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Llámame (Wrs song)

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"Llámame"
The official cover for "Llámame"
Single by Wrs
from the EP Mandala
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Released10 February 2022
Length3:04
LabelGlobal
Songwriter(s)
  • Andrei Ursu
  • Cezar Gună
  • Alexandru Turcu
  • Costel Dominteanu
Music video
"Llámame" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
  • Andrei Ursu
  • Cezar Gună
  • Alexandru Turcu
  • Costel Dominteanu
Lyricist(s)
  • Andrei Ursu
  • Cezar Gună
Finals performance
Semi-final result
9th
Semi-final points
118
Final result
18th
Final points
65
Entry chronology
◄ "Amnesia" (2021)
"D.G.T. (Off and On)" (2023) ►

"Llámame" (Spanish: [ˈʎamame]; transl. "Call me") is a 2022 song by Romanian singer Wrs. The song represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy after winning Selecția Națională 2022, Romania's national final.[1]

Background

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"Llámame" was written by Alexandru Turcu, Andrei Ursu (Wrs), Cezar Gună and Costel Domințeanu, while the production was solely handled by the latter.[2] It was released for digital download and streaming in various countries on 10 February 2022 by Global Records, having a length of three minutes and four seconds.[3] Wrs' extended play Mandala, issued on 31 March 2022 by the same label, included a remastered version of the song for the singer's participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[4]

Eurovision Song Contest

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Main article: Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Selecția Națională 2022

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TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries between 26 November 2021 and 19 December 2021. The broadcaster received 94 submissions within the submission deadline.[5] A jury panel consisting of Alexandra Ungureanu (singer), Ozana Barabancea (opera singer, actress), Randi (singer, producer), Cristian Faur (composer, producer) and Adrian Romcescu (composer, conductor) reviewed the received submissions on 21 and 22 December 2021, with each juror on the committee rating each song between 1 (lowest) and 10 (highest) based on criteria such as the melodic harmony and structure of the song, the orchestral arrangement, originality and stylistic diversity of the composition and sound and voice quality.[6] After the combination of the jury votes, the top 45 entries that scored the highest, one per artist that entered with more than one song, were selected for the national final. The competing entries were announced on 23 December 2021.[7][8]

Forty-six songs competed in the first semi-final and twenty qualified to the second semi-final. A jury panel first selected fifteen songs to advance, and a public online vote which took place on the Eurovision Romania Facebook page on 9 and 10 February 2022 then selected an additional five qualifiers from the remaining thirty entries.[9] "Llámame" qualified with the jury, while also only receiving 842 votes with the public, in 21st.

The second semi-final took place on 12 February 2022 at the TVR studios in Bucharest, hosted by Anca Mazilu and Bogdan Stănescu with Ilinca hosting segments from the green room.[10] Twenty songs competed, with the jury panel selecting ten of them to qualify to the final.[11][12] "Llámame" was selected as one of the ten finalists.

The final would take place on 5 March 2022. "Llámame" was determined the winner by the combination of the votes from the jury panel and public televoting. Each member of the jury voted by assigning scores from 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their preferred songs, with the juries awarding 290 points in total. The viewer vote was assigned by dividing the votes received by each song by the number of votes of the song that gained the most viewer votes. This number was then multiplied by 12 and rounded to two decimal places. For example, if song A received the most viewer votes and song B received 10% of song A's votes, then song A would be awarded 12 televoting points and song B would be awarded 1.2 televoting points.[13]

In Turin

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place at PalaOlimpico in Turin, Italy and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, respectively, and the final on 14 May 2022.[14] According to Eurovision rules, each country, except the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), was required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final.[15][16][17] In March 2022, it was announced that "Llámame" would be performed 13th in the second semi-final of the contest, following Estonia and preceding Poland.[18] Upon qualifying to the final round, Wrs sang second, after the Czech Republic and before Portugal.[19]

