Banou have only participated once, debuting in WorldVision 118.
Back in Valletta, they finished 9th, with MERRIE's Portraits. Can they go one step further this time?
Cisca Span
Cisca Span is a folk artist from the Banou countryside.
She was known as a rather talented and upcoming singer songwriter in her area, and living a nomadic lifestyle, she'd she'd picked up the various folk traditions across the land but the majority of her songs were sung in the traditional dialect of Turiy.
Cisca wishes to one day showcase Turiy folk, culture, and language to the rest of the world. She is well known amongst the people of the Mura (Riverlands) region of Banou and has gained recognition throughout Siomiz as a rising artist with a lot of talent. Her breakout song 'Tangay' performed on IKO's The X Factor, managed to finish as a Runner-up on its seventh series, and her performance in the final show garned up to 26 million views on her official Youtube channel.
Her entry, 'Voje', has a special meaning to her as it comes from her childhood in the Turiy tribe. Cisca said in a interview before her flight to Orangamonk that she wanted the song to be something that could represent the spirit of never backing down to irrational fears, but more importantly it is a song to speak in third person of being brave against a shadow of troubled pasts and finding a way to move forward.
Music Video
Lyrics of VOJE
Stars ignite, in the night
And the creatures in the dark haunt me
Do I fight, try I might
Would there be anyone that could save me, save me
The golden eyes that shine, in the dark
Why do you hide from me?
Shielded behind our fears, like tricksters
But can you truly bite?
The darkness embrace, stuck in rhythm we feel its shade
The darkness vibrates, stuck in rhythm we seek our way
The darkness embrace, stuck in rhythm we feel its shade
The darkness vibrates, stuck in rhythm we seek our way (our way)
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
With my head down, hand held out, feeling around
Let my mind get lost in the sound
With my head down, hand held out, feeling around
Let my mind get lost in the sound
(Dirim Dirim Voje) Sticks which break under a breeze,
(Dirim Dirim Voje) A chill that lingers just to tease,
(Dirim Dirim Voje) Yet I stand on my feet with ease,
(Dirim Dirim Voje) But you creatures shall never feast,
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Na-j-ooooi, Na-j-ooooi
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje
Dirim Dirim Voje,
Dirim Dirim Voje, Voje x2
But you creatures shall never feast
Lyrics
Cisca Span, Josefien Jager
Music
Cisca Span, Josefien Jager, Josh Segura, Tee Morgan, Russell Theodore
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