Eduardo Alvarez Madrid
Madrid
Updated Sunday, February 4, 2024-00:49
Benidorm Fest Two boomers and a Bitch to fight in Eurovision
If there is a festival where the protest messages evoked by
Nebulossa
's song
Zorra
have an amplified place , it is
Eurovision
.
Female empowerment
,
individual liberation
, a song about everyone feeling how they want,
fighting ageism
... We are all bitches or we have wanted to be. And that is why the song that will represent us in Sweden next May
has already entered that envied category of anthems
, which far transcend the musical.
With the election of
María Bas
and
Mark Dasousa
as Eurovision standard bearers, months of guaranteed fun await us and one of the most ironic, frivolous and playful proposals that Spain has brought to the contest in recent times. Another thing is that, even with the high and euphoria that the result of the very close final of the
Benidorm Fest
leaves us , we truly believe that with
Zorra
it is possible to win the Festival. We will have to assume that this year
there was a special desire for vindictive jokes
- and very few competitive proposals - and we had better go to Mälmo with the conviction that it is more important to participate than to win. Because, I hope whoever writes this will have to swallow his words on May 11, but going to
Eurovision
singing so, so, so right - let's be kind in the judgment -
does not exactly allow us to dream about the crystal microphone
.
Television
Benidorm Fest.
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Nebulossa wins the Benidorm Fest in the most unexpected final: the most vindictive Zorra will represent Spain in Eurovision
And, having said that,
let's fuck whatever it takes
, and from now on I fully support
Nebulossa
.
María Bas
will have a place in history
if all this serves to ensure that from now on the bitch stops having such regrettable connotations of insult. Let's hope that the prudes of the EBU do not start to object today to the candidacy, which perhaps the Eurodramas have only just begun.
There are no magic formulas to win
Eurovision
. It is a very demanding festival and the almost 40 countries that participate want to win the day, each with their own strategy. But two ingredients help, a lot, to get closer to success:
that the song has something different
, that it engages for whatever reason on a first listen,
that it is wrapped in magic
, that its sound captivates; and
that the person who performs it has a good voice
, not necessarily vocal virtuosity but tone, intonation, timbre and qualities of a top singer, which is a requirement especially valued by the juries. And of this combination, which seems like a truism, unfortunately we have not been spared in this third edition of the
Benidorm Fest
, which has shown a sad regression with respect to previous years, something that should force a serious examination of conscience by RTVE.
And the thing is that songs with a lot of punch - that are going to sweep throughout this year - like Brillos platino did not have anyone to sing them - with all due respect, does anyone really think that
Almácor
, without a voice, can get on the Eurovision stage? ?-. And, on the contrary, performers with as much passion as
María Peláe
or
Angy
did not perform with competitive songs. What good is it that our public television receives more than 800 proposals to participate in the
Benidorm Fest
if in the end a bunch of artists are selected based on how their studio recordings sound, with good autotune!, and it is not taken into account whether they sing or give the song when defending them live. Of course, since the jury and televoting at the
Benidorm Fest
have forgiven Nebulossa for her lack of voice, at worst one might wonder if we have already thrown in the towel and care more about screwing up than trying to win.
Well, come on, let's fuck
.