“ʻO ia ka mele mele ʻino loa i hana ʻia… E hele mai e kaʻapuni, ke poni nei au”

ʻOiai ʻo ke poʻo o kāna mele ʻo "The night is for me", ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i pau ka huakaʻi a Soraya Arnelas ma Eurovision e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka Extremaduran ka penultimate, ma mua wale nō o Finland, me nā helu 23 wale nō.

He ʻumikumamākolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻi hou ʻo Soraya e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāna huakaʻi Eurovision ma nā ʻoihana pūnaewele kahi i wehewehe ai ʻo ia i kona manaʻo no kāna hoʻokūkū ma ke kahua o Moscow.

“ʻO ia ka mele mele maikaʻi loa i hana ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala o Eurovision… A ʻoi aʻe nā ʻāpana! Pihoihoi mau au," wahi āna.

ʻO ia ka mele mele maikaʻi loa i hana ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala o Eurovision… a hele mai wili! A ʻoi aʻe nā ʻāpana! Pohihihi mau au 😵‍💫 https://t.co/VBXMAww3il

– SORAYA (@SorayaArnelas) ʻApelila 11, 2022

ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka manawa mua i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻo Soraya iā TVE no kāna ʻike ma Eurovision, ua hana ʻo ia i ka makahiki 2009 a i nā makahiki ma hope.

I ka makahiki 2021, i ka wā o kahi kamaʻilio i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Colegio Mayor Pio XII, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o ka Hui lehulehu "he pupule lākou a me ka pupule."

ʻO kahi papahana o "Nou koʻu hale" i kau ʻia ai, kahi i hoʻolaha ai ma hope o ka hele ʻana ma Eurovision ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia e TVE. Eia hou, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻokaʻulua e hōʻike hou aku i kona ʻoluʻolu i ka hana a TVE i ka mālama ʻana i kāna moho. "He nui nā mea i hāʻule iaʻu," wahi āna. "Ua mākaukau wau i ka hui hula a me ka mea haku mele e hele i Moscow. Akā ʻo ke komo ʻana me TVE, no laila noʻonoʻo lākou. No laila, ʻo kekahi o kāna mau hoʻoholo ʻana, ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i kaʻu poʻe hula a hoʻokomo iaʻu i kahi hui ʻē aʻe", i ʻae ʻia e ka unuhi ʻōlelo "Noʻu ka pō".

"Ua hana au i kaʻu mea hiki a pale i koʻu ʻāina me ka hoihoi. Akā makemake wau e hele i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa maikaʻi ʻole a pono wau e ʻōlelo, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.