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Cyprus CYPRUS 2021 - Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo

How do you rate the entry?

  • 12

    50 21.7%
  • 10

    27 11.7%
  • 8

    24 10.4%
  • 7

    29 12.6%
  • 6

    24 10.4%
  • 5

    18 7.8%
  • 4

    14 6.1%
  • 3

    12 5.2%
  • 2

    14 6.1%
  • 1

    4 1.7%
  • 0

    14 6.1%

  • Total voters
    230

escYOUnited

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I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
I gave it up, I gave it up, because
He tells me I'm his angel, I'm his angel

Tonight we're gonna burn in a party
We're wild as fire that's on the loose
Hotter than sriracha on our bodies
Ta-Taco tamale, yeah, that's my mood
All this spicy melts my icy edges, baby, it's true
Tonight we're gonna burn in a party
It's heaven in hell with you

Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I'm breaking the rules

I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
I gave it up, I gave it up, because
He tells me I'm his angel, I'm his angel
Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

Tonight we're gonna dance in the moonlight
Droppin' our lashes on the floor
Hair flip-flip made you look twice
Touch me, touch me, mi amor
All this spicy melts my icy edges, baby, for sure
Tonight we're gonna dance in the moonlight
And then we're gonna do it some more

Mama-mamacita, tell me what to do
Lo-la-lo-la-loca, I'm breaking the rules

I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
I gave it up, I gave it up, because
He tells me I'm his angel, I'm his angel
Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo
I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo
I gave it up, I gave it up, because
He tells me I'm his angel, I'm his angel
Oh-oh-oh, el diablo, el diablo, oh-oh
I fell in love, I fell in love
I gave my heart to el diablo, el diablo

El diablo​
 
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RevNet

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THE GOOD:
  • Decent vocals.
  • Good beat.
THE BAD:
  • The overall sound is kind of milquetoast, sans the beat.
THE VERDICT:

This is a decent effort by Cyprus, even if it is a bit plain-sounding. This is one of those songs that is hard to judge as far as making it to the Final. I'll say that with a great performance, it stands a chance. 7 points
 

JohnArg

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Elena sings El Diablo, live!
 

LoveHate

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That reminds me of a video of myself singing karaoke. I didn’t remember singing that particular song, until I saw the video a few days later.
 

Mimmon

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Elena sings El Diablo, live!
When wine hits you hard
 

Iker

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A-lister's review:

I dunno what to say, the Gaga influence is surely a bit too obvious, also the song is lyrically juvenile and the children-like voices chanting about the devil is a questionable choice imho. The song is still decent, but I'm not blown away as it lacks something (verses are a bit meh, and the general composition lacks personality and isn't too well put together) and to me it's the weakest Cypriot entry out of the past four ones since the Cypriot delegation changed their approach to the contest (I even prefer the 2020 entry over this one contrary to popular opinion). This is however pretty instant on a first listen, so I think it could do pretty well in the contest. To me it's a top. 20.
For me 2020 entry was completely forgettable. I couldn't even remember anything out of it while trying to recall what was supposed to represent Cyprus last year. El Diablo is a better song.

I am not a big fan of it but I can see it doing very well in the contest.
 

A-lister

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For me 2020 entry was completely forgettable. I couldn't even remember anything out of it while trying to recall what was supposed to represent Cyprus last year. El Diablo is a better song.

I am not a big fan of it but I can see it doing very well in the contest.

I'm no huge fan or anything of the 2020 entry, it's pretty meh, but I think it was a better track than "El Diablo" which sounds way too copy-paste for me. The 2020 was hardly original, but sounded like a pretty decent club track nonetheless. But yeah, it was also pretty bland... "El Diablo" isn't really bland though, it's just not its own track if that makes any sense?
 
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Preuss

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Just based on the pic I saw, it really looked like a Fuego

There were already two Fuegos in 2019 - not convenient after Eleni's success
 

Vinfreta23

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I love this song but I think she needs to nail it on stage to stand out among the other bangers this year. I hope she slayyyss in Rotterdam.
 

tararaaam

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Isn’t the Fuego discussion dead yet? I mean, the fact the Switzerland got almost zero criticism in 2019, while Cyprus got heavily bashed, shows how silly this discussion is...
 
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