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Cyprus to participate in Eurovision Song Contest’s Semi Finals tonight



The Semi-Finals of this years Eurovision Song Contest will take place tonight and Cyprus will be one of the 10 countries that will compete for a spot in Saturday’s Grand Final in Rotterdam.

Cyprus will compete with singer Elena Tsagkrinou, who according to foreign betting companies is among the favorites.

Austrian Marvin Diettman has undertaken the direction of the song and Chali Jennings the choreography. Elian will wear a sexy dress by Silia Kritharioti.


https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/cyprus- ... s-tonight/

Elian will wear a sexy dress by Silia Kritharioti.

- It's a must watch for me now

El Diablo takes Cyprus through to Eurovision final

https://youtu.be/ZHeydRCBPNs



Cyprus’ Eurovision entrant Elena Tsangrinou on Tuesday night secured a spot in Saturday night’s final in Rotterdam.

She was among 16 acts taking part in the first of two semi finals to secure 10 places each in Saturday’s final.

Elena Tsangrinou gave a lively performance of the song ‘El Diablo’, which has caused a storm in some circles in Cyprus but appeared well received on the night.

Cyprus qualified along with Azerbaijan, Belgium, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest final in addition to the two semi finals will be held in Rotterdam, with each attended by 3,500 people with negative Covid-19 tests.

With 39 participants, this year’s contest will have the smallest attendance since 2014.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/05/19/el-d ... ion-final/

For me it was an enjoyable watch, back in the day, when all the different countries, sung songs in their own language, obviously , you didnt understand the lyrics, but you cant beat a nice romantic ballad sung in French or Italian,
I dont know what is so European when every song is now sung in English. add the political voting, men with beards wearing frocks, performers in monster suits. Australia taking part etc etc, I will give it a miss,

https://youtu.be/Ka89ORFu_Tc

I agree with you WHL. Much prefer Vicky Leandros's song which is tuneful and romantic.
Watching El Diablo its not the type of song which I enjoy. Though no doubt it is modern!
All the singer's cavorting and flimsy clothing may be sexy but it does nothing for that woman.
I won't be watching the show.

Dee

I wish them good luck in a very competitive industry. I love music & often reminded that my tastes are sometimes out of date but like most entertainment today you have to be innovative to make it

Perhaps completely nude performances may follow and a bass player plucks the strings with his willey. That would be very innovative

jagwheels wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:56 pm I wish them good luck in a very competitive industry. I love music & often reminded that my tastes are sometimes out of date but like most entertainment today you have to be innovative to make it

Perhaps completely nude performances may follow and a bass player plucks the strings with his willey. That would be very innovative

Im told there are specialised web sites for that sort of palava

Doms web site is far more discrete viewtopic.php?f=24&t=541&start=3080

jagwheels wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:56 pm I wish them good luck in a very competitive industry. I love music & often reminded that my tastes are sometimes out of date but like most entertainment today you have to be innovative to make it

Perhaps completely nude performances may follow and a bass player plucks the strings with his willey. That would be very innovative

Surely he would be better off with a percussion instrument? The chaffing would be unbearable.

Perhaps the ladies will come up with a better idea

Maybe I was a tad hasty slagging off the Eurovision song contest, might tune in tonight.

https://youtu.be/khnpL7HqN5I

Just watched it and thought UK was very amateurish be surprised if they get any votes Cyprus was better good luck.

James Newman doesn't need a gimmicky approach to perform in public. He's got a great voice which I grew accustomed to hearing on the radio but was very surprised when I first saw him.

There were a lot of very good entries tonight, several interesting ones and some of the usual screechy performances.

I like the Portugal entry overall as a song and an instantly recognisable sound but not sure if it's enough to carry it through.

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 3:04 am I really, really, enjoyed last night's Eurovision, not having watched it for many years since good old Terry Wogan left. Seeing it again reminds that we are slowly heading back towards normality.

So many good singers and bands. I initially liked Cyprus' entry, but soon found there were many better.

Surprise surprise, Cyprus gave 12 points to Greece and Greece 12 points to Cyprus. Some things never change. Hooted with laughter when I saw that.

