Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou's "El Diablo" released on streaming platforms and Youtube

Saturday, 27 February 2021

• The Cypriot Eurovision 2021 entry "El Diablo", which Elena Tsagrinou will be performing next May on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage has been released on streaming platforms and on Youtube.

  Following Friday's release of 'El Diablo'  on Panik Record's website, www.panikmusic.gr, and on Panik's moblie application for iOS and Android devices, today the Cypriot Eurovision 2021 entry was released on all digital platforms and while the official music video was published on Youtube. 

  Its official music video is directed by Giorgos Mpenioudakis and features a contemporary and dynamic choreograpgy under the guidance of Chali Jennings and with Elena Tsagrinou joined by male dancers. The whole spectrum of the on-stage costumes and the overall styling is undertaken by the internationally acclaimed fashion designer Celia Kritharioti. 

  Watch below the official music video of "El Diablo" :

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  El Diablo'- The creative team behind it

  One thing that already stood out from the beginning for the Cypriot entry was the creative team behind the song! All names have something to say in the music industry and within the Eurovision scene. First name to mention is Thomas Stengaard, who was behind the winning ESC 2013 entry,Only teardrops  performed by Emmelie de Forest for Denmark and behind Michael Schulte‘s You let me walk alone which brought Germany in the top 5 at Eurovision 2018.

  Next internationally acclaimed name is that of Jimmy “Joker” Thornfeldt, who has written songs for international artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull. The team joins also Laurell Barker, who made it to the Top 5 in Eurovision 2019 with Swiss act Luca Hanni and the song She got me . Last but not least the Brazilian-born singer, dancer and songwriter Oxa. In addtion Marvin Dietmann, who was also behind the staging of Conchita Wurst in ESC 2014 will be responsible for the song's staging in Rotterdam. 

   

  The Lyrics of 'El Diablo'

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel

  
  Tonight we’re gonna burn in the party
  We’ll [?] this fire, [?]
  [?]
  All this spice, it melts my ice
  [?] baby, it’s true
  Tonight we’re gonna burn in the party
  It’s Heaven and hell with you

  
  Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
  Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I’m breaking the rules

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my hеart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gavе it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  Tonight we’re gonna dance with the moonlight
  Drunk and malicious on the floor
  Hair flip-flip, made you look twice
  Touch me, touch me, mi amor
  All his spice, it melts my ice
  [?] baby, it’s true
  Tonight we’re gonna dance in the moonlight
  And then we’re gonna do it some more

  
  Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
  Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I’m breaking the rules

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  I love el diablo
  I love el diablo
  I love el diablo

  
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
  I gave it up, I gave it up
  Because he tells me I’m his angel, I’m his angel
  Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo, oh-oh
  I fell in love, I fell in love
  I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

  
  I love el diablo
  El diablo

   

  A few words about Elena Tsagrinou

  Elena Tsagrinou was born in 1994 in Athens, Greece. The first time her name comes up publically is when she participated at the age of 14 in the talent show Greece’s Got Talent, where she reached the semi  finals. . In 2013, after auditions she joins the group OtherView, as their lead singer, meeting success with songs such as 'What you want' and 'O giros tou kosmou' (Around the world)

  In 2018 she decides to leave OtherView and go solo and not long after she releases her first single titled Pame ap’ tin arhi (Let’s go from the start), written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and  Nikos Moraitis. The specific track was released had its Engish version with the title 'Summer Romance'. Just four months after she will release her second single, penned and composed by ARCADE, titled 'Paradeisos' (Heaven).

  A year after she'll drop her fourth single titled 'Logia'( Words) written by Leonidas Sozou while in July 2020 she releases her new track 'Pare me agkalia' (Hug me) in collaboration with the Greek act Mike.

  All this year's she has collaborated with the biggest names of the Greek Music Scene such as Konstantinos Argiros, Melisses, Tamta, DEMY singing on popular music stages. 

  Apart from music she co-hosted the Voice of Greek 4 yesrs ago alongside with Georgios Kapountzidis ( The Greek Eurovision commentator) while one of her latest activities is presenting her own music show 'KROP' stars on the music channel MAD TV. 

   

  Cyprus in Eurovision

  Cyprus debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with the group Island, achieving an honorable 6th placing in Dublin. Aphrodite’s island has been represented by some of the biggest names in the Greek and Cypriot music industry: Anna Vissi (1982), Michalis Hatzigiannis (1998), Evridiki (1992,1994,2007), Ivi Adamou (2012), Despina Olympiou (2013), etc.

  The country achieved its best Eurovision result this year when it placed 2nd with Eleni Foureira’s Fuego. The Greek famous star was selected internally to fly the Cypriot flag at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Eleni’s explosive performanc on  the Altice Arena stage blew away Europe which boosted the country to its highest position ever in the competiton.

  In 2019 internally selected Tamta, want to make a strong repeat of last year’s success with her song enttitled , Replay, and through her energetic performance at Expo Tel Aviv accomplished a 13th place for Cyprus, keeping the country on the left side of the final scoreboard.

  Last year, CyBC internally selected Sandro Nicolas to fly the flag in Rotterdam with his entry Running, written by Alfie Arcuri, Sebastian Rickards, Octavian Rasinariu and Sandro himself while the productionwas work of Teo DK. However Sandro never had the chance to perform in Rotterdamam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

  News Source/ Image:Panik Records/El Diablo