We can feel the #eurodrama coming and that’s because Spain’s broadcaster RTVE just released short demos of the 17 songs that hope to compete in this years special gala OT Eurovisión.
The grand final of OT 2018 just crowned Famous as the winner but the fight is far from over, as attention turns to Eurovision now. There are fifteen solo songs and two duets but there can only be one winner when we reach the euro-climax in January.
After Almaia’s love story enchanted Spain but didn’t resonate with voters at Eurovision 2018, Spain is turning the page on yet another unsuccessful attempt at Europe’s biggest music competition. The OT net is being cast wider this time, hoping to find the ideal entry for Tel Aviv.
How does the Eurovision selection process work?
Spain — as always — changed the process in which they are selecting their song for Eurovision. This year, the OT contestants recorded one-minute demos of their songs. Those demos are available online at RTVE.es and people can vote for their top three on a daily basis until the January 2. Keep in mind these are just demos, not the final versions, so judge them in consequence.
The three most voted songs advance directly to the live show. Two board members of broadcaster RTVE, one from RTVE Digital and two OT academy professors will select seven more songs from the remaining 14.
Then at the OT Eurovision Gala, ten songs will battle for the right to represent Spain in Tel Aviv. After the ten finalists are selected, the singers will work with the song composers and producers on the final versions of their songs.
Click here to listen to all the songs and vote for your favourites over at RTVE.
- Alba Reche – “Qué será luego?”
- Carlos Right – “Se te nota”
- Carlos Right – “Nunca fui”
- Damion – “Sale”
- Famous – “No puedo más”
- Joan and Marilia – “A tu lado”
- Julia – “Qué quieres que haga?”
- María – “Muérdeme”
- Marilia – “Todo bien”
- Marta – “Vuelve”
- Miki – “La venda”
- Miki – “El equilibrio”
- Miki and Natalia – “Nadia se salva”
- Natalia – “La clave”
- Noelia – “Hoy vuelvo a reír otra vez”
- Sabela – “Dímelo de Frente”
- Sabela – “Hoy Soñaré”
What are you favourite three songs of the OT demos? Do you think there is a potential Eurovision winner here? Tell us in the comment section below!
P.S. There is no use removing my comment if the headline of the article is still misleading. I can just post the same comment again.
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Those are just demos of one 1 minute but for now I like María’s song the most. I wish you good luck.
My picks:
1. Famous, “No Puedo Mas” (It’s a tad old-fashioned, but he has the best voice and the song has a nice earnest feel to it and has a full-bodied texture to it that could make for a nice moment on-stage)
2. Joan Garrido and Marilia, “A Tu Lado.” (A standard Iberian love song, cheesy like a nice Spanish manchego. Builds nicely. Wonder if they can actually sing…)
3. Maria, “Muerdeme” (Very catchy.)
4. Julia, “Que Quieres que Haga” (It drags a teeny bit, but there’s a sweet chorus.)
I need gossip. I am all ears.
Why don’t you all stop predicting (and failing to guess) and just say María’s Muérdeme is by far the best song out of the 17?
Overall quality is not the best. But that’s what we said last year and now we regret not sending “Lo malo”. If it’s going to be a 10-song final, this is my personal line-up (not my top!): First,finalists need to be there somehow (they deserve it better!!) 1. ¿Qué será luego? – Alba (she makes each performance a personal one, even though I don’t like her voice that much) 2. La clave – Natalia (can’t see her comfortable with the song, though) 3. ¿Qué quieres que haga? – Julia (that’s the most typical Spain) 4. No puedo más – Famous… Read more »
why is everyone sleeping on ‘la clave’? the drop is much much better than muerdeme (which I like as well but is less creative)
I must say I’m very dissapointed, not even a (really) good one for the contest. Some of them are decent (for a top 1520 at best…). Do you really think these are the best songs among 1000+ entries? Ruth Lorenzo’s entry was rejected and I’m sure it was far better based on what she does. The production has a very low quality like those karaokes you find on youtube that has a machine-made sound. Yeah, I know they are only demos, but all in them sound pretty cheap. They even sound alike. The electronic loop in Maria’s “Muérdeme” and Miki… Read more »
My very favorite would have to be “No puedo más” by Famous Oberogo. 🙂
Carlos Right – “Nunca fui” is the strongest one. Not gonna get select tho, cuz Spain…
Only 4 of these songs are competitive enough for Eurovision and that is with a huge revamp. Ugh should’ve been Top 20 instead of Top 17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4v_aKUI9WE
Very bad songs this year, even if they are still projects (demos of 1 minute). If we are going to fight for the botton line at least lets have some fun. My option is “Muerdeme” of María. She is a horrible singer with an amazing attitude and seeing her on the stage “perreando” will be fun. Besides, we all know that the staging will be cheap again even if we send Madonna or Lady Gaga, so lets make it more surreal.
