Spanish Television will participate in Eurovision 2018 with a duet by Amaia and Alfred

The public has chosen the acoustic ballad 'Your song', composed by Raúl Gómez with 43% of the votes, ahead of 'Arde', which has obtained 31%, and 'Lo malo', with 26% to represent to Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest.

The duet composed of Amaia and Alfred, with Your songby Raúl Gómez, has been the candidacy chosen by the spectators to participate in the Festival of Eurovision 2018, which will be held in Lisbon next May. The acoustic piano ballad that he narrates for the first time has won with 43% of the votes Burn (31%) y The bad (26%) in the second phase of voting.

Raúl Gómez, winner of the talent show Number 1 in 2013 and author of songs for Rosa López or Blas Cantó, he is responsible for Your song, which will be performed on the Lisbon stage (May 12) by the duo formed by Amaia and Alfred, two of the five finalists of Triumph operation.

Amaia, 19 years old, from Pamplona (Navarra), has completed her high school studies and is in the last year of the Professional Piano Degree. She has studied piano since she was little, but she likes singing more. She also plays guitar, ukulele, and a little drums. Among her favorite artists are Marisol and The Beatles.

Alfred, 20 years old, is from Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona). He is studying a Higher Degree in Music and the third year of the Audiovisual Communication degree. He is a musician and cinematographer. He comes from a family of musicians, has self-released three albums and plans to release a feature film in 2018, for which he has also composed the soundtrack. One of his favorite singers is Michael Jackson.
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Conchita Wurst, J Balbin, and Louise Sobral have performed at this special gala Triumph operation presented by Roberto Leal in which there have been no shortage of contestants already expelled from this edition, as well as the specialists Manuel Martos, Julia Varela, Víctor Escudero and Luísa Sobral, who have commented on the candidacies. The composers of the nine candidate songs have also participated in a program in which Manel Navarro handed over the Eurovision baton to the new candidate.

The public has been in charge of choosing their favorite candidate by voting through calls, text messages and the mobile application in a two-phase vote. In the first, they voted among the nine candidates. In the second, the three favorites returned to the stage.

Among this year's options for Eurovision, there have been five solo songs, three duets and one group song, walk, the song composed by the 16 contestants of the edition together with Manu Guix.

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