Last year Benidorm Fest was back in style to conquer generation Z. There it was Rayden with his proposal to represent Spain in Eurovision with The street of La llorería. This year he has returned, but as a spectator.
He assures that it has been a very irregular edition, that he knew he was going to win White Dove and that he does not rule out re-presenting himself another year.
In addition, he comments on the criticism he has received Chanel after not acting in the final of this edition and having been somewhat missing after passing through Eurovision, obtaining such good results.
This year more relaxed at the Benidorm Fest, right?
Totally more relaxed and carefree.
How have you seen it?
very patchy. He could see the people who could get on his nerves and the people who were clear about it. And she’s a bitch because, maybe, every time they think about it, she’s going to chase them as ‘if she hadn’t had these nerves’, the ‘what if’. But there were people who were clear about it. It’s funny because before the second semifinal, when I was interviewed by another outlet, I woke up and the first thing I thought was, ‘Blanca Paloma is going to win’. I said it in a Mediaset outlet, Blanca Paloma is going to win because it shows that it is who is clearer about it and who is less nervous and here experience is a degree and I think Blanca is going to be very clear about it. When I went to the orange carpet the Sunday before, I saw everyone very nervous and eager and I saw her as very calm. And when I saw the number… of concept, of staging… she is very clear about it. Irregular because who well, very well, and who less well, because of nerves. And what a bitch because that’s already recorded and it’s going to be seen and people are going to lash out. But proud of Blanca, I think she’s going to blow it up. The fact that Blanca won, or if Alice had won, means that next year many more people from other styles will show up, and maybe something more manufactured or from other styles will not have the tools to value it so much. This year they complained that no one had dared to be renowned, something that had happened in the first edition, and that Blanca won, not only did Blanca win, but we all won because there will be many people who will love each other. introduce.
In the end, all proposals have a place, right?
Megara’s pink metal has been featured. A more electronic, pop proposal has been presented, with dances by Tino Casal as Agoney. Flamenco to use has been presented. Flamenco tango has been presented. Many different things have been presented. And hopefully that fear can be lost. I see San Remo and it makes me envious. I saw myself for many hours and I feel envious because I would like Benidorm to become that, a space for music, where people gather in their homes to see the best that is done in the country or proposals that, no matter what you dig , if you see Alice Wonder you see that she has collaborated with me or with I don’t know who, and you can get an idea. People need to dare, people are very afraid in Spain. It’s the fear of being singled out, but hopefully people will show up because I don’t rule out showing up again, if it were a collaboration. Is that selling you? No, that is defending your proposal and trying to get your message to more people.
Alice Wonder was your bet?
Alice yes, what happens is that I was very nervous. Me when I see that she starts with the piano and that she is the only person who is playing an instrument live… The first thing I thought is, why do you bundle up your head? What are you doing that for? I remember when I went up the stairs, with a camera coming towards me, and my legs were shaking… Imagining going to a piano is, what are you doing crazy? My advice, you have to come out brave to introduce yourself, but you don’t have to go to Benidorm to be brave or brave, you have to go to something that you know you are going to embroider, do not shoot triples. I do not rule out introducing myself.
In Europe, will they understand Blanca Paloma?
Completely. You can understand one of the love tributes of a granddaughter to her grandmother who remembers her before going to sleep every night because everyone has a day, we have a night and we have love. Where there are times when love for parents is lost, there is a love that usually remains intact, that of grandparents and grandmothers. And only with the shot against the light, already singing and that she can sing a thousand times and she’s going to nail them a thousand. Or the east point that is seen as a retina and going up, it is understood. And even if it is not understood, it is better to bring something that you presume that identifies you and represents you and that Benidorm is a festival of song.
Chanel has been talked about again and some say that she has wasted her time at Eurovision.
I want to understand it as people who want more from that artist and get frustrated and shoot. It has to be Eurofan people or people with a bad temper, who look for any tension to point out. But I suppose that the eurofan if they see that they have followed an artist who has done the best job in many years and they want to see more of that person and they see that they are not being taken care of or that they feel that they are not being taken care of, it is like bad admiration. managed. If you compare him with Rigoberta, Tanxugueiras or me who have not stopped touring and you see that a person is not touring, he is not being able to defend and there are no more songs, well I understand the frustration, but it is a poorly managed admiration of the people. Maybe when she releases a record if she has taken great care of it and left it very worked on, the rush is not good. You don’t have to get anything out anymore.
