Spanish 2008 and 2010 runner up Coral Segovia has been profiting her last moments of glory in the Spanish press before and after Eurovision Song Contest. The day before the Big Final she was interviewed by the Spanish daily "El Mundo" where she announced that even though it hurts, she will never try again for Eurovision Song Contest due to the big disappointments and all the broken dreams in the last 5 years . She also said that Spanish television does not take the contest seriously at all "it is like if a freak played for the national football team" , she stated making mention (hopefully) to Roberto Chiquilikuatre. The cherry on the cake arrived when she was asked to give her opinion about Daniel Diges and "Algo Pequeñito". She said with a smile on her face "I would rather keep that opinion to myself".
But the real polemics started when Coral was mentioned by the Swedish commentator just before Daniel Diges took the stage in Oslo 2010 stating that Coral and "En una vida" should have represented Spain in the contest; look who is talking as I do not really think the Swedish are the ones who should tell this year which song to select! We can’t also forget that the composer of Coral's song is Swedish so maybe the mention was not exclusively for Coral. After the contest Coral provoked again Spanish Television by posting on her Facebook profile "Congratulations to Germany and thanks to Swedish television for telling that I should have been the one in the contest". The reactions from Spanish fans came quickly by posting unfriendly comments which lead the singer to switch-off her profile and threaten everybody by taking legal actions if they try to humiliate her again.
Coral keeps on insisting that Spanish Television manipulated her performance and the voting and that Europe wanted her to go to Eurovision (well I think Spain has to decide on that..). Press releases also confirm that Coral was kept away from interviews due to her strong character and that the cheap show provided by John Cobra was nothing compared with Coral, who started to throw chairs and scream on the green room after the results. If this media release will help Coral or not, we do not know at all but seems like the artist will never be in Spanish Television or Eurovision Song Contest again.
Coral tried to represent Spain five times (Deshojando Madrugadas 2005, Dónde irán los sueños 2006, Todo está en tu mente 2008, Babylon 2009 and En una vida 2010) being runner up in 2008 and 2010 and retiring her song in 2009 before the end of the online voting. She will represent Spain in the next OGAE Second Chance Song Contest where she came second in 2008 with "Todo está en tu mente".
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