"La venda" (; ) is a song performed by Spanish singer

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and written by Adrià Salas, who is the lead vocalist of the Latin Grammy-nominated band La Pegatina. The song represented Spain in the

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. It finished in 22nd place with 54 points.

Eurovision Song Contest

On 14 September 2018, the Spanish broadcaster

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(TVE) confirmed that they would use the music reality program ''

Operación Triunfo ''Star Academy'', called ''Operación Triunfo'' ("Operation Triumph") in Spanish-speaking countries, is a highly successful television pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements. Format There are many versions of t ...

'' to select their act for the

. Interested and invited songwriters were able to submit their song demos from 1 November 2018 to 15 November 2018. Seventeen selected songs (via the public call and via invitation) were allocated by the talent show's boarding academy's staff to thirteen of the sixteen eligible contestants from ''Operación Triunfo 2018'' in solo and duet combinations. The allocation was announced on 11 December 2018. The contestants recorded a one-minute demo of their respective songs. The demos were made available to the public via TVE's official website on the night between 19 December 2018 and 20 December 2018, during the finale of ''Operación Triunfo 2018'' when the regular winner of the season was determined. An online public vote ran until 2 January 2019, enabling each user to vote for their three favorite entries each day. The three entries with the most votes advanced to the special live show "Gala Eurovisión", the special live show where the Spanish public would choose both the song and its performers for the Eurovision Song Contest on 20 January 2019. A five-member evaluation committee — consisting of two members representing TVE's management, a member from the digital branch of TVE, and two teachers from ''Operación Triunfos boarding academy — selected seven additional entries from the fourteen remaining songs, "La venda" among them, for "Gala Eurovisión." During "Gala Eurovisión", "La venda" won with 34% of the public vote. As Spain is a member of the " Big Five", the song automatically advanced to the final, which was held on 18 May 2019 in

, Israel. It finished in 22nd place with 54 points: 1 from the professional juries and 53 from the televote.

Live performances

Miki performed the song live for the first time on Gala Eurovisión of '' Operación Triunfo 2018'' on 20 January 2019, where he was selected to represent Spain at the

. Miki performed the song live during the final of the

at the

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, Israel on 18 May 2019.

Music video

The official video of the song, directed by Adrià Pujol and Fèlix Cortés, was filmed on 13 February 2019 at the Mercantic antique market in

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and was released on 7 March 2019.

Critical response

Judy Cantor-Navas of ''

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'' described "La venda" as a "rousing party anthem, the kind of popular Spanish song that typically animates both soccer stadiums and neighborhood festivals" and as a Eurovision entry that "will please the crowd" rather than "depend on the artist's vocal talent to wow the judges and audience voters".

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venda 2019 songs Eurovision songs of 2019 Eurovision songs of Spain Miki Núñez songs Universal Music Spain singles