Marta Riesco y Victor Sandoval have been dropping hints to each other for days, and even months, regarding the Benidorm Fest. Last Tuesday, Riesco expressed his indignation about some statements made by Sandoval about his song, in which, according to her, the talk show host underestimated her artistic effort.. Sandoval, for his part, justified himself by pointing out that, since he had not listened to other themes, he could only evaluate Riesco’s.
And instead of calming the waters, the publication of the official participants of the festival, in which neither of the two appear, only fanned the flames of a feud that seemed to be on the verge of ending.
This Wednesday, the journalist Juanma Fernández joined the Eurovision debate at It’s not like we were in expressing his opinion about Sandoval’s vocal capabilities, bluntly stating that “he does not have a good voice”.while acknowledging that he has “very good friends and composers”.
Sandoval has shown his discomfort with this remark and, disguised as an Egyptian, he has addressed Fernández brandishing a toy scepter as a sign of protest.. The reporter, who was sitting next to Fernández, has not hidden her displeasure at Sandoval’s attitude, uttering a warning that resounded throughout the studioI’m going to tell you something, you’re going to eat that stick in the end”.
In response, Sandoval got even more upset, and after hearing Riesco call him “aggressive”, he replied in a tense face-to-face confrontation: “Because of women like you many men have problems”.
These words have unleashed an immediate reaction from Riesco, who has called him a “scoundrel” and threatened to leave the set if his partner was not expelled immediately.
Thus, chaos has taken over the situation, and Javier de Hoyos, who was acting as substitute presenter, has intervened to clearly state the position of the programEvidently, we do not agree at all with what Víctor Sandoval has said”.
However, the intervention of the communicator has not appeased tempers and, finally, Sandoval, enraged and determined to defend his honor, has left the set exclaiming: “He is accusing me of something I have not done and I will not allow it”.
Sandoval’s apology
Minutes later, the ex-contestant of Survivor has returned to space to offer his perspective on what happened.It is the first time in my life that I feel uncomfortable with what I am going to say. That in the television of the year 2024 we still have to be explaining the context in which some events and facts take place and that it seems that we are in Parliament instead of an entertainment program? It seems to me that I was not born for that”.
Next, has set out his vision of television.. “I was born to make showto make a show. When a few lines are crossed, it becomes dangerous. But you know what? I was not raised in that kind of television (…) The language I have is the language I have been educated in since I was nine years old”, he pointed out.
Sandoval has acknowledged, however, that his response to Marta Riesco’s comment may have been interpreted inappropriately and that he has not been able to make the right decision. has explained the reason for his behavior.
In her own words: “Something just happened with which I felt assaulted when I was doing with my character a joke with him (Juanma Fernández). Suddenly, everything is transposed and they tell me something like I’m going to eat the stick, and I have made a comment that possibly, once again, because I do not understand this television of 2024, because I’m still in the old television, may have bothered someone. If any person has been bothered here or at home, lI apologize, because that was not my intention.“.