Son de Sol

Son de Sol (in English, "Sound of the Sun") is a Spanish flamenco-pop band, made up of three sisters (Sole, Esperanza and Lola) from Écija, Seville, Andalucía. The trio was selected to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, to be held in Kyiv, although they only obtained the 21st position.

In the national pre-selection contest, broadcast by TVE on the 4 and 5 March, 2005, the group's song "Brujería" ("Witchcraft") secured 24.2% of the vote, placing them ahead of the hot favourites Las Supremas de Móstoles by a margin of just 2.4%. The song was produced by Manuel Ruiz (aka Queco), who was also responsible for The Ketchup Song, a massive international hit.

Due to Spain's role as one of the leading financial contributors to the Eurovision Song Contest, Son de Sol were one of fourteen entries with a bye directly into the grand final in Kyiv on 21 May, in which they also competed against ten qualifiers from the semi-final.

Discography

* "De Fiesta Por Sevillanas" (1999)
* "Callejuela" (2002)
* "Brujería" (April, 2005)
* "Directo a ti" (April, 2008)

Son de Sol have not been very successful in Spain, reaching in their first album De Fiesta Por Sevillanas #3569 in Spanish Album Charts, just selling less than 100 copies. With Callejuela they reached the #1025 in Spain. After this very disappointing charts results, their record company dropped Son de Sol, and in 2005, Son de Sol decided to release their 3rd album with RTVE Records (TVE Records Company) called Brujería, the record company which take the group to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 - Kiev. Son de Sol got in Eurovision Song Contest a disappointing 21st Place, and then, RTVE Records decided to not release a second single and dropped the Spanish-girl-band out.

External links

* [http://www.doteurovision.com/phpnews/news.php?action=fullnews&id=662 DotEurovision.com] , "Son de Sol shine in Spanish Eurovision final."
* [http://www.sondesol.net Official Site]