Spain SPAIN 2025 - Melody - Esa Diva

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Yoozek]

I knew it, that lachispa....with that recap section selected.. Not. A. Single. Note. Hit
People voted anyways, lmao

 

[Leydan]

That was an even worse way of announcing the qualifiers than what they had before. Now we know for sure Lucas is dead on arrival come the final, and that the other 3 did well across the both sides of voting. They should have just announced who the 4 qualifiers were and have done with, not whatever that was.

 

[Decayingbooks]

I bet the number of actual televote was incredibly low. It's between €1,50 and €2 to vote for this shower.

Thanks for sharing that info, I was wondering if it was still expensive to vote on Spain

 

[MooseShoes]

Hahahaha, Lucas Bun outperforming Sonia y Selena against Benidorm crowd, best moment of this NOT amazing show!

I love how they didn't drag it out becayse there would have been a riot if they'd given the crowd time to work themselves up!

 

[Bobjan FR]

That was an even worse way of announcing the qualifiers than what they had before. Now we know for sure Lucas is dead on arrival come the final, and that the other 3 did well across the both sides of voting. They should have just announced who the 4 qualifiers were and have done with, not whatever that was.

This is not worse, it still gives less informations of how the candidates scored. But this is weirder for sure.

 

[Leydan]

This is not worse, it still gives less informations of how the candidates scored. But this is weirder for sure.

It was needlessly confusing. Also the outcome for everyone was known except Lucas & Sonia y Selena who were on the border.

 

[Decayingbooks]

I'm dissapointed that K!ngdom didn't made it into the final, the song was meh, but the staging was great. I would have changed Daniela, who mostly lip-synched, for them.
I haven't heard the songs from semi 2, but I could see Lachispa totally winning this, the mood changes in her song are actually quite good and so are the lyrics, I like the staging but the light needs to change as the song goes on or it falls flat.

 

[Mrm]

Te odio, jurado!!!
TE ODIO!!!!!

Lagrimitas de Nilo, noche en vela...

I will never forgive you this!!
NUNCA!

The audience was shouting SONIA & SELENA!

LAS REINAS!

 

[Sammy]

I would have wanted Amor barato in the final.

From all the flamenco-inspired songs in the last years Hartita de llorar is the one that does the least for me and I love flamenco. But this one just lacks the duende for me. Bring back Maria Pelae!

The other finalists… well shoulder shrug I guess.

 

[EscGeek]

So.. to elaborate on my post from december:

Daniela Blasco was excellent. I'm sold!
K!ngdom: meh, i lost interest

Carla Frigo better be as good as Daniela. (Two hotties in this selection make up of mediocrity)

 

[Seregil Korit]

Lachispa.. Really disappointing. This type of song rides on master vocal work.
This was far from it and I'm not sure it was only nerves overworking there...

 

[Mainshow]

Of course, my favourite entry didn't qualify
Poor David. "Amor barato" had a lovely performance.

I'm glad we don't have to see Sonia & Selena in Basel, though. Now Melody needs to be defeated in semi 2.

 

[mauve]

My two faves were underwhelming. Lachispa - such a great song, but the live singing / screaming performance was quite horrible. Hope she will be better in the Final. As for Bun he was my second favorite before his performance. Good voice, but something was missing to convince me, it simply didn't grasp me.
Now in the second semi my only fave is Celine van Heel. I hope she delivers ...
All in all most of the performances felt very amateurish to me with low singing quality.

 

[han-g]

I have a feeling the winner is coming from semi 2. None of these were great.

 

[MooseShoes]

I find it amusing that everyone keeps calling 's 2025 entry a JESC song when that Daniela Blasco number is a slightly less juvenile version of that awful Señorita song sent to JESC a few years ago.

 

[Sammy]

Of course, my favourite entry didn't qualify
Poor David. "Amor barato" had a lovely performance.

I'm glad we don't have to see Sonia & Selena in Basel, though. Now Melody needs to be defeated in semi 2.

same!
Maybe David came across too straight and frightened all the gays of (sarcasm-mode off)

 

[Paco Roca]

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[Paco Roca]

I'm sorry for K!NGDOM's elimination. I think their song had potential although it would have had no chance at the ESC.

David Alfonso I expected him to be eliminated. However, even if the song was harmless and the staging was an absolute zero, he sang and interpreted well.

Moving on to the qualifiers:

Kuve is a big meh. The song is not bad but it has the defect of never reaching the climax you expect. If he were to win BF25 due to strange astral conjunctions it is bottom 5. "Halo" vibrations.

Lachispa has one of the most experimental and unique songs but it only sounds good in the studio. It's not so much the heart-rending screams (which gave me the idea of a woman screaming at the fish market against another woman who stole the last slice of fish) but it was the falsetto that disappointed me at first. I really expected a lot. Disappointed. I'm hartito de llorar If she were to win BF25, supported by Spanish Eurovision fans, she would finish last with 0 points in Europe. Same fate as "EaEa" (which at least was a better song and sung considerably better).

Daniela Blasco is the typical example of full-handed inspiration from Shakira with the aggravating circumstance of not having the right voice or charisma. If she were to win BF25 due to strange astral conjunctions, it is a song that could be worked on by creating a diva-like staging that usually makes some European fans drool.

Mr. Conejo moved me. An almost Sanremo-like song, emotional, almost with Balkan sounds and an interpretation that makes me think vaguely of Mango. The song as a whole does not make you tear your hair out and your clothes wanting to become a fervent supporter of the Cult of the Bunny but it is pleasant and above all... finally we saw someone singing and well! A singer who sings in 2025! Unbelievable! The minimal atmosphere was not bad for me. Like any ballad, the focus should be on the voice and the emotions that the text should be able to emanate. If she were to win and I would be happy with that, I predict a fight for the Top 10. The old school European public (the variant that young fans never take into consideration) could like it a lot.

Overall a very weak semifinal full of choirs supporting voices that were not up to par. Returning to Lachispa I say that, if they had chosen a singer who could sing instead of braying like a mule, her proposal would be the blind winner of the competition and could also aim high in Europe.

Let's wait for the second semifinal to have a more complete picture.

 

[rasmuslights]

Celine Van Heel save us

 

[DirtyFalcon]

After seeing her videos on tiktok before on how she dances, i expected Daniela Blasco to gag absolutely everyone with her performance the same way Chanel did. But it doesn't seem that it's the case. She had really good reactions but not as much as Chanel and odds for Spain didn't skyrocketed the way they did with Chanel too. I'm absolutely gobsmacked by that idea. What's the problem here ? She didn't even went viral ... why ? The choreo was absolutely slick and should have impressed people enough to be gagged, same for the package overall which had really good and precise camerawork.