Points awarded to Romania

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Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Romania in the second semi-final and Grand Final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows.[20][21] The country qualified for the Grand Final in ninth place with 118 points, ranked 14th by the jury's 18 points, and fifth by the televote of 100 points.[20] This marked their first qualification since 2017.[22] In the final, Romania reached 18th place in a field of 25 with 65 points, placed 21st by the jury's 12 points and 13th by the televote of 53 points.[21]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Llámame"
Chart (2022–2023) Peak
position
CIS (TopHit)[23] 89
Germany Download (Official German Charts)[24] 52
Greece International (IFPI)[25] 73
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[26] 33
Lithuania (AGATA)[27] 15
Moldova Airplay (TopHit)[28] 46
Netherlands (Single Tip)[29] 23
Romania Digital (Billboard)[30] 3
Romania Airplay (UPFR)[31] 1
Romania (Romanian Radio Airplay)[32] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[33] 91
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 10
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[35] 59

Release history

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Release history for "Llámame"
Country Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 10 February 2022
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Global
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Grace, Emily (5 March 2022). "🇷🇴 Romania: WRS to Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Llámame". Spotify. Retrieved 5 June 2022. Note: The user may access the three dots on the right to display the credits.
  3. ^ a b Citations regarding the digital release of "Llámame" in various countries:
  4. ^ "Mandala – EP by wrs on Apple Music". Apple Music (DE). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ "94 de artiști vor să reprezinte România la Eurovision 2022, Torino, Italia" (in Romanian). Romanian Television. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "TVR prezintă juriul Eurovision România 2022" (in Romanian). Romanian Television. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Eurovision 2022: regulament Selecție Națională Eurovision Song Contest 2022" (in Romanian). Romanian Television. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ Granger, Anthony (23 December 2021). "Romania: Selectia Nationala 2022 Semi-Finalists Announced". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ^ Popescu, David (10 February 2022). "Romania: 20 acts ready for the semi-final this saturday". ESCUnited. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Ilinca Băcilă, din nou pe scena Eurovision România". eurovision.tvr.ro (in Romanian). TVR. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  11. ^ Granger, Anthony (7 February 2022). "Romania: Anca Mazilu & Bogdan Stănescu to Host Selectia Nationala Semi-Final". Eurovoix. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. ^ Golightly, Thomas (12 February 2022). "Romania: Selecţia Naţională Semi-Final Results". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Eurovision 2022: regulament Selecție Națională Eurovision Song Contest 2022" (in Romanian). Romanian Television. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest Turin 2022". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Rules – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2021 – First Semi-Final". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2022 – Second Semi-Final". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Semi-Final running orders revealed". European Broadcasting Union. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  19. ^ "The Grand Final running order". European Broadcasting Union. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  20. ^ a b Vautrey, Jonathan (15 May 2022). "Eurovision 2022 semi-final two results: Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs won, North Macedonia's Andrea finished 11th". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  21. ^ a b Lee Adams, William (15 May 2022). "Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision 2022 after topping the public vote". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  22. ^ Granger, Anthony (16 May 2022). "Romania: Largest Eurovision Grand Final Audience Since 2017". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  23. ^ "CIS Airplay Chart for 2022-08-26". TopHit. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Offizielle Download Charts Single" (in German). Official German Charts. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International) – Εβδομάδα: 20/2022". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece (IFPI Greece). Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  26. ^ "Tónlistinn – Lög" [The Music – Songs] (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  27. ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  28. ^ "Top Radio Hits Moldova Weekly Chart: Aug 24, 2023". TopHit. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  29. ^ "WRS – Llámame" (in Dutch). Dutch Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  30. ^ "Romania Songs". Billboard. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  31. ^ "Top 10 din 100 cele mai difuzate piese pentru saptamana 34" [Top 10 out of the 100 most-broadcast songs for the week 34] (in Romanian). Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  32. ^ "Media Forest – Weekly Charts. Media Forest. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Note: Romanian and international positions are rendered together by the number of plays before resulting an overall chart.
  33. ^ "WRS – Llámame" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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