Miki grabs the Spanish ticket to Tel Aviv

Miki won the Spanish special Eurovision Gala of Operación Triunfo and will perform the song ‘La Venda’ at the Grand Final on the 18th of May in Israel. The singer was victorious with 34% of the votes.

You read back everything you need to know about the final of Operación Triunfo 2019 in our liveblog.

Ten songs competed to become the Spanish entry for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The full list of songs is listed below, ranked by the percentage of votes that they received (highest to lowest):

34% – Miki – La Venda (The blindfold). Written by Adriá Salas (from the band La Pegatina).
22% – María – Muérdeme (Bite me). Written by Juan Luis Suárez, David Feito, Victoria Riba, Nuria Azzouzi & Rosa Martínez.
14% – Miki y Natalia – Nadie Se Salva (Nobody is safe). Written by María Peláez, Nil Moliner & Javi Garabatto.
7% – Noelia – Hoy Vuelvo A Reir Otra Vez (Today I’m laughing again). Written by Jacobo Calderón & Álex Ubago.
6% – Natalia – La Clave (The key). Written by Merche, Ander Pérez, Nuria Azzouzi & Rosa Martínez.
6% – Marilia – Todo Bien (Everything’s OK). Written by Sananda, Chris Wahle, Andreas Öhrn & Juan Carlos Fuguet López.
5% Famous – No puedo más (I can’t take it anymore). Written by Leroy Sánchez, Louis Biancaniello & Nolan Sipe.
3% – Julia – Qué quieres que haga (What do you want me to do?). Written by David Santisteban & India Martínez
2% – Sabela – Hoy Soñaré (I’ll dream today). Written by Jesús Cañadilla & Alejandro de Pinedo.
1% – Carlos Right – Se Te Nota (It shows). compuesta por Juan Pablo Isaza & Juan Pablo Villamil (from the band Morat)

Who is Miki, the singer for Spain at Eurovision 2019

Miki Nuñez, 23, is a singer/songwriter from Terrassa (Barcelona). He has taken guitar and piano lessons as well as studying a Degree in Administration and Management in London and Los Angeles. Prior to entering the reality talent show OT, Miki was a singer in the covers band Dalton Bang with whom he has toured most of his region, Catalonia.

He admires Dub Inc, The Root, The Cat Empire, Muse and the popular catalan band La Pegatina, whose lead singer Adrià Salas, has written Miki’s song for Eurovision, La Venda (The blindfold).