Miracle (Paula Seling and Ovi song)

"Miracle"
Single by Paula Seling & Ovi
from the album A Bit of Pop Won't Hurt Anyone
Released 28 February 2014
Format CD single, Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre Europop, Dance-pop
Length 3:03
Label daWorks
Writer(s) Ovi Jacobsen, Philip Halloun, Frida Amundsen, Beyond51
Producer(s) Beyond51
Paula Seling and Ovi singles chronology
"We Got Something"
(2010)		 "Miracle"
(2014)
Music video
"Miracle" (Official) on YouTube
Romania "Miracle"
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Ovi Jacobsen, Philip Halloun, Frida Amundsen
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
125
Final result
12th
Final points
72
Appearance chronology
◄ "It's My Life" (2013)   
"De la capăt" (2015) ►

"Miracle" is a song performed by Romanian recording artist Paula Seling and Romanian-Norwegian recording artist, songwriter and producer Ovi. The song is best known as Romania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This collaboration marks the second time Paula Seling and Ovi have represented Romania at the contest; in 2010 they placed third with the song "Playing with Fire".[1]

The song is featured as part of the album A Bit of Pop Won't Hurt Anyone, to be released by Ovi on 5 May 2014.[2]

Background

"Miracle" was written in June 2013 at Song Farm, a songwriting camp in Sweden. At the camp Ovi requested to work with Phillip Halloun in order to create the song.[3]

Critical reception

The song's reviews were mostly positive.

With 9 reviews from Wiwibloggs, "Miracle" received an average of 8.06 of 10. Angus gave the song a rate of 9.5 of 10 and said that "Miracle" was divine intervention from above. Billy gave the song a rate of 9.5 and said that "Miracle" was not as good as Paula Seling & Ovi's 2010 entry, "Playing with Fire". Bogdan gave it 10 out of 10 and said "The strength of 'Miracle' lies in its live show". Anthony gave the song a rate of 9 out of 10. Deban gave the song a rate of 7 and described the song as fierce as "Benny Benassi on acid". Katie gave the song a rate of 10 out of 10 and described the chorus of "Miracle" as an explosion of lights, high notes and pianos. Mike gave the song a rate of 9.5 and said that the song meant a lot "even a folklore twist couldn't ruin it". Vebooboo gave the song a rate of 8 and compared Paula Seling & Ovi with 2010 Danish representative, Chanee and Tomas N'evergreen. Padraig gave the song a rate of 5 out of 10 and said "Miracle" was not up to scratch. He also praised Paula's vocals.[4]

Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Paula Seling and Ovi entered the Romanian national final, Selecția Națională 2014, with "Miracle" and were short-listed among the twelve entries selected to compete. The national final took place on 1 March 2014 at the Sică Alexandrescu Drama Theatre in Brașov and resulted in a victory for the song, winning the right to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen.[5]

Romania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the contest on 8 May 2014. Romania will perform 15th and last in the running order for the evening. The song will have to qualify from the semi-final in order to compete in the final on 10 May 2014.[6]

Music video

Initially, a performance video was filmed and used for promotion of the song prior to the national final.[7] Romanian Television submitted the national final performance as the official preview video for the song in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest.[8] A music video was filmed for the song in April 2014 at Media Pro studio in Buftea.[9] The video was directed by Alex Ceauşu with styling provided by Amir Dobos and Magda Mohamed. Two dancers are featured in the video: Judith State and Mircea Andrei Ghinea.[10] The music video was released on 27 April 2014.[11]

Track listing

Miracle – Single[12]
  1. "Miracle" (Single version) – 3:03

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[13] 73
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 88
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[15] 174

References

  1. ↑ "Eurovision 2014: Paula Seling and Ovi to represent Romania". Nineoclock.ro. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cel mai nou album semnat de Ovi, "A Bit Of Pop Won't Hurt Anyone", va fi lansat pe 5 mai". AGERPRES. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Honciuc, Bogdan (25 February 2014). "Romania: Paula Seling and Ovi Release Live Video for Miracle". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Adams, William Lee (2 May 2014). "ROMANIA: WIWI JURY REVIEWS PAULA SELLING & OVI WITH MIRACLE". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Roxburgh, Gordon (1 March 2014). "Paula and Ovi to represent Romania!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (24 March 2014). "Running order for Eurovision Semi-Finals decided". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Cosmescu, Corina (21 February 2014). "FOTO VIDEO Paula Seling si Ovi Jacobsen aprind miracolul de la Eurovision. Artistii au filmat clipul de prezentare" (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle (Romania) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest". YouTube. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Weaver, Jessica (27 April 2014). "Paula Seling si Ovi au lansat videoclipul piesei Miracle cu care vor participa la Eurovision" (in Romanian). Opinia Timisoarei. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  10. ↑ ""Miracle", piesa care va reprezenta România la Eurovision 2014, are un nou videoclip". gnadul.info. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Weaver, Jessica (27 April 2014). "Romania: Miracle music video unveiled". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Miracle - Single by Paula Seling & Ovi". iTunes. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Paula Seling & OVI – Miracle" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  14. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 20, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
  15. ↑ "UK Singles Chart". Retrieved 24 May 2014.