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ESC 2015 SPAIN: MARTA SÁNCHEZ SELECTED?

The rumour from Spain is getting more insistent every day now: Marta Sánchez (49 in May) has been selected and she has accepted. Now let's see if this will become reality.  Marta started her musical career in the 1980's as the lead singer of Olé Olé and becoming a national sex symbol. In 1993 she went solo. Her first major hit was De mujer a mujer and it was a success also all over Latin America, and later the English version Woman become one of the first crossover hits. Her bilingual success continued with the next album that was also released in English, with songs like Dime la verdad . Since then she has collaborated with names like Slash , Nile Rodgers and Andrea Bocelli . Other hits followed like  Superstar and Colgando en tus manos , her biggest hit to date, in duet with Carlos Baute. Her latest singles are Lo que nunca se rinde and 21 dias . Her seventh solo studio album will be released shortly, after a delay that could be due to Eurovision. Will it contain th...

Spanish fans prefer girl power

The Spanish fans launched a poll to see who they would prefer to represant their country in the 2011 Eurovision song contest and Chenoa is narrowly their favourite, almost head to head with Mirela, 2.243 votes against 2.232. Soraya despite her flop in Eurovision came third with 1.995 votes. The top trio is followed by Natalia Jiménez (1.974), ex-vocalist of La 5. Estacion, Marta Sánchez (1.923), Malú (1.917), La Oreja de Van Gogh (1.888), Mónica Naranjo (1.865), Edurne (1.847) and another ex-Eurovision star Rosa (1.836). Other familiar names include Enrique Iglesias (12th), Coral (14th), Hevia (15th), Anabel Conde (17th), Venus (19th), Maria Isabel (20th), David Bisbal (28th), Ana Torroja (33rd), Ainhoa (34th) and Amaia Montero (44th). The Spanish TV has launched an open call for both singers and songs this time around. Let's wait and see if any of these artists will apply.... Mirela has said she'll be there and will finally release her debut album in spring 2011 while ...