Edurne, Blanca Paloma and Angelina Mango would take part in Eurovision once more now, with the expertise already behind them, they might do it in “one other manner” and with “one other mentality.” This has been confirmed by the Spanish representatives in 2015 and 2023 and their Italian counterpart in 2024, who participated this afternoon within the desk “Feminine voices in European competitions”, moderated by the journalist and commentator Julia Varela, inside the house She sounds, organized by The Music Station Precept Pío and Warner Music Spain to make seen and assist girls within the music trade.
“I might come again one other manner, however sure. I’ll all the time carry Eurovision in my little coronary heart,” says Edurne. “Shortly, possibly I might repeat it however with a unique mentality. It’s not a lot what you’re going to do however how you’re going to do it,” provides Angelina Mango. “Sure, I might return, it is a chance to ship a message with a music and a set. I did not consider in contests, however individuals are very drawn to them. Now, I might love for us all to come back to the conclusion that the competition is the least vital factor, the vital factor is to see courageous folks uncovered to the world telling their sensitivities,” says Blanca Paloma.
The three artists have recounted their experiences at Benidorm Fest, Sanremo and Eurovision. “Musically, Eurovision is the largest pageant there might be,” considers Edurne, for whom the European pageant “was a problem, I really like music and sharing completely different kinds and cultures by means of it, I needed to be there and signify my nation. “I needed to be a part of the historical past of Spain in Eurovision.” Now, “once you reside it from the within, there’s numerous work, stress and you’re feeling very noticed. However you must face it with enthusiasm, need and benefit from the expertise, reside it to the fullest.”
Blanca Paloma, a brand new self-confessed Eurofan, knew about Eurovision by means of her sister. “Eurovision has been one thing that has come to me and I accepted as a present from which I’ve discovered lots. I studied Tremendous Arts and got here from working behind the scenes, and exposing myself was a courageous determination. When you may have a lot expectation, you make your self weak, however empowering your self from there makes you doubly sturdy,” she explains.
In response to Angelina Mango, Sanremo just isn’t a lot thought-about a contest in Italy, however slightly “a mirror of what occurs in Italian music.” “After I received, I used to be very stunned, and that is after they requested me about taking part in Eurovision. I’ve confronted it with the look of a kid who needs to study, and I’m very joyful and proud to have represented, not solely my nation, however my era as an artist.”
Concerning her efficiency on the massive Eurovision stage, the Italian confesses that it appeared like dwelling in two completely different our bodies. “After I watched my efficiency I puzzled if it was me on that stage, if she was the identical woman who was at dwelling two years in the past and wrote her songs. Eurovision has been a chance for my music to journey, and I’m very proud of what it’s giving me.”
For Edurne, “it goes by in a short time, however I bear in mind it as a magical and particular second,” whereas Blanca Paloma felt “like a chunk of a gear, of a group, surrounding your self with a group that makes you’re feeling good to achieve that time.” protected situation and with the ability to get pleasure from it’s important.”
INTENSE PREPARATION FOR EUROVISION
Preparation to signify a rustic in Eurovision is arduous and intense. “In my case, RTVE introduced me in January. I take into account myself a really perfectionist particular person, and since then I began taking a look at proposals for scenography, staging, songs… All the pieces was targeted on Eurovision, each morning I received up and thought in regards to the pageant. It was an intense and laborious course of, with numerous work and energy, however very rewarding,” explains Edurne.
“For me, as Polo advised me, it has been like a playground. We love our work and the group I used to be speaking about vibrated with the identical power, a lot in order that phrases had been pointless. Transferring round on stage was a problem and I even rented the most important rehearsal room, akin to the Eurovision stage,” says Blanca Paloma.
Within the case of Angelina Mango, “preparation started the day after Sanremo. I had the assist of an amazing group of girls who did a really particular job for me. I am very joyful. I all the time tried to keep up the identical intuition that strikes me in music. I’m an individual who strikes lots on stage. I skilled lots, I even went working within the mornings, a behavior that I’ve now integrated.”
