Lorena (singer)

Spanish pop singer known artistically as (born 1986)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Gómez and the second or maternal family name is  Pérez.

Lorena

Lorena in 2007

Background information
Birth name| Lorena Gómez Pérez
Born|  (1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 38)
Lleida, Spain
Genres| Pop
Occupation(s)| Singer
Years active| 2006–present
Labels| Sony BMG
Website| Official website

Musical artist

Lorena Gómez Pérez (born 12 April 1986 in Lleida) is a Spanish pop singer known artistically as Lorena.

She was the winner of TV's Spanish language's talent-search program fifth series of Operación Triunfo. In 2007, her debut album, Lorena was released under the Sony BMG label.

## Biography[edit]

### Early years[edit]

She was born on 12 April 1986 in Lleida, Spain. She is the youngest daughter of Paco (police) and Mari (homemaker). She has two older sisters, Sonia and Gemma.

At age 8 performed in a stage for the first time and she never went down of it. For 14 years she was at the Casa de Andalucía of Lleida singing and dancing flamenco, sang in various benefit acts (always as a solo singer) and was component of a gospel choir where she studied vocal training.

In television, Operación Triunfo wasn't her first appearance, she was at age 10 in Menudas Estrellas and Menudo Show, at age 12 in Sabor a ti and at age 16 in Cerca de ti.

She also taken part in different singing competitions: in 2001 was finalist of the Benidorm International Song Festival, in 2003 won Operación Tremp and in 2004 was second in the Concurso Nacional de Coplas.

### Operación Triunfo 2006[edit]

Main article: Operación Triunfo Fifth Series

This program started on 8 October 2006 and, for four months, she was shut in an academy with an adjusted timetable of classes and rehearsals.

In the first part of the program, the show's favorite was chosen by the public, and the jury nominated to leave the academy. In this part, she was, every week, except one, between the four most voted by the public, and was the favorite in the gala (episode) 6. She was nominated by the jury one time, in the gala 9, but she was saved by the teachers.

In the second part of the program, the favorite was chosen by the jury, and the two less voted by the public fought a duel to not leave the academy. During this part, she was elected favorite by the jury 3 times, in the galas 11, 14 and 15. She fought a duel with Moritz in the gala 13 and was saved by the public with 62% of the votes.

In the final gala 16, on 26 January 2007, she was chosen winner of the program with a 50.7% of the votes of the public in front of her top rival, Daniel. For winning the 5th season of the show, Lorena got a record contract with the multinational Sony BMG "label".

### Post Show – Debut album (2007): Lorena[edit]

Main article: Lorena (album)

Once finished the program, and after made the required interviews in television and press as winner of Operación Triunfo, she started the recording of her first album in Sony BMG. The recording of this album was made between February and March 2007 in the Estudios Filigrana at Córdoba, under the direction and production of Manuel Ruiz "Queco".

On 27 March 2007, two months after winning Operación Triunfo, this album, named Lorena was released, the album was an album of personal covers of greatest hits of international artists, with two new songs also included. The album entered and peaked at number 4 of the Spanish Top 100 Albums.

Two singles were released from the album: "Sin Medida" in March 2007 and "Otro Amor Vendrá" in July 2007. Lorena promoted these singles in television, radio and press (National and Autonomic); also she was invited to perform in several galas and events (as the Cup's Soccer Final in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium or the Europride 2007 between others); and she appeared in the TV Series more viewed in Spain: Yo soy Bea.

She started the tour Adelante on 24 March 2007 with her mates in Operación Triunfo 2006. In this tour they performed songs of the TV program and their first single of their albums. The tour was composed of 11 concerts in big precincts in Lleida, Santander, Zaragoza, Madrid, Barcelona, València, Murcia, Fuerteventura, Málaga and Bilbao. The tour finished on 26 May 2007 in Bilbao.

