The contest is coming to an end, there are very few weeks left to find out the name of the person who will win the prize. Tonight, November 24, Téyou or Guillo Rist, two of the big favorites, are at risk for expulsion. The gala will be an accumulation of many emotionsboth nominees are friends and have decided to opt for totally different performances. Téyou has chosen to sing a ballad in French that takes her back to her roots and Guillo, on the other hand, opts for a highly choreographed performance with a Lady Gaga song.
The gala will begin with Saturn sung together with the author, Pablo Alborán and will end when it is November 25 with a song that Elena Gadel composed two years ago. The Catalan participated in 2002, being the eighth expelled from an edition that Ainhoa Cantalapiedra won. During the week, the emotion has been on the surface and with the presence of Gadel in the rehearsals the topic has begun to go viral on the networks. The contestants have been preparing the interpretation and tuning with the teachers. At the bus pass it was inevitable to hold back tears and both teachers and students have expressed their expectation about this number that they hope will happen to the history of remembered performances of Operation Triumph.
It is the first time that an extra, choral, feminine theme has been made to close the gala. The chosen song has been Wolfcomposed by Elena Gadel herself. The song has a video clip directed by Iván Labanda, who was an interpretation teacher for the 2020 edition. The union of the former contestant with the program has remained latent after 23 years. Now he returns to where he started his career for a very exciting cause and that is that his song is going to be sung at 5 female voices kicking off the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
On February 21, 2023, Elena Gadel published the most intimate song of her entire career. The single was released with a very tense video clip starring Jordi Coll and María Rodríguez Soto, two Catalan actors who have participated in large audiovisual projects. During rehearsals, Elena has been in charge of telling the students what inspired them to write. Wolf. “What led me to make this song is a true story, of a very close friend “She was mistreated and I was frustrated that I couldn’t do anything,” she explains, visibly moved.
By starting from a true story, the author wanted to make visible the importance of the environment and the responsibility to get the victim out of that nightmare. “So this goes for everything,” he concludes before starting the rehearsal. “If I could, I would make you a little cement house next to mine, if I could, and the wolf that gets tired of blowing. If I could, I would be your great guardian angel, I would shelter you from the cold, my friend. You would be invincible, sweetheart.” the five sing in chorus in a chorus that talks about sorority and the importance of accompanying. To clarify the interpretation, the author has confessed that she did it out of anger and rage and with very little hope.
It is the first time that they have sung their own song with the author, but it is not the first time that the format has chosen to make this problem visible. Music often serves to denounce and in the 2028 edition they did so on several occasions. She from Baby and Mary drinks the streets were two key performances of the edition where the role of women was highlighted and an attempt was made to shed light on the violence they suffer every day. In that same edition, the women who were still in the academy they made a video for 25N since they could not attend the demonstrations: “They are murders.”
Operación Triunfo has shown that it is a program committed to social causesgiving students talks about bullying or sexually transmitted diseases. Not only for the contestants, but for the entire youth audience that has grown up with the discourses of the format and therefore it is crucial that a fair and equitable story be constructed.
If you need it, you can call the free information and legal advice number 016, a public service launched by the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, operating 24 hours a day, and where you will be assisted by professionals specialized in this matter. This service guarantees the confidentiality of user data and serves in 53 languages. You can also communicate by WhatsApp at the number 600 000 016 and by email writing to:[email protected]. If you are a minor and believe that someone in your environment is suffering from gender violence, you can call ANAR at the telephone number 900 20 20 10.
