Channel 13 and TVN joined forces to propose to the Municipality of Viña del Mar that it is not advisable to hold the Song Festival, scheduled for February 2021.
Television stations argue the social crisis, which was difficult last year and could reappear on that date. That fact, added to the coronavirus, means that there is no certainty to anticipate whether at that time an event of that magnitude could take place and with a capacity of 15 thousand people. Be careful: if a Quinta Vergara with a social distance of one meter is realized, we are talking about 4,200 attendees. With that they do not raise the budget to be saved, both the municipality and the channels.
However, in the environment of the mayor, Virginia Reginato, it is clear that they cannot come and say yes to the shot, because, first, there is a contract involved; second, the conditions to do the show in February could improve, and third, a week ago Aunt Coty herself presented a plan to the hoteliers of the Garden City, in which she points out that the municipality will help them to promote tourism in area. And that comes hand in hand with the holding of the Viñamarino contest. Moreover, while the Ministry of Health does not pronounce on the issue and with the aim of economic reactivation in the Ciudad Jardín, Martín Cárcamo and María Luisa Godoy would be encouraging.
The thing started badly. It must be remembered that the mayor Reginato learned in March “in the press” that Pablo Morales was no longer the director of the Festival on Channel 13, but that her position had been occupied by the former head of Good Morning to All, Mauricio Correa. .
Beyond the displeasure of the communal chief, finally the former angelito station sent her a formal email making Correa official. From there she began to work, together with José Edwards (Correa’s pair on TVN).
The point is that no matter how much Edwards and Correa put a hand on it in the meetings they have had with the municipality, they have nothing concrete. There is only one word with Bombo Fica and Coco Legrand, but beyond that, zero.
And in this context, added to the damn Covid, is that last Wednesday a letter arrived to Viña signed by the executive directors of TVN and Channel 13, Francisco Guijón and Maximiliano Luksic, respectively, in which they asked that the possibility of leave the Viña 2021 contract postponed this year, because there are no guarantees to do a show with so many questions. In the letter they spoke of the quarantine that international artists should have, for example.
But the truth is that the municipality knows that there is a contract, and that for now it runs yes or yes, unless the health authority prohibits it.
Channel sources indicated that it was also proposed to make a festival “a la Chilena” with national artists. It can also be.
The economic reactivation is key for Viña del Mar and that is the north of the municipality. As long as the Festival can be carried out healthily.
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