RTVE seems willing to take Spain from the Eurovision well, where it has not been possible to enter the Top10 of the final for a lustro (Ruth Lorenzo finished tenth with his Dancing in the Rain). Far away is already the last harvested podium (Anabel Conde, second in the 1995 edition with returns with me) and, even more, the last victory, conquered more than half a century ago by Salomé with his live singing. The mission for 2022 is not returning to the heavens of the festival, but it is intended that the Spanish representative ending the contest far from the last posts. To achieve this, the public chain has begun to announce three prestigious musical advisors: J Cruz, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson and Zahara.
The new RTVE advisors will collaborate with the Eurovision Working Group to select the 12 best proposals that will participate in the Benidorm Fest. According to the public entity, "the objective is to create an audiovisual and television show, where all musical genres have room and become a meeting point for consecrated artists and Nóvents, as well as a means to export music and the music and the Talent of our country ".
For Sánchez-Ohlsson, author of the songs that Spain took to Eurovision in 2012 ("Stay with me", from Pastora Soler) and 2015 ("Dawn", from Edurne), the Continental Festival "is the world's largest audiovisual event", For what he considers that suitable candidacies must be "memorable, competitive and with a great sense of authenticity."
"This project is passionate and motivated me because I have been a follower of Eurovision for a long time, and be able to be part of it fills me with pride," says the composer J Cruz, who recognizes the difficulty his vision and opinion, "But I love to dedicate Time and ears to the talent of the people ".
The three advisors are proposing artists and composers for participating in the Benidorm Fest, at the same time they are evaluating the proposals received. Once the first phase of the process is closed, they will participate in the election of potential candidates for the Alicante Festival.
Carlos José Mounted Cruz, the name behind J Cruz, has burst strongly at the urban music scene. After achieving the first album of him in Colombia and to make a living as a street artist in the Madrid metro, the Onubeman began to hoard his eyes after creating the first successes of Omar Montes. Today, at 24, he has achieved 13 platinum records with different artists, beating a record: being the first Spanish producer and composer in accumulating 12 of those castings in a single year. Nyno Vargas, Bad Gya, RVFV, Ñengo Flow, Mariah Angeliq, Ana Mena, Lesa, Rajel and Robledo are some of the artists with whom he has collaborated. In addition, J Cruz started his solo career in 2020. I shot, with Samuraï, is the last collaboration of him.
María Zahara Gordillo Campo, better known as Zahara, accumulates two decades of career, being one of the reputed names of Indie music, both in Spain and Latin America. At 38, she has published half a dozen discs and three books and has appeared on television programs such as Likes, songs that changed the world, history a song and operation triumph.
His last album, whore, was placed in the second place on the sales list, besides being involved in a controversy after the City of Toledo (PSOE) urged to withdraw the sign in which the artist of Úbeda appeared with a Baby in arms, a luminous album on the head that emulates the halo, and a shoulder with the word 'whore' embroidered. "I hope those people who were indignantly because they thought I was calling a whore to the Virgin, they understood that this photo is a complaint. A complaint of how we are required to be perfect, because of the pressure we feel to be mothers, by how it is expected to be We are holy and for each and every one of the time they have called us a whore, "said Zahara during that concert.
This composer and producer of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 47, has worked with artists from Marta Sánchez, Carlos Rivera, Loreen, Edurne or Pastora Soler. He was also the producer discs number 1 of the Auryn group, Anti-Heroes and Circus Avenue, where he also signs songs as an author. Chalk Dreams, by Carlos Marco (No. 1 on the lists of Promusicae) or the first success of Sweet California (Gold Disc Certificate) are other major creations in production. Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson knows well-off, since he is co-author of the Spanish candidacies in 2012 and 2015 and has participated in six TVE preselections.
Date Of Update: 07 November 2021, 16:03
