Antonio Carbonell Muñoz (born 21 August 1969 in

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) is a Spanish singer-songwriter of

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heritage, known for his participation in the 1996

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. He belongs to a family involved in

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music: he's the son of singer of '' cante'' Montoyita, and he is cousin to the members of the popular flamenco-pop band

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. He has collaborated with important flamenco artists such as

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and

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. His first album, ''Ilusiones'', had a modest reception. Later, when he was internally chosen by

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as the Spanish representative for the 41st Eurovision Song Contest, he published his second album, ''¡Ay, Qué Deseo!''. With the homonym song, he received a rather poor result at the contest (20th out of 23 countries). Apart from his two solo albums, he has contributed to a number of flamenco compilation albums: ''Cante Gitano'', ''Directo Desde Casa Patas'', ''Esencias Flamencas'' and ''Lo Mejor Que Tengo''.

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1969 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1996 Flamenco singers Musicians from Madrid Romani singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Spain Spanish male singers Spanish Romani people {{Spain-singer-stub