9 Mar in 22:00 By Vestnik Kavkaza, Wiwiblogs
In the space of just three days, we’ve had ten new entries for Eurovision. The contest is going to take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Last year, due to COVID-19 pandemic, Eurovision was canceled. This year, the organizing side stated that the format would depend on the epidemic situation in the Netherlands.
Russia welcomed the selection show on March 8th. The last-year favorite performers of the contest Little Big withdrew the qualifying round. The group decided that their new song would be compared with the last-year entry Uno rather than with songs of other participants and it would lead to a failure. Nevertheless, singer Manizha will represent Russia in the Netherlands. She will sing Russian Woman.
Singer Ana Soklič will represent Slovenia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam with a song titled Amen. The song was premiered during the annual EMA music event on Saturday evening with Soklič singing it in English.
Ana Soklič will perform “Amen” at Eurovision 2021. The Slovenian star presented her song for Rotterdam tonight with a live performance at EMA 2021. And despite claiming her song would NOT be a ballad, Ana has surprised fans by delivering a gospel ballad.
Unlike its predecessor, “Amen” is sung entirely in English. “Amen” is an uplifting ballad with gospel themes. In the chorus, Ana sings “Hallelujah, we’re glorious”, accompanied by a gospel choir.
The song gives Ana plenty of chances off her vocal talents, with the gospel choir backing her up and adding more depth to the performance.
“Amen” was written by Ana Soklic, Charlie Mason, Ziga Pirnat and Bojan Simonic. The gospel part was recorded in the Eastwest studio in Los Angeles, which also served as work officed to Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and many other Hollywood icons.
Ana Soklič s entry Amen has been selected for Slovenia during EMA 2021
In the early hours of Sunday morning in Australia - Slovenia hosted their annual national final Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) where Ana Soklič debuted her 2021 entry Amen
. Soklič s performance took a very small chunk of runtime but was certainly the highlight of the night.
The contest marked an important anniversary for Slovenia - the 60th anniversary since their first appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest (including appearances as part of Yugoslavia). The night was hosted by Nejc Šmit and Lea Sirk (2018 Slovenian Eurovision entrant). The bulk of the show consisted of a walk down memory lane - celebrating previous Eurovision attempts and chatting to the artists that performed those entries.