Euskaraz irakurri: Hirugarrenez jantzi du txapela Maialen Lujanbiok
Maialen Lujanbio has won the 2022 Bertsolaris Championship and you will take home your third txapelahaving added 2,240 points in today’s grand final that was played at the Navarra Arena in Pamplona.
After the ‘buruz buruko’ with the new champion, Amets Arzallus has been second with 2,166 points. This is how the duel of 2009 and 2013 has been repeated, in which Arzallus and Lujanbio also played.
Aitor Mendiluze (1,507 points), Sustrai Colina (1,495 points), Alaia Martín (1,493.5 points), Beñat Gaztelumendi (1,443.5 points), Nerea Ibarzabal (1,435.5 points) and Joanes Illarregi (1,421.5 points).
Inaki Muruaa bertsolari and an essential figure in the world of bertsolarismo, has been in charge of awarding the txapela to the winner, a moment that has generated a standing ovation from the public.
Behold, the moment in which the name of the champion has been announced:
Today the speakers have proposed all kinds of topics open to a variety of approaches, propitious for the bertsolaris to show off, who have responded rigorously to specific topics and with depth in those more open approaches. They have sung about issues as difficult and delicate as sexual abuse, low-paid jobs, emigration, sex change or relationships.
Humor has also had, of course, its great moments, as well as emotional moments, such as the farewell to Mendiluze, who thanked his mother because, although she did not know Basque, she wanted her son to learn this language .
afternoon session
This afternoon’s session began shortly after 5:00 p.m., in the new order established by the draw (Martin, Ibarzabal, Colina, Lujanbio, Gaztelumendi, Arzallus, Illarregi and Mendiluze) and they had to perform three exercises before move on to the final duel.
The afternoon has been intense and lively, it was noticeable that the bertsolaris were also partly released from the tension of the morning, and they have acted in a different way. Needless to say, the fans; the atmosphere has been heating up, laughter and applause have come out more and more easily.
The bertsolaris have composed several memorable bertsos:
Source: Eitb

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