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Updated Thursday, February 8, 2024-15:48
Television Nebulossa wins the Benidorm Fest: two boomers and a Zorra to fight in Eurovision
Benidorm Fest The romanticism of the bolero or the fever of homoeroticism?
Jorge González
was one of the few artists selected for the Benidorm Fest who, weeks before the festival began, had left some words on the table that spread like wildfire and that went beyond political correctness. He talked about the discrimination that handsome men, those who take care of themselves, suffer. A week after the
Benidorm Fest
,
Jorge González
has once again not kept quiet in an interview that has raised many blisters and has revealed what he experienced during the
Benidorm Fest
and what he is experiencing after it.
"I did not feel fully valued (by the jury) because we must take into account that, with the sum of the demoscopic vote and the televoting, we obtained almost 90% of the total. A score that did not matter because
the jury left me out "
he
says in an interview with Saúl Ortiz in
20minutos
.
The singer
, who came fourth in the final
ranking
with his proposal
Caliente
, was the most voted by the public in the second semi-final and was only two votes behind
Zorra
in the televoting of the final of the Benidorm Fest. However, the low ratings
of the jury, led by Beatriz Luengo, left him with no options to fight for victory with
Nebulossa and st. Pedro
.
In fact,
Jorge González
saw many possibilities of representing Spain in the
Eurovision Song Contest
, especially after the support received from the public.
Jorge González
also gets wet about
Zorra
, the Nebulossa
song
that will represent Spain in Malmö after being declared winners of the
Benidorm Fest
. "It's a
hit
, it's very catchy and apparently it was super necessary for women's rights," says the artist. "And, furthermore, this year the message of the song has transcended so much that
I think the result in Eurovision is the least important thing for everyone
, so hey... the equation is perfect. There are opinions for all tastes," judgment.
However,
Jorge González
denounces that "those same people who are praising feminism and, therefore, equality, are the same people who have been savagely insulting me for weeks." "
Many red lines have been crossed and I have had to file occasional complaints about the serious attacks of hate and racism that I have received
. I am very surprised, for example, that they have called me 'faggot gypsy' in a derogatory tone and that many Sometimes those words have been written by people from the same group," says the artist.
The singer explains that no one has picked up the phone "given what has happened to me": "
Being a gypsy, for example, seems to continue to be a problem for many people
and it breaks my heart." With some sarcasm,
Jorge González
points out that he may have to make a song because "perhaps that way I will be heard a little more and other types of problems that we experience in society will be put on the table."