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Spain SPAIN 2023 - Blanca Paloma - Eaea
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Did you do that yourself?
Chart freak is getting to another level with the new design, ladies & gents
Megara deserves a better position above Fusa Nocta.
Agoney - 324k views came from Spain in the first day. Blanca is heading somewhere between 280-320k range. At this point Blanca can snatch televoting too, depends of the ratings and audience on Saturday.
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Sorry for Agoney, but "Quiero Arder" is trash. I think he is talented but I hope he won't be selected... I absolutely despise his song.
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My congrats to Spain on their selection and production. Watch both shows online and was really impressed, so entertaining. My choice would be Megara. Great stage show, lots of charisma a catchy rock song sang in Spanish and a powerful voice . I understand that's quite out of the question , so Agoney, Blanca Paloma or Fusa Nocta are also good options.
Let the best win tonight!
Let the best win tonight!
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I don't have the hype for Benidorm Fest like I had last year, I think this edition is a step back in terms of quality of the songs. However, I like that it's positioning as one if the national selections to watch and becoming quickly as part of the eurofan tour.
As for the entries, it's clearly between Agoney and Blanca Paloma. I'm afraid I don't see anything special on Agoney's performance, it's yet again another camp act with a choreo and shouts to feel diva, which might appeal to the eurofan base, but we have seen it doesn't really do well in Eurovision where the audience is wider.
We have then Blanca Paloma with Eaea, the song I will not play on repeat, but I have watched the performance more than once as it captivated me. She is not just a powerful voice, but a performer. She can equally gain attention from some jurors and televoters. It can polarise opinions, from being annoying for some to being a masterpiece, which is always better than being just meh or bareable.
I think it would have more chances in Liverpool.
Note aside for Karmento, I really loved the staging and performance. I know it's chanceless, but I'm really happy she made it to the final and even more people can get to know her.
As for the entries, it's clearly between Agoney and Blanca Paloma. I'm afraid I don't see anything special on Agoney's performance, it's yet again another camp act with a choreo and shouts to feel diva, which might appeal to the eurofan base, but we have seen it doesn't really do well in Eurovision where the audience is wider.
We have then Blanca Paloma with Eaea, the song I will not play on repeat, but I have watched the performance more than once as it captivated me. She is not just a powerful voice, but a performer. She can equally gain attention from some jurors and televoters. It can polarise opinions, from being annoying for some to being a masterpiece, which is always better than being just meh or bareable.
I think it would have more chances in Liverpool.
Note aside for Karmento, I really loved the staging and performance. I know it's chanceless, but I'm really happy she made it to the final and even more people can get to know her.
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I just checked and Blanca received 92/96 possible jury votes in the semi-final. Either six 
s and two s or seven s and an if I'm mathing correctly.
This should give her a good lead, which she'll need if the demo-jury puts her 3rd and televote 2nd.
s and two s or seven s and an if I'm mathing correctly.This should give her a good lead, which she'll need if the demo-jury puts her 3rd and televote 2nd.
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Even back when only studio versions were out, Blanca was already on my radar.
I used to listen to Gypsy Kings on a cassette as a child and some of their stuff are actually in a similar vein as Eaea but with Spanish guitars accompaniment. So I was somewhat already familiar with this folk style and it even sounded a bit nostalgic when I heard it.
I want her to win.
I used to listen to Gypsy Kings on a cassette as a child and some of their stuff are actually in a similar vein as Eaea but with Spanish guitars accompaniment. So I was somewhat already familiar with this folk style and it even sounded a bit nostalgic when I heard it.
I want her to win.
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I am a little embarrassed to admit that Agoney is my favourite, so I don't talk a lot about it, but I enjoyed the song. I enjoyed Megara a lot too, but I damn well know they ain't winning, so I root for Agoney, but I'm sure he's coming second to Blanca Paloma now. Every once in a while I do believe Spain deserves an act that represents them well from the inside and outside (and doesn't make anyone send death threats to the singer), and Blanca can do just that.
