“On Wednesday my chest hurt, I couldn’t breathe well, I was with oxygen. I said nothing to not worry anyone, and because I knew I was going to be on Thursday on stage giving everything, ”Melody confessed this Sunday in Benidorm, after becoming the Spanish representative. That is what promised their “no fans”, who do not like their song or their musical proposal: give everything in Switzerland to leave the Spanish bar well high. “Everything we are going to do is going to be well thought out and well done so that the people of the public say Olé. It is a very universal word and when they value art abroad they also say Olé, ”defended the 34 -year -old singer.
The technical failure that prevented That diva Melody would sound complete at the semifinal on Thursday of Benidorm Fest 2025 was not the first setback that the singer has faced in her path to Eurovision. “I have seen them all colors, Thursday was bread with chocolate,” he said this Sunday, with the trophy in his hand. The singer, who will travel in May to Basel (Switzerland) after a final already without sound problems, already tried the ticket to Europe in 2009.
Was presented with the subject Moon lover accompanied on stage by the vivancos. At that time, one of the authors of the song, found himself alone in a chaotic preselection. “RTVE preselection has improved a lot in these years. That was a disaster. The micros, music and everything failed. After the semifinal, the Vicancos told us that they did not return to work like this. They abandoned us and Melody had to find another dance body for the final in just a few hours. And yet it was second, only behind Soraya Arnelas, ”commented the composer and producer.
“Over time I was glad to go, because I have grown up as an artist since then,” said Melody in the early morning from Saturday to Sunday before the press, minutes after the end of Benidorm Fest. “It is that moment they gave me advice: do not forget that the artist’s mind is going to a rhythm and life goes to another,” he recalled this morning.
“When I woke up today, I’ve seen some videos and I thought: I don’t believe it, Melody. It is the result of a great job, a great team and many years of effort. ” Aware that That diva It has been defined as an “old” song, Andalusian shows “respect for all opinions.” “I could have introduced me with a commercial song, but I have preferred to do it with a hymn,” said Sevillian.
“It is not easy to survive more than 20 years in the industry. My first album was cast in Cassette. How could I ask that the music industry understand me if the records lived in continuous change? Many times I have sung themes that I did not like, because it was imposed by a lord of a label who came new and did not know me or knew where I came from, ”he recalled this Sunday.
The support in this Benidorm Fest of the audience, which has seen Melody grow on television, has been massive. Of the 223,000 votes cast by the public during the final, 39% went to her, among the eight finalists. “I knew people loved me, but not at that level. When I saw that they fell to the false eyelashes, ”Melody celebrates.
Benidorm Fest has once again a success for RTVE. The final was a hearing leader with 17.1% of the average screen share. Almost five million people tuned with the broadcast at least one minute. He reaped the second best historical fact of the festival. The result was well above the average of 1 in January (10.4%) and almost doubled the second positioned, There is one thing I want to tell youwith Jorge Javier Vázquez in Telecinco.