What was interesting, was the huge variance between the judges choice of top songs and the wider population who voted. While the wider population might seem a fairer way of voting, it is not: just think how many Russians who live outside Russia who would have been able to vote for their mother country.

Beautifully stage-managed, full of colour, surprises, talent and humour it was what it is, three hours of light entertainment. Loved the young lad of 10 who announced the Greek public vote in perfect English. I also liked the fact that everything was in English.

What's Eurovision, about that, shouldnt it be renamed ,,,,,,The English song contest,,,,,?

Probably a few years to go before the Eurovision Song Contest will see another language replace English and blossom into usage. By then the UK might well have decided to withdraw its contributions to Eurovision funding.

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 3:04 am
What was interesting, was the huge variance between the judges choice of top songs and the wider population who voted. While the wider population might seem a fairer way of voting, it is not: just think how many Russians who live outside Russia who would have been able to vote for their mother country.

Russia finished 9th.

bromerzz wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 8:37 am Probably a few years to go before the Eurovision Song Contest will see another language replace English and blossom into usage. By then the UK might well have decided to withdraw its contributions to Eurovision funding.

I've got absolutely no problems listening to English songs, I love them, but if im watching a Eurovision song contest, the least one could hope for is to hear the songs sung in the languages of the countries taking part,

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:22 am

WHL wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:14 amI've got absolutely no problems listening to English songs, I love them, but if im watching a Eurovision song contest, the least one could hope for is to hear the songs sung in the languages of the countries taking part,

Ever since The Beatles the UK has led the world in pop music. Some of the best and most successful songwriters are English or American, so inevitably, many entries are in English. And English is the universal language.

Anyway, Eurovision is more than just the language of the song...since when do any of us like a song just because of the words? It's as much to do with the music, the rythym and in Eurovision's case, the glitz, glamour and theatrics.

Love the Beatles,Stones, and 99% of all other music, my point being, Eurovisian song contest started off as a contest where different european countrys sung in their own native language, it didnt matter if we couldnt understand the words that we were hearing, we listened to the music etc etc, if every nation sings in English now, you can hardly call it a Eurovisian song contest, ?

Song eligibility and languages

All competing songs must have a duration of three minutes or less.[40] This rule applies only to the version performed during the live shows.[83] In order to be considered eligible, competing songs in a given year's contest must not have been released commercially before the first day of September of the previous year.[40] All competing entries must include vocals and lyrics of some kind and purely instrumental pieces are not allowed.[84] Competing entries may be performed in any language, be that natural or constructed, and participating broadcasters are free to decide the language in which their entry may be performed.[40]

Rules specifying in which language a song may be performed have changed over time. No restrictions were originally enacted when the contest was first founded however following criticism over the 1965 Swedish entry being performed in English, a new rule was introduced for the 1966 contest restricting songs to be performed only in an official language of the country it represented.[85][86][87] This rule was first abolished in 1973, and subsequently reinstated for most countries in 1977, with only Belgium and Germany permitted freedom of language as their selection processes for that year's contest had already commenced.[88][89][90] The language rule was once again abolished ahead of the 1999 contest.[91][92]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovisio ... _languages

There's apparently been some talk of the lead singer of the Italian entry snorting drugs on camera during the interview immediately after the results came in.

Also, some footage of a repeating clip on Facebook which I couldn't say was long enough to prove one way or another.

I'm sure it will all be out in the open should it be true.

Meanwhile, the Maltese people and fans of their holidays there feel they were robbed of the top spot, along with 25 other participants

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:22 am

WHL wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:14 amI've got absolutely no problems listening to English songs, I love them, but if im watching a Eurovision song contest, the least one could hope for is to hear the songs sung in the languages of the countries taking part,

Ever since The Beatles the UK has led the world in pop music. Some of the best and most successful songwriters are English or American, so inevitably, many entries are in English. And English is the universal language.

Anyway, Eurovision is more than just the language of the song...since when do any of us like a song just because of the words? It's as much to do with the music, the rythym and in Eurovision's case, the glitz, glamour and theatrics.

K-Pop is huuuuge.