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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 France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, 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

"Loco Loco"
Loco Loco.jpg
Single by Hurricane
LanguageSerbian
Released5 March 2021
Length2:56
Label PGP-RTS
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Sanja Vučić
Hurricane singles chronology
"Want Ya"
(2020)
"Loco Loco"
(2021)
"Wild Dances (Cover)"
(2021)
Music video
"Loco Loco" on YouTube
Chart performance for "Loco Loco"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Croatia (HRT) [7] 97
Serbia (Radiomonitor) [8] 6
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 3

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References

  1. "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]. RTS (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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