Right now we’re in the calm before the storm. Because from Thursday we’ll enter a period of almost two weeks in which we’ll get more than half the songs for Eurovision 2021. But before that, it’s time to ask — who is your favourite Eurovision 2021 act so far?
Finland’s Blind Channel topped the last survey — can they hold on with fresh competition from Cyprus, Germany, Ireland and Slovenia?
You can listen to the four new entries below. Then vote in our poll. Choose wisely, you can only vote ONE time. Voting is open until Wednesday 3 February — the day before Jeangu Macrooy and Natalia Gordienko release their entries for the Netherlands and Moldova respectively.
Eurovision 2021 entries as of 28 February
New entries
Cyprus’ Elena Tsagrinou with “El Diablo”
Cyprus kicked off a four-day streak of internally selected song reveals on Wednesday. Elena Tsagrinou’s “El Diablo” premiered on an afternoon chat show. The Lady Gaga-esque bop quickly lit up the Twitter-sphere with even international pop stars having their say on the video. It also ruffled the feathers of Christian groups on the Mediterranean island. Elena is probably just thanking them all for the free publicity.
Germany’s Jendrik with “I Don’t Feel Hate”
After the slick cool pop of 2020’s “Violent Thing”, Germany’s gone a full 180 and delivered what will probably be one of the quirkiest entries in the 2021 contest. Jendrik’s “I Don’t Feel Hate” arrived on Thursday, complete with a six-minute music video featuring exploding washing machines and a human-sized middle finger. The song has been compared to marmite — you either love it or hate it.
Ireland’s Lesley Roy with “Maps”
Re-selected after 2020’s cancellation, Lesley Roy dropped her 2021 entry on Friday morning. Following on from “Story Of My Life”, “Maps” is another upbeat pop anthem. But this time the sound is more grown-up and current. Lesley has confirmed that her Rotterdam staging will be overseen by Fredrik “Benke” Rydman — the man behind Sweden’s “Heroes” staging in 2015.
Slovenia’s Ana Soklič with “Amen”
The latest addition to the Rotterdam roster came on Saturday evening, during Slovenia’s EMA 2021. For one year only, the annual event acted as a showcase rather than a competition. So while the country celebrated 60 years at the contest, last year’s winner Ana Soklič debuted “Amen” — her song for 2021. She’s parked the traditional sounds of “Voda” in favour of gospel and broadway elements.
Other entries
- Albania: Anxhela Peristeri “Karma”
- Croatia: Albina “Tick-Tock”
- Czech Republic: Benny Cristo “Omaga”
- Finland: Blind Channel “Dark Side”
- France: Barbara Pravi “Voila”
- Israel: Eden Alene “Set Me Free”
- Lithuania: The Roop “Discoteque”
- Norway: TIX “Fallen Angel”
- Spain: Blas Cantó “Voy a quedarme”
- Ukraine: Go_A “SHUM”
Who is your favourite Eurovision 2021 act so far?
[crowdsignal poll=10758830]Which entry is your favourite? Can any of them win the contest in May? Let us know in the comments.
1.France
2.Ukraine
Other
My top 10
1.Croatia
2.Croatia
3.Croatia
4.Croatia
5.Croatia
6.Croatia
7.Croatia
8.Croatia
9.Croatia
10th place goes to that person who is complaining all the time that Albina is asking for votes on Insta and can’t get over it.
Song is a banger, let’s be real.
What would you say about Anxhela Peristeri’s remvamp?
To me it was good before. Its even better now.
I know it’s not the general opinion but of the 2020 returning artists Benny Cristo has the worst development. I really liked his 2020 song, among my favourites.
I never understood the hype for The Roop’s 2020 song, so for me it’s a major improvement with a song in my top 3 so far this year.
Tick-tock, Voila and Discotheque. They all deserve their top positions. My #1 is France
People are gonna underrated Slovenia cuz it’s from Slovenia????
No, because its good but boring. Waiting for a revamp.
1. Cyprus 9/10
2. Germany 9/10
3. Croatia 9/10
4. Finland 8/10
5. Czech Republic 8/10
6. Israel 7.5/10
7. France 7.5/10
8. Ireland 7.5/10
9. Lithuania 7/10
10. Spain 6.5/10
11. Slovenia 6.5/10
12. Norway 6/10
13. Albania 6/10
14. Ukraine 3/10
ehh they really vote for Croatia only because Albina asked for it in her insta? she is good but not best imo
Well the song might not be the best but you are talking about it, arent you? She knows what she is doing.
Ukraine ofcourse, as always they send something different, unusual, interesting both music and lyricwise and they do very well in the end even win. Cyprus, we all heard 2019 entry was copy paste of 2018 because they got 2nd position then and thought why don’t we recycle that song and paint and decorate it to make people think it’s different song lol then what happened the result was a big difference between 2018 and 2019 and this year they are sending another erotic but dated club song, oh please, wait and see what result will be, low ofcourse. Coronavirus effected… Read more »
Im not going to put a high hope like I did to Cyprus 2019 I thought they will flop but after seeing her live I was rooting for them to win I hope Elena can give a good performance so they can win for this year.
