Spain’s
Blas Cantó is polishing the last details ahead of his departure to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2021. In a new interview with broadcaster RTVE, this year’s Spanish representative has shared a taste of what to expect from his staging in the Ahoy arena while finishing off his rehearsals in Madrid.
Blas Cantó will sing “Voy a Quedarme” at Eurovision 2021, a song filled with deep emotion. The Spanish delegation have brought onboard staging director
Marvin Dietmann to look after the visual elements of Blas’ performance. Both Blas and Marvin explain to RTVE that they are confident they are on track with everything for Rotterdam.
Eurovision 2021 Spain profile: ‘Voy a quedarme’ by Blas Cantó
Spain in Eurovision
Spain debuted in Eurovision all the way back at the sixth edition of the contest in 1961 and, as one of the largest financial contributors to the contest, has been guaranteed an automatic pass to the final since the introduction of the semifinals back in 2004.
Spain has provided Eurovision with two wins in their history: back-to-back wins in Massiel’s ‘La, la, la’ in 1968, and Salomé’s ‘Vivo cantando’ in 1969.
2021 entry: Blas Cantó – ‘Voy a quedarme’
Semifinal: RTVE will broadcast and vote in the second semifinal
My Eurovision Scoreboard fan ranking: 29th out of 39 entries
“Voy a Quedarme” to be revamped for Eurovision 2021
Blas Cantó has good news for y’all who enjoyed the acapella start of “Voy a Quedarme” that he included during his performance at the
Destino Eurovisión national selection show. The Eurovision 2021 version of the song will also start in this way.
But, Blas also shares that there will be some other modifications to the song as well. The new revamp of “Voy a Quedarme” is set to include changes to one of Blas’ favourite parts of the track – the second verse – and will, overall, boost the intimacy of the song’s narrative. As Blas tells COPE:
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Blas Cantó will perform for Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
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Spain chooses Voy a quedarme for Blas Cantó
21 February 2021 at 00:12 CET
España has spoken! Blas Cantó will take Voy a quedarme ( I Am Going To Stay ) to the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in The Netherlands.
During a star-studded
Destino Eurovisión featuring former Spanish Eurovision icons Pastora Soler (2012) and Edurne (2015), viewers were tasked with choosing Cantó s song for Rotterdam.
It was a straight fight between
Voy a quedarme and
Memoria. The former
(a modern ballad which showcases the Spaniard’s impressive vocal registers) won with 58% of the public vote and will be performed by Blas at the Grand Final on Saturday 22 May.