The singer Rosa López has always aroused tenderness and sympathy in the audience. Thanks to her voice, her talent and her self-confidence, the winner of the first edition of Operación Triunfo has managed to stay in the world of television and music for more than two decades.
After more than 20 years, the representative of Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest with Europe's living a celebration has changed a lot, but it continues to maintain the essence that Spain fell in love with when it entered the most famous academy on the small screen.
On May 4, El camino a casa premiered on La Sexta, a program presented by the writer Albert Espinosa that seeks to accompany famous people on a special and emotional journey to their origins.
In her last program, the guest was Rosa López, who opened up on the channel and confessed to Espinosa what her childhood was like, where she lived or how she received the news of participating in Operación Triunfo when her family barely had the resources for her to study music.
One of the most emotional moments of the program was when López visited the school where she studied as a child, a center in which, according to what she confessed, she had not been a good student and had suffered a lot due to the bullying they did to her.
Far from victimizing herself or speaking from grief, the former contestant of El Desafío decided to tell the presenter an anecdote about when she got fed up with being harassed and acted "like in the movies": "Once in the dining room, I don't know who threw me something. I was already up to it. That day, I don't know why, I got up from my chair, took food with me and rubbed it in his face.''
"It was a great moment," said the singer after saying that the boy she did that to was a repeater that really imposed on her. Seconds later, the guest continued with the story and confessed that the boy called her out of school with a threatening gesture and that she was "scared": "I was here waiting, but scared, especially waiting for my brother Octavio to arrive to feel safe."
Rosa López had always dreamed of returning to the place where she lived her childhood and removing the "thorn" that is stuck in her heart by singing for her people, something that she finally achieved thanks to the format of La Sexta.
"I want the people who are watching us right now to know where I really come from, where I grew up, where my memories are and where my values are based. Even if 20 years pass, go back to your roots and remember where you come from "Said the visibly moved artist before starting to sing.
