Baila El Chiki-chiki - Wikipedia

2008 song by Rodolfo Chikilicuatre

"Baila el Chiki-chiki"
Single by Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
Language	Spanish, English
Genre	Reggaeton
Length	2:52
Songwriters	"Rodolfo Chikilicuatre and Friends"
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country	Spain
Artist	David Fernández Ortiz
As	Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
With	Disco, Gráfica
Languages	Spanish, English
Composers	"Rodolfo Chikilicuatre and Friends"[1]
Lyricists	"Rodolfo Chikilicuatre and Friends"
Finals performance
Final result	16th
Final points	55
Entry chronology
◄ "I Love You Mi Vida" (2007)
"La noche es para mí" (2009) ►
Official performance video
"Baila el Chiki-chiki" (final) on YouTube

"Baila el Chiki-chiki" (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbajlaelˈtʃikiˈtʃiki]; "Dance the Chiki-chiki") is a novelty song recorded by Rodolfo Chikilicuatre. It represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, placing sixteenth.

Background

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Conception

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Rodolfo Chikilicuatre was a comedic character –performed by comedian David Fernández– on the late-night talk show Buenafuente [es] on La Sexta. He was first introduced in the show as an improvisational act. The show's team decided to have its scriptwriters and musicians write a song for him. They wrote "Baila el Chiki-chiki", a parody of reggaeton music filled with jokes and references to the ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, the king of Spain Juan Carlos I and Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Andreu Buenafuente –the show's host and director– decided to enter the song into the Spanish selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[2]

Selection

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Between 22 January and 13 February 2008, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) opened an online submission process for artists to upload their entries for the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Between 16 and 25 February 2008, an online vote was opened among the entries received to classify the top five for the Spanish national final. "Baila el Chiki-chiki" –that was heavily promoted on Buenafuente– ended up being selected with the highest number of votes.[3]

On 8 March 2008, the televised national final Salvemos Eurovisión was aired on La 1 of Televisión Española. "Baila el Chiki-chiki" won the competition so it became the Spanish entry for Eurovision.[4]

For the song to participate in Eurovision, its lyrics had to be changed due to the political allusions, as the contest rules does not allow political remarks in any song in the competition. Its final version featured allusions to some prominent Spanish figures, including Pau Gasol, Fernando Alonso, Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, and Pedro Almodóvar, as well as, the 1995 Spanish hit "La Macarena", Michael Jackson and RoboCop.[5][6] The official video with the final version of the song premiered on 14 March 2008 on RTVE's website.[7]

Eurovision final

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On 24 May 2008, the Eurovision Song Contest grand final was held at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade hosted by Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Chikilicuatre performed "Baila el Chiki-chiki" twenty-second on the night following Greece's "Secret Combination" by Kalomira and preceding Serbia's "Oro" by Jelena Tomašević and Bora Dugić.[8][9]

He was accompanied on stage by Disco –played by Alejandra Jiménez– and Gráfica –Silvia Abril–, two comedic dancers that also accompanied him in the national final. Gráfica danced clumsily without knowing the basic dance steps. Another three dancers –Leticia Martín, María Ángeles Mas and Cecilia López–, that were chosen through the special casting show Dansin Chiki Chiki, joined them.[10][11]

At the close of voting, "Baila el Chiki-chiki" received 55 points, placing sixteenth in a field of twenty-five.[12]

Aftermath

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"Baila el Chiki-Chiki" has also been performed by Chikilicuatre alongside popular figures such as King África,[13] Tata Golosa,[14] and Dustin the Turkey,[15] among others.

Chart history

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Weekly charts [edit] Chart (2008) Peakposition Certification France (SNEP)[16] 20 — Greece (Digital Singles Chart)[17] 1 — Spain (Download Chart)[18] 1 3× Platinum Spain (Ringtones Chart)[18] 1 4× Platinum Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 12 —

Year-end charts [edit] Chart (2008) Position Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] 4

References

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1. ^ Eurovision Official Website's Song Entry
2. ^ Jaume Nin (composer). Entrevista al grupo Buhos. Europa FM. Event occurs at 4:51.
3. ^ Floras, Stella (28 February 2008). "Spain: Five more finalists chosen by TVE". Esctoday.
4. ^ Hondal, Victor (8 March 2008). "Live: Spain decides for Belgrade". Esctoday.
5. ^ Baila el Chiki Chiki: Final Version (VideoClip)
6. ^ Baila el Chiki Chiki: Final Version
7. ^ "La letra definitiva de 'Baila el Chiki Chiki'" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 14 March 2008.
8. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final". Eurovision Song Contest. 24 May 2008. RTS / EBU.
9. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2008". Eurovision Song Contest.
10. ^ "Leticia, María Ángeles y Cecilia, las tres bailarinas que acompañarán a Rodolfo Chikilicuatre". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 30 April 2008.
11. ^ ""Baila el Chiki-chiki" Detailed info and lyrics". The Diggiloo Thrush.
12. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest.
13. ^ Rodolfo Chikilicuatre & King África
14. ^ Rodolfo Chikilicuatre & Tata Golosa
15. ^ Rodolfo Chikilicuatre & Dustin The Turkey
16. ^ "Rodolfo Chikilicuatre – Baila el chiki chiki" (in French). Le classement de singles.
17. ^ Greek Digital Singles Chart
18. ^ a b Official Downloaded Music List (Week 21/2008) PDF[permanent dead link]
19. ^ "Rodolfo Chikilicuatre – Baila el chiki chiki". Singles Top 100.
20. ^ "TOP 50 CANCIONES ANUAL 2008" (PDF). Promuiscae.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

