IF YOU'RE in the Comunidad Valenciana any time between now and the early hours of March 20, you may notice an awful lot of noise and colour on the streets. It's the season for the region's biggest festival,...
Spain's Eurovision Junior Song Contest candidate chosen
01/08/2019
A CANDIDATE has been chosen to represent Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – its first entry in 13 years – and will perform for her country in Gliwice, Poland on November 24.
Melani García, 12, from L'Eliana (Valencia province) won the fourth season of The Voice Kids in Spain and released a single a year ago – Vivo Por Ella ('I Live For Her'), a cover of the classic by opera legend Andrea Bocceli.
She started out singing in a choir in Valencia and, at the age of eight, when her teacher first introduced the group to Mozart's Due Pupille Amabili, Melani's passion for music was ignited instantly.
Her enthusiasm, and her prowess, grew stronger when she discovered María Callas, which led her to focus more and more on her singing and eventually enter the cult children's reality show, although she had never expected to win it.
Melani's talent does not stop at her vocals, however: she is an accomplished violinist, plays the piano, and regularly practises ballet, contemporary dance and rhythmic gymnastics, as well as various other sports she has won awards for.
The young prodigy had not even been born when Spain last entered the Junior Eurovision – in 2006, when Dani earned it a fourth place – but the bar is already set high, since Spanish contestants always achieved exceptional results.
In the four years between the contest being launched, in 2003, and Spain's pulling out, it has come second twice and first once – María Isabel, from Ayamonte (Huelva province) was only nine when she won with the now-legendary track Antes Muerta Que Sencilla.
Now 24, María Isabel has a series of studio albums under her belt as a solo singer and is also a TV presenter and model.
Related Topics
You may also be interested in ...
A CANDIDATE has been chosen to represent Spain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – its first entry in 13 years – and will perform for her country in Gliwice, Poland on November 24.
Melani García, 12, from L'Eliana (Valencia province) won the fourth season of The Voice Kids in Spain and released a single a year ago – Vivo Por Ella ('I Live For Her'), a cover of the classic by opera legend Andrea Bocceli.
She started out singing in a choir in Valencia and, at the age of eight, when her teacher first introduced the group to Mozart's Due Pupille Amabili, Melani's passion for music was ignited instantly.
Her enthusiasm, and her prowess, grew stronger when she discovered María Callas, which led her to focus more and more on her singing and eventually enter the cult children's reality show, although she had never expected to win it.
Melani's talent does not stop at her vocals, however: she is an accomplished violinist, plays the piano, and regularly practises ballet, contemporary dance and rhythmic gymnastics, as well as various other sports she has won awards for.
The young prodigy had not even been born when Spain last entered the Junior Eurovision – in 2006, when Dani earned it a fourth place – but the bar is already set high, since Spanish contestants always achieved exceptional results.
In the four years between the contest being launched, in 2003, and Spain's pulling out, it has come second twice and first once – María Isabel, from Ayamonte (Huelva province) was only nine when she won with the now-legendary track Antes Muerta Que Sencilla.
Now 24, María Isabel has a series of studio albums under her belt as a solo singer and is also a TV presenter and model.
Related Topics
You may also be interested in ...
More News & Information
SIGOURNEY Weaver and survivors of a South American plane crash took centre stage at Spain's answer to the Oscars this week, the Goya Awards – and one film netted 12 prizes out of its 13 nominations.
BRUCE'The Boss' Springsteen and The E-Street Band are heading to Spain next spring, and tickets have gone on sale today (Tuesday).
A HOLLYWOOD legend joining folk-dancers from Asturias and showing off her fancy footwork in the street is not a scene your average Oviedo resident witnesses during his or her weekly shop. Even though their northern...