Public asked to choose Eurovision song for Spain's Blas Cantó
Friday, January 29, 2021 @ 6:04 PM
MURCIA-BORN vocalist Blas Cantó will get another chance to represent his country at the Eurovision Song Contest – because even if it cannot be staged in the usual way, candidates will have recorded their entries at home to be shown on the night.
Blas Cantó, in a scene from the video for what would have been his 2020 Eurovision entry, Universo (Photo: RTVE)
Former lead singer of the five-part Spanish boy-band Auryn – most of whose records were, in fact, in English – Blas, 29, had been looking forward to getting up on the stage in Rotterdam in May 2020 and belting out his Universo, but the pandemic and global lockdown put paid to his and everyone else's glorious moment.
He will, instead, be Spain's entry for the 2021 Eurovision, and like all other participating countries' artists, will need to rehearse in case he is able to perform live and also record his act on video as a contingency.
Even if the studio gala takes place live from Rotterdam in four months' time, depending upon the Covid-19 situation, there may be some nations whose entries either cannot attend due to restrictions affecting their own territories, or who decide to exercise caution and not travel.
Blas' song may not be the same one as he was planning on performing last year, though – two tracks, not yet revealed, will be put to public vote in February.
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