Amaia Romero
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Amaia and Alfred posing at the Eurovision Pre-Party in Madrid in April 2018
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Amaia Romero Arbizu |
| Born |
3 January 1999 Pamplona, Spain |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Associated acts | Alfred García · Aitana |
Amaia Romero Arbizu (born 3 January 1999) is a Spanish singer. She gained national recognition when she took part in series nine of the reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo, which she won, and will also represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, along with Alfred García, with the song "Tu canción".
Romero was born on 3 January 1999 in Pamplona, Navarre.
Daughter of Ángel Romero and Javiera Arbizu, Romero belongs to a family of musicians. Her uncle, Joaquín Romero, was the manager of the concert choir from 2008 until 2016, as well as of the Pablo Sarasate Orchestra for two years. It was his uncle who discovered that as a child, Romero had absolute pitch.
On her mother's side, Romero is the niece of Carmen Arbizu, professor of singing at the since 1990. Romero is in the last year of studying for a degree in piano at this conservatory.
In 2010, Romero participated in the children's talent show Cántame una canción on Telecinco, where she sang alongside David Civera and Sergio Rivero, the winner of the fourth series of Operación Triunfo. In 2011, she was the winner of a scholarship to Rock Camp 2011, and participated in the camp in 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, she took part in series one of the talent show El Número Uno on Antena 3, qualifying for the show performing The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" with her ukelele. She was eliminated in week six of the series. The jury in the show was made up of David Bustamante, Ana Torroja, Miguel Bosé, Natalia Jiménez and Mónica Naranjo. Romero and Naranjo would meet again on series nine of Operación Triunfo, as Naranjo went on to be part of the jury.
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