Futhi ngomunye unyaka lapho abalandeli abaningi be- I-Eurovision -bamemezile ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi "Ugogo wakho uzokubona ngonyaka ozayo!» Futhi ukuthi, unyaka owodwa futhi, iSpain ibuyile yaba phakathi kwezindawo zokugcina zomncintiswano. Okubi ngalonyaka ukuthi - futhi kulokhu ngiye ngaqondana nabantu abaningi - konke bekubonakala kuhamba nge-crescendo esize kuphela ukwenza ukushaya kwamazinyo kube kubi kakhulu.
Kepha siya kusuka ekuqaleni. Ngenkathi iningi lama-Eurofans lizigubha kakhulu izindaba ezizoba U-Edurne ummeleli wethu kulo nyaka, amanye amazwi amemeza esibhakabhakeni ngokugxeka okuhlala njalo mayelana nokuthi ibiyingozi kangakanani empilweni "Ukunqoba" nokunye okuhle. Lapho kutholakala ingoma yakhe ethi, 'Amanecer', ukubuyekezwa akuzange kube ngcono. Kuthiwani uma isosha esihunyushwe ngendlela esabekayo, kuthiwani uma yonke into ibiphindaphindeka kakhulu, kuthiwani uma isicaba ... izinto bese ziqala ukuba zimbi. Bese kuphuma i-video clip abantu bacishe baphuma namathoshi baya emgwaqweni.
Lapho ukuqala kokuzijwayeza kuqala, ama-anxiolytics aqala ukuna. Ukusebenza kwehlulekile ukugqama nezwi lika-Edurne, yize ebenezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu, naye ubenezikhathi ezimbi. Kepha, futhi kulapho kwafika isimanga, izolo ebusuku u-Edurne ukwazile ukumangaza abaningi bethu abadele ubusuku ngokudlala okumangazayo. Ngokushesha kwabonakala sengathi kwakungekho lutho lwe-Edurne lokuzijwayeza, konke kwakungamandla - kwezinye izikhathi kungalawulwa, yebo - ngisho nomzwelo, ngoba kwakukhulunywa ngesililo esasihla ebusweni bakhe ngomzuzu eqala ukucula. Njengoba umama angasho: "Izinwele njengezipikili, hheyi". Lapho ukusebenza kuphelile, abaningi bethu babona iSpain isesimweni esihle ... kwaze kwafika amavoti futhi yasuka ekusivoteleni kwaze kwafika isikhathi, yahlala endaweni engu-21 kwabangu-27 ababambe iqhaza izolo ebusuku. Kungenzeka kanjani lokho? Kwabalandeli abaningi, U-Edurne wayenobuhlakani. Nakulokhu futhi kufanele sidle isigaxa sokuthi amazwe amaningi acishe avumelana ngamavoti? Yebo, kuzoba njalo. Ngakho-ke ngincamela ukuhlala nokunambitheka okuhle kokusebenza kuka-Edurne.