please someone tell me what is going on in operacion triunfo or tell me how i can find out from the states. I left before it finished and i'm interested in what's going on. thanks. sriman14@hotmail.com

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

Hi Sriman14,

Quick recap of last night's show:

-They chose Alex over Juan to re-enter the academy as a 'regalo de Reyes'. (Thank God!)
-Later, they nominated Naím and Alex, so one of them is leaving next Monday.
-Rosa forgot some of the lyrics in the middle of her performance, and cried a lot afterwards!
-The Disney Company chose Gisela, out of the five remaining girls, to sing the Spanish version of a song from their next movie release.
-We got to watch how they changed their looks for the new Year's Eve party at the academy(also them eating the grapes!); and the 'inocentada' they suffered on the 28 of December.
-During the live show, they surprised singer Rosario Flores(daughter of Lola Flores), singing her song 'Qué bonito....' for her.
-Also, now there's an Operación Triunfo TVchannel(in Via Digital probably).


Their official webpage is: www.portalmix.com/triunfo/

pim, thanks for that link to their official website. Another I found (mirror site) @ http://www.operaciontriunfo.com/triunfo/

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

I'm guessing this is like a Spanish version of "Pop Stars". Looking at the web site, it seems more involved than the American version.

My mother in Law came in from the Canary Islands and brought with her the cd of operacion triunfo, esta q' te cambas. There are a lot of awesome songs on it and they are all indeed very good singers!

Just two quick comments to show how successful is being this TV programme.

They have sold 1,000,000 copies of the Operacion Triunfo CD so far (this is a huge number for a country like Spain).

They have sold 210,000 Operación Triunfo videos in just 1 week!!!.

It is Monday 5:30 in the afternoon here in Los Angeles and I am watching Operacion Triunfo on TV.
I have DirecTV satelite system , and I had purchaced "Para todos" package that includes more than 50 channels in English and 22 channels in Spanish and one of those is one channel from Spain, Television Española Internacional . the channel I am watching right now.
I pay 35 dollars per month.
my brother has the other system Dish Network and only receive Spanish channels and pay 21 dollars.
You can get the receiver, antenna, and the instalation for free if you choose the package "Para Todos" for one year.

Rafael

[ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

Who is going to get the spot in Eurovision? The show ends in February, so its getting close to the moment of truth. I think Gisela, Disney recently hired her to sing the Castellano version of an upcoming movie, is the most dynamic on stage. David Bisbal has the better voice, but I am partial to the pretty girl with the great stage precence. Are there any other insightful opinions?
BTW, The song "Mi Música Es Tu Voz" is a nice song, but it is played nonstop here. I like choclate cake, but I don´t need to eat it every 20 minutes.

The one I like best is Bisbal. But ... Manu is improving a lot and now, he is my second choice. On third position I'd choose Chenoa.

So ...
1st: Bisbal
2nd: Manu
3rd: Chenoa

Shawn, I'm curious, who's in your opinion the pretty girl? They're all quite pretty! Is it Nuria?, she's indeed a good representative for "Spanish beauty" (specially southern).
I love Rosa and HER VOICE, although I didn't like her at the very begginning when she cried so much, poor thing! (Which is why I'm not very fond of D. Bustamante! :))

Bisbal is not so bad either....

I love Veronica's personality.

Isn't it strange? Most Spaniards talk about them as if they were our relatives or neighbors!