SPAIN'S Eurovision entry is heading for a nul point from La Grande-Bretagne – or at least from viewers in Manchester – after she said the north-western city was 'not very pretty' on live TV.
Edurne (pictured), originally from Madrid, is engaged to Manchester United FC goalkeeper David de Gea, and was asked what she thought of the metropolis on the chat show El Hormiguero.
Presenter and comedian Pablo Motos asked: “I've heard Manchester is uglier than the back of a fridge. Is this true?”
To which Edurne replied: “You wouldn't say it was really beautiful. No, it's not, in truth. You have to know where to go, to look for specific places.
“But in summary, Spain is much prettier.”
“David de Gea is in Manchester, though,” countered Pablo Motos.
Edurne responded: “That changes everything – with him there, everything looks beautiful.”
It did not take long for the British media to respond to the Spanish Eurovision candidate's opinions of Manchester.
'De Gea's girlfriend says Manchester's ugly', said tabloids across the UK, which also linked her views of the city with rumours that Real Madrid FC was hoping to poach the Man U player, who has been on the national team and was in goal for Atlético Madrid until 2011 when he joined the Premiership side.
A columnist who calls himself Wayne Ankers wrote in the Manchester Evening News: “Compared to Barcelona, and to Manchester, Madrid is miserable.
“The streets are filthy, the people are rude and miserable, and far from being friendly,” Ankers retaliates.
“I got the impression that people from Madrid think they're something special, so they couldn't care less what tourists think of them. But they're wrong: because I'll never go back there.”
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