Blas was Spain last year's hopeful who also saw his Eurovision journey interrupted after the cancellation of the competition. However TVE invited the talanted act back to complete his journey to Rotterdam. 

Blas Canto's dream to attend an Eurovision event is not new. He came to fame as member of the Spanish group Auryn, but since 2017 has followed a solo career. In 2000, at the age of 8, he had participated in the children’s  talent show Veo Veo . Back in 2004 he competed in the Spanish national final , Eurojunior, for the Junior Eurovision with the song “Sentir“, but came second behind María Isabel, who eventually won that year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. In 2011,the band competed in the country’s national final  Destino Eurovisión  and reached the top 3 placings but Lucía Pérez was the one to win the golden ticket to Dusseldorf.

After inviting back Blas Canto for this year's contest, RTVE decided this year to hold the national selection, the Eurovision gala Destino Eurovisión,  in which the audience had to choose between two songs, o"Memoria" and "Voy a quedarme". Eventually the public opted for the ballad song "Voy a quedarme"

The Staging

Blas Canto apprear on stage dressed in black and begins his performance singing the first lyrics of his song a capella. The the song goes on unwinding with a different orchestration from the studio version we are familiar to. Intense blue color features the scene while on the LED screen appears a  moon in an esclipse.

After a while the moon is replaced by a huge oversized prop picturing a full moon while behind it , space is displayed on the background.The Spanish acts delivers the song beautifully with vocals that reflect and convey the atmospherical nature of the song. 

News Source: Eurovisionn.tv

Images: EBU/THOMAS HANSES

HRT has made public that the competing acts of the Croatian national selection will be revealed on December 15. With the submissions closing on December 10, the broadcaster will announce the Dora 2021 candidates just five days after. 

With the covid-19 pandemic escalating HRT has introduced some changes to adjust to the current needs for security. In next year's edition instead of 16 songs this year 14 songs will compete on Dora. The finalists will be selected by a jury of experts, coming from HRT , compoers and the Croatian Music Union.

Furthermore, there can be a maximum of five people on stage (instead of six as before), and all backing vocals must be pre-recorded, not performed live. This is a rule that the Eurovision Song Contest allowed as an option for 2021, and HRT decided to include it in the national final rules.

The Croatian national final is set to  take place  13 February in Opatija while the voting method will be announced by end of January. 

Croatia in Eurovision

Croatia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with the group Put and their entry Don’t ever cry.  In 1996 Maja Blagdan and in 1999 Doris Dragovic, finished in 4th place in the Grand Final, marking the country’s best results so far in the competition.

In 2018 Croatia selected internally Franka Batelic to represent the country in Lisbon with her song Crazy. Despite her dynamic performance she failed to qualify to the Grand Final.

In 2018, Croatia determined its Eurovision act through the return of national selection “Dora”.  Roko won Dora 2019 and represented Croatia at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with his entry The Dream. Despite his amazing vocal performance the Croatian artist didn’t make it to the final.

Damir Kedzo won this year's national final with his entry "Divlji Vjetre" but never had the chanece to perform on the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. 

News Source/Image: HRT

The soundtrack and songs from the film have also done well, charting across the world on iTunes and Apple Music. The United Kingdom has the most songs, with seven on the iTunes chart. Australia follow's closely behind with five songs charting.

Power ballad Húsavík, featured in the newly-released Will Ferrel and Rachel McAdams film is currently the 7th most popular song on iTunes in the US. The song is charting 4th in Ireland, 5th in the UK, and 8th in Australia on the streaming platform. The track hit our screens through the voice of Molly Sanden , three time Melodifestivalen finalist. Behind the song is Savan Kotecha who was behind alse the international hit Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding and who joined forces with  Rickard Göransson and Fat Max Gsus  (lyricist of Burnin’ Up της Jessie J.)

The remarkable peak position is in the Worldwide itunes chart where the emotional ballad has entered the top 10 surpassing other hits from internationally acclaimed acts. 

Meanwhile the soundtrack album has reached the Top 10 in six countries, including Australia and New Zealand, and it even reached the Top 20 in Singapore at No.17 on the iTunes album chart.

Let listen to the song that is storming the charts accross the globe: