Sara PoloSpecial envoy Benidorm
Special envoy Benidorm
Updated Sunday, February 4, 2024-14:31
MomenTVs RTVE has gotten into a serious situation: can we take Zorra to Eurovision?
Benidorm Fest Nebulossa: two boomers and a Zorra to do battle at Eurovision
Nothing was evident on Saturday night, but the magic of Benidorm Fest is precisely that. The bets did not give them as winners even though the public was wearing a
Zorra
uniform . And yet, they won by all means.
Nebulossa
will represent Spain in
Eurovision
, that is clear, what is not so obvious is how.
The rules of the
EBU
, which is in charge of
Eurovision
, prohibit the entry of proposals with "unacceptable language" or staging that could "discredit the festival."
Esther Mucientes
already says
in her
MomenTVs
that RTVE has gotten into "a big puddle." In 2021, the Italian group Maneskin, which was ultimately the winner, had to remove the word
cazzo
(cock) from its proposal at the request of the festival organizer.
The question was obvious at the press conference the day after, although the members of Nebulossa have only managed to say that they are "calm": "Music is a universal message and our image leaves no room for doubt." The public entity has decided to settle any debate through its communications director,
María Eizaguirre
: "If you look at what
bitch
means in the RAE dictionary, the definition is very clear, and we understand that the lyrics of the song are completely in accordance with the current regulations". "
Cazzo
is exactly what she is, and slut, according to our dictionary means what it means", she concluded.
The night was so surprising for everyone that at the last minute the Nebulossa
duo panicked : they couldn't find the bronze microphone, the
Benidorm Fest
trophy, anywhere
. Was it possible that they had lost it before they even had time to enjoy it? It turns out that I was already at the
Mirador del Castillo
, the official setting for the festival's press conferences in the Levantine city of skyscrapers.
Now, of course, they don't release it anymore. They even argue about where to place it at home. 20 years of relationship and 15 more as an artistic duo have these things. While
María
Mery
Bas
opts for finding a good space for it in the living room,
Mark Dasousa
prefers to place it at the entrance, so that it looks good.
They did not expect to win, it did not even cross their minds to become representatives of Spain in
Eurovision
when, sitting in the
Green Room
, they listened to the count. "We told ourselves: come on, tomorrow we're going home with our children, with our dog...", Bas remembers with a laugh, "and look at us now."
The
Nebulossa
duo was born from the dream of making their artistic drive public. She, a great opera lover, had a lot to tell, and he, a producer of the Valencian independent music scene, were the perfect tandem to provoke a fan phenomenon that on Saturday at noon had wiped out the stocks of his
Zorra
t-shirts .
The challenge is now four months and 2,600 kilometers away. "I think
Zorra
is going to be received very well at
Eurovision
. First, because of the musical style, the 80s are a trend, and then because of what it conveys, an idea that people are already accepting. We have already received a lot of messages Saying, '
Bitch, bitch, bitch, '"
Bas
says
, imitating an English accent. "We did not intend to make an anthem, the surprise has been that people have appropriated the message," adds
Dasousa
.
They face the vital change that
Nebulossa
faces with a practical spirit: the beauty center, inherited from her mother, will be managed by
María Bas
' daughter , 26 years old; The production studio will be maintained by her friends. What they are very clear about is that if fame affects their marriage or their mental health in any way, they will leave him. Without further ado. Return home as if nothing had happened.
"We had no plan and we are still assimilating this," says
Dasousa
. "What makes me sad is that we will have to focus on this and abandon several concerts that we were preparing," adds
Bas
. And the
haters
, a necessary evil of success?
"They are the impetus for our message to reach even higher. They are free to give their opinion whatever they want, but we are clear that we are going to take this message to the ultimate consequences. And if they don't let us for some reason, let it be evident." , he assures, and she says: "We are at an age where we see things and handle them differently, so it is very easy. We are not 20 years old and we sweat everything."