“Never say Never”
Like in the song that has led her to her second victory in Eurovision, “Tattoo”, Swedish Loreen has engraved her name in indelible ink this Saturday in history and on the skin of this festival as the first woman to achieve such a feat.
Until now only one man had achieved it (Johnny Logan in 1980 and 1987) but from the hand dyed with henna and sharp nails of this artist of Berber origins, His country has also managed to match Ireland’s maximum record of seven wins and the right to celebrate the festival in 2024just as it marks the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s “Waterloo” coronation.
With 583 points in his possessionthe turnaround that some longed for to circumvent the predictions of the betting houses did not finally take place and the Finnish Käärijä had to settle for second place and 526 votes, followed by the Israeli Noa Kirel, with 362. The top of the table has been completed by Italy (350), Norway (268), Ukraine (243), Belgium (182), Estonia (168), Australia (151 ) and the Czech Republic (129).
The Spanish Blanca Paloma and her flamenco lullaby “EaEa” has had to settle for position 17 out of 26, which leaves her very far from the “top 5” initially predicted despite obtaining the ninth best grade from the professional juries, but with the lowest from the audience.
in what refers to the songs in the contestanother year chance wanted the first half to bring together some of the candidates for the main positions, cLike the French La Zarra perched on an obelisk to sing “Evidemment” like Edith Piaf in a version of disco music or the always fine and elegant Italian Marco Mengoni, direct from Sanremo with the classic ballad “Due Vite.”
in between has come out Blanca Paloma to reissue the proposal that made her champion in Benidormsheltered by her regiment of bailaoras and the gigantic fringed shawl from “la yaya Carmen”, a tribute to his legacy that draws on flamenco, songs from North Africa and electronics to compose the most daring bet in Spain in a long time and perhaps for this reason the most risky.
Last year all of Spain vibrated with the so-called ‘chanelazo‘, where the singer Chanel achieved more than a deserved third place. For this reason, there are many voices that ask that Chanel make a Loreen and return to represent Spain in an upcoming European song festival. Something that she herself has commented on her social networks. Chanel opened a thread on Twitter to chat with her fans.
“Ask. I answereeoooo”, she said. “Would you re-introduce yourself to Eurovision like Loreen did this year???”, a fan launched with a question that many thought. “Not at the moment. Buuuut. Never say never”she wrote, giving hope to her fans about a possible return to the festival.