Rodolfo Chikilicuatre and his song Baila el chiki chiki have shot to fame big time all over Spain thanks to his bid to represent Spain at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Rodolfo qualified for the Spanish Eurovision national final Salvemos Eurovision with a landslide victory in the online Myspace voting. La Sexta, a private Spanish television channel along one of its most famous television hosts Andreu Buenafuente have given extensive coverage to Rodolfo and his potential entry. They have devoted undivided attention to the artist causing a massive mediatic impact all over the country.
Today La Sexta will be airing a special show at 16:20 CETdedicated to Rodolfo Chikilicuatre hence promoting both the artist and his entry. Andreu Buenafuente is a well known Spanish television host, currently conducting the Buenafuente Late Night Show, where Rodolfo Chikilicuatre works and collaborates as a comedian.
On Thursday night the showman called upon viewers and fans of Rodolfo to assemble at Paseo de La Castellana in Madrid, outside the famous Santiago Bernabeu football stadium. There was a massive turn outas thousands of fans assembled to view Rodolfo and show him their support. A massive stage was specially erected for the occassion. La Sexta has given much publicity and coverage to the Eurovision Song Contest and Salvemos Eurovision. Rodolfo has been enjoying both popularity and media attention thanks to the promotion and backing by the Spanish television channel.
Ever since Rodolfo started leading in the Salvemos Eurovision online voting with his song Baila el chiki chiki, the Spanish media has had a field day reporting and covering the Spanish Eurovision national final. Never ever before has there been so much interest and talk about the Spanish Eurovision entry before. TVE has been very successful in their quest to bring about a modern and innovative system to select their Eurovision Song Contest entry using Myspace.
Rodolfo has certainly had much more mediatic backing and promotion, as well as exposure than any of his rivals in tonight's show. Will he represent Spain in Belgrade? The song is already very popular among the public thanks to the heavy promotion its had. The political lyrics of the song have been deleted. Will Rodolfo win tonight? esctoday.com will be covering Salvemos Eurovision live.
