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David Civera
David Civera in the 906th episode ofLuar
Background information
Born	David Civera Gracia (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (age 46) Teruel, Spain
Genres	Pop,Latin pop, Rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	ValeMusic Spain

David Civera Gracia (born inTeruel,Aragón, Spain on 8 January 1979) is a Spanish singer.

Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the youngest. David studied Computer Studies and Communications but he preferred music and wanted to sing. His father traveled with him from Teruel toValencia where David received solfège, guitar and piano classes twice a month.

He won a national karaoke TV show and participated in other TV programs (El sur de Jerez,Las estrellas del parque etc.). Then, in 1996, he took part in the TV showLluvia de estrellas, where participants impersonated a fashionable artist. He impersonatedEnrique Iglesias with the song "Experiencia religiosa". He failed to win this program.^[1] However he was told he had his own style. Shortly afterwards, he made his only appearance onAntena 3'sLa parodia nacional where, assigned the artist name of "Lolo Pocholo," he once again impersonated Iglesias singing the parodied "Enriquito y su papá."

In 1997, he took part in a new TV showCanciones de nuestra vida, where participants covered old songs, and at the same time he released his first CDHoy como ayer. However this CD failed to gain commercial success.

Later, he took part in other TV shows too. Eventually this led him to meet producerAlejandro Abad, who suggested him to participate inEurocanción, the TV show used to choose the Spanish representative for theEurovision Song Contest 2001. He accepted and on 23 February 2001, he was chosen to represent Spain in theEurovision Song Contest with the song "Dile que la quiero" (Tell Her That I Love Her).

At the Eurovision final that took place inCopenhagen,Denmark on 12 May 2001, he finished in 6th position, which has been surpassed by consequent Spanish representatives only in2022.

He released a new album titledDile que la quiero, which achieved a great success. A year later, in 2002, he released the albumEn cuerpo y alma that sold more than 200,000 copies, and its first single "Qué la detengan" eventually became a summer hit. In 2003, he went toNew Orleans to record a new album,La Chiqui Big Band. This album included two new hits, "Bye Bye" and "Rosa y espinas". The latter was a duet withDavid Bisbal.

2004 was a relatively quiet year for Civera, but he released a concert DVD among other things.

In 2005, he releasedPerdóname, atango-inspired album. The same year, Civera participated in¡Mira quién baila! (Spanish version ofDancing with the Stars). Civera won this competition and donated the monetary prize to patients withAlzheimer's disease.

In 2006 he released the albumNi el primero ni el último, which contained mostly ballads and a few dance songs. The first single was "El orgullo y la Visa".

In 2007 he published the albumNo bastará, where there was an evolution to pop. In 2009 he releasedPodemos elegir.

He got married in 2007 with his girlfriend Ana María Benedi. They had been together since they were teenagers. In 2011 they had their first son, Daniel.

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