Esther Mucientes Madrid
Madrid
Updated Sunday, February 4, 2024-11:43
Opinion We like to fuck so much that we might not care about winning Eurovision
TV Nebulossa wins the Benidorm Fest: two boomers and a Zorra to fight in Eurovision
We leave Malaga and get into Malagón. There is no doubt that
Zorra
de
Nebulossa
was the big surprise last night in the final of the
Benidorm Fest
, first, for becoming the winners, with
St. Pedro
and
Jorge González
being favorites , and, second, because few could imagine that televoting of the public was to decide everything. But he decided, and he decided to bring the song that not only has already become a hit but is on its way to being an
Oh, Mom!
In all rules. It is clear that we are going to listen to so much
Zorra
in the coming months that we are all going to end up zorraing.
So far so good. The Spanish Eurofans are delighted,
Nebulossa
are delighted, surely,
RTVE
was also delighted last night and everyone is happy until the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU), who rules at Eurovision, arrives and tells them that
Zorra
's lyrics
and the staging de
Zorra
fails to comply with the rules of the
European Song Festival
.
Television
Benidorm Fest.
Nebulossa wins the Benidorm Fest: two boomers and a Zorra to fight in Eurovision
Editorial: SARA POLO Benidorm
Editor: ANDREA M. ROSA DEL PINO
Nebulossa wins the Benidorm Fest: two boomers and a Zorra to fight in Eurovision
Ruth Lorenzo's monumental anger at the Benidorm Fest for Almácor and the public: "I shit myself..."
Editorial: ESTHER MUCIENTES Madrid
Ruth Lorenzo's monumental anger at the Benidorm Fest for Almácor and the public: "I shit myself..."
We have wanted to get out of the box so much, to be so transgressive, to wear what no one has ever worn to
Eurovision
and to think more about what we want to shout and dance while we are euphoric, than about what can or cannot be done at
Eurovision
. And this is where we have a problem that promises to become a big stone in
RTVE
's shoe .
The
EBU
's rules regarding songs, their content and their staging are very clear: "The lyrics and/or interpretations must not discredit the
Eurovision Song Contest
, the shows or the
EBU
. During the "No speeches or gestures may be made during the performance.
Unacceptable language is not permitted in the lyrics or in the interpretation of the songs
." Well, we now have the puddle to fall into.
Although Zorra
's song
is a song to the empowerment of women and seeks to completely change the pejorative meaning of the word fox, the truth is that fox, unfortunately, is still a fox, here, in
Malmö
and in
Europe
. If the
EBU
gets crazy, it will be really complicated for us to be able to get on the Eurovision stage next May and
Mary Bas
can shout from the rooftops that
she is "a postcard bitch"
.
When
RTVE
presents next March to the
EBU
, the song selected at the
Benidorm Fest
must include the complete lyrics, a sketch of the staging, the date of creation, demonstrate that it is an original song and include a track recorded for promotions, among many other things. It will be then that the executive supervisor of Eurovision,
Martin Österdahl
, will be in charge of communicating whether the song complies with the festival's rules. If it follows the rules as they are, we're screwed, frankly speaking.
It is not only that the
EBU
does not allow "unacceptable language" in the lyrics of the songs submitted to Eurovision, it also does not allow "messages that promote political or religious organizations, causes"; and, furthermore, it does not allow "the exhibition of nudity on stage." And
Zorra
, in addition, the fox has a staging of two dancers who stay in thongs. Have we gone too far from modern, transgressive, revolutionary? For the
EBU,
surely yes, but, look, let them take away our
bailao
.
After 55 years without winning
Eurovision
, after 55 years without a
La, la, la
, after 55 years achieving more classifications at the bottom of the table than at the top, the time has come to really screw up at
Eurovision
. If we have a
mess
like the one we had two years ago, a war will take away our victory; if we have loud voices, like
Ruth Lorenzo
's
in 2014, neither; If we have great staging, like
Blanca Paloma
, neither. So, given what we have seen with
Eurovision
, as they say, we only have to fight the system from within.
That
Zorra
and
Nebulossa
are not the best voice, nor are they the prototype of the song from which the winners emerge, there is no doubt. But I think that the public, the Eurofans, the followers of the
Eurovision Song Contest have decided with
Zorra
's victory
that we are going to think more about what we like than what Europe might like. And that's phenomenal. Now the
EBU
can come and tell us you can't call it a slut, you can't show your ass on stage, so let them say it. It wouldn't be the first time,
but what about the noise we're going to make in Europe?
No one is going to take that away from us.
It is not the first time something similar has happened. In 2009,
Georgia
abandoned
Eurovision
after the organizers conditioned her participation in the contest on modifying the song's lyrics or selecting a different melody from her
We Don't Wanna Put In
because of its references to Putin. In 2022,
Moldova
had to change the lyrics of their song because it made references to the union of Moldova and Romania. In 2008, we ourselves had to modify the lyrics of
Baila el chiki-chiki
because the song refers to the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez; the president of the PP, Mariano Rajoy, the president of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; as well as the "why don't you shut up" that King Juan Carlos snapped at Chávez at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. And we change it.
The difference with
Nebulossa
's
Zorra
is that if it is modified, what are we left with? We lose the message, we lose the need to bring to Europe a song that is much more than a bad-sounding word because precisely
Nebulossa
's intention
with that song is to change that bitch that is identified with that of a whore with the bitch of a powerful woman, that he can do whatever he wants and that he doesn't care what they tell him. A feminist and women's empowerment message very in line with new times.
At RTVE, although we are part of the
Big Five
, we will have to fight tooth and nail for Nebulossa
's candidacy
, something that would not have happened if the great favorite,
St. Pedro
, with his sweet and harmonious bolero, or with
Jorge had won.
González
and his
Caliente
. And RTVE will surely fight as far as it can, but it will defend the candidacy as it has always defended all of them.
Furthermore, and this is one of the biggest advantages of
Zorra
, the more noise a song makes, the more chances it has of winning. And let no one forget that a good controversy at
Eurovision
always attracts not only more expectation but also more votes. As the
EBU
forces Spain to modify the lyrics of the song and the staging (perhaps the latter to a lesser extent) things will get messy, and it won't just get messy within our borders, but it will cross them. . In short, it is good for us to slut.