Melody, at her concert in Antequera:

Antequera/Melody made a grand return to the stage after her stint at Eurovision, in Antequera to an enthusiastic crowd that greeted her with shouts of "diva" and "champion". "Talking is easy, but we never know what's behind each person and this song is not made to divide, criticize, or harm, but to unite," the artist said, referring to Esa Diva, the song with which she represented Spain in the European song festival. "I remain the same," she emphasized.

The singer-songwriter from Dos Hermanas (Seville) - whose recent statements about the festival, where she finished third from last, have sparked controversy - shared with some regret that she has experienced "very tough days" receiving many criticisms from people who don't even know her. Probably because they did not understand her, she specified, and explained that she wanted to bring to Eurovision "a song that had a message of hope."

Facing the thousands of spectators who came to the fair in Antequera last night to see her perform live, the Sevillian - with her characteristic boldness and aware of the anticipation this first concert has generated - did not hesitate to refer to what happened.

"Let's not change now - she commented - and what we saw before, let's not stop wanting to see it now because I remain the same as when I started," she reiterated, and the audience erupted in applause and cheers of support for the singer.

A struggle of thorns and roses

As the lyrics of Esa Diva say, "life is a garden of thorns and roses, but in the end, the roses will prevail over the thorns," Melody continued before diving into the star song of the night, which the audience enthusiastically sang along with her. The audience, two hours earlier, had greeted the Sevillian at the start of the concert with shouts of "diva" and "champion."

The show gathered, on the night of Saturday, May 31, at the Antequera fairgrounds a more than ample group of spectators who had traveled to this town in Malaga from different points of the province to see the Spanish diva of Eurovision.

"There's a lot of repertoire, but tonight I'm in the mood for fun," the Sevillian commented as she took the stage, and "I'm not leaving here until I've given my all." And so she did. Along with her, her musicians (on drums, keyboard, and bass), two backup singers, and a dance troupe, four athletic and skilled dancers who accompanied her throughout the show.

The performance of Melody, which started half an hour later than scheduled, lasted more than two hours, well into the early morning, and during this time the artist had the opportunity to perform some of her most popular songs.

"Divas also dance rumbas"

The singer - dressed in a tight pink fuchsia jumpsuit - started this warm evening of the last day of May, with almost summer-like temperatures, with a flamenco flair because "divas also dance rumbas," she joked.

After Te digo adiós - a song from her album Los buenos días, released in 2008 - Melody continued with Dabadabadá, from the album T.Q.M (2003), which served to warm up the engines in anticipation of what was to come.

From the start, she warned that she was ready to improvise and perform the songs that the audience requested, and of course, they asked her to sing El Baile del Gorila, a song from her work De Pata Negra (2001) that became very popular in the early 2000s. And so, song after song, it was time for Esa Diva, a song that was requested on more than one occasion throughout the concert.

The change of outfit - the third of the night and the same one she wore at the festival, a striking silver leotard - gave more than a hint to those present that one of the most awaited moments of the night was coming.

With Esa Diva, the Sevillian put the finishing touch on a performance in which, as she had promised at the beginning, she put all her senses and displayed an energy worthy of admiration, but above all, in which she had the unconditional support of the audience.