Singer Barbara Pravi spoke about La Zarra’s behavior during the 2023 edition of Eurovision. The least we can say is that the thirty-year-old did not question the different character of the singer.
She shone and finished in second place during Eurovision 2021, Barbara Pravi, performer of the title So returns to the forefront this Monday, September 18 for his very first role in Goodbye Vinyl, a France 2 TV film by Josée Dayan. For the occasion, the young woman confided in our colleagues from Le Parisien. The thirty-year-old was able to talk about this new project, but also about her journey, since her appearance at Eurovision. During this interview, Barbara Pravi also discussed the major controversy surrounding La Zarra, the unsuccessful candidate for the 2023 edition of the competition.
“We don’t know what she’s going through”: Barbara Pravi looks back on La Zarra’s attitude during Eurovision 2023
If Barbara Pravi does not get directly to the heart of the matter, undoubtedly so as not to rekindle the controversy (a gesture of the finger addressed live on television), she nevertheless salutes the talent of La Zarra: “I found that she was quite a perfect candidate, she has a superb voiceand something very cinematic, very Eurovision”. Even if according to her, she is: “no one to criticize his way of doing things” because : “We don’t know what she’s going through.”the singer still emphasizes that she and the interpreter ofObviously apparently had:different characters“. Ultimately, Barbara Pravi only seems to have one remorse about the song competition: “My only regret is the elections (the selection of the French representative, editor’s note), I think it’s important that the public have their say”. Which was not the case with La Zarra, automatically designated by France Télévisions.
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La Zarra, a “complicated artist” according to Barbara Pravi
This is not the first time that Barbara returns to the La Zarra controversy. Indeed, the one who received the female revelation of the year during the Victoires de la Musique 2022 ceremony, had already raised the subject when she was the guest of Philippe Vandel on Europe 1 last May. She declared on air that the Quebec singer was a: “complicated artist“. Of course, the remark reached the ears of the main interested party, who did not hesitate to subsequently declare in her Instagram story: “I wanted to invite all these artists who will still talk about me on stage or on the radio, who claim to know me and who have an opinion on La Zarra, to talk about you”.
