Miguel "Miki" Núñez Pozo (born 6 January 1996) is a Spanish singer from

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. He gained national recognition after placing sixth in series ten of the reality television talent competition ''

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.'' Núñez consequently represented Spain at the

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in 2019, with the song "

La Venda "La venda" (; ) is a song performed by Spanish singer Miki and written by Adrià Salas, who is the lead vocalist of the Latin Grammy-nominated band La Pegatina. The song represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It fin ...

". The singer would release two studio albums afterwards through

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, ''

Amuza ''Amuza'' (Esperanto for "fun") is the debut studio album by Spanish singer Miki Núñez. The album was released through Universal Music Group, Universal Music Spain on 13 September 2019. The 13-track album includes songs in Spanish and Catalan la ...

'' (2019) and ''Iceberg'' (2020) to great commercial success.

Career

2018–2019: ''Operación Triunfo'' and Eurovision Song Contest

Before ''Operación Triunfo'', Miki studied guitar and piano, as well as a degree in Primary education teaching. He also was a vocalist in cover band Dalton Bang, with whom he toured Catalonia performing. In 2018, Miki auditioned for the tenth series of ''

'', being one of the 18 contestants selected for the opening gala, and making it to the semi-finals en route to finishing in sixth place. Miki was then one of the 13 ''Operación Triunfo'' contestants allocated songs for the show's side competition to choose Spain's entrant in the

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. He was given a total of three songs: "Nadie se salva", a duet with Natalia Lacunza, and solo songs "El equilibrio" and "

La venda "La venda" (; ) is a song performed by Spanish singer Miki and written by Adrià Salas, who is the lead vocalist of the Latin Grammy-nominated band La Pegatina. The song represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It fin ...

". While "El equilibrio" failed to make the first cut, "Nadie se salva" and "La venda" advanced to the Eurovision Gala, making him and Lacunza the only contestants with more than one song to perform in the national final. On 20 January 2019, Miki received the 34% by audience vote and was selected to represent

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "", performed by Miki and written by Adrià Salas. The Spanish broadcaster (TVE) used the tenth series of reality television talent competition as the platform to select the ...

with "La venda". Miki was the last to perform at the Eurovision final, held on 18 May 2019 in

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries with 54 points: 1 from the professional juries and 53 from the televote.

2019: ''Amuza''

Núñez released a single titled "

Celébrate "Celébrate" () is a song by Spanish singer Miki Núñez. It was released as a single on 28 June 2019 by Universal Music Group, Universal Music Spain as the first single from Nuñez's debut studio album ''Amuza'', released on 13 September 2019. Th ...

" on 28 June 2019. The single preceded the release of his first studio album, titled ''

'', on 13 September 2019. It debuted at number one on the

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. The release of the album was followed by the same-titled tour in fourteen cities across Spain.

2020–present: ''Iceberg'' and television projects

On 8 May 2020, Núñez released a single titled " Me Vale". The song was included in his second studio album, titled ''Iceberg'', that was released on 20 November 2020 and debuted at number four on the Spanish Albums Chart. In October 2020, Núñez debuted as television presenter for the TV3 reality television music competition ''Cover''. In 2022, he hosted another TV3 music talent show, '' Eufòria''. Also in 2022,

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announced Núñez as the host for the online casting of ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

Los 40 Music Awards

References

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