For the first time in years, Spain is among the top positions among bookmakers. Find out who are Chanel’s biggest rivals
There is nothing left for the Eurovision final and Spanish Euro fans are living an exciting countdown as it is the first time in a long time that the candidacy starts as one of the favourites. Chanel takes her ‘Slomo’ to the Turin stage on May 14 to fight for the glass microphone.
The two semifinals have already been held and 25 countries are eligible to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision pundits do believe that Spain will at least be in the top 10, while the competition’s loyal fans dream of first place after rehearsals where Chanel has stunned with a powerful staging. This is the ranking of the 5 favorite songs, according to the website eurovisionworld.com which collects data from the 15 main bookmakers.
The 2022 edition of Eurovision will undoubtedly be dominated by the war in Ukraine. This country, which finds itself in the middle of a conflict after the Russian invasion, brings the theme ‘Stefania’ by the Kalush Orchestra group to the Italian stage. This song is the big favorite with a proposal that mixes rap and folklore, with the costumes also showing that duality between the ancient and the modern.
Hip-hop group Kalush Oschestra reached almost 58% in the data collected by the Eurovision World website this Friday the 13th, and made it through to the final in the first semi-final on Tuesday. “Sing me a song, mama / I want to feel your sweet word again.” This is one of the verses of the song that was born as a tribute to the mother of the band’s leader, Oleh Psiuk. An entrance with a traditional song by Ihor Didenchuk that is interrupted by the rap of Oleh Psiuk.
The same position that Mahmood achieved in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 is the place that the predictions give him for this 2022. The Italian repeats and this year he will try to take another step on the podium together with the WHITE singer. The moving performance of the duet with ‘Brividi’ and their connection on stage already captivated euro fans when they participated in the Sanremo Song Festival.
Thanks to the Maneskin group, the hosts will have to support the title that led Italy to victory last edition. The rock gives way to a ballad that wants to thrill the audience at home. ‘Escalofrios’ (the Spanish translation) alludes to the struggle to keep a love. “Sometimes I don’t know how to express myself and I would love to love you, but I always fail” sing Mahmood and BLANCO.
Cornelia’s voice and a very minimalistic staging were enough for her to be in the final after her performance in the second semi-final this Thursday and for her to occupy this ranking based on the bookmakers’ data. The third place of the favorites is taken by the song ‘Hold me closer’ which represents Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022.
The theme, which deals with the difficulty of saying goodbye to a loved one, will fight to conquer the Eurovision Song Contest and win for the seventh time. This is the second country to have the most wins, surpassed only by Ireland.
From a Eurovision edition in 2021 with zero points left to one of the favorites for the next 14. Sam Ryder has managed to make the UK forget this disastrous result with ‘Space Man’. According to the singer to EFE, the song he wrote in 10 minutes is a tribute to great musical figures such as Queen or Elton John.
With its direct passage to the final for being one of the Big Five countries along with Spain, France, Germany and Italy, it did not have to compete with the rest of the candidates in the semi-finals. Thanks to the exclusive fragments of the rehearsals shared by the organization, it has been possible to discover something of what Sam will have to offer in Turin. The performer sings dressed in luminescent architecture and a suit with floral embroidery with an astronomical theme like the man from outer space he talks about in the song.
Spanish Eurovision fans experience Chanel’s path to the final of the European competition euphorically. After many years of queuing and not having a chance to win, Spain is one of the favorites to enter the top 5. After a rough start marked by the Benidorm Fest, where they defeated their opponents with a questionable result, the challenge is to take the podium in Turin, knowing that he has options to realize the glass microphone.
Chanel and her ‘SloMo’ want to conquer Italy with an explosive staging with a lot of dance, light, water and fireworks. As her song says “always first never second”, the Spaniard has moved higher and higher on this list, mainly due to the small progress in her performance that also won the expert press at the Eurovision Song Contest. A fragment of what can be seen on Saturday was also shown during the second semi-final, a preview that mobilized the public. The Eurovision community’s so-called ‘Chanelazo’ could arrive on May 14 if the performer finally convinces the spectators and the jury.
Source: La Verdad
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