Lol
Impopular opinion here, but my top5 right now would be:
1. Germany
2. Finland
3. France
4. Lithuania
5. Norway
How sad is Croatias singer Albina asking to vote everytime on Instagram when the poll is up lol… Should be removed from this poll
Jesus, again youw ith your comment. We get it. You dont like Croatia, your favorite is not on the top.
How you have energy to writing same old stuff each time. Maybe you should be remove from the website? Ha, what you think about that idea?
Hopping on the unpopular opinion bus here to say that Benny Cristo’s song might actually be my favorite so far
I do not think any of these are my personal winner and that it’s still not out yet but hey the song just really slaps to me
Finland and Lithuania, the 2 best entries so far for me!
Well, the more songs we know, the more I like genuine personal compositions
1. France
2. Spain
3. Ireland
4. Lithuania
5. Finland
6. Croatia
7. Albania
8. Ukraine
9. Czech Republic
10. Israel
11. Slovenia
12 Germany
13. Cyprus
14. Norway
I find Norway to be one of the most personal songs in the competition so far?
Well, if it was sang in Norwegean and removed the ‘circus’ around it, it would be an improvement for me
I am not sure why the language makes it more personal? He can speak English very well so not sure why he can’t express himself in that language if he so chooses? And I won’t dignify the “circus” comment as you obviously don’t understand the meaning behind the song.
Of course using your language makes your composition more personal. Why using a different one anyway if Norwegian sounds great?
My top three are
So far, there is no song this year that I HATE, a few that I don’t love as much as the others, but I generally like all of them! This year is shaping up to be great! I love france for it’s cultural, lyrical, and emotional beaty, cyprus is just so much fun and makes you want to dance, and croatia is addicting and has a swagger to it that I love! Looking forward to Malta’s announcement soon, because they were my winner last year.
Great (1 to 3): France, Lithuania, Ukraine (any news about when the final version for this one will be released?)
Good: 4) Finland, 5) Ireland (I may even move this one up, I’m addicted), 6) Czech Republic, 7) Norway
Fine (8 to 13): Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia, Spain
Weak: 14) Germany
Very curious to see what Sanremo and Jeangu will bring to us this week, Italy and The Netherlands have been on my top 10 in the last 2 years.
There’s honestly not much so far, except for Ukraine, Lithuania and France. The rest is pretty bland.
My top3 stayed the same, Lithuania/Finland/France! Ireland has the best vibes for me from the new songs, I really dig it.
I saw Leslie’s performance on RTE. It wasn’t live unfortunately, but she has a lot of great energy. If her vocals are stellar, I can see it qualifying easily.
Jendrik performed his song in a german TV show. The whole performance was too crazy for getting nil points. This could a surprising televtoing magnet because it’s just strange, different, weird but funny. And the dancing peace-sign that plays the trumpet is adorable.
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Sorry I just saw that emojis weren’t accepted so my top is like:
1)Cyprus
2)Finland
3)Ireland
4)France
5)Croatia
6)Israel
7)Germany
8)Slovenia
9)Albania
10)Lithuania
11)Ukraine
12)Spain
13)Czech Republic
14)Norway
PS. It would be nice to be able to comment with emojis 😉
1/Ireland
2/Czech Republic
3/France
4/Israel
5/Lithuania
Wiwi readers are so funny – Croatia and Cyprus as the top 2. Ya’ll are too gay to function and I love it lol
The fact that you don’t like those songs (even tho I’m 100% sure that you’re a biased The Roop’s fanboy) doesn’t make everyone who loves Albina or Elena “too gae to function”. This is our opinion and if you respect it stay here or else stop commenting here and find a blog full of low-minded people like you.
Kisses
And you know what…? Germany will be more successful with this than these overproduced pop-ballads or swedish-wirtten-pop music. Jendrik has a very positive personality and gives us positive vibes. I think this could be a top 15 contender. Now it seems unlikely but the reactions are very polarizing. Some people love this to death.
I do see drunk guys voting to this , it can be a definite Televote Top . Focus on Can. It would be towards the bottom with juries . Overall can go anywhere from 11-26.
I absolutely agree with you. Jendrik is very fresh and authentic.
And ffs if el diablo was indeed a result of plagiarism EBU would have stepped in and simply disqualify the entry. Just because it reminds you of another song doesn’t mean anything.
But keep advertising the song, I love it ?
If you ignore Croatians, it’s the same top of MyESCScoreboard.
Wow! It looks you have very average taste.
How can you know how many Croatians voted in the poll?
The creator of the poll have geographical access . They could publish that if you ask them !
