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Only a little more than 36 hours have passed since the grand final of
Benidorm Fest 2024
and the festival is still making headlines. This time it was the president of the jury,
Beatriz Luengo
, who through a publication on her social networks has added her grain of sand to the controversies of the
Benidorm Fest
.
If during Saturday's final there were moments of real tension after the errors of the
Benidorm Fest
organization during Almácor
's performance
and the subsequent public protests, with a very angry Ruth Lorenzo, it was
Beatriz Luengo
who has now revealed the evil drink and the suffering that comes with being a festival jury in the face of the intensity of his followers.
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"Yesterday was an intense and difficult day. I am very empathetic and I have suffered every vote, because I have treated the candidates with a lot of love and dedication. I was
not going to tell it, but I cried going up the stairs before sitting there
, because I saw my mother suffering from home. I am a strong woman with a very hard back already, but I have never experienced it in my entire career to see my mother suffer because of something about my work," the artist revealed.
Already in the second semi-final there were very hard moments when the jury disdained Jorge González
's performance with their votes
. When
Beatriz Then
communicated the votes given to
Caliente,
the public began to boo without allowing the president of the jury to continue. In fact,
Ruth Lorenzo
had to intervene
to ask the jury for respect and for the public to allow them to continue.
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Then
Beatriz then
addressed a few words to the audience, thanking them for the intensity with which they experience the
Benidorm Fest
. However, the grand final was a tough pill for the artist, because as shown in a video published X seconds before announcing the votes,
Beatriz Luengo
had a really bad time. In fact, she has confessed it herself.
"Once up there I danced and sang every song so that my companions (the candidates) felt not judged by us but supported. I
suffered, I do not deny it nor do I hide
. But they also applauded me and told me beautiful things, that same incredible audience"
Luengo
added
.
Despite everything, the artist, who confesses to being "intense," assures that it was "an incredible experience." "Everyone was a pride," she says, referring to the candidates and her fellow jury members.
"I suffered for the pain it would cause to those who didn't pass
," she ends up saying.
The jury's task has never been easy in the three editions of the
Benidorm Fest
. It is difficult to forget the
Benidorm Fest
of 2022 when the jury opted for Chanel and not for Tanxugueiras or Rigoberta Bandini, the big favorites. Although in the last edition, things calmed down a bit, this edition of the
Benidorm Fest
has once again revived the tensions between the jury and an audience so "intense" that it is sometimes difficult to deal with.
An example was what happened with
Ruth Lorenzo
during Camela's performance in the final of the
Benidorm Fest
. While the duo was singing, the artist and festival presenter became very angry, it is not clear whether with the public or with the organization due to the errors in
Almácor
's performance .
It turns out that after Almácor
's performance
,
RTVE
, aware that viewers had realized the errors, decided to have
Ruth Lorenzo
and
Marc Calderó
give brief explanations in an attempt to calm things down. The effect was completely the opposite.
"They informed me from management that there has been a small failure, a small technical problem in the broadcast during
Almácor 's performance,"
Lorenzo
began explaining
. "
Almácor
, we apologize, let's hope it doesn't penalize. We are all with you, you are a king," added the presenter, visibly worried more than about the performance itself about what
Almácor
might be going through at that moment.
The presenter's words and the possibility that there would be a penalty caused the anger of the public attending the final gala of the
Benidorm Fest
. Boos, protests, cries of "let him repeat it!" They marred the grand final.
Ruth Lorenzo
and
Marc Calderó
asked for calm, letting the public express themselves, but the public went further and
Ruth Lorenzo's
nose swelled, to say the least.
"Right now, you are hearing it,
the public asking for a repeat...
We insist that there has been this technical problem on the screens," insisted presenter Marc Calderó. "The management is evaluating,
there is no penalty...
It was a screen problem, it was a super small thing,"
Ruth Lorenzo
announced then , believing that things would calm down. Far from it, her words inflamed the audience even more, and they booed loudly again.
And Ruth Lorenzo burst out: "Guys,
let's continue with the program
. These days, the artists told us that they felt very bad every time when you booed, because they didn't feel worthy of the vote they previously received. I'm going to ask you,
please , that tonight you respect the artists
. Please, I beg you. What a night, my God," the presenter pleaded.