Side note: TVE’s content director has confirmed earlier today in the post-season finale press conference that OT 2019 is NOT happening.
Why?
Apparently, they want a longer rest between seasons to avoid burning out the format.
Bad ratings. People is a bit tired of OT now. This season OT reached to its worst ever figure in share, in 10 seasons. In addition a lot of the program’s buzz this year, even if it was a lot , with a lot of comments, opinions, tweets and stuff, was mostly criticism, and bad opinions. So yeah, people was still invested on the program, but it was not liked very much.
In addition there is a new government in Spain and in RTVE, that may have helped to its cancelation. 😉
Yep, but so far the new board of directors of TVE has focused most of its efforts on the news area. The entertainment department is mostly unchanged. So I doubt the reshuffle was that big a factor in the decision.
If bad ratings were the reason, we would have seen OT’s season being unceremoniously abbreviated already. Spacing out seasons seems like a better idea for TVE than, as Efraim said, oversaturating viewers with OT every year. Unlike other formats like Pop Idol, OT is more than just the weekly live performance shows on TV, but also an interactive experience spread out on noth broadcast and online, with the live feeds on Youtube serving as an extension of the show. This takes a lot of time and investment from viewers, something they will surely not be able to repeat for a… Read more »
It’s between Muerdeme and La clave
it’s actually a decent national final, in comparison to the quality of some of Albania songs it leaves a lot to ben desired but for DEMOES it’s promising
On first listen I agree with both your choices
Nope. I spotted several “Despacito” or “Lo Malo” wannabes.
One of the songs will get the honour of ending up between 24th- 26th place!
The overall level of the songs isn’t catastrophically low as I feared, but I know the staging will still drag us down. I just know it. My personal top (with grades from 0 to 10): 1st: Famous – No puedo más (9.5) 2nd: Alba Reche – ¿Qué será luego? (9) 3rd: Miki – La venda (8.5) 4th: Miki & Natalia – Nadie se salva (8) Tied for 5th: Noelia – Hoy vuelvo a reír otra vez / Carlos Right – Nunca fui (7.5) 7th: Sabela – Hoy soñaré (7) 8th: Marta – Vuelve (6.5) 9th: Sabela – Dímelo de frente… Read more »
And this, ladies and gentleman, is how the Spanish audience votes. No wonder they do so great in the contest.
????
No spain will vote: marta or noelia
The fans : alba and natalia la clave
Noelia = the power ballad diva (Pastora Soler and Ruth Lorenzo)
Alba/Natalia: voting based on the artist and not the song
Same old, same old. Watch them choose another ballad or the Miki and Natalia duet.
I would say that Sabela is the one with the power ballad this time, don’t you think?
I am pretty sure they will go with something like Muerdemeby Maria , Todo bien by Marilia (very similar in my opinion), La venda by Miki or Hoy sonare by Sabela. (I mean I think, I don’t know, in my opinion those are the best options.) and I don’t see anything wrong with Hoy vuelvo a reir otra vez and Hoy sonare, great ballads, Noelia and Sabela are great performers, and with those kinds of songs both Ruth and Pastora did very well. 🙂 but if they want something different, there are options to choose from 🙂 and believe me,… Read more »
actually you can see how the vote is going, they have open an updated result each time you vote. And maría is winning by far, 20% of the votes (after 10k votes aprox), wich imo is a pretty remarcable figure, due there is 17 songs. The next option more voted is Natalia’s, with 10% followed by Alba’s, also 10%.
Muerdeme is the only good song. The rest is boring >.>
1. Miki – La Venda: A song that makes me want to move my body and which transmits joy and party. A singer who is very charismatic on stage.
2. María – Muérdeme: More or less for the same reasons as above.
3. Carlos Right – Nunca Fui: Fairly good and modern song, very radio-friendly voice. Reminds me of Blas Cantó’s “El No Soy Yo”.
4. Natalia y Miki – Nadie Se Salva: For those around Europe who like Despacito and similar, this might do the trick.
PLEASE SPAIN, DON’T SEND ANOTHER BALLAD!
I love ballads. 🙁
I think Muérdeme has potential if María can sing it well. I don’t think it should be a problem for her, her lows are fine in my opinion (at least according to the only performance i’ve listened from her, Amorfoda), and I don’t think there will be any high notes in it.
#TeamMaría
Let the Spain-bashing begin!