Croatia was actually my no.1 till 6 songs were released . Now it’s at no.5
I am excited about Lithuania and Cyprus.
But – I wanna see Elena live, she has proved she has a good voice
happy to see queen albina leading again, we should just give her the esc trophy already and pack our bags for split 2022
We all know that’s not gonna happen.
One of the main reasons Albina is actually gaining this much votes is because she keeps posting a link to it on her Instagram, so her followers would vote for her…..one of the many reasons why this voting is so unreliable
wrong its because she is amazing
Elena – Cyprus – El Diablo FTW!! ????
wrong forum maybe?
My only allowed vote goes to Lesley – Ireland. Sorry, Croatia.
You can actually for multipe countries 😀
thanks, why was assuming that…
Here is my take on this:
Crown chasers: Lithuania, France, Finland. I cannot see any other song among the 14 to have any chance of winning.
Solid mid-table finisher: Spain
Definite Flop: Germany
All others will fight to qualify, depending on vocal performance + staging.
This is going to be a tough year! So far my winner is Lithuania but we are still waiting for the other countries to release their entries.
Off topic, but Destiny’s releasing a new song tomorrow but not said anything about it being Malta’s entry… does anyone know if it is?
It is not
I don’t feel hate could potentially be this year’s Yodel It or My Lucky Day, based of how Germany will get their points.
I agree, but I just compared the quirkiness of them.
What!? When I read about the “entry from Germany” I thought – what a joke, I didn’t understand at all that it was actually THE entry. I’m speechless.
Germany is just going for a typical “What the f*uck”-entry. First everybody can’t believe it’s real and then it will be rewarded for its bravery. This is Top 15 material because it’s much more interesting than these swedsh mediocre pop songs.
True.
El Diablo is a reincarnation of Cleopatra. Possible top-5
I think a song’s reception is more important rather than your taste, when it comes to predicting results. 🙂
every man to his own taste
1. Lithuania
2. Ukraine
3. Ireland
X. Whatever, hate them all.
Apart from Lesley, everything else is simply bad taste
ready for the next week? Sanremo time!
Stage 2021
Tuesday evening starting at 9 pm, half of songs on Tuesday the other half Wednesday
I thought a lot and I ask : why Germany is not in the same league with Toy? Netta won making chicken sounds and singing about Me Too movement. Anyway, Germany should enjoy that has a divisive song, and not another harmless middle of the road song.
Germany is in a league with Alf Poier 2003 and Guildo Horn from 1998. Both placed so much higher than people thought.
Toy wasn´t my cup of tea but Germany this time sends an entry I like very much
My top 2 favorites, France and Croatia are in the top 3 on the poll. That makes me happy.
not y’all mad at people liking cyprus…..its a great song.
god I’m so over people accusing this song of plagiarism, I don’t even have the energy to respond properly. I just wanna like a song that I like without seeing ‘lAdY gAgA fRoM wIsH’ and the like. is that so much to ask
I think it’s a possible winner Ashton
Ty for contributing to the toxic place knows as the wiwibloggs comment section
Albania will kill, be prepared!
Good to see another person not underestimating Albania. I think it’s a dark horse for 10 ten.
Literally nobody cares about y’all top 14s…
People do care, they want to share each other’s opinions and discuss whether they agree or not.
You take the time to hate on people making top 14s. So apparently, you do care.
if you dont care then why did you click on the post and care enough to write a comment?
Thats 100% true.
Wish that there is more people like you. The world would be better place. We must be happy to have you here as we’re blessed by your genious words! Such a privilage.
Downvoting for the irony! What a smart moves!
Ireland, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Croatia so overrated and Ireland a bit underated
Based of the poll: Yes, it is overrated.
Based of the song: It is good enough to make the finale. Could get 8th, 9th or 10th in semifinal 1 if the performance is good.
By whom?
How come personal taste is ovverrated or underrated?
By the disproportionation of votes here and what we see in YouTube tops , odds and polls elsewhere. That’s overrated
1. France
2. Croatia
3. Norway
4. Lithuania
5. Ireland
Wow. We think alike. 1.France 2.Croatia 3.Lithuania 4.Israel 5.Ireland
I could’ve easily squeeze Israel. I like it!
Similar to me, just I have Czech Republic instead Isreal. But top 3 the same.
Omg is my guilty pleasure.
Benny from Czech is my favorite.
I’m curious, who would be your choice for Sweden? 🙂
Who is your pick from Estonia then?
Please don’t tell me you’re picking based on how hot the guy is. You know it’s a song contest, not Mister International.
To be fair, I’ve never been a fan of male singers anyway. Like in general. I prefer my Celines, Whitneys and Mariahs. But it helps when males are eye candies. Makes up for some deficiencies in the voice area.
The only male singer I really adore is Adam Lambert. He’s a masterful vocalist.
I might be biased against Sweden. I still can’t forgive them for leaving Mina Brander in semi finals. 😛