Aitana (singer)

Aitana
Aitana (left) on El hormiguero with Ana Guerra
Background information
Birth name	Aitana Ocaña Morales
Also known as	Aitana Ocaña
Born	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 18) Sant Climent de Llobregat, Spain
Occupation(s)	Singer

Aitana Ocaña Morales (born 27 June 1999), better known as simply Aitana, is a Spanish singer. She gained national recognition when she took part in series nine of the reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo, where she was the runner-up.

Aitana Ocaña Morales was born in Barcelona on June 27, 1999 to Cosme Ocaña and Belén Morales. They reside in Sant Climent de Llobregat, Catalonia.. In 2017, she completed bachillerato and intended to study design, but after taking selectividad, she visited Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid, where the auditions for Operación Triunfo were being held, and eventually she was selected for season nine.

In 2014, Aitana began to share cover versions of popular songs on YouTube. In the same year she composed her first original songs and some of them were recorded in a recording studio, like "Laws About Me", which was uploaded to YouTube on August 11, 2015.

She gained national recognition when she took part in series nine of the reality television music competition Operación Triunfo, where she was the runner-up, after Amaia Romero. Aitana also opted to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the songs "Arde", which she performed solo, and "Lo malo", composed by Brisa Fenoy and which she performed in a duet with Ana Guerra; the former song finished in second place and the latter finished third. Nevertheless, "Lo malo" went on to become a number-one hit on the Spanish Singles Chart and received a platinum certification.