead in a gutter (revenge for them accidentally doing well in 2018 me thinks). Super happy to see Spain up high in 3rd, even happier for our Spanish members because I know exactly how you're feeling right now being up high after so many years at the bottom. Initially I wasn't quite hyped for SloMo but Chanel is such a phenomenal performer and lifted everything. I voted for it in the final, and got one of my friends to vote for it also (who accidentally voted for Germany first lmao).
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I'm VERY late to the party here but HOW did this get such few public votes in the national selection, and that stupid tits song get so many? The tits song was weird in a bad way.
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Dollar store JLO got 3.97% while tit got 18.08%. Tit song is celebrating feminism and denounces censorship?
Dollar store JLO got cringer lyrics though: "
I make all the daddies go crazy
I’m always first, never secondary
As soon as I make doom, doom
With my boom, boom
And I got him making zoom, zoom
For my yummy
"
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Because spanish people actually understand the lyrics
I have a question for our Spanish friends : does Chanel have an accent ? I'm watching the lyrics video and I notice that she never pronounces the s in 'te gusta', , 'este', 'dispara', 'hasta' etc.
My Spanish classes might be far memories, I don't reckon ever hearing this type of pronunciation
My Spanish classes might be far memories, I don't reckon ever hearing this type of pronunciation