The Ibiza debut

Cristina Pedroche, 37, played her first DJ set on Sunday, 11 October, at the closing party of StreetXO Ibiza, the restaurant run by her husband, chef Dabiz Muñoz. Her mentor, DJ Sebastián Gamboa, had told her she could do it well before she accepted the challenge, she said in a statement. Reports put the crowd at about 300 people, and she said she was nervous at the start because many of them were filming her on their phones. She said she had initially wondered why the audience was not dancing and kept inviting them to dance. She also said she received no money for the set and did it only for the pleasure of trying new things.

Insults and her reply

On Monday, 12 October, Pedroche wrote on Instagram that she had so much emotional hangover she could not yet find words for the night, and promised to share them later. Her Instagram account has 2.9 million followers. Online comments questioned the set, with one user writing that they had never seen a DJ dance so much and touch the decks so little. On Tuesday, 13 October, she shared an anonymous direct message containing insults in her Instagram stories, alongside a greeting to everyone, including those who wished her terrible things.

Good morning to everyone, even to those who wish me terrible things.

In the statement that followed, she addressed the people who felt offended by her debut.

I am very sorry that some people have felt so offended, but I am not hurting anyone.

Her account of the set

Pedroche said her preparation was the reason the debut went well, and she described the work she put in before the night.

I have been practicing every second, studying, watching and learning from the best. And I think for a first time it went very well.

She added that the crowd had a great time and danced through the whole session, and that she could not have enjoyed it more herself. She closed her statement with a line about the experience.

I fulfilled a dream I didn't even know I had. And honestly, I don't want to leave it there.

Zapeando and what comes next

On Tuesday, 13 October, she appeared on laSexta's Zapeando, where she called the experience incredible and described the set as a kind of trance. Dani Mateo joked that telling her children to be home by 10pm would not work, and she replied that she would go out with them. Virginia Riezu joked that Pedroche would host the New Year's Eve Campanadas in rave style. Pedroche said she expects to keep DJing and told viewers "This does not end here" before inviting them to the next session.