Spain SPAIN 2025 - Melody - Esa Diva

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[Iker]

Just popping in to upgrade from 10 to 12. Carry on with your days, everyone

I'm considerably less enthusiastic towards it. Esa Diva knows how to entertain but the song itself is a forgettable pop song from 2005 & her vocals too shouty.

 

[Iker]

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[toinou03]

This is not bad. You would dance to it, but it's really dated. It sounds like a throw it together of Spanish entries from the 2000s, Soraya, DNash, etc.
There are so many songs in Spanish on the radio, Rosalia to start with, and none of them sounds like that, so that's really disappointing...

 

[Fluke]

That's a real diva, alright!

A great memorable, energic and original performance.

Disagree with all those calling it dated and generic. The vocal style is old school, but that's the point. You don't hear it that often in the ESC anymore, and never in an entry that has any chance of doing well, like this has. Hard to say if this is going to be well recieved, but i think they can hope to finish above 15th place, which would be a good result for Spain. Anything but bottom 3 and it would still be above their median result...

 

[MAD20]

I haven't dared to write here since Melody won, but what can I say, it looks like we decide worse year after year. JKabello had the full pack and something fresh and current from this decade, but hey the 'slay, queen' Melody fanatics decided this trashy song should be picked.

It's true I may be biased cause I cannot stand her. Her arrogance irritates me big time.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Benidorm Fest needs to go back to the drawing board, and if it doesn't produce a successful entry next year then axe it and return to internal selections!

 

[jatojo]

Spain is almost bottom in the odds. Tragic considering that Spain is guaranteed a place in the Grand Final. But it's fine with me. Benidorm was disappointing this time as well as the year before.

However, let's not forget that Spain has produced some great songs in recent years. 'Terra' in 2022 was great. 'Nochentera' the year after even better - one of my all time favourite Eurovision songs. None of these won the NF though. 'La Venda' in 2019 didn't do well in the Grand Final, but I had it in my top 5. Blanca Paloma in 2023 showed her class.

 

[Phoenix]

It's not something I would want to like, but the cheap euro gay in me had fallen on his knees after the whole last chorus segment of this camp televisa presents drama and was shouting YASSS. A guilty pleasure

 

[kengaIME]

I haven't dared to write here since Melody won, but what can I say, it looks like we decide worse year after year. JKabello had the full pack and something fresh and current from this decade, but hey the 'slay, queen' Melody fanatics decided this trashy song should be picked.

It's true I may be biased cause I cannot stand her. Her arrogance irritates me big time.

I agree— JKabello was absolutely incredible! The song was top-notch, and that performance? Pure fire. And yes, the “slay queen” fanatics had their way, and here we are. Guess we’ll just have to vibe with the drama!

 

[krivac]

Despite the singer is called Melody, the song has no Melody. Spain should cancel Benidorm and borrow singers from Latin America since they do the job much better

 

[Alsou4ever]

RTVE is making major changes for Benifest 2026, it seems they will hire a new artistic director and reform the committee of “wisdom” - those who select the 16 songs.

This has happened after releasing their votes. They ranked 1 and 2 “i am a queen” and “amor barato”, which were composed in a music camp by someone really close to RTVE.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

If the best Benidorm Fest can produce is this dated, charmless crap - then it won't last much longer.

 

[Decayingbooks]

If the best Benidorm Fest can produce is this dated, charmless crap - then it won't last much longer.

The thing is Benidorm Fest is more than eurovision. I know that its objective is to choose a song for eurovision, but since it began in 2022 it has been creating multiple commercial successes in Spain and in Latin America. Nebulossa, for example, was bottom 5 at esc but was a commercial success outside of europe. So as long as it is a viable place to showcase music and to promote it internationally it will still exists and be a successful contest.

 

[ayzelto]

So we are getting a revamp, new production of the song, new staging and choreography, all new names who have worked with very important artists both nationally and internationally. It will be very difficult to save this but well, at least they are trying.

 

[joao]

Yes this needs an emergency revamp. It gave me "La noche es para mi vibes" and all of that 00's/10's nonsense. No idea how on earth they are actually going to save this. TVE is like "we are hiring this one, and that one, and the other, and the next one" and I'm like: God you really are desperate...

Glad to hear they are also reforming Benidorm Fest. And please just cut that crap of "top 4 jury and top 4 televote" in the semis. It's ridiculous to say the least and just gives more reason for people to complaint. Just announce the combined top 4 and that's it.

 

[MAD20]

Revamp expected for the 13th... Been reading RTVE's tweets about it and I'm scared cause it reminds me to our ESC darker period last decade.

 

[cegs5]

The thing is Benidorm Fest is more than eurovision. I know that its objective is to choose a song for eurovision, but since it began in 2022 it has been creating multiple commercial successes in Spain and in Latin America. Nebulossa, for example, was bottom 5 at esc but was a commercial success outside of europe. So as long as it is a viable place to showcase music and to promote it internationally it will still exists and be a successful contest.

I am confused. Where in Latin America was Nebulossa succesful? I don 't follow spoty charts, but as a latino myself i follow the media and never seen anything about them, apart from that one-off feature in a Gloria Trevi concert, but that never translated into a hit afaik To date, nobody knows who they are.

I think the problem with Benidorm the last couple of years is choosing songs that could do well in a Pride parade only.
I loved Zorra and love love love Melody, but it's pretty obvious that her song is not going anywhere apart from clubs in Chueca and Eixample.

 

[Decayingbooks]

I am confused. Where in Latin America was Nebulossa succesful? I don 't follow spoty charts, but as a latino myself i follow the media and never seen anything about them, apart from that one-off feature in a Gloria Trevi concert, but that never translated into a hit afaik To date, nobody knows who they are.

I think the problem with Benidorm the last couple of years is choosing songs that could do well in a Pride parade only.
I loved Zorra and love love love Melody, but it's pretty obvious that her song is not going anywhere apart from clubs in Chueca and Eixample.

I may have oversold it, tbh, Nebulossa reached #2 or #3 in the Global Viral Chart of Spotify for a week or so and it must have been thanks to latin america. I'm also aware that Benidorm Fest usually is a trending topic in multiple latin american countries, showing that there are people outside of Spain watching the show and likely also streaming the songs in the competition.

 

[theditz83]

This one is finally fading in my Top 10 (down to 8th now), and I'm reading that they are doing a revamp so it will likely fall out of my top since the reason it is clinging on is thanks to the retro vibes I get from it.

The worst thing possible would be to make this a sanitised faceless copy of [[enter any US female superstar here]] - Melody needs to retain her sass and drama please

 

[GRE]

Tomorrow 13th of March, the revamped version will be released