El Sueño de Morfeo to represent Spain in Malmö

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TVE, the Spanish national broadcaster has announced that  El Sueño de Morfeo have been selected to represent Spain at the forthcoming 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to be held in Malmö next May.

El Sueñ0 de Morfeo is a  Spanish pop rock group with Celtic influence formed by Raquel del Rosario, David Feito and Juan Luis Suarez formed in 2002. Raquel hails from Teror, Gran Canaria whilst both David and Juan Luis are from Asturias. Raquel is the lead singer of the group, who are well known for composing and penning their own songs. The Spanish band enjoys great success and recognition not only in Spain but throughout the South American continent.

Raquel is also famous in Italy, where she has competed at the 2011 San Remo Song Festival along with former Italian Eurovision representative  Luca Barbarossa (Italy 1988) with the song Fino in fondo. El Sueño de Morfeo have a total of 4 albums in their repertoire, having released their first album in 2005.

TVE, the national Spanish broadcaster has informed esctoday.com that the Spanish 2013 Eurovision entry will be selected via a public and jury deliberation during a special televised song selection show. Last week  TVE confirmed that Spain will compete at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden next year  and also revealed that the Spanish representative will be chosen via an internal selection. TVE has once again opted  for a well known act to represent Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest after Pastora Soler’s successful Eurovision experience in Baku with Quedate Conmigo.

Spain has once again opted for the same method and mechanism to select both their Eurovision entry and representative like last year. The Spanish representative will perform a number of songs in a special Eurovision televised gala, where the Spanish public along with a special jury will select the 2013 Spanish Eurovision entry. The competing songs will be released on TVE’s official website prior to the competition.

Spain debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 and has participated at every Eurovision edition since then. Spain has won the contest in 1968 and 1969.

Stay tuned to Esctoday.com for the latest information on Spain and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

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