Gisela Lladó Cánovas (born 1 January 1979), known mononymously as Gisela, is a Spanish pop singer and voice actress. She was born in El Bruc (

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), in

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, Spain and studied

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at the

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before becoming famous after placing eighth in the first Spanish edition of ''

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'' in 2001. She is also known for representing

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in the

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Career after Operación Triunfo

Her first album, ''Parte De Mí'', came out in Spain in 2002, selling 260,000 copies in a few weeks. That year she also performed at the

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as a backing singer for her friend

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. In 2003, she won the award for best voice in the

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and she won the competition with the song ''Este Amor Es Tuyo''. Her second album in 2003, ''Más Allá'' has five singles, including ''Más Allá'' (and Catalan version: Més enllà), the No.1 ''Sola'' and ''Amor Divino''. Also in 2003, her version of

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's "What a Feeling" was included in a commercial in the United Kingdom. Her father, Salvador Lladó Piquer (1940–2019) died of cancer in Barcelona. Her manager is her older brother, Joan. In 2020, Gisela performed live at

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in Los Ángeles, performing the

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part of the song Into The Unknown from

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''Ni te lo imaginas''

Her third album, ''Ni te lo imaginas'', came out in 2006, under a new record label (Filmax, rather than Vale Music). There were four singles off the album, the first and the third becoming Gisela's most successful so far in her career. The first was ''Turu-Turu'', a pop ballad reaching No.1 in Spain on its second week. Filmax released a Special Edition version of the album, including two new songs, the first called ''Mi mundo eres tú'' and the second, ''Viviré en tus sueños''.

Eurovision 2008

Gisela was confirmed as the

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with the song "

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". She competed in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008. She failed to get through to the final, placing 16th of 19 entries with 22 points. Although this result, she still managed success on the music charts reaching No.2 in Spain.

Filmography

Gisela has performed regional voice roles for the Disney movies '' Peter Pan 2'' (2002), ''

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'' (2003), the singing voice of Erika in '' Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper'' (2004), the singing voice of Giselle in '' Enchanted'' (2007) in both

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, the singing voice of Elsa in '' Frozen'' (2013) and in ''

'' also in Castilian Spanish and Catalan. She was also in '' The Hairy Tooth Fairy'' (2006) and its sequel (2008), ''

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'' (2011) and ''Serie B'' (2012), in Castilian Spanish. On 9 February 2020, Gisela was called to join

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and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform the song “ Into the Unknown” during the

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. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different language: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in Danish,

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in Japanese, Carmen Sarahí in

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, Kasia Łaska in Polish, Anna Buturlina in Russian, Gisela in European Spanish and Gam Wichayanee in Thai.

Musical Theatre

* 2002–2003 – Peter Pan, el musical * 2004–2006 – El diluvio que viene * 2007–2008 – Boscos Endins * 2008–2009 – Aloma * 2009–2010 – Grease * 2010–2011 – 40 Principales: El musical * 2011–2013 – Érase una vez el musical / Un mundo mágico / El reino encantado * 2012–2013 – Esta noche no estoy para nadie * 2013–present – Gisela y el libro mágico * 2017 – La Bella Helena * 2017 – Nit de musicals

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisela 1979 births Living people Star Academy participants Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Andorra Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008 Singers from Barcelona 21st-century Spanish singers 21st-century Spanish women singers