The Swedish city of Malmö is now ready to host the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. With the stage of the contest ready, this Saturday, April 27, the first rehearsals of six of the countries that will participate in the first semifinal will take place next Tuesday, May 7. Meanwhile, Nebulossa is preparing for her big moment, just as two Eurovision references are doing in Spain: Julia Varela and Tony Aguilarfestival commentators on TVE.
“At this point we are always excited because now the good things are really coming,” the journalist confessed to Infobae Spain at the farewell event for the representatives of Spain. “We are already there, bordering on the idea of being in Malmö and reaping the fruit of all this time,” she added, ensuring that her partner and she have “months thinking about the songs” and commenting on the shortlists in their private chat.
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This will be their seventh year as a “Eurovision common-law couple,” as Aguilar defines it. Although, in reality, there are six editions that they have presented together, since in 2020 she was on maternity leave and the contest ended up being canceled due to the pandemic.
Although they do not have any ritual prior to their live shows, the Los40 announcer relates that when the festival anthem plays, Te Deum, squeezes the hands of his companions and shouts “let’s go!” “People in the rest of the booths think ‘the Spaniards are already crazy,’” he jokes.
In addition, the presenter confesses a very personal experience that he lived in his Eurovision debut, in Lisbon 2018, and that he continues to remember in each edition. “It had been a week since José María Íñigo had left us. Just before starting, of the thousands of tweets that were being posted with the Eurovision hashtag at that time, I saw a caricature of José María Íñigo with some wings, with a microphone and in the text it said ‘I’m sure José María is proud of you, Tony, wherever he is.‘. That was the last thing I saw before my first Eurovision and, although I no longer have the tweet, I always remember it, that image comes to me,” he comments.
Regarding the competition, both Tony and Julia agree that it is a “very fun” year, although with a lot of competition for Spain. “It is not as clear as other years. We have to be honest, last year everyone already knew what was going to happen and in the end it happened,” points out the commentator about Loreen’s victory.
Both highlight France, Italy and Switzerland among the favorites, although without forgetting the “quota of funniest and most avant-garde songs” that could surprise Malmö, such as Croatia and the Netherlands. However, it will not be until they see the first rehearsals that they can draw conclusions about the candidates for the crystal microphone, since that is when they see if a proposal “It’s going to blow up or the soufflé will deflate quickly”.
About BITCH, The song that Nebulossa will defend to represent Spain in the European competition, Varela assures that it is “in line with what it transmits.” It is a catchy, fun song, it also has its social content and It is memorable, easy to sing and dance to. (…) Now, I think there is a high level and we are going to have to fight hard to make that space for ourselves,” says the expert, while her partner recognizes that “we have started badly in the betting, but we are moving up.”