Natalia “La Clave” has potential but very dissapointed with the rest
I like the song (I actually am not a fan of lyrics, but …. ) and Natalia is great, very charismatic, has great stage presence (for me, in every duo they had in OT it was very hard to pay attention to anyone that wasn’t her 😀 )
the only reason why I am not voting that one is because of the lyrics . .. 😀 but hey, the people watching the final don’t understand it anyway, so it could go well 😀
Nunca fui by Carlos is by far the best.
In my opinion, any of this songs will be the spanish entry. Only Noelia’s powerballad sounds good to me (as usual in spanish poweballad songs).
Fortunately, there will be other 7 songs internally selected by TVE from professional songwritters.
Ok! Now I understood the process, another bad year fom Spain 🙁
A tu lado – he has the most basic male voice EVER. The song is rather predictable. Dímelo de frente – cute lil bop but typical radio fodder, you can tell they gave zero phuccs writing it. El equilibrio – enjoyable instrumental and rhythm, this is already passable. Hoy sonaré – you can tell A LOT is missing here, absolutely forgettable. Hoy vuelvo a reir otra vez – sounds very Disney, too much vocal showoff too little substance. La clave – the early 00s teen pop guitars gave me life, it bops, but it sounds too much like Ciao Adios… Read more »
Sabela, marta, noelia – the conservative spanish people will vote. Love those girls. Vocals and delivery. Good songs. Famous has a good song, as well carlos y damion, but we need to see the live show. Alba and natalia have an enormous fan base that will vote blindly. BUT! Natalia’s song is better. But! Alba knows how to win the crowd. Now my fav. Song because it is a fun song. But very maria. She adds spice into the song. Those who say the song is cheep, let see in the gala. And don’t judje a book by its cover.… Read more »
Hideous, once again we are aiming for the last spot <3 I wouldn't save any of them, so I would just send Maria and have a laugh…
After listen a17 song , we all know that Spain will not win next year .
For me only Damion with “Sale” have chance to put Spain on left left-side of the score board in TOP 13
On first glance, a number of them sound like telenovela intros (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Few uptempo ones sound a bit cheap, but could be catchy. I believe that the “cheap” factor will be rectified by announced revamps. Still deciding which three to vote for. Good luck, Spain.
Well, what a shock! Looks like another bottom 5 placing for Spain! Famous’ song is extremely underwhelming! I’ve seen the live performances of María, and she really isn’t good, performing a club anthem is going to be a trainwreck with those vocals!
Noelia is the only good choice for Spain imo!
Alexander Rybak and Lena say “Hi!”
They could sing live! Maria is out of tune, I’ll give you an example!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8Pf6Aea70
Whoever wins, I already predict that the Spanish fans will mass vote in the wiwi polls hyping the Spanish entry as number 1 for weeks until the final comes and they end up in the right end of the scoreboard.
And I can also predict a huge bashing from the haters…whatever song Spain brings
This happens every year, same with Polish and Greek fans. Those three are the worst (of course not all of them) 😀 2017 was a nice exception (even the Spanish fans hated their entry xD)
Muerdeme would be the worst choice. I can already see the simple sexy choreo to the chorus, as a cheap copy of Cyprus this year
i can already see annoying people comparing every uptempo song that goes to next years Eurovision to Fuego as if Fuego was something original and never seen before…uptempo songs with sexy choreo existed long before Eleni and will exist in the future…
I think Noelie was by far the best singer that got kicked out the competition, way too soon. Now she has the best voice for a song, in a quedate conmigo tradition. Nadie te sabe is the Lo Malo, this year.
OH MY GOD EVERY BODY LOVES MUERDEME TOO LIKE ME
It’s easily the best in there! I swear if it gets Lo malo’ed I’ll be mad.
1. Carlos Right – “Nunca fui”
2. Sabela – “Hoy Soñaré”
Now waiting for the full versions. ¡Buena suerte España!
Vote maria
Her live vocals suck though. The song should’ve been given to someone else, because it’s a bop!
It is her attitude that’s spices up the song.
The song itself is a dope!! Can’t wait to the full version of the song.
Dimelo de frente, kinda sounds like “woman like me” by little mix.
Carlos Right – “Se te nota”
Carlos Right – “Nunca fui”
Damion – “Sale”
María – “Muérdeme”
Marta – “Vuelve”
I like these. Gotta wait for the performance to judge it all though, but from what i’ve seen, i think that maría and marta will give great performances. María has great stage presence, can dance well and Marta has an amazing voice.
I love sale. But i need to see how damion will deliver the song.