External links

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• "Baila el Chiki-chiki" at Discogs (list of releases)
• Rodolfo Chikilicuatre's Official Web
• Rodolfo Chikilicuatre's Former Official Web

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Countries	Final Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Israel Latvia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Semi-finals Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Ireland Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands San Marino Slovenia Switzerland
Artists	Final Andy Abraham Dima Bilan Boaz Olta Boka Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Elnur and Samir Euroband Vânia Fernandes Isis Gee Diana Gurtskaya Kalomira Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents Laka Ani Lorak Maria Simon Mathew Mor ve Ötesi Nico and Vlad No Angels Charlotte Perrelli Pirates of the Sea Sirusho Sébastien Tellier Teräsbetoni Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić Semi-finals Ruslan Alehno Geta Burlacu Csézy Deep Zone and Balthazar Rebeka Dremelj Dustin the Turkey Stefan Filipović Gisela Hind Ishtar Evdokia Kadi Tereza Kerndlová Kreisiraadio Paolo Meneguzzi Jeronimas Milius Miodio Morena Tamara, Vrčak and Adrijan
Songs	Final "All Night Long" "Baila el Chiki Chiki" "Believe" "Day After Day" "Deli" "Disappear" "Divine" "Even If" "The Fire in Your Eyes" "For Life" "Hero" "Hold On Be Strong" "Missä miehet ratsastaa" "Oro" "Pe-o margine de lume" "Peace Will Come" "Pokušaj" "Qélé, Qélé" "Romanca" "Secret Combination" "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)" "Shady Lady" "This Is My Life" "Wolves of the Sea" "Zemrën e lamë peng" Semi-finals "Candlelight" "Casanova" "A Century of Love" "Complice" "DJ, Take Me Away" "Era stupendo" "Femme Fatale" "Hasta la vista" "Have Some Fun" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Let Me Love You" "Leto svet" "Nomads in the Night" "O Julissi" "Vodka" "Vrag naj vzame" "Your Heart Belongs to Me" "Zauvijek volim te"

v t e Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Alejandro Abad Alfred Amaia Remedios Amaya Soraya Arnelas Azúcar Moreno Bacchelli Victor Balaguer Barei Conchita Bautista Beth Blanca Paloma Braulio Bravo Cadillac Blas Cantó Antonio Carbonell Chanel Rodolfo Chikilicuatre David Civera Anabel Conde D'Nash Sergio Dalma La Década Daniel Diges Edurne ESDM José Guardiola Mikel Herzog Julio Iglesias Karina Las Ketchup Patricia Kraus Marcos Llunas Ruth Lorenzo Lucía Lydia Massiel Melody Micky Miki Betty Missiego Mocedades Jaime Morey Manel Navarro Nebulossa Nina Peret Lucía Pérez Ramón Raphael Rosa Salomé Paloma San Basilio Eva Santamaría Sergio and Estíbaliz Pastora Soler Son de Sol Tim, Nelly and Tony Trigo Limpio José Vélez Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"Algo pequeñito" "Algo prodigioso" "Amanece" "Amanecer" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Baila el Chiki Chiki" "Bailar pegados" "Bailemos un vals" "Bandido" "Bloody Mary" "Brujería" "Canta y sé feliz" "Caracola" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Colgado de un sueño" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Dile que la quiero" "Dime" "Do It for Your Lover" "Eaea" "Él" "Ella no es ella" "En un mundo nuevo" "Enséñame a cantar" "Eres tú" "Esa diva" "Estando contigo" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "La fiesta terminó" "Gwendolyne" "Hablemos del amor" "Hombres" "I Love You Mi Vida" "La La La" "Lady, Lady" "Llámame" "Nacida para amar" "No estás solo" "No quiero escuchar" "La noche es para mí" "Para llenarme de ti" "¡Qué bueno, qué bueno!" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "Quédate conmigo" "Quédate esta noche" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Say Yay!" "Sin rencor" "SloMo" "Sobran las palabras" "Su canción" "Todo esto es la música" "Tu canción" "Tú volverás" "Universo" "Valentino" "La venda" "Vivo cantando" "Voy a quedarme" "Vuelve conmigo" "Y sólo tú" "Yo soy aquél" "Zorra"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.