Andorra entered the Eurovision in 2004 but is yet to reach the final. They have even managed to come last in the semifinal already despite decent songs in general. Last year they were the shock drop outs as Anonymous was amongst the favourites and considered rather safe qualifier. This year Andorra tries again something new and different for them: a rather Scandinavian sounding poptune sung by a Spanish artists who actually does have a career already: Gisela! Spanish Gisela from Barcelona will represant Andorra in the Eurovision this year. She already backed up Rosa in 2002 as a member of the Operación Triunfo finalists. She was studying journalism when she was accepted to OT and the rest is history. Disney soon picked her up to sing in Peter Pan, The Beauty and The Beast and Enchanted. She has also done musicals and represanted Spain in Viña del Mar festival in 2003 that she won. She remains the only one who has won both the best singer and the best song awards. In 2008 she hopes to bring Andorra to the final in Belgrade. Gisela's recording career includes 3 solo albums: Parte de mi in 2002 (triple platinum and re-released in Chile in 2003 and selling double platinum), Mas allá in 2003 (double platinum) and Ni te lo imaginas in 2006 produced by Jordi Cubino. She's also featured on several soundtracks has been dubbing cartoons as well sings a Brazilian soap opera's title song.The composer and producer Jordi Cubino (40) is amongst the best selling composers, if not the best selling composer in this year's contest. His million sellers singles include Latin Grammy winning Corazón latino by David Bisbal and FIFA World Cup 2006 theme song The time of our lives performed by Il Divo with Tony Braxton. He started his musical career at the age of 17 and has since made it big in the advertising world winning awards and composing songs and jingles as well as soundtracks for films, especially cartoons.
Watch the promovideo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32IK0T3aXk
Watch the promovideo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32IK0T3aXk
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