Eva Santamaría is a Spanish

Spain

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 singer, known for representing Spain

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest

Spain debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, finishing 9th. Since 1999, Spain is one of the "Big Five" and therefore automatically allowed to participate in the final because they are the five biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union.Spain has won the contest...

 at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

 with her song "Hombres

Hombres (song)

"Hombres" is a song that was Spain's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Republic of Ireland. It was sung by Eva Santamaría, who was chosen by the Spanish broadcaster, Televisión Española , as their representative in the Contest that year.-Internal selection:From 1977 to...

" (Men), composed by the journalist Carlos Toro

Carlos Toro

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Before participating in the song festival, Santamaría became well known for participating in the musical television programs Gente Joven, El Salero and Las Coplas. She also collaborated with other artists on several albums and presented her own radio show on Radio Nacional de España

Radio Nacional de España

is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...

. In the months before the Contest in early 1993, Carlos Toro helped Santamaría record her debut album A buen puerto (Successful) in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, on which "Hombres" became a hit single. To date, however, this album was her only release.

Coming off the album's success, Televisión Española

Televisión Española

Televisión Española is the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain. TVE's activities were previously financed by a combination of advertising revenue and subsidies from the national government, but since it's been supported by subsidies only.TVE belongs to the RTVE...

 selected Santamaría to represent the network and all of Spain at Eurovision 1993 in Millstreet

Millstreet

Millstreet is a town in north County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 1,500. It is located at the foot of Clara Mountain. The town's Catholic church is dedicated to St. Patrick. Since October 1985, the town has been twinned with Pommerit-le-Vicomte in Brittany, France...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, with her hit "Hombres." She beat out other popular singers such as Yossek and Julián Contreras. Her song placed eleventh out of 25 in the Contest.

Santamaría did not pursue her singing career after disagreements with her manager, and sporadically appeared on television since then. She has since dedicated her focus on theatre and singing copla

Copla (music)

The copla or copla andaluza is a form of Spanish popular song, deriving from the poetic form of the same name. The genre arose in the 1940s, and is epitomized by songwriters Antonio Quintero, Rafael de León and Manuel Quiroga.One of the first singers of coplas was Raquel Meller...

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