Last night the Wiwi Jury, our international panel of music un-professionals—flew to Barcelona to review Pastora Soler’s Eurovision entry “Quédate conmigo.” That means “stay with me.” After hearing her song, did we actually want to do that? Read on to find out. And then let us know whether you think Pastora could find work as [...]
The so-called “Big Five”—France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom—receive automatic bids to the grand finale. That’s because they pour the most money into Eurovision every year, along with the host country. Fair enough. If you dropped millions into a party you’d want a guarantee of an invitation too! In recent years the Big [...]
Like many other nations, Spain has already picked its singer but has not yet decided which song will make it across the Pyrenees and Alps to Baku. Pastora Soler, the well-known Spanish singer who bears a strange resemblance to England’s Princess Beatrice, will have the opportunity to sing a series of songs submitted by songwriters [...]
Spain’s 2012 Eurovision contestant Pastora Soler is known for her flamenco music and castanets. Britain’s Princess Beatrice is known for wearing a flying spaghetti monster on her head at the royal wedding in 2011. But they have more in common than you might think. From their generous cleavage to their fiery red locks, these ladies [...]
On Dec. 23 Spain’s TVE held a press conference in Madrid to introduce the press to Pastora Soler, Spain’s contestant for Eurovision 2012. Best known for her flamenco-influenced songs, Soler told the media that she won’t be holding castanets and dancing around in sequins: she’d prefer to sing a ballad. Recommend on Facebook Share with [...]
“Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao” lyrics — Lucía Pérez Eurovision 2011 — Spain Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
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In the aftermath of two disappointing performances at Eurovision—Soraya finished 24th in 2009, and Daniel Diges finished 15th in 2010—Spain is looking for a hero. Perhaps that’s why this year’s 24 semi-finalists are all performing covers of Eurovision’s greatest hits. During Friday’s first semi-final, televoters gave the green light to three acts, and the jury [...]
Over the past two months, Wiwi’s readers have cast a total of 39,524 votes for their favorite Eurovision contestant. Polls closed at 11:59pm on May 28, on the eve of the live finale. The results have now been tallied and verified by an accountant (Wiwi’s sister), the artists’ agents have been called and the boxes [...]
Spain’s Daniel Diges With Eurovision kicking off on May 25, voters have a lot of decisions to make. By far the most important is determining who will win Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model. As of Monday, May 24 at 10am, Wiwi’s readers had cast 3,775 votes. Below, you can see how your favorite contestant fared [...]
There have been big movements this week in Wiwi’s search for Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model. Last week it looked like this was a battle between three men: Poland’s Marcin Mrozinski (the hottest man to ever drink from the Vistula), Israel’s Harel Skaat (the jock from Jerusalem) and Norway’s Didrik Solli-Tangen (he who makes women [...]
“Algo pequeñito” lyrics and translation — Daniel Diges (Spain) Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Over the past eight days Wiwi’s readers have cast 1,500 votes to say who they think should represent Spain at Eurovision 2010. So far Anabel Conde has jumped to a commanding lead with her ballad Sin Miedos. She’s claimed 52% of all votes. Ainhoa Cantalapiedra (who sounds like a Spanish Toni Braxton) is second with [...]
Over the past few weeks, Spanish voters cast 5.7 million votes to determine which ten acts would make it to the national final. Wiwi is sad that luscious-lipped journalist Karmele Merchante didn’t make the cut with her song She’s A Tsunami (Spanish officials had the nerve to eliminate her because they thought her entry was [...]
Following its disastrous 25th-place finish at Eurovision last year, Spain is in search of a hero. With that in mind, RTVE has launched its national selection contest “Tu paÃs te necesita” (Your Country Needs You). Officials called for submissions in December and received 480 songs, 313 of which have advanced to an online semi-final. Spanish [...]