From our special correspondent in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
“We chatted all night. La Zarra will not come to sing. Badly hiding his displeasure, host Cornald Maas announced on Saturday to the 5,000 spectators of AFAS Live in Amsterdam that the representative of France would not perform on stage. The interpreter ofObviously was one of the twenty-eight artists on the poster for Eurovision in Concert, the event bringing together most of the candidates in the running for Eurovision 2023.
At the same time, the French delegation split a tweet indicating that “following a personal problem that occurred this (Saturday) evening”, the singer was not able to perform. “She is emotionally exhausted, she will rest to be ready on D-Day,” said those around her, joined by 20 minutes.
A little earlier in the afternoon, La Zarra, in a good mood, confided to us his eagerness to “meet the Dutch public”. The spectators who traveled from all over Europe to attend the concert were understanding. “I’m sad I didn’t see her, because I find her song catchy (“effective”) and I like his impertinent attitude, but it is not dramatic for me”, thus advanced Laura, a young Dutch woman crossed at the exit of the concert hall.
His participation in the London concert is compromised
” That’s a shame. I was excited to see her because she had set fire last week at the concert in Madrid, it seems. I would wait to see her in Liverpool (where the Eurovision will be held in a month), ”said James, who came from Birmingham (United Kingdom). “We are obviously disappointed, but surely La Zarra has good reasons. We hope there is nothing serious, ”said Benoît Blaszczyk, secretary of OGAE France, the association of tricolor Eurovision fans.
The singer is expected this Sunday evening at the pre-Eurovision concert in London, but her participation is also compromised for the same reason, as an internal source of the delegation told us.