The first edition of Benidorm Fest reaches its final point and culminates in the celebration of its grand finale, a gala in which we will meet the artist who will represent Spain in Eurovision 2022. With Alaska and Inés Hernand, Máxim Huerta was one of the presenters of this TVE preference, which has already achieved significant success in television audiences and in social impact.
After an intense year on television on Á Punt, the channel on which he currently hosts ‘Bona Vesprada’, the journalist and writer recently turned 51 on the day he hosted the first semi-final of the music competition, something he says ” looks like a gift. of fate “. YOTELE talks to Máxim Huerta about, among other things, the celebration of ‘Benidorm Fest 2022’.
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– Maximum Huerta 🌿 (@maximohuerta) 28 January 2022
You celebrated your birthday in the middle of the first issue of the Benidorm Fest
Never in my life would I have imagined it, and look, many things of all kinds have happened to me. I do not know who the author is who is writing the screenplay of my life, but this was a cherry on top of a decade I close and another one I open, and it looks great to me. I’ve always dreamed of hosting Eurovision and it’s already like the first entry. It seems to me to be a gift of fate.
What did you ask for as a birthday present for Benidorm Fest?
In eurovisiva key I ask you to give me the song that will represent us and that will make Spain win. I want that gift.
Do you have a favorite song to represent Spain?
I have several favorites. I would say nothing out of respect for the artists, but this is a year in which I have several. And some who entered the list when I saw them perform.
It is much appreciated that the gala does not make you forever
It seems great to me as a spectator and professional of the medium. The performances, fifteen minutes of voting in which there are performances and everything very much ground as we say on television.
You did not have a closed script in the finery.
The fact that there is no cue already implies that it is not closed. When there is, it implies that you adapt to everything that brands. We could play. In fact, we were forced to play somehow because there is no fixed text. This is not a Our Father. There is free style as a rapper would say.
We saw you very comfortable with Alaska and Inés Hernand in the presentation tasks. How did you prepare the galas?
As Alaska and I know each other so well, we already know at a glance when one is talking and the other is silent. I know Inés by seeing her in her Instagram worlds, of which I have been far away for generations, but I consider her a goddess and I admire her.
Do you remember that call to propose to host the Benidorm Fest? How did you feel? How did you react?
They call me directly while I present the program (‘Bona Vesprada’ in À Punt). It was an unknown phone: ‘I’m from TVE, tell me when we can talk’. I did not think it was from the Benidorm Fest. When I left the program, in the car, Ana Bordas (Director of Original of RTVE) called me to ask me if I wanted to present it. And I said yes. He replied, “But wait, I want to ask you more things.” And I, “Yes, yes, yes. Whenever, wherever and however” (laughs).
Does it make you think of a turning point … or a return to TVE?
I work on Valencian television and I have a lot of respect for the job where I am. I live life to the fullest. You can not imagine the callus I made this year to return to the region. That has changed a lot. It’s been twenty years since I presented one in the region, and I do four hours a day in that slot … On top of that, I acted as an actor in a series, I did the Chimes, the galas, the Cremá. … I think this is the most powerful television of my life.
What is life like outside the M-30?
Spain goes further. We believe that everything happens in Madrid, and not everything happens there. Outside there is a lot of life, songs and languages, many things that seem trivial to those of Madrid. Filomena did not just go through Madrid. Spain is very varied, as you can see at the festival.
Did it cost you to adjust to the rhythm?
Yes, I’m back to my house, I did not fit into the usual bed … I met my newsrooms again, I met my friends from town, I returned to the language I had not spoken for a long time, I returned to live With my mother I took care of her again … Everything that happened to me now, if you change places, beds, company, even the language, was a personal and professional shock, it was inspiring. I am very relaxed, more relaxed than ever in my life. Hopefully start doing television now. I now wish with the feeling I have, that gives me peace of mind, I want to start doing television. As I did badly when I was with Ana Rosa, not even when I presented news, or in ‘Destinations of Film’ … Everything I have done so far, I would have enjoyed it so much with the feeling that I have today … And it shows.
Returning to the Eurovision theme, have you ever cried at a Eurovision night party?
I cried very loud one Eurovision night because there was a flashmobI do not know what country it was from, but it was the best flashmob world championship in 2010, held across Europe. Suddenly I look and my mother came out. My mother surpassed me in audiences, my mother! Spain must win for me to beat my mother. Now you can do your part (laughs).
my mother was in the flashmob and I, watching TV in a country house with 20 friends. I called her and said, ‘But ma! & Rdquor ;. He said to me, ‘Oh yeah, they caught me on the beach, with the dog, they asked me to dance for something I do not know what it is, Eurovision, and I did it’. So my mom heard more than I did, but my whole career added up! It was recorded in L’Alfàs del Pi and he comes out with the dog. The dog surpassed me too! Imagine what you would be like if you saw your mother …
Do you remember your first Eurovision reminder?
I have to look far back. I have that moment of ‘Lady, Lady’, by Bravo, reminding me to go sing down the street. And also the Made in Spain, from La Década Prodigiosa, which caught me in Paris.
Inés Hernand said at the press conference that she has the title of basic curriculum eurofan. To find out if you have the C2 of the eurofan card, are you one of those who arrange parties to watch Eurovision and look at the preselections of other countries?
Yes, I’m one of those people who loves San Remo, the Melfest (Melodifestivalen), and I would love it to be. It is the perfect city for two weeks a year, at a time of year that is not high season, to become a Melfest full of Eurofans from all over Europe. You already have the word. And I think they got it right and I think it’s going to turn into a hot Melfest.
Which Eurovision song is not missing from your playlists? What is the Eurovision song that defines you?
I really love Nina and ‘Born to Love’. And I actually sing it. I think that song, which is the only time the orchestra got up to applaud a participant. define me
For the skeptics and non-Eurofans, are we going to see Spain win again?
I believe Europe has started watching. I spoke to people from Eurovision in Italy, and they said that they had all started watching Spain. This is a literal phrase: Spain has just entered the Eurovision card. Many things come together: coincidence, Benidorm, which is a mini-Europe and everyone says ‘oh, what are you doing here’, and comes alive again with open songs. What is there this year is illusion. Illusion, like sex, is contagious.
With regard to the results achieved in Eurovision, do you think that the proposal of the festival in the short term can be doubted if there is not a good position in May in Turin?
The Benidorm Fest is a good thing and in which I believe. I’m convinced that many who doubted now, I know very well that there are great artists, would have said by next year: ‘Damn, in one week the songs of 14 people were played in a brutal way’. When do you post a song that sounds, that you like and that already has fans? It’s very difficult. What has been achieved is already being demanded by new candidates.
Telecinco even took ‘Ay, Mama’, Rigoberta Bandini’s song, for its promotions for Rocío Carrasco or in ‘Sálvame’ …
Telecinco is very strong (laughs). They are television experts and wizards, it’s unmistakable, and they know how to take advantage. Telecinco is a bar and knows exactly what is being talked about at the bar. From the rise of light? Well, it’s talked about. Is there talk of Eurovision? Well, us too.
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Reference-www.elperiodico.com