Review: Tamta - Replay - Cyprus

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After being pipped to the post in 2018, Cyprus have another crack at Eurovision with Replay by Tamta. "Replay" being an apt title - the track is identical to 2018's "Fuego"!

We originally poo-pooed Fuego, it came across as cheap, disposable, heavily-autotuned pop - which it is. Of the 3 elements that make up a performance: song, staging and dancing, the song was always the weakest element of the three, however in "Fuego"'s case, the pyrotechnics and Beyonce-dancing made up for the weaknesses of the song itself. I feel that this will largely be the case for "Replay" which is just as cheap, disposable and heavily-autotuned - the entire tone of the song cries out for some insane staging.

The song really is similar though, if it'd had been any other country then perhaps it might be brushed off as coincidence or a nod to Cyprus' success. However the fact that it's Cyprus once again releasing it may actually give juries a reason to mark it down.

Cyprus perform in the first-half of the first semi-final, there's no question it'll qualify - and if last year is anything to go by, will probably perform well in the televote too. While I do like the song, I actually feel like Fuego packed more of a punch, particularly in the chorus section.

Tamta appears to be gathering a decent following, her social media follower stats are on the higher end of the scale and she's already hit a few countries in the Top 100 iTunes chart. Cyprus is currently the favourite to qualify from the first semi. If you fancy yourself an easy, stress-free 6% profit on your money, that'd be the one to go for.

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