Blas Cantó's song from Eurovision 2021 to represent Spain

This Saturday, May 22, the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 is celebrated. In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the event, but this year it is resumed under strict security measures. All countries, except Australia, have been able to travel to the Netherlands, and 3,500 people will also be allowed to attend the gala. The use of the mask will be mandatory and they will have to maintain a safe distance at all times. The representative of Spain in the 65th edition of Eurovision 2021 is Blas Cantó, who will perform the song ‘I’m going to stay.’ ‘I’m going to stay’, the theme of Blas Cantó at Eurovision 2021 It is a simple production that the Murcian artist dedicates to his grandmother, who died during the coronavirus pandemic. He could not participate in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest since it was canceled, so he returns this year with a love song that he has composed with Daniel Ortega, Dan Hammond and Leroy Sánchez. On February 20, 2021, in the program ‘ Destino Eurovisión ‘on TVE1, the public chose the song with which Blas Cantó will participate in the gala. There were two great options: ‘I’m going to stay’ and ‘Memory’. The spectators were left with the first. The artist will go on stage accompanied by five choristers: Irene Alman, Dángelo Ortega, Daira Monzón, Alba Gil and Héctor Artiles.The death of his grandmother by Covid-19 was a very hard blow for Blas Cantó, who assures that he will always live in his I remember. To represent the concept of loss and mourning, RTVE has trusted the set designer Marvin Dietmann, a regular at the Eurovision Song Contest. “I would like people to understand the lyrics in as many places as possible”, said Blas Cantó during the recording of the song to members of an RTVE Digital team.Criticisms of Blas Cantó’s first rehearsalThis week Blas Cantó has carried out the first official rehearsal before the press as a representative of Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. In addition to a series of technical problems during the performance, users have not liked the new musical arrangements of the song, and they have not hesitated to express it on social networks.A little less than a week before the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, the favorite to win is the French representative, Barbara Pravi, with the song ‘Voilà’ . According to the list of favorite countries to win from the bookmaker Bet365, Spain is ranked 38 out of 39.