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Alfred García
Alfred with Amaia at the Eurovision Pre-Party in Madrid in April 2018.
Alfred with Amaia at the Eurovision Pre-Party in Madrid in April 2018.
Background information
Birth nameAlfred García Castillo
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)
El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • trombone
  • guitar
  • keyboard
  • drums
Years active2012–present

Alfred García Castillo (born 14 March 1997) is a Spanish singer. He gained national recognition when he took part in series nine of the reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo, where he finished in fourth place, and will also represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, alongside Amaia Romero, with the song "Tu canción".[1][2][3]

Early life

García was born on 14 March 1997 in El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia. He began formal training in vocals and trombone at the age of seven. García is also a self-taught guitarist, drummer, and keyboardist.[4] He received musical training at the Unió Filharmònica del Prat.[5] García is studying for a degree in audiovisual communication, as well as being in his third year of a higher degree in music and jazz and modern music studies at the Taller de Músics, a music school in Barcelona.[5][6]

Career

Amaia and Alfred performing at the Eurovision Pre-Party in Madrid in April 2018.

At the age of fifteen, García released the self-produced album Beginning. At the age of seventeen, thanks to the musical project La Capsa, he recorded his first single "She Looks So Beautiful", written by himself and produced by Argentine musician Esteban García. The single won the Audience Award at the Festival Cara B in Barcelona.[5][7] García has also released a musical short film, A Free Christmas Story.[6]

In 2016, García participated in season four of talent show La Voz, the Spanish version of The Voice. He performed John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" in the Blind Auditions, but none of the coaches turned for him.[8] Also in 2016, García released the self-produced acoustic album Inblack (Volume One).[9]

In 2017, García auditioned for series nine of reality television music competition Operación Triunfo. On 23 October 2017, he was selected to enter the show's "Academy". On 29 January 2018, during the special live show "Gala Eurovisión" of Operación Triunfo, he was selected by public vote to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 along with his girlfriend Amaia Romero, with the song "Tu canción".[1] During the finale of Operación Triunfo 2017 on 5 February 2018, García finished in fourth place.[3]

Amaia and Alfred were the second to perform at the Eurovision final, held on 12 May 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.[10] They placed twenty-third out of the 26 participating countries with 61 points: 43 from the professional juries and 18 from the televote.[11]

Discography

Albums

Title Year
Beginning 2012
Inblack (Volume One) 2016

Singles

Title Year Peak position Album
SPA
[12][13]
"She Looks So Beautiful" 2015 — Non-album singles
"Tu canción"
(with Amaia Romero) 		2018 3
"Que nos sigan las luces" 19

Selected releases from Operación Triunfo 2017

Title Year Peak position
SPA
[14]
"City of Stars"
(Amaia Romero & Alfred García) 		2017 3
"Adoro"
(Naím Thomas & Alfred García) 		49
"Sign of the Times" 2018 25
"Todo mi amor eres tú" 19

References

  1. ^ a b Adams, William Lee (30 January 2018). "Spain: Alfred & Amaia win OT Eurovision Gala with "Tu canción"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (30 January 2018). "Spain: Alfred & Amaia will fly to Lisbon!". ESCToday. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Ortiz, Laura (6 February 2018). "Amaia gana 'OT 2017'". FormulaTV. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ Diéguez, Antonio (12 December 2017). "Los caminos de Amaia y Alfred antes de encontrarse en 'Operación Triunfo'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Alfred García". Festival Connexions (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Alfred es concursante de OT". RTVE (in Spanish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ^ "El Prat al Día: Alfred García guanya el premi del Públic del Festival Cara B". El Part al Día (in Catalan). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. ^ "El día que Alfred de OT no hizo girarse a ningún coach de La Voz". El Diario (in Spanish). Vertele!. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  9. ^ Hoh Tang Serradell, Man (21 December 2016). "Alfred Garcia se nos pasa al jazz con "Georgia"". Young España (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ Redacción (11 May 2018). "Amaia y Alfred serán los segundos en actuar en el Festival de Eurovisión". Diari de Terrasa (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Lisbon 2018 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Discography – Alfred García". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Canciones – Semana 6: del 2.2.2018 al 8.2.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  14. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography – Alfred García". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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(with Amaia Romero) 		Succeeded by


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