Maria y marta songs – ohhh it is going to be a war
But i want maria i just hope it won’t be too controversial as she is. So they will go with la clave or chose marta.
i love marta! Her voice, delivery are amazing. But i want fun fun fun song. Please vote maria.
Oh Natalia also has a good song. “Le clave”
I was not expecting that from spain at all. ‘Muérdeme’ is a bop, great song. Reminds me of those hits from Latin America that reach the charts nowadays. It’s the type of music that is very trendy now. It gave me TAKI TAKI vibes. Spain better take a risk and choose this song because otherwise, i predict another bottom 5.
La clave – natalia (surprised i like natalia)
Miki y natalia
Maria – muerdeme
Famous
Carlos righ nunca fu
I love all songs, but these songs imop will fight for the ticket. My guess maria. The song is fun. Top 15.
From the 1 mom clips I react to Marta – “Vuelve” the strongest. Seems the most interesting song, I’m interested to hear the full 3 mins.
Me too. I was sort of: Oh, wait…!!!
Í am with Marta too,
Sooo much better than last year^^ congratulations Spain! My favorite ones are :
“Muérdeme” and “Se te Nota.
Good luck! (please dont choose another ballad 🙁 haha, i found the ballads very weak in comparison)
I can smell it now, another flop for spain if they choose María. There’s actually some decent ones here. But María has that typical song spanish people hype then ends on the right side of the scoreboard.
And which one is that? I can smell the typical trolls trying to predict the results already, just like you tried with Sobral. I also remember when in the beginning most people didnt give a damn about Elena. The song that gave Spain its best score in the last years was literally a troll act lol. Spain has been sending mostly boring ballads for the past few years. It’s about time they send something like Maria.
You speak nonsense. Maria’s song is different from anything spain has sent. The typical song that spanish people hyped last year was Tu cancion because of Almaia, not Lo Malo. And we all know how that ended…bottom place on the right side of the scoreboard…there goes the result of your ‘decent’ song.
MARIA ALL THE WAY. OH MY GOD THAT WAS AMAZING
It might be a 1 minute clip but Murdeme is certainly hopping on my party playlist once the full song is out. Perfect dance floor enflamer.
Maria’s Muerdeme Marta’s Vuelve and Famous’ No Puedo Mas were my three, overall no winners but a top 15 placing is a possibility, though…it is Spain.
I like Muerdeme and Vuelve for different reasons. Intro to Muerdeme reminds me a tad of Jokero by Akcent though.
One minute samples don’t help at all. So far I feel it’s is a forgettable/unispired selection. The main difference between the songs is how much of personality the artists managed to show. About that, I like what Noelia, Alba, Marta and Julia achieved. I wish I could add Famous to the list, but his song is… boring. I can’t believe they couldn’t find good songs even for Natalia! Many will vote for “Muérdeme” expecting it to be what “Lo Malo” could have been. There’s a problem though: María isn’t nearly as charismatic as Aitana and Ana War.
Here’s to hoping that she’ll get a very good stage show, lighting, dancers, camera angles, costume..
The more and more I listen to her demo the more clear it becomes that unless they polish that thing to the maximum (and send it to eurovision ofc), Spain is going to finish around 20-26 again.
Staging will play a huge part in the Spanish selection and later in their result in Eurovision. The problem is that RTVE has been consistently bad about it… I hope singers with good stage presence like Natalia, Miki and Famous will deliver entertaining performances that maybe will make their songs sound better.
I saw that you wrote about “La Venda” in your comment. It reminds me of “axé music”, a Brazilian genre of party songs. But the background track lacks some dynamic.
Well, I thought Maria was the only charismatic contestant from OT 2018.
Really? I haven’t see much of her in the academy, but I think of María as a friendly performer, not someone that shines on stage. I have trouble imagining her bringing the whole persona a song like Muérdeme needs to work properly.
I’ll have to disagree with you. Maria is way more charismatic than Aitana and Ana War. She has, unlike those 2, a very strong character and opinions about many topics. She doesnt give a damn, has a badass attitude about everything. She’s crazy on and off stage. Aitana and Ana were your typical pop stars, sweet and hot chicks, very polite. Maria is different, which is what may earn her some points in eurovision. The song is not for her, but she makes it hers.
Well, like I answered to Rose, I haven’t followed her in the academy (the only full show I watched was the final, before that I only watched the weekly performances), so I don’t know about her atitude off the stage and her opinions. It’s funny, because on the stage she gave me the “sweet girl” vibe. I hope she can put all this atitude on her performance then. Because let’s not forget that most of the Eurovision audience will get to know her only in the stage, like I did in OT.