Meet Melody, the singer representing Spain at Eurovision 2025

Past the music, “Esa Diva” has turn out to be an emblem. “The diva isn’t simply the one who shines on stage –she’s the one who fights, the one who falls and will get again up. The one who helps different girls. The one who is robust, but in addition humble,” Melody notes. And many individuals have discovered consolation and inspiration on this message. One of many anecdotes that has moved her most is a couple of younger girl present process most cancers remedy who listens to the tune every day to assemble power.

Though this isn’t the primary time Melody has tried to signify Spain at Eurovision — she did so in 2009 with “Amante de la Luna” — she feels that now’s the correct time. “If I didn’t do it now, I used to be by no means going to do it. It was the second,” she provides. “I really feel it, and I’m having fun with it like by no means earlier than.”

Her victory at Benidorm Fest 2025 confirms this: She was the viewers favourite, incomes first place within the tele-vote with a strong 39%. Though the jury positioned her third, the mixture of each votes secured her direct go to Eurovision.

With six albums launched, excursions throughout Latin America and roles in collection like Cuéntame Cómo Pasó and Arde Madrid, the singer and actress has navigated genres and codecs with ease. “It’s been a few years. And right here we’re, with a great perspective, desperate to sing and maintain making the viewers joyful. What extra may you ask for?” the performer of “Parapapá” and “Rúmbame” says with amusing.

In the meantime, she continues to carry her music throughout Europe as a part of her pre-Eurovision tour, TheDIVAXperience. In latest days, she has carried out in Amsterdam and London, presenting the brand new model of “Esa Diva” to specialised media and Eurovision followers. On April 7, the artist was welcomed in Dos Hermanas, her hometown, the place she carried out the tune from the balcony of Metropolis Corridor earlier than a crowd. “The love from my hometown strikes me. Once you’re acknowledged at house, it feels completely different,” she says.

This week, she is going to take part within the PrePartyES in Madrid (April 18-19), the place she is going to share the stage with representatives from numerous European delegations. Then, on April 23, she is going to headline a particular farewell occasion organized by RTVE at Teatro Barceló earlier than heading to Basel for the competition.

The staging for Eurovision guarantees a major evolution in comparison with what was seen on the Benidorm Fest. Melody has indicated that the set design will embrace new visible and choreographic parts, aiming to benefit from the technical prospects of the stage. “There can be new substances. It gained’t simply be a tune; it’s a narrative I need to inform,” she says, making it clear that her proposal seeks to maneuver audiences past the visible spectacle.

Lately turning into a mom, Melody, an unbiased artist and an advocate for significant lyrics, acknowledges that balancing all of it is just not simple: “I set up myself nevertheless I can. However my son recharges my batteries, and once I want grounding, I am going again house.” Taking part in Eurovision includes rather more than stepping onto an enormous stage — it means enduring a degree of media publicity, inventive stress, and public scrutiny that’s exhausting to match.

Concerning the flood of opinions surrounding this expertise, Melody maintains a agency stance. “I worth constructive criticism; there’s all the time room to be taught. However harmful criticism doesn’t have an effect on me. I’m not pushed by that. I sing from the guts, and that’s why I’m right here,” she says.

Her strategy is just not informal. Eurovision generates a large quantity of social media conversations yearly, with tens of millions of interactions, based on knowledge from the EBU (European Broadcasting Union). The competition’s world viewers exceeds 160 million viewers throughout its three exhibits, making it one of many most-watched musical occasions on the planet. For any artist, the publicity is as immense because the problem.

After the pageant, Melody already has plans: a brand new single, a tour throughout Spain and a powerful need to reconnect together with her Latin American viewers. “I’ve all the time felt a lot love from Latin America,” she says. “It is a new chapter, and I’m thrilled to carry my music there once more. They’re so heartfelt, so shut. I need to dance and revel in collectively.”