A little bit of history…
Spain haven’t had a great record at
Eurovision winning just once in 1968 and then drawing first place with three other countries in 1969, only to not be declared
the overall winner. Recently, their run hasn’t been bad, 6th
in 2001, 7th in 2002, 8th in 2003 and 10th in 2004.
Unfortunately, it all came to a rather large slump last year, when Spain finished 21st with
what I thought was the rather good ‘Brujeria’ by Son de Sol. Despite
their misfortunate result last year, it doesn’t really matter as Spain
are a member of the ‘Big 4’ and qualify directly to the Final anyway.
Singer & Song
Las Ketchup Bloody Mary
After sending Las Ketchup soundalikes last
year, Spain have decided to enter the
real thing this year, in the shape of the 3 ketchup sisters, plus the youngest family addition to the group (making the grand
total of four group members). If this does well, it can solely be for Las Ketchup’s
popularity as a group rather than for the song or their ability to perform. The
song – though something of a grower, isn’t really that good at all and on first listen (the position most voters
across Europe will be in) the song won’t impress.
On top of this, when people hear Las Ketchup, they’ll be expecting to see three girls (not four) singing an upbeat
number, similar to the Ketchup Song, that has a funky dance and catchy chorus. Like
me, they’ll be sorely disappointed. On top of this, going by the official
performance of the song – where the girls mimed (badly), the presentation won’t be anything spectacular, and nor
will be the singing (assuming they can sing live). I just don’t think this
is as good as Son de Sol, sorry!
Prediction
Possibly last: 20th-24th
I do think this is a contender for ‘nul
points’ – the only thing saving them is the Ketchup Song – which most people are sick of now anyway. It’s bland and I just can’t see the song giving rise to a memorable or
in any way good performance – no dance rountine, no gimmicks, no nothing. If
they pull through as t.A.T.u did – solely because they’re famous then fair play to them, but I’m not convinced
– I think this is one of the worst songs of the contest.
Prediction after Semi-Final
Possibly last: 22nd-24th
This is still as poor as ever - possibly
last.
Review of the Eurovision
Performance
A review will appear here after the Contest.
