Who are the 13 participants in the Benidorm Fest who aspire to go to Eurovision

The trio from Orihuela exhibits its fondness for disco music and unleashed pop from the Italian school right from that name that pays homage to Barry White and Mina. In their 12-year career, they have been cornering their newest influences to unapologetically embrace dance and the mirror ball. His fifth LP, the last one to date, is called ‘Tacky’, a complete declaration of intentions that his proposal for the Benidorm Fest, ‘Rafaella’, confirms forcefully.

Encarna and Toñi Salazar They need little introduction. From choristers of Los Chunguitos to queens of the summer song, the duo has behind them an overwhelming career that includes, in addition to a very respectable string of super hits, the proverbial (and succulent) episodes of quarrels and breakups. With ‘posturing’ they are looking for their second participation in the European song contest, in which they reached a very worthy fifth place with ‘Bandido’ 32 years ago.

This woman from Elche who lives in Madrid, who has worked as a set designer and wardrobe manager in theater productions, had a musical career enrolled in discreet projection groups until last year RTVE commissioned her to write a song for the soundtrack of the docuseries ‘Lucía en la spiderweb’. The result, the intriguing ‘Secret of water’, now jump from the screen to the stage at the Palau d’Esports L’Illa in Benidorm.

Auryn’s separation in 2016 left an empty space in the field of Spanish boy bands that Matt, Gio, Arman and Valen set out to occupy by adding to the original Anglo-Saxon recipe trendy latin rhythms. Three years after their recording debut with ‘Tú y yo’, they seek to make the leap with ‘Top’, a feast of tribal choirs, bombastic percussion and good intentions.

The ‘pandeireteiras’ Olaia and Sabela Maneiro and Aida Tarrío since 2016 they have been exploring together the leafy paths of Galician folklore and merging traditional rhythms such as muñeira and alalá with contemporary sounds electronic touch. After obtaining numerous recognitions, also international, on the folk circuit, in the last year they have slipped through a crack in the ‘mainstream’ pop until reaching Benidorm with the help of ‘earth’.

Born in Havana in 1991 and a resident of Olesa de Montserrat since she was four years old, Chanel Terrero has become a prominent name in musical theater of the last decade (he has participated in ‘The Bodyguard’, ‘Flashdance’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Mamma Mia!’, among other posh productions), has shown his head in movies and television series and now aspires to play the energetic ‘SloMo’ her springboard to a new career as a solo singer.

Alejandro Agudín Arribas is a young man from Vallecas who studied political science before deciding to focus on music, a vocation that had already taken him to the set of ‘Got Talent’, where he was eliminated for refusing to part with his guitarist. Three years after debuting with an EP in 2018, he has released his first album, sung mainly in English. It is not the case of ‘Echo’, his bet for Benidorm: “international sound & rdquor ;, yes, but lyrics in Spanish.

Coming out of ‘Operación Triunfo’, vintage 2018, this twentysomething from Malaga quickly understood that with her real name, Martha Sanchez, it was going to be difficult for him to impose his own profile in the world of music, so he chose to shorten his two surnames (the second is Gómez). In 2019 he went to ‘The call’ of the Javis to debut as a musical actress and until today. Synth-pop resulted from ‘You’re still on my mind’ It has been his ticket to Benidorm.

Chilean singer-songwriter and producer based in Madrid, at 38 years of age she can boast of a Highly respected and multi-award winning career as an electropop amazon that has taken her from the Viña del Mar Festival to Coachella. turned into queer icon, is preparing the release of his fifth studio LP, which will include ‘Guilt’, a “liberation ceremony & rdquor; Gothic atmosphere and Nietzschean remnants.

The composer and singer from Cadiz made a name for himself writing songs for Malú, Antonio José and India Martínez before making his debut as a performer in 2017. Since then he has combined a successful solo career with work as a producer, composer and arranger for a good number of artists. The coronavirus will prevent him from defending the ballad ‘Who would say it’ live in Benidorm.

The Barcelonan Paula Ribó began in the artisteo at the very early age of seven as a dubbing actress. He came to music as part of the trio The Mamzelles, which reached its moment of greatest popularity with an institutional campaign on garbage recycling. Converted into a solo singer with a stage name stolen from John Fante, she has released seven ‘singles’ in less than two years and has established herself in Benidorm as great favorite with the challenger anthem to breastfeeding ‘Ay mama’.

world champion of Red Bull Battle of the Roosters in 2006, David Martínez Álvarez is a rapper who could be said to have an engineering vocation, because of the many bridges that it has built throughout his career between hip-hop and other musical genres (melodic song, pop, rock, r&b, folk and whatever else). Of his open-mindedness he gives a good example ‘Crying Street’, the song with which he aspires to reach Eurovision.

Born in Palma de Mallorca in 2002, she is the youngest of the 13 contenders at Benidorm Fest. At only 13 years old, he became known as a finalist for ‘The Voice Kids 3’, an experience that reaffirmed her vocation and encouraged her to prepare to dedicate herself professionally to music, an adventure that she is just now starting to walk to the rhythm of a ‘urban pop’ with Latin touches like the one displayed on ‘Make you say’.