Carol Rovira (Camarles, 1989) is one of the renewed bets of Eufòria, the TV3 music competition of which she is now a member of the jury with Elena Gadel and Lildami after being a coach in the first season. The performer and singer is about to release two fiction projects and has released the single Mi lugar en ti with her brother, Joan Rovira, also a singer.
As a spectator, you get the feeling that this year being a jury in Euphoria is not at all easy because there is a lot of level...
It's very complicated! This year there are many professionals, people who are already dedicated to this, but there are also contestants who define themselves as chamber musicians. I think it's really beautiful because you see this innocence and unconsciousness at the same time. What is clear is that they are people with a lot of training, and this year we notice it.
The ripple effect after the successful first edition must have been noticed...
Is it like that. People already know what Euphoria is, they know that it's a format that has worked and continues to do so, and that's really cool because you see how the contestants come to embrace the show thinking that it's already a success.
What is euphoria for you?
A great opportunity. In the first edition I was a coach, so I was behind the cameras, and I really enjoyed being able to do this ground work with the contestants. This year I have a slightly more "ungrateful" role because I have to nominate, and it's not always easy. It's a new facet for me, I'm having a great time and I think I can contribute my bit from humility, and I'm also very happy in the program. For me, Euphoria is fun and it's a gift to be able to be close to so much talent.
How are you experiencing your new role on the jury?
It's harder than I thought, really. It's true that I was already at the castings last year, but I still hadn't taken a liking to the contestants. When you're on the show and you know their stories and you follow them every week it's really hard. How did I look? In the first gala I looked good in terms of arguments, but I detected that I was testing the ground. At the second gala I already felt at home and had a better time. In the end my goal is to have fun every Friday.
What does Carol Rovira base her ratings on each week and what does she look for in a winner?
I get a lot more from a performance on an emotional level than a technical one. There are technical aspects that I cannot overlook, but there are times that a small detuning can end up humanizing that performance if the result has reached me. I rely a lot on emotion and intuition.
It must be hard to have to say no to a person, and for them to understand it as a decision that allows them to improve...
It's very difficult and besides, I'm an artist and I know what it means to face a no. My intention is to communicate this rejection from a constructive and positive place, and it's something I'm learning to do with the necessary tact and empathy because I know what that means.
Have you also worked to know how to receive these negatives at castings?
I think it's inevitable that it affects you because there's little talk about the grief you have to go through when you've been working on a character for a long time, and at the last moment they tell you no. In the end, you've developed an attachment to a character you never got to play, in addition to all the hours spent working on it. I will confess to you, and I think it is a part that should be known and is true, that in the last 15 days I have received four nos, all of them in the final phase. I've gone through four small griefs in fictional roles. All that remains is to get up and keep fighting, and it's a job that we artists have to do continuously. We get a lot of nos, but luckily we also get yeses, and in my case I can't complain.
Also, they are usually unstable jobs, you can go from having to choose to having nothing for a while...
Luckily I didn't have to fight much in the second case, this is the first time I have so many negatives in my backpack. I'm lucky that I've been working on splicing fiction projects for seven years now. I'm in that phase now, but I think getting one isn't natural, and it can also be healthy because when the yes comes, you value it more.
