Alvaro Estrella

Alvaro Raul Estrella Zapata (born 14 August 1980) is a Swedish singer and dancer with Chilean origin who has participated twice in Melodifestivalen, the selection process for picking the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Alvaro Estrella
Background information
Birth nameAlvaro Raul Estrella Zapata
Born (1980-08-14) 14 August 1980
Stockholm, Sweden
OriginChile
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, dancer
LabelsX-Level, Universal Music

In 2014 he competed with the song "Bedroom" written by Jakke Erixson, Jon Bordon, Loren Francis, Kristofer Östergren.[1][2] He sang in the first semi-final in Malmö but he didn't pass to the final, taking the 6th place.

Estrella has also appeared as dancer for many years in the Melodifestivalen contest including for singer Danny Saucedo in Saucedo's song "Amazing" in 2012.

He participated in Melodifestivalen 2020 with the song "Vamos Amigos" along with Mendez.[3] The song reached the finale through the Second Chance round and ended up in eleventh place, scoring a total of 40 points.[4]

He will participate in Melodifestivalen 2021.[5]

Discography

Singles
Single Year Peak positions Album
SWE
[6]
"Bedroom" 2014 51 Non-album single
"All In My Head" —
"Side x Side" 2016 —
"Taking You Home" 2018 —
"Weekend Lover" 2019 —
"Vamos Amigos"
(Mendez featuring Alvaro Estrella)		 2020 12
"Mistletoe" —

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2014-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/alvaro-estrella-om-sextexten-i-melodifestivalen-2014-passion-och-busighet
  3. Favoriterna stod pall i Andra chansen Expressen Retrieved 4 March 2020
  4. Thornéus, Ebba; Demirian, Natalie; Ek, Torbjörn (7 March 2020). "The Mamas vinner Melodifestivalen 2020". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "LISTA: De tävlar i Melodifestivalen 2021". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. "Alvaro Estrella discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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