2023-05-14 20:42:18
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In subsequent statements to the media, Blanca acknowledged that “other things” have been valued at Eurovision 2023 and assured: “Perhaps this festival was not prepared for ‘Eaea’, which is a trance, an invocation, it is more intimate . I feel so proud that I don’t regret it at all.” However, her position in the European contest is not going to stop the artist’s budding professional career. “There’s Blanca Paloma for a while,” she warned.
Too much “risk”
Returning to her result at the festival, the singer admitted that it was a “very risky proposal” and that the candidacy was prepared “for all” the scenarios. “To win and for what has happened too,” she pointed out, while she encouraged future artists to submit songs for future editions. “That they do not stop presenting risky and root proposals,” she said.
From Eurovision 2023, Blanca Paloma takes the experience she has gained in recent months after her victory at the Benidorm Fest. “It’s a push for me. I take the tables from all this, having gone on stage as if it were my home, enjoying it and connecting with people, perhaps not with all the ones we would have imagined, “she said.
Asked if she would try her luck at the festival again, as did the winner of the edition, Loreen, the Spanish representative did not rule it out. “It has been a unique experience that has changed my life and in which I have learned so much…”. And she added: «The next time I would come more prepared. Just like the Benidorm Fest, where you step on it once and the next time you go for it all».
She, however, will continue to defend her roots in her next projects. Coinciding with her Eurovisual career, she released a new single, ‘Plumas de nácar’, and now she is going to continue working “like crazy”. “I’m going to release my album and I hope to do concerts all over the world,” she wished.
two times winner
The protagonist of the contest was the winner of the festival, the representative of Sweden, Loreen, when all the forecasts about her came true. It achieved a total of 583 points, 57 more than Finland, the surprise of the night, and also ahead of Israel, in third position with 362. Two countries from the ‘Big Five’ were left behind: the United Kingdom and Germany, in last position.
Of course, the winner can boast of having made the history of the festival in its 67th edition: she is the only woman who has won the European contest twice. The only precedent is the Australian Johnny Logan, who won twice (1980 and 1987) and also on a third occasion in 1992, although as a composer. The first time Loreen shone at Eurovision was in 2012 with the hit song ‘Euphoria’.
In between, he already tried to return to the European contest in 2017, although with a less commercial proposal, which did not even make it to the final of the ‘Melodifestivalen’, the Swedish pre-selection to choose the Eurovision candidate. With ‘Tatoo’, however, she reached for the crystal microphone.
Of Moroccan Berber descent, the 39-year-old Swedish singer stepped on stage for the first time in the program ‘Swedish Idol’ (2004), a ‘talent show’ in which she came in fourth position. Years later, she put her professional career in music on hold to dedicate herself to production and directing work on television. It wasn’t until 2011 when she appeared for the first time at ‘Mediofestivalen’ with the song ‘My heart is refusing me’. She did not manage to go to Eurovision until the following year with ‘Euphoria’, managing to become a great worldwide success.
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