2023-08-22 00:09:34
At the age of 72, he returns to the stage to sing live and introduce new generations of singers. Paloma San Basilio is the star signing of the second edition of ‘Dúos increíbles’, the successful musical contest on TVE that is already filming the galas for the new season. On this occasion, the public channel chooses the presenters Xavi Martínez and Julia Varela to lead the installments that will bring together veteran voices of music with new artists.
The format, produced by the corporation in collaboration with Grupo Ganga (‘Cuéntame cómo pasó’, ‘HIT’), is the national adaptation of the Chinese program ‘Singing with legends’, a great success in the Asian country that also replicated its good audiences in Spain. It will once again be one of the great entertainment bets for the ‘prime time’ of La 1 and its broadcasts are scheduled to begin in September, coinciding with the new season.
In this way, San Basilio will debut on the television contest after having built a musical career of almost five decades as a singer and actress, which has taken her all over the world and in which she has published more than 30 albums. Among the many awards received, the Grammy for excellence or the Gold Medal of Fine Arts. On the small screen, viewers have been able to enjoy the singer as the Spanish representative of Eurovision in 1985. Her song ‘La fiesta terminó’ was in fourteenth position. She also presented the editions of the OTI Festival that were held in Spain in 1992 and 1993.
San Basilio’s last participation on television was in the Antena 3 contest ‘Mask Singer: Guess who sings’, in which he got into the mask of an angel and sang songs by Dua Lipa or Katy Perry.
The second edition of ‘Incredible Duos’ promises, as they defend from public radio and television, “more live music and more spectacle, without losing the essence” that captivated the public at its premiere: building bridges between artists of different generations and updating with versions surprising music in Spanish of the last decades. In the first season, which was presented by Juan y Medio, the singers Miguel Poveda and Antonio José won, in a final that was followed on La 1 by more than 1.1 million viewers and an 11% share. of screen.
consecrated artists
However, Paloma San Basilio is not the only veteran artist that the program has recruited in its second edition. María del Monte will also participate in the contest, who, in almost forty years of profession and with a long professional career also on television, has published nearly 20 albums. In 1989 she achieved numbers one and two on the charts with ‘Sing to me’ and ‘Kissed the moon’, in addition to receiving up to four platinum records. Likewise, Diana Navarro will also collaborate in this musical show.
Among the male voices, ‘Dúos increíbles’ will feature Carlos Baute, one of the most internationally recognized Latino artists of his generation. There will also be the Argentine singer-songwriter Coti, who formed his first group in 1993 and has shone all over the world with hits like ‘Antes que ver el sol’ or ‘Nothing was a mistake’. He has collaborated with Dani Martín or Andrés Calamaro, and composed for Sergio Dalma, Julieta Venegas, Paulina Rubio or Enrique Iglesias, among others. David de María will also pass by the stage of the TVE program; the former leader of Hombres G, David Summers; and the former vocalist of La Unión, Rafa Sánchez.
‘Incredible duos’ will return to TVE’s programming with the same objective: to pair up artists from different generations so that they compete against each other interpreting great music hits. In the first season, in addition to the winning duo formed by Miguel Poveda and Antonio José, Ana Belén, Antonio Carmona, Carlos Goñi, Diego Torres, Sole Giménez, Víctor Manuel, Ainhoa Arteta and Francisco participated in the poster of veteran artists; and Agoney, Nía, Chema Rivas, Marta Soto, Paul Alone, Yoly Saa and La Cebolla were the other young participating voices.
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