EUROVISION.TV REPORTS / CZECH REPUBLIC – Benny Cristo will perform โomagaโ at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.
Already a competitive snowboarder, tennis ace and master of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Plzeล-born performer Cristo can now add a second Eurovision entry to his list of accomplishments!
Check out the video for Bennyโs banger OMAGA, the song he will perform in the first half of the second Semi-Final on 20 May 2021 in Rotterdam.
Cristo explains how much he enjoyed filming the video for OMAGA:
โWe recorded so many different, amazing scenes, so I knew that even if we only used 10% of them, we could still make a great, funny and entertaining video. Jan (Strach), the director, came up with the creative idea and I feel weโve managed to realise it in the best way possible. I hope fans enjoy the video as it was so much fun to make!โ
Director Jan Strach added:
โTo reference a bunch of iconic movies in a funny way was a big challenge, but we pulled it off thanks to Bennyโs superb acting and sense of fun. He was able to pay tribute to those movies in such a respectful and fun way.โ
For OMAGA, Cristo collaborated with producer Filip Vlฤek, who says of the song:
โOur collaboration took Benny into new territory vocally, but I think the challenge really paid off. The style suits him well.โ
About Benny Cristo
Bennyโs roots span from the Czech Republic all the way to Angola (his mother and fatherโs respective birthplaces), and itโs his ability to fuse a range of global genres that ฤeskรก televize (ฤT) believe could give Cristo the edge at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Last year Benny won the Czech Republicโs national selection show ESCZ with his track Kemama, pushing Elis Mraz & ฤis T into second place. After the cancellation of the 2020 Contest, Benny Cristo was one of the first artists to receive a no-strings invitation from their home broadcaster to return with a new entry the following year.
A man of many talents, Ben da Silva Cristรณvรฃo is incredibly popular in his home country, packing out Pragueโs O2 arena with 15,000 fans to celebrate his first ten years on the music scene. He hopes to repeat this massive party in 2022 when circumstances allow.
After the official presentation of the song and music video for the Eurovision 2021 entry, OMAGA, Benny Cristo revealed that Alberto Humman Gola and Robin โFuuseโ ล eba will accompany him on stage and his dance act.
LYRICS
[Intro] Honestly don’t careI’m happy you’re here
I’m tryna make you smile for a while now
I’m like, “Oh my God, you’re so beautiful”
Why don’t you come over and have it?
Why don’t you let me have it all? [Verse 1] I did a lot of dumb shh
Lot of things I wish I didn’t do, aye
Baby, come back, won’t you?
Babe, come back, he-ey
Whole world crazy
Is it crazy to love you?
Baby, come back, won’t you?
Babe, come back [Pre-Chorus] You said you’re still too mad ’bout them things I did
But I don’t know what I did, my baby, yeah
You said you gained a few pounds, you blame the apocalypse
There ain’t no apocalypse
Long as you’re here on my lips [Chorus] Honะตstly don’t care
I’m happy you’re herะต
I’m tryna make you smile for a while now
I’m like, “Oh my God, you’re so beautiful”
Why don’t you come over and have it?
Why don’t you let me have it all? [Verse 2] You’ve been home too long
I’ve been home too long, yeah
We both need to feel love, nothing wrong with that
Mลฏลพeลก bรฝt u mฤ klidnฤ muลพem dฤlat jakoby [Pre-Chorus] There ain’t no apocalypse
Long as you’re here on my lips [Chorus] Honestly don’t care
I’m happy you’re here
I’m tryna make you smile for a while now
I’m like, “Oh my God, you’re so beautiful”
Why don’t you come over and have it?
Why don’t you let me have it? [Post-Chorus] Like oh my God, oh my God
You’re so beautiful
Oh my God, oh my God
Why don’t you let me have it? [Bridge] You said you’re still too mad ’bout them things I did
But I don’t know what I did (What I did, what I did)
You said you gained a few pounds, you blame the apocalypse
There ain’t no apocalypse
Long as you’re here on my lips [Chorus] Honestly don’t care
I’m happy you’re here
I’m tryna make you smile for a while now
I’m like, “Oh my God, you’re so beautiful”
Why don’t you come over and have it?
Why don’t you let me have it? [Post-Chorus] Like oh my God, oh my God
You’re so beautiful
Oh my God, oh my God
Why don’t you let me have it? [Outro] Oh my God, oh my God
You’re so beautiful
Oh my God, oh my God (Yeah)
Why don’t you let me?