Son de Sol
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Spain
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flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
-pop band, made up of three sisters (Sole, Esperanza and Lola) from Écija
Écija
Écija is a city belonging to the province of Seville, Spain. It is located in the Andalusian countryside, 85 km east of the city of Seville. According to the 2008 census, Écija has a total population of 40,100 inhabitants, ranking as the fifth most populous city in the province...
, Seville, Andalucía. The trio was selected to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
, to be held in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, although they only obtained the 21st position.
In the national pre-selection contest, broadcast by TVE
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...
on the 4 and 5 March 2005, the group's song Brujería (Witchcraft) secured 24.2% of the vote, placing them ahead of the hot favourites Las Supremas de Móstoles
Las Supremas de Móstoles
Las Supremas de Móstoles is a Spanish pop band made up of three sisters, Susi, Vicky and Luisi...
by a margin of just 2.4%. The song was produced by Manuel Ruiz (aka Queco), who was also responsible for The Ketchup Song
The Ketchup Song
"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...
, a massive international hit.
Due to Spain's role as one of the leading financial contributors to the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, Son de Sol were one of fourteen entries with a bye directly into the grand final in Kiev on 21 May, in which they also competed against ten qualifiers from the semi-final.
Discography
- De Fiesta Por Sevillanas (1999)
- Callejuela (2002)
- Brujería (April, 2005)
- Directo a ti (April, 2008)
Son de Sol have not been very successful in Spain, reaching in their first album De Fiesta Por Sevillanas #3569 in Spanish Album Charts, just selling less than 100 copies. With Callejuela they reached the #1025 in Spain. After this very disappointing charts results, their record company dropped Son de Sol, and in 2005, Son de Sol decided to release their 3rd album with RTVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
Records (TVE Records Company) called Brujería, the record company which take the group to the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
2005 - Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. Son de Sol got in Eurovision Song Contest a disappointing 21st Place, and then, RTVE Records decided to not release a second single and dropped the Spanish-girl-band out.
External links
- DotEurovision.com, Son de Sol shine in Spanish Eurovision final.
- Official Site