And after making ready for Eurovision, it is time for the efficiency. “ it is an important second. The group of the pageant is likely one of the craziest issues I’ve ever seen. You undergo the completely different phases: miking, hallways, stage… And there are the nerves, the artist’s nerves. I solely thought of having fun with myself however I needed all the pieces to go nicely,” Edurne recollects. Blanca Paloma, for her half, conceives the Eurovision efficiency as an “act of dedication.” “Earlier than that huge second, I needed to be alone, silent, focus your power after which give it away. Search for and down, contact the stage and take into consideration my grandmother Carmen. That put me within the emotional place the place I needed to be, to come back out with numerous energy and energy,” she explains.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FINAL POSITION
And the way the ultimate place in a contest like Eurovision influences the artists. “I had by no means thought in regards to the place, I’m not aggressive, I’ve by no means been aggressive with mates, neither in Sanremo nor in Eurovision. In the course of the 14 days I spent in Malmö I thought of having fun with what I used to be experiencing. And ending in seventh place is recognition, not a lot for me, however for my group,” says Mango.
“I did not have a very good place. Eurovision is a contest, however the artists who go there don’t expertise it as such. We’re going to get pleasure from and share our music, reside the expertise, and if later you win or do nicely, the higher,” provides Edurne. “There was numerous expertise but in addition numerous humanity. With the ability to share and reside with the remainder of the artists for half a month is an important factor, these little moments that we handed within the hallways. It needs to be known as European musical coexistence,” says Blanca Paloma.
EUROVISION WITH A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Is Eurovision a feminist stage? Are gender variations perceived on the pageant? The three artists reply emphatically: no. “In Eurovision I did not discover the gender variations as a lot as there are within the music trade, the place extra is demanded of girls, only for aesthetics,” says Edurne. “Eurovision is a stage and a pageant the place we’re not checked out or judged a lot, it offers us full freedom to go as we would like and never a lot is demanded of you as a lady,” she factors out.
For Blanca Paloma, in Eurovision “there was an evolution, the order of the day has been renewed and mutated, and that’s what’s going to maintain the pageant alive and contemporary. It will be important that there are messages however not so many gender and elegance labels.” Angelina Mango says she felt “free to be herself” at Eurovision. “The great thing about this expertise has been understanding the variations of different artists and making an attempt to soak up them to develop and enhance. As a lady, I take into account myself fortunate, I’ve all the time chosen the best folks by my facet and so they haven’t seen me with a unique look. Amongst all of the judgments, the one which issues most to me is mine. I need to present myself with all my imperfections, which aren’t such however added values,” she factors out.
Alongside these strains, Blanca Paloma says: “you will need to present ourselves as pure with all our imperfections. The Eurovision stage places you in a spot the place we seem to be gods and in the long run we’re simply hard-working, easy and perfectionist folks.” And Edurne says: “I’m a perfectionist however I’m not good. We’re artists, but in addition folks, and we’re not more than anybody. And this should be lived naturally.”
AND AFTER EUROVISION
After the pageant, “I got here again and continued working as all the time,” says Edurne, who earlier than touring to Vienna in 2015 had already cast a consolidated musical profession. The case of Blanca Paloma in 2022 and 2023 was completely different. “My step ahead was with the Benidorm Fest. And after two editions and Eurovision, it leaves you with an emotional hangover and you must place who you’re within the music. Afterwards, there have been many questions that I’ve needed to reply. For me it has been a really huge springboard, however my worth is having taken it calmly.”
Lastly, Angelina Mango reveals that, for her, it has been an enormous change within the office. “At the moment I’m in Spain and I’m Italian,” she says. And on a private stage, “it has been a catharsis as a result of Eurovision has made me perceive that I can reside and handle such nice experiences.”
