Английская Википедия:Eaea

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other uses Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Eaea" is a song by Spanish singer Blanca Paloma, written by Paloma, José Pablo Polo and Álvaro Tato. The song was released on 20 December 2022, and represented Шаблон:Esccnty in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, finishing in the 17th place. The song won the national final Benidorm Fest 2023.

Composition

"Eaea" is described as a song to "honour" the singer's roots, as a "celebration of female ancestors' power and strength" and as "representing a chant" to Paloma's late grandmother Carmen, who had inspired much of her music and introduced her to flamenco. The single's artwork features a photograph of Paloma's grandmother, and her five backing vocalists and dancers at the Eurovision performance also act as a "representation to the power and strength of her female ancestors".

The song along with its dancing performance is described as "nurturing" of traditional Spanish sounds and "drawing on" traditional flamenco styles; as "all flamenco handclaps, syncopated beats and Arabic vocals lines, underscored with a pulsating synth line; and as fusion with international elements, as a reflection to Paloma's "trademark style of mixing the traditional with the avant-garde and modern pop.""

Eurovision Song Contest

Benidorm Fest 2023

Benidorm Fest 2023 was the national final for Spain to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and one final. In total, 18 candidate songs competed divided between the two semifinals, with nine competing in each one. In each semifinal, the four songs with the most votes among the professional juries (50%), the demographic panel (25%) and the televote (25%), went directly to the final. During the final, the eight qualified songs performed again, with the same voting system as in the semi-finals. "Eaea" competed in the second semi-final, proceeding to win it with 167 points.

"Eaea" would earn a combined total of 169 points in the final, winning by a margin of 24 points, earning the Spanish spot for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the contest's main sponsoring countries the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Spain has automatically qualified to compete in the final. "Eaea" came in 17th with 100 points based on a televote-jury combination, gaining 5 points for the 26th and last place with the televote and 95 points for the 9th place with the jury. This was an underperformance according to expectations and bookmaker predictions, and the result was labeled a "failure" by different media and part of the public opinion in Spain.

Reception

While it progressed to the final stage of the national Benidorm Fest 2023, "Eaea" was considered a favorite to win across numerous Eurovision fan polls, including ones on Wiwibloggs and ESCUnited. "Eaea" was competing for the triumph of the Festival with the other great favorite by the public, the song "Quiero Arder" by the Canarian singer Agoney.

The song was viewed as one of the "most musically intriguing entries" at the 2023 Eurovision, in an article of British broadcaster BBC by music critique Mark Savage, who added ahead of the contest that "a lot will ride on how Paloma's melismatic vocal performance can be recreated live" and predicted a top-three position for the song.

Charts

Chart performance for "Eaea"

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Lithuania (AGATA)	67