Norway | JOWST & Manel Navarro Team Up For A 'Roller Coaster Ride'
They met last year when both represented their countries at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine and now Norway's JOWST has teamed up with Spain's Manel Navarro and Norwegian singer of 'The Voice Norge' 2017 fame Maria Celin for tropical dance pop song 'Roller Coaster Ride'. Last year, JOWST teamed up with Aleksander Walmann on his catchy Eurovision track 'Grab The Moment' which went on to finish 10th place and since then has continued to release new music. Earlier this year, he
Spain | Road to Eurovision 2019: OT Gala 5
Earlier this week, on the 22nd of October, Operación Triunfo has marked 17 years since its first edition, which brought us Rosa López as the winner and the Spanish representative in Eurovision 2002 with the song Europe's living a celebration. Spain had the reason to celebrate back then, reaching 7th place. The show now broadcasts its tenth edition, and we hope this season will bring another contestant who'll reach the top 10 for Spain. After last week's gala brought us excit
Spain | Road to Eurovision 2019: OT Gala 3
It has been another busy week in Spain in preparation for Tel Aviv. Last night we watched the third gala of Operación Triunfo 2018. After last week's first elimination of Alfonso, (check it here) we were left with 15 hopefuls still pursuing their dream to become the future music star in Spain and, if chosen to represent Spain on Eurovision, in the whole of Europe. Tune in and check all the performances below. A show opening song in third gala was 'Viva la vida' by Coldplay, p
Spain | Eurovision Gala Details Announced
RTVE have already confirmed that popular Spanish singing competition Operación Triunfo is going to be used again this year as the national selection process for Spain's Eurovision representative and now we have even more details of how the special 'Eurovision Gala' is going to work. In the press release, RTVE have confirmed that the selection show will be aired in January 2019, how the show is going to work and reveals plans for an open invitation to songwriters to submit son
Spain | Road to 2019: Operación Triunfo Gala 2
Last night, Operación Triunfo 2018 continued with its second gala. Read our review below to find out what happened, who is eliminated and who who nominated this week. Our contestants opened the second gala with the song "Bonito es" by Los Sencillos. After the group performance, our two nominees continued with their self-chosen songs. 1. The Venezuelan Alfonso chose the Spanish version of All of me by John Legend. He was accompanied by a piano player and delivered the song em
OT 2018 | Gala 1 - Find out what happened last night
Operación Triunfo 2018 Gala 1 was broadcast last night. Sixteen contestants that reached the academy after surviving many auditions and last weeks Gala 0, gave their first performance. The first week in the Operación Triunfo academy is behind us and our 16 contestants performed on Gala 1 last night. We have many reasons to be excited! The 16 contestants opened the show all together with the song „This is me“, a soundtrack from the musical „The Grand Showman“. After the openin
Spain 2019 | Operación Triunfo is back and we watched it!
Operación Triunfo came back last night! The program in which Alfred and Amaia were discovered also brought us many hits such as Aitana and Ana (War) Guerra’s “Lo Malo”. The television show is also responsible for other emerging Spanish stars such as Roi Mendez, Cepeda and Lola Índigo. The night was opened by last year’s contestants with what was last edition’s anthem “Camina”. Alfred and Amaia walked on stage showing the same chemistry between them as always, silencing those
Spain 2019 | 10 Songs that have us pumped for OT 2018
Tomorrow - Wednesday 19th September - marks the big day for Spanish Eurofans. After it's incredibly successful relaunch last year 'Operación Triunfo' is set to return to our screens tomorrow evening with Gala 0 which will see 18 contestants from all over Spain fight for a chance to enter the academy. Over the next couple of months, the contestants will be performing a range of tracks, including duets and group performances, hoping to be crowned winner of the competition and i
Spain 2019 | Operación Triunfo Contestants Revealed - who will represent Spain?
Operación Triunfo successfully returned to Spanish screens last year and after the shows popularity, national broadcaster RTVE decided to host a 'Eurovision Gala' where the final five contestants sung a solo, duet and group original song with the performance gaining the most votes winning the right to represent Spain at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier today Toni Sevilla of RTVE confirmed that once again Operación Triunfo would act as the national selection for Spain
Spain 2019 | Operación Triunfo will be used as Spanish national final
It's official! Operación Triunfo will serve as the Spanish national final for Eurovision once again! Earlier today, the Content Manager for RTVE, Toni Sevilla, revealed that once again, Spain would be using Operación Triunfo to select their act for Eurovision 2019. As we previously wrote, Operación Triunfo 2018 is just around the corner! Check out our article here if you haven't already seen it! On September 19th 2018, we will meet the 16 contestants who will attend the Opera
