She wanted to “put the church back in the center of the village”. Alexandra Redde-Amiel, the head of the French delegation to Eurovision was this Friday morning at the microphone of Sud Radio to react to the controversy surrounding La Zarra. The Canadian singer, who will defend the tricolor’s chances in the final of the competition on May 13 in Liverpool, had canceled at the last moment her performances at the Eurovision pre-concerts in Amsterdam and London, respectively last Saturday and Sunday.
The delegation then explained to 20 minutes that the artist was “emotionally exhausted” and that her main commitments scheduled for her arrival in Liverpool on May 3 were no longer on the agenda. The whole thing aroused the perplexity of the French media, which spoke in particular of her “diva” behavior, in reference, among other things, to a story that La Zarra posted on Instagram on Saturday. After spending the night in the Dutch capital, she was indignant at the hygiene of her hotel room, which she claimed to have washed herself with bleach “it was so dirty”.
“She’s not perfect, she’s human”
Among our colleagues from Sud Radio, Alexandra Redde-Amiel called for “dispassionate” history. And to say that La Zarra had last Saturday evening “a personal problem due to the health of a loved one” which led her to give up going on stage. A decision that the head of delegation says she supported.
“We all have our faults and our qualities, she is not perfect, she is human. She’s a mother, she’s an artist,” said Alexandra Redde Amiel, denouncing what she describes as “media lynching”, as well as the “racist criticism” of which La Zarra is the subject on social networks.
Asked whether the delegation made a mistake in selecting the Quebec singer, the guest of Sud Radio replied: “We made the right choice. We have a great song, hailed internationally. » The reception ofObviously abroad is indeed very warm, as evidenced by the mostly rave reviews on YouTube. At bookmakers, the rating of France is only progressing: still ninth favorite for victory at Eurovision on Monday, La Zarra emerges in sixth position this Friday and could appear in the top 5 this weekend. A positive indicator tending to prove that the controversy of recent days has not tarnished the image of the tricolor representative on the international scene.
“The Zarra will be in Liverpool [à l’Eurovision], insisted Alexandra Redde-Amiel. I’ll get flogged if she doesn’t go for x reasons. I was still with her this morning, what we are preparing for the staging [la mise en scène], that’s crazy ! A way of enjoining critics to shut up and let La Zarra sing to demonstrate what she is capable of.