Spain: Song selection gala 'Destino Eurovisión' to take place on February 20

Spain: Song selection gala 'Destino Eurovisión' to take place on February 20
Friday, 12 February 2021

  • The show, Destino Eurovisiόn, that will reveal the song the Spanish Eurovision 2021 hopeful, Blas Cantό, will perform in Rotterdam will take place on  February 20, 2021. 

    The Spanish broadcaster, TVE, confirmed today that the gala , Destino Eurovisiόn, to select Blas Cantό's entry for Eurovision 2021 will hit our screens on February 20, 2021. 

    After inviting back Blas Canto for this year's contest, TVE decided this year to hold a national selection in which the audience will   determine exclusively the song Blas will perform in Rotterdam Ahoy.The game is a case of two songs this year, one uptempo song titled "Memoria" and a ballad called "Voy a quedarme".

    Destino Eurovisión,  which will be broadcast on  La 1 at 10:00 pm , will be a program  dedicated to Blas Cantó,  Eurovision  and music  where viewers will be able to enjoy unforgettable performances with great artists and friends of the singer. Namely, Pastora Soler (Spain 2012), Vanesa Martín, Edurne (Spain 2015), Nia, Andrés Suárez, Cepeda and Roi will  accompany the Spanish representative in this evening's Gala. Marvin Dietmann, the artistic director for Spain , will collaborate in the staging of both candidate songs at Destino Eurovisión .

    The show will be presented b  Tony Aguilar  and  Julia Varela  (the  ESC commentators) and directed and conducted by  Juan Luis Iborra  and  Gustavo Jiménez,  respectively. 

     The Spanish representative can't hide his excitement and say: 

    "The emotion is going to be felt in the atmosphere. During the gala we will discover more about me, because although many already know me there is always something further behind. They have promised me that there will be many surprises, even for me. We will live moments  related to  Eurovision  and with my past ."

     

    Julia Varela says about the upcoming Gala: 

    "It will be a great participatory party where Blas will feel all the support of his fans and friends.  The public will connect more than ever  with our representative because everyone's votes will determine which song he defends at the festival. Music chosen by everyone at a party for everyone." 

     

    The Voting Process

    Meanwhile, the voting has already opened since last Monday and viewers are be able to vote for their favorite entry through phone calls, via SMS, on the  web (www.rtve.es/eurovision)  and the  Eurovision TVE APP  (you can download the application for IOS devices  or Android ). During this first voting phase, users are be able to  vote  online  once a day  (for each device) and from  any country in the world .

    Voting will close just before the beginning of  'Destino Eurovisión' , in which Blas Cantó will perform his two candidate songs live. After the two performances, the voting will reopen for a few minutes - this time, it will be possible to  vote unlimitedly  through the internet. By the end of the gala, we will find out the song  which will fly with Blas Cantó to Rotterdam next May.

     

    Spain in Eurovision

    Spain participated for the first time in  1961 with Conchita Bautista and has achieved twice to win, in 1968 (Massiel) and in 1969 (Salome). Madrid hosted the contest in 1969 where there was a four country tie in the first place on the final scoreboard.

    Despite not having missed a single contest since 1961 , Spain doesn’t have remarkable results to show the latest years. Exception was Anabel Conde’s 2nd place in  Eurovision 1995 held in Dublin. Spain has came in history 2nd four times ( 1971, 1973, 1979, 1995) while it has finished last 5 times (1962, 1965, 1983, 1999, 2017) from which the first three receiving null points.

    Miki represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song “La venda”. The singer  in 22nd place with a total of 54 points.

    Last year Blas Cantó was chosen internally to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song “Universo”: Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic and Blas never had the chance to perform in Rotterdam. However, TVE, invited the Spanish act back for Eurovision 2021 providing him a second chance to shine in Rotterdam in the Grand final on May 22, 2021. 

    News Source: RTVE.es

    Image: Laura Ortiz