France’s Eurovision candidate, who was to perform this weekend in Amsterdam and London, canceled her two performances at the last moment for “personal reasons”.
“See you in Liverpool”. The day after the cancellation of two performances at the pre-parties in Amsterdam and London for “personal reasons”, France’s Eurovision candidate, La Zarra, took to Twitter to reassure her audience.
“I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your messages of love and support received since last night. I would have liked so much to be with you all, but sometimes life decides otherwise,” she wrote. .
She adds: “So I’m going to need a few days to deal with these difficult times. These moments of intimacy are going to be important for me. Thank you for your kindness. See you again in Liverpool. I love you.”
Cancellation after a phone call
La Zarra was due to perform in Amsterdam on Saturday at Eurovision In Concert, a popular event for fans of the European song contest, then in London at the London Party on Sunday.
But a few hours before going on stage, the singer received a call that upset her. “In tears, she explains to her team that she will not be able to perform her show this Saturday evening”, reports the newspaper The Parisian, which also evokes a video in which the artist denounced, the same morning, the state of his hotel room. “Sleeping in a room that smells of mold when you have a voice as wonderful as mine,” she lamented, indicating that she had to wash her room “with bleach” herself.
After negotiations with her team, the singer will finally agree to maintain her performance. But that’s without counting on a new phone call. According The ParisianLa Zarra then asked her driver to turn around and locked herself in her hotel room for the rest of the evening.
“Emotionally exhausted”
If La Zarra did not give more explanations on Twitter about this last minute retraction, the artist told the Parisian consult an ENT after having lost his voice “for 6 months”.
“Things have been better for three weeks. I have had ups and downs in relation to the competition. Sometimes I tell myself that I’m going to win and other times that it’s too much. But I’m here to do the best I can” , she assured daily.
Asked by 20 Minuteshis entourage notes that the candidate is “emotionally exhausted” and “will rest to be ready on D-Day”.
At the beginning of January, La Zarra was selected to defend the tricolor flag at Eurovision in 2023. She succeeds the Breton group Alvan & Ahez and its title Foulwho came in 24th place in the competition last year.
The one who was successful in 2021 with her title You will go away intends to seize the first place of Eurovision thanks to Obviouslya piece halfway between pop, French song and rap.
