The winner of the 2018 Operación Triunfo will be at Benidorm Fest 2023 with the theme “Rotating Day”. The famous Oberogo is one of 18 participants of the second edition of the Alicante competition. After winning Televisión Española Musical Talent, Famous signed with Universal Music Spain where she launched her first official collaboration, “Time” by Spanish producer and DJ Brian Cross, in 2019. Currently, the winner of OT 2018 is one of protagonists of the capital’s most famous musical, ‘The Lion King‘, the acclaimed work which was performed for more than 10 years at the Lope de Vega theater in Madrid.
But the musical isn’t the only thing he’s working on. The artist continues immersed in the preparation of his new musical project, which blends urban, afrobeat, reggaeton and pop sounds in Spanish. We’ll have to wait a little longer to discover the theme that Famous presented at the Benidorm Fest. It won’t be the first time that the Bormujos singer tries represent Spain in Eurovision. In 2019 you attended the special OT gala to elect the representative of Spain in Tel Aviv. Famous participated with “I can’t take it anymore”, a theme composed by Leroy Sánchez, Louis Biancaniello and Nolan Sipe. Finally it was Miki Núñez with “La Venda” who was chosen by the public to participate in the European competition.
Eurovision 2019 – Famous sings “I can’t more” at the OT Eurovision Gala
Famous at the “Benidorm Fest: The Chosen” gala.
The winner of Operación Triunfo 2018, Famous performed his song “Hoy ya no” at the gala of the 18 chosen for Benidorm Fest 2023. This song was already released in 2020 and he sang it on the stage of Operación Triunfo 2020 where Nia, a participant in Dúos Increíbles, was the winner. It has 663,938 views on Spotify
Famous performance at the Benidorm Fest 2023 presentation gala
Who is famous?
Famous, of Nigerian origins, he became famous after participating in the ninth edition of Operación Triunfo. After passing the contest, he launched his own solo debut “Bulla”, a theme with which it has obtained millions of plays and views on the main streaming and broadcast media platforms. In his second solo single, “Not today”Famous showed us what a powerful vocal range she has.
In 2021, Famous e.g chosen by Disney Spain to interpret the theme of its Christmas campaign, “If Love Speaks”. Also that same year, she released “Something,” a collaborative single with the award-winning producer and singer Blaq Jerzee.
The participant of the Benidorm Fest 2023 has stated on several occasions that he is a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2018 he had the privilege of singing with the Austrian Caesar Samson, third place in Eurovision 2018.
OT 2018 – Famous and Cesar Sampson sing “Nobody but you” at Christmas Gala
Meet the 18 participants of Benidorm Fest 2023
Inés Hernand, presenter of the three galas of the ‘Benidorm party 2023‘ Together with Mónica Naranjo, she was in charge of publicizing the 18 chosen ones in a special called Benidorm Fest: the chosen ones. meet them!
Benidorm Fest 2023
It is expected and desired by many. The second edition this musical party next will take place in the Valencian city of Benidorm 3, 4 and 5 February. After the success of the first call, our country’s singers, songwriters and producers will try to get that direct pass to Liverpool to represent Spain at Eurovision 2023.
October 10th closed the proposal submission process and, upon receipt of applications and contacts with the major record companies, labels of recognized prestige, independent record companies and representative agencies, we proceeded to documentation and listening of all of them from one team cross-section of RTVE professionals. Now the choice of those 16 applications attending the Benidorm Fest is already done, who will win this time?
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