I had a hard time savouring Fusa Nocta and Vicco as fan faves; Fusa Nocta primarily because it's a song I don't particularly enjoy subjectively, and Vicco because it sounds like one of the more hyped songs you'd hear at a German NF by how so-okay-it's-average it sounds, not a freaking Benidorm Fest edition... could see myself dancing to both of them by the end of the day though if I turn my feelings off for a sec and just think to myself "eh, bop".
Alice Wonder I thought would have more impact because of it being an "artistic ballad", but I guess they are shaping up to become next year's Blanca Paloma (or the spot belongs to Karmento, I'll elaborate why later), because last year Blanca Paloma was not understood a lot either with a simple ballad.
Karmento is my least favourite of the final; I appreciate what she's doing but maybe it's the key this song is written in that makes it sound too unappealing to me? Like I like myself something happy but Quiero y duelo does not make ME happy personally. Also the staging is a mess (but an organized mess more so than whatever Fusa Nocta is doing...). But she's fine. Like I said, I foresee her to be the Blanca Paloma '22 of 2024 Benidorm Fest: she enters a banger after being rather underlooked the previous year, and wipes the floor with other competitors.
José Otero is Okay I guess. Nothing too extraordinary, just a stronger male ballad than Alfred's... also the final needed to have a token male ballad dude for whom not many cares, thus filling the Gonzalo Hermida slot of 2023. At least I prefer Inviernos en Marte.
No one seems to have a stronger pull onto the big ass Benidorm Fest trophy made to mimic the Eurovision trophy other than Blanca Paloma and Agoney, but Blanca will still win imo, leaving me without my Benidorm Fest winner going to Eurovision for a second year in a row. And tbh I don't even mind anymore because EAEA is frankly one of the stronger songs selected so far! And in a year where no song has quite lit my fire from the National Finals period, I will once again have to rely on internals or satisfactory NF winners to make my top 10. Blanca Paloma could so far very well make it on there...
I had a hard time savouring Fusa Nocta and Vicco as fan faves; Fusa Nocta primarily because it's a song I don't particularly enjoy subjectively, and Vicco because it sounds like one of the more hyped songs you'd hear at a German NF by how so-okay-it's-average it sounds, not a freaking Benidorm Fest edition... could see myself dancing to both of them by the end of the day though if I turn my feelings off for a sec and just think to myself "eh, bop".
Alice Wonder I thought would have more impact because of it being an "artistic ballad", but I guess they are shaping up to become next year's Blanca Paloma (or the spot belongs to Karmento, I'll elaborate why later), because last year Blanca Paloma was not understood a lot either with a simple ballad.
Karmento is my least favourite of the final; I appreciate what she's doing but maybe it's the key this song is written in that makes it sound too unappealing to me? Like I like myself something happy but Quiero y duelo does not make ME happy personally. Also the staging is a mess (but an organized mess more so than whatever Fusa Nocta is doing...). But she's fine. Like I said, I foresee her to be the Blanca Paloma '22 of 2024 Benidorm Fest: she enters a banger after being rather underlooked the previous year, and wipes the floor with other competitors.
José Otero is Okay I guess. Nothing too extraordinary, just a stronger male ballad than Alfred's... also the final needed to have a token male ballad dude for whom not many cares, thus filling the Gonzalo Hermida slot of 2023. At least I prefer Inviernos en Marte.
No one seems to have a stronger pull onto the big ass Benidorm Fest trophy made to mimic the Eurovision trophy other than Blanca Paloma and Agoney, but Blanca will still win imo, leaving me without my Benidorm Fest winner going to Eurovision for a second year in a row. And tbh I don't even mind anymore because EAEA is frankly one of the stronger songs selected so far! And in a year where no song has quite lit my fire from the National Finals period, I will once again have to rely on internals or satisfactory NF winners to make my top 10. Blanca Paloma could so far very well make it on there...
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Sabrewulf238
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I think this might be it, not 100% sure:
Or this: https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/directo/benidorm-fest-rtve-play/final-benidorm-fest-2023/
It's not on yet though.
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https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/directo/canales-lineales/la-1/ This is were I am waiting, we'll see
Decayingbooks
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Yea, kinda, Karmento staging, for example, had a very Bosnia & Herzegovina vibe to it
