Una Fiesta: Bringing the Sounds of Spain to Eurovision 2019
In my previous blog post, and through further research, I summarized S pain’s national identity as mainly influenced by its history, religion, and language. In this blog post, I will be exploring the extent to which those elements are present in Spain’ s 2019 performance at Eurovision in Tel Aviv, Israel. “ La Venda ” Spain’s 2019 Eurovision entry “La Venda”, by artist Miki Núñez, is an upbeat party anthem that will surely make you want to dance along to the beat of the music. “La Venda” which translates to “The Blindfold” in English is a song about leaving prejudice behind and embracing the beautiful life that comes after that (Fuster, 2019). The theme/slogan for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was “Dare to Dream”, celebrating inclusion, unity, and diversity making “La Venda” a fitting entry for that year’s Eurovision Song Contest (EBU, n.d.). In previous years, most of Spain’s ESC entries have mostly been sung in Spanish, Spain’s na...