MADRID, May 4th. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The singer and representative of Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Chanel, will appear as a guest in the first Eurovision semi-final in Malmö (Sweden) next Tuesday, May 7, along with two colleagues who also took part in the competition, Eleni Foureira, representative from Cyprus in 2018 and Eric Saade from Sweden in 2011.
Chanel, Eleni Foureira and Eric Saade, accompanied by 24 dancers, will perform the slogan “United by Music” of this 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which this year will take place on the 7th and 9th (semi-finals) and on Saturday 11th, perform and represent on stage (the final), according to RTVE, which highlights that the presence of the three artists who took part in the Eurovision competition in previous editions “shows” how their participation in the competition has allowed them to achieve their to consolidate careers.
They will show “how artists who take part in the world’s most important music competition can have great careers, as the three have gained a large number of followers around the world by representing their countries at the Song Festival without having to win the competition .” RTVE points this out.
According to Eurovision Song Contest 2024 director and screenwriter Edward af Sillén, they want to “start this year’s edition with a great pop number that shows Sweden’s great love for this competition and how music connects us all.” Three fantastic live Artists from all corners of the Eurovision Song Contest who may not have won gold but won the hearts of the audience. This number will raise the bar all week and we hope the audience will love it.
Chanel was the winner of the first Benidorm Fest and at the Turin Eurovision Song Contest 2022 she took third place with her song SloMo. The song gave Spain its highest score ever: 459 points, making it its best result in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1995.
RTVE states that Chanel has achieved further success in Spain since her Eurovision debut, with artists such as Loka and Clavaíto, the latter surpassing 100 million on Spotify. In January 2024, Chanel released her debut album “¡Agua!”, which reached number one in Spain.
Eleni Foureira took second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with her song “Fuego”, giving Cyprus its best result to date and also the highest number of points with 436 points, reaching second place. Since his stay in Lisbon he has released an album, an EP and scored big hits like Temperatura, Oh Mami and El Telefono.
For his part, Eric Saade won a bronze medal for Sweden at the 2011 competition with his song “Popular.” Since the Eurovision Song Contest, Eric has released three albums, toured extensively throughout Scandinavia and even took part in the festival, the last time in Malmö, in 2013, when he hosted the Green Room.
