Loco Loco Explained

Loco Loco
Cover:Loco Loco.jpg
Alt:The official cover for "Loco loco"
Type:single
Artist:Hurricane
Language:Serbian
Released:5 March 2021
Length:2:56
Label:PGP-RTS
Lyricist:Sanja Vučić
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Song: "Loco Loco"
Year:2021
Country:Serbia
Artist:Hurricane
Language:Serbian
Lyricist:Sanja Vučić
Place:15th
Points:102
Place Semi:8th
Points Semi:124
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"Loco Loco" is a song by Serbian girl group Hurricane. The song represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[1] The song qualified from the second semi-final on 20 May 2021, and placed 15th in the final with 102 points. Despite receiving low points from the national juries, the song still managed to reach 9th place in the televote.

Eurovision Song Contest

See main article: Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Internal selection

On 17 December 2020, RTS confirmed that Hurricane would represent Serbia in the 2021 contest.[2]

At Eurovision

The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.[3] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of,,, and the, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final.[4] [5] On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Serbia would be performing in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest.[6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Loco Loco"! Chart (2021)! Peak
position
Croatia (HRT)[7] 97
Serbia (Radiomonitor)[8] 6
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ускоро премијера песме групе "Hurricane" – "Loco Loco" за Евросонг. Coming soon: The premiere of the song of the group "Hurricane" – "Loco Loco" for the Eurovision Song Contest. 22 February 2021. RTS. Serbian.
  2. Web site: Brace yourself: Hurricane storms into Eurovision 2021. 17 December 2020. Eurovision Song Contest.
  3. Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155243/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021 . 24 December 2020.
  4. Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rules–Eurovision Song Contest . 12 January 2017 . 5 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073043/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/ . 8 April 2020.
  5. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Eurovision Song Contest 2021 . 18-22 May 2021 . Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  6. Web site: Groot . Evert . European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . 2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021 . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201118125722/https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year . 18 November 2020 . 17 November 2020.
  7. Web site: ARC 100 — datum: 31. svibnja 2021.. ARC 100 — Date: 31 May 2021 . HRT. hr. 1 June 2021.
  8. Peak positions in Serbia:
  9. Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 21. Sverigetopplistan. 28 May 2021.