Daniel Diges

Daniel Diges at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo (2010)

Daniel Diges García (born January 17, 1981 in Alcalá de Henares , Madrid ) is a Spanish actor and singer. He represented his home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo .

biography

Daniel Diges was born in 1981 as Daniel Diges García in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid , where he grew up and joined the Teatro Escuela Libre de Alcalá de Henares (TELA). He was discovered as a model for the advertising industry and drew attention to himself in the 1990s through roles in Spanish television series, including the part of Gato in several hundred episodes of the youth series Nada es para siempre by Antena 3 (1999-2000). This was followed by recurring roles in the series Max clan (2003-2004) and Aquí no hay quien viva (2005).

From 2006 Diges turned to the theater as a musical performer and appeared in Hoy no me puedo levantar , a production about the Spanish pop band Mecano . In 2007 this was followed by an engagement for the Spanish version of the Queen musical We Will Rock You , in 2008 the lead role of Troy Bolton for months alongside Macarena García de la Camacha (Gabriella Montez) in the Spanish musical version of the film High School Musical . From 2009 Diges hatched for the musical Mamma Mia! in the role of Sky and was awarded the National Theater Prize of Spain for his performance as a musical performer that same year. In 2010 Diges was a participant in the Spanish preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Although he had initially turned down an appearance at the Song Contest, he immediately changed his mind when he heard the later competition entry , the modern Spanish-language waltz Algo pequeñito ( German : "Something tiny") for the first time. This song made it into the ten most popular titles in an online voting. He then appeared in the television show Destino Oslo organized by TVE1 at the end of February , received the most votes from the audience and the jury and prevailed against his nine competitors, including former ESC participant Anabel Conde .

With the song written and composed by himself, Jesús Cañadilla, Luis Miguel de la Varga and Alberto Jodar, Diges was automatically set for the ESC final on May 29, 2010. Diges described the title as "a perfect song to turn it into a mini-musical because it tells a story" . Starting in second place in the final, the Spaniard Jaume Marquet i Cot Diges, known as “ Jimmy Jump ” , disturbed the performance, who joined the four-piece ballet and danced. Diges was then given the opportunity to appear again at the end of the starting field and ultimately reached 15th place.

In mid-May 2010 he released the album Daniel Diges with Warner Music , which, in addition to cover titles by Billy Joel and Robbie Williams, also contained five self-written songs. The album stayed in the Spanish charts for ten weeks, where it reached number six.

After participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, a leading role followed in mid-November 2010 in the Spanish-language production of Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical Les Misérables . It was a new revision under the title Los Miserables at the Madrid Teatro Lope de Vega.

Daniel Diges has one son. He plays the piano and one of his hobbies is reading.

TV Shows

• 1999–2000: Nada es para siempre
• 2001-2003: Megatrix
• 2003-2004: Max clan
• 2005: Aquí no hay quien viva

Musicals

• 2006: Hoy no me puedo levantar
• 2007: We Will Rock You
• 2008–2009: High School Musical
• 2009–2010: Mamma Mia!
• 2010: Los Miserables

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Daniel Diges   IT 6th 05/23/2010 (10 weeks) ¿Donde estabas do en los 70?   IT 13 02/05/2012 (13 weeks) Quiero   IT 13 05/04/2014 (2 weeks) Broadway Street   IT 45 December 06, 2015 (3 weeks)

Singles

Algo pequeñito   IT 5 04/18/2010 (15 weeks)

Discography

Albums

• Daniel Diges (2010)
• ¿Donde estabas do en los 70? (2012)
• Quiero (2014)
• Calle Broadway (2015)

Singles

• Algo pequeñito (2010)

Awards

• 2009: Premio Nacional de Teatro as Best Musical Performer

swell

1. ^ Daniel Diges, el actor de musicales que nos representará en Eurovisión at rtve.es, February 23, 2010 (accessed on May 29, 2010)
2. ↑ EFE : Todo listo para estrenar "High School Musical" que llega en Madrid en octubre . January 21, 2008, Madrid (accessed via LexisNexis Wirtschaft )
3. ↑ Biography ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at danieldiges.com (Spanish; accessed May 29, 2010)  
4. ↑ myjmk.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} EFE: Daniel Diges triunfa en una gala eurovisiva con polémica y sorpresa . February 23, 2010, Madrid (accessed via eldia.es on June 1, 2010)
6. ↑ ^{a b} EFE: Daniel Diges: "Si quedo el último en Eurovisión me voy de España"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . February 25, 2010, Madrid (accessed via adn.es on June 1, 2010)  
7. ↑ Eurovision 2010: Spain is allowed to sing twice ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at rp-online.de, May 29, 2010 (accessed May 30, 2010) 
8. ↑ EFE: Daniel Diges: "Cada canción la preparo como un monólogo"  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . May 17, 2010, Madrid (accessed via noticiasdevarra.es on June 1, 2010)  
9. ↑ Milagros, Martín-Lunas: 'Los miserables', primera división . In: El Mundo, November 17, 2010, p. 10
10. ↑ Portrait ( memento from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at eurovision.ndr.de (accessed on May 29, 2010)
11. ↑ ^{a b} Profile at spanishcharts.com (accessed on June 6, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Daniel Diges  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Spanish)
• Portrait at rtve.es (Spanish)
• Profile at eurovision.tv (English)
• Daniel Diges in the Internet Movie Database (English)