White Dove, whose name is real although it seems absolutely artistic, managed to place first in the ranking of the semifinals thanks to the 167 points that the members of the jury gave her last Thursday, February 2. But it is that this Saturday she has surpassed herself and she has achieved a total of 169 points, 24 more than those obtained by Agoney, who has been left with honey on her lips this time.
It seems that she and her dancers have conquered the hearts of half of Spain with Heya lullaby in Flemish of the most original that Blanca Paloma interprets perfectly.
But who is Blanca Paloma?
In case you are one of the few who still do not know this artist very well, here we will tell you everything about her. Take note, because Blanca Paloma has won the Benidorm Fest 2023 and that means that there will be an artist for a while!
White Dove is a 34-year-old artist born in Elche who, after studying Fine Arts at different universities in our country, moved to Madrid to carve out a career as stage designer and costume designer while she remained linked to music, her great passion since she was little, thanks to her groups De mar a mar and Aflkay.
For years Blanca Paloma and her two bands toured venues and enjoyed the music, but without stepping foot in a recording studio, something that did not arrive until 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic was still kicking in, paralyzing the sector to which she was attached. he had dedicated his life thus far.
It was during that year when TVE proposed to him to be part of the series soundtrack Lucia in the web, a documentary series that investigates the unsolved crime of the murder of Lucía Garrido. For this, Blanca Paloma composed together with Antón Serrats and Tomás Vigós water secretsthe song that later led to the 2022 Benidorm Fest.
In the contest in which she competed with Chanel, Tanxugueiras, Rigoberta Bandini and the other artists who dared to be part of the renewed Benidorm festival, Blanca Paloma managed to reach the final and occupy fifth position in the final classification. A position that this year she has proposed to overcome with the theme Hey, an unconventional lullaby who, for now, has already taken her to the end.
Hey is a bulería with which Blanca Paloma claims the power of flamencoa genre that intends to return to Eurovision to take over from Who drives my boat? the only song of this musical style that has participated in the European contest by the hand of Remedios Amaya.
Regarding her song for Eurovision, Blanca Paloma explains that she prefers that the viewer decide where it takes her. “I give clues: it is true that he was born as a lullaby, I was researching with different lullabies, and this is the result of a flamenco style, which is the bulería; some lyrics, which are a bit folkloric in style”, he has limited himself to suggest the illicitana.
His sister sang that of ‘Surfing the net…’
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Another noteworthy fact about the life of Blanca Paloma is that her sister, Sara Ramos, was also on the road to Eurovision but in her case, in the junior contest. Ramos, who is one of Blanca’s great supporters in these exciting moments in her life, was one of the three members of the trio who sang the song Surfing the weba true hit from the early 2000s that surely many are still familiar with.
The acting and the lyrics of Hey by White Dove
White Dove – “Eaea” | Benidorm Festival 2023 | second semifinal
Ya la ea ea … Oh come to me my child AH AH AHAy come to my child of mine sleep next to me that in my chest there is a shelter little coat for your sorrows. NILE. NIGHTS IN SAIL. MY CHILD WHEN I DIE THEY BURY ME IN THE MOON AND I SEE YOU EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT I SEE YOU EVERY NIGHT I SEE YOU EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT ONE. at night your sun eyes illuminate me. YA EA EA YA EA EAYA EA EA YA EA EAYA EA EA YA EA EA
LITTLE TEARS OF THE NILE. SAILING NIGHTS. MY CHILD WHEN I DIE LET THEY BURY ME IN THE MOON AND SEE YOU ALL NIGHTS AND SEE YOU ALL NIGHTS.
Let’s go there the White Dove MY CHILD WHEN I DIE LET THEM BURY ME IN THE MOON AND EVERY NIGHT I SEE YOU ALL NIGHTS EXCEPT ONE. YA EA EA YA EA EAYA EA EA YA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA. YA EA EAYA EA EA YA EA EA.
Meet the other finalists of the Benidorm Fest 2023
Blanca Paloma has won, but she has not been alone in the final of the Benidorm Fest 2023. If you want to know in depth all the artists who have competed with her to become the representative of Spain in Eurovision 2023, here we present them:
