France won the crystal microphone of Junior Eurovision 2023 this Sunday, although Spain was on the verge of victory with a second position in the classification thanks to the brilliant performance of our representative Sandra Valero and her Loviu.
After the Valencian's milestone, since the Spanish delegation had not achieved it since 2005, there was another great moment that went viral in the middle of the gala and that will go down in history as one of the fun anecdotes of the day. We are talking about the moment when Valero scores a Rosa López live.
Sandra Valero stepped onto the stage of the Palais Nikaïa in Nice first with her Loviu, a fun song in which she spoke in up to five languages - Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and English - and managed to raise applause from those present in the French venue. It was not be for lowerly. The staging fascinated due to the large number of colors it covered, a nod to the union between European peoples.
Furthermore, Valero performed practically the entire song on a huge suitcase while behind her you could see emblematic sites of Europe, such as Big Ben, the Tower of Pisa, etc. Towards the end of the performance, the artists got out of this suitcase and were able to be closer to the audience. It was then that signs began to appear with the phrase I love you in various languages.
For all these reasons, the Spanish representative achieved a well-deserved second place, a few points behind the host France. The Valencian thus achieved Spain's best position in the last 18 years in the Eurovision contest with an impeccable performance.
Of course, the artist will not only go down in history for this milestone, but also for starring in a fun and viral moment in the middle of the gala. During the round of interviews in the Green Room, the presenter wanted to know her musical tastes and, in this case, if she had a favorite song of hers.
The conversation between the participant and the presenter was in English, and this caused the Spanish woman to have a lapse and to get confused about the term. And, instead of saying song, which means song, Valero said singer, which means singer.
What did the Spanish woman do? Score a Rosa López and blurt out a spontaneous “I've made a mistake,” which was widely applauded on social media and is so reminiscent of the former triumph and her mistake in the middle of the performance.
