The arrival of the month of May marks the countdown to a multitude of events worldwide, particularly in the sporting aspect: the last days of the domestic soccer leagues will take place in the next few days, as well as the Indianapolis 500 and the countdown. back for the Champions League final, on June 1. However, May is also a month of great relevance in the musical field due to Eurovision.
The 68th edition of the European song festival will reach its culmination next Saturday the 11th, with the celebration of the grand final. Spain will participate in it through a bet on the lips of a large part of the country and also the continent: Zorra, by Nebulossa. However, the winners of Benidorm Fest 2024 have encountered disparate opinions on their topic, as well as criticism. Two of the last ones correspond to Paloma San Basilio and Manu Tenorio.
“The word ‘slut’ is a very pejorative word, extremely harsh and critical. It seems to me that neither, to the people who have had to suffer first hand the nickname and the adjective, cruelly, I don’t think they are very excited that there is a word that suddenly becomes something trivial. It seems to me that a sense of humor has its place, but for me music is above everything else,” expressed Chamberí, ‘Eurovision’ representative in 1985.
“I think it’s a song that… if it’s a protest, I think it’s very good, but it should go to an author’s song festival… That festival is also seen by many children. So my son is not going to see the festival this year because I don’t think so. On a soccer team you can’t have players who don’t run. You can’t send people who don’t tune to a song festival. And that is not a matter of taste. I am more in the style of Pastora Soler or Daniel Diges,” expressed the former OT contestant.
These words were met with several opposing opinions, including that of the presenter of Más Vale Tarde, Iñaki López, who charged against Tenorio through social networks: “Artists demanding censorship?” However, with 9 days left until the first semi-final is held in Malmö, the group has chosen to respond. Mery Bas, vocalist of the Valencian duo, has spoken about it before the microphones of Europa Press.
“I understand that there is diversity of opinions and it is respectable. Everyone has the free opinion to say what they want. We are a bit on the sidelines of all that and there are many people who support us and we have to stay with that. We are going to enjoy it and that’s it, the truth is that we are really liking the song and people have given it a lot of love, we have a lot of reproductions and it is because people have felt it as theirs,” commented the artist.
