It’s been 20 years since a very young 21-year-old Beth represented Spain at Eurovision, at the festival that was held in Riga and in which she achieved a creditable eighth place with 81 points. The Catalan, who made herself known in the media in the second edition of Operación Triunfo, defended the song Dime, which, over the years, has ended up becoming an anthem for Eurofans.
Of course, like most songs, this successful composition also hides an inner story that will soon see the light of day in the form of a documentary, produced by Gestmusic. It will be in May, a few days before Eurovision, when Beth explains her personal trauma on the small screen with a song she closed the doors to for many years. See you tomorrow.
The artist from Súria will take to the Sant Jordi Club stage as part of the BCN Eurovision Party to once again defend a song with which he has had a complicated relationship, and which has now been 20 years. This ephemeris and the organization’s insistence were key for the actress and singer to decide to take the step of reconciliation, and change her mind. “I would never have thought that I would sing this song again”, assures Beth in a conversation with this medium.
However, all the elements have been aligned. To the celebration of the two decades of his career, we must add the great result of Chanel last year: “Since then the score I achieved had not been exceeded, and that put a lot of pressure on me”, he reveals the artist Although there is another key element in his chip change: “There’s been a process of understanding and realizing that Dime is a very important song to a lot of people, and I think over the years it’s something I had not seen”.
Beth felt indebted to the people who have been waiting for this moment all these years and speaks of a double liberation, one with her audience and one with herself: “It’s my own liberation, I do it because I want to, not because they imposed it on me”, he explains.
The singer has always publicly acknowledged that the song did not represent her style, at a time when her career was starting and she wanted to decide what essence she wanted to give it. “I’m a person who has a strong character, stubborn, and I don’t take well to being told what to do,” admits Beth.
The time has finally arrived, and she does not hide that she is nervous, but also excited: “I know I will have focus, but now I do it from freedom, and not from imposition”, she is sincere. And he warns: “I’m excited and I’ll go to the maximum, with his dancers, his clothing and giving everything, as if it were Eurovision”. More diva Beth is back. The professional who chooses her destiny, and her career never disappeared.
