Benidorm Festival | Blanca Paloma and the "burrada"

• RTVE Blanca Paloma flies high to the final of the Benidorm Fest after an unmitigated victory

• Television The dark side of the fan phenomenon explodes at the Benidorm Fest in tears: "For mental health, space is not given to those who destroy"

What if last night

had not been in the second semifinal of the Benidorm Fest?

The answer is easy: it would have been a drama.

Not only because the 'repeater' of the festival is at an almost unattainable level, but because without her performance -her performance- the

would have been a real tragedy.

RTVE should be thanking the Alicante native for saving what could have been a real disaster.

If in the first semifinal of the

the faults were in the sound, in the second,

.

That, and that he listened to the audience.

Yes, it seems incredible, but yes.

The complaints, and with good reason, for the late start of the first semifinal in order not to face the feared

were heard.

It is not that the second semifinal of the

began much earlier, but the 20 minutes that they brought forward made it at least end at a much more reasonable time than the 01:15 in the morning of the first semifinal.

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Blanca Paloma flies high to the final of the Benidorm Fest after an unmitigated victory

• Drafting: SARA POLO (Special envoy) Benidorm

Blanca Paloma flies high to the final of the Benidorm Fest after an unmitigated victory

When a television listens to the audience, it's good and you have to be thankful for it.

Not everything is going to be critical, since quite a few sticks are taken.

.

You have to be very brave to face the tsunami of

and

.

So, first of all, my applause for the 18 participants, everyone, without exception.

But let's not fool ourselves, more than half of the performances last night at the

left a lot, a lot to be desired.

And, of course,

- even if the jury didn't like it that much, turn it off and let's go.

If something became clear at last night's gala, it is that the tables are the tables.

You can't compare, they should even compete, a Blanca Paloma, an Alfred or a Karmento with

.

And, yes, they will say that you can also learn at the

, but the reality is that it is exposing too much to artists with a great lack of experience.

.

We all know the repercussion and what the

means .

In fact, after the first semifinal the Twin Melody or Aritz Aren ended up crying because of that hate that is distilled.

Agoney reflected it as soon as he finished the first gala from which he came out the absolute winner.

That is to say,

.

So,

And I'm not saying that they won't become great artists of the stature of

or

They will arrive, but the level that was seen last night -and I refuse to give a single name out of respect and because they don't deserve it- was far below what should be required for a

.

There were roosters, there was a lack of tune, there was choking, there was a lack of vocalization and that is only due to one thing, that they were not prepared.

I am convinced whoever made the selection of the participants knew it.

So there is only one explanation, which my colleague Eduardo Álvarez already told last Sunday, had to be filled out.

How unfair!

Unfair to those artists.

Yes, a lot of diversity, a lot of betting on all musical styles, but such

.

This is the main reason why today RTVE should be laying out a red carpet for

,

or

d.

If it hadn't been for them, last night's gala would have been a real disaster.

What

did on stage, that voice, that Eaea, that staging, that everything was, as the audience pointed out,

.

Indeed, a real "stuff".

My partner Sara Polo, who is in Benidorm giving her all, told me two hours before the gala began:

. "

She was with me from rehearsal, so imagine the performance.

She even made me nervous.

Well, indeed, something tremendous, something at a much higher level, something that could be in

, in the

, but also in MTV, something that is our evolved roots.

Her

, the adaptation of a lullaby that her grandmother Carmen sang to her when she was little, is the union of our tradition with the new times.

If you listen to it, you identify it without thinking about it with Spain;

if you listen to it, it sounds like now, like the new sounds, like that electronic flamenco, but well adapted.

And to all this we must add

that gives you goosebumps.

Whoever saw the gala last night, which were not many (a 9.4% share) knows what I'm talking about.

And if not, enter 5 minutes on twitter, write

and read.

The qualifiers towards Alicante are a reflection of what it was.

It is not surprising that it was the most voted for by the jury and by the televote (we leave it aside again for the demoscopic), came first and surpassed

-first in the first semifinal- by a difference of six points:

161

.

.

Karmento, the new Tanxugueiras?

And this time little movement with the votes.

It is true that, once again, the demoscopic jury, which is supposed to be a representation of the Spanish population, went along, as if they were watching another

.

However, the jury and the televote coincided again with

, just as they coincided with

, but not with the other great of the night,

.

La Mancha and her

, a risky proposal for a

and for a

, was what the public liked the most.

That smell of earth permeated so much that when the jury gave it the sixth position out of nine, the boos were heard again in the audience.

It already happened with

in the first edition of the

.

Will history repeat itself?

That low score from the jury is surprising, it is incomprehensible that

received fewer points than other performances that, with all the respect in the world, were not up to par due to a lot of dancing and a lot of loud voice.

Today we have to thank those who voted for

to be in the final because

deserves to be in the final, period.

The rest of the finalists,

and

-by the hairs-, as they are the result of having all the musical options on stage next Saturday for the grand finale of the

.

A ballad and pop in its purest form.

So we are complete, that is undeniable.

What has become clear is that the

and the

, for the moment or at least in this Benidorm Fest, do not fit together.

In the first semifinal he passed with

and in this he has passed with

and with

.

It's okay.

It would not have been fair for

or

they will be left out for bets that were not well auctioned.

What awaits us in the grand final of the Benidorm Fest?

There will be surprises?

It seems not this time.

It will be fair and it will be a tough battle that having

,

,

and

make it difficult, very difficult.

And he hears, that the same thing happens and, suddenly, we hit each other face to face with a

.

.

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