In the summer of 2007 she made a mini-tour presenting the songs of her debut album. The tour started on 16 June 2007 in Lleida as supporting artist of David Bisbal. The tour was composed of 10 concerts in the provinces of Lleida, Lugo, Murcia, Málaga, Asturias, Barcelona, Madrid and Huesca. The tour finished on 12 October 2007 in Fraga (Huesca).

### 2008 – Second-album: De Pelicula[edit]

11 famous movie soundtracks of all time: Maniac, I've had the time of my life, I say a little prayer, I don't want to miss a thing, Eye of the tiger, Footloose, Up where we belong, If you could read my mind, Fame, Think and Save the best for last.

The lead off single is Maniac, which failed to make any impact on the charts, due to the low promotion given on radios and TV shows.

The album was released on 1 April 2008 in Spain, and peaked at a very disappointing #34 on the Spanish Albums Chart, due to the low promotion and the album is another cover-release. The album fell to #57 the following week, rising to #46 the fourth week.

### 2010 – Eurovision[edit]

Lorena competed in the pre-selection of the Spanish entry to the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with her song, "Amor Magico" (Magical Love). She received the second-highest number of votes in the online voting poll and was put through to the final 10 'liveshows' Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Lorena's song "Amor Magico" went on to finish in third place behind strong favorites "En Una Vida" by (Coral Segovia) and eventual winning song "Algo Pequenito" by (Daniel Diges).

### 2013–present (Career in Acting / third studio album)[edit]

Lorena flew to the States to begin work on her acting career and her highly anticipated third studio album. The new record "Esta Vez" will consist a full set of original compositions. The first single of the same name "Esta Vez" was released in 2013. The promo-only non-official second single "Bailar" was released in February 2015.

## Filmography[edit]

Television  Year | Title | Role | Notes

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2007 | Yo soy Bea | Herself | "Álvaro quiere forzar la dimisión de Nacho" (Season 2, Episode 152)
2013 | El rostro de la venganza | Sandra Arriagada | Recurring role
2013 | Marido en alquiler | Gypsy |
2014 | Reina de corazones | Mujer criminal |
2015 | Voltea pa' que te enamores | Arantza | Recurring role

## Discography[edit]

### Albums[edit]

Year  | Title  | Charts  | Sales/certifications

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SPA | EUR
2007  | Lorena

* Published: 27 March 2007 (SPA)

| Sales: 70,000+[1]
Certification: Gold
2008  | De Pelicula

* Published: 1 April 2008 (SPA)

| Sales: 28,000+
Certification: —
2015  | Tba

* Published: 2015 (SPA)

Tba

Tba

| Sales: Tba
Certification: —

### Singles[edit]

Year  | Title  | Album

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2007  | "Sin Medida" [Winner's single]

* Released: March 2007

Lorena

"Otro Amor Vendrá"

* Released: July 2007

Lorena

2008  | "Maniac"

* Released: March 2008

De Pelicula

"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"

* Released: July 2008[2]

De Pelicula

2010  | "Amor Magico"

* Released: Spring 2010

Tba

2011  | "Ets La Millor"

* Released: Summer 2011

Tba

2013  | "Esta Vez"

* Released: 2013

Tba

### Collaborations[edit]

Year  | Album  | Artist  | Song(s)

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2006  | Contigo

* Published: November 2006

| Sergio Rivero |

* "Como Eres"

Adelante

* Published: December 2006

| Operación Triunfo 2006 |

* "Conmigo No Se Juega"
* "All Of Me To You"
* "Nada más en mi Corazón"
* "Como Eres"

2007  | Iniciando Sesion

* Published: April 2007

| Leo |

* "Se Escapan Mis Razones"

## References[edit]

1. ^ Nota de Prensa Canal Sur 22 September 2007 [1] (in Spanish)
2. ^ "Home". lorenaweb.es.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorena Gómez.

* Lorena's Official Site
* Lorena's Fans Club

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Operación Triunfo

Series

Winners / finalists|

| Series 1|

* Rosa López
* David Bisbal
* David Bustamante
* Chenoa
* Manu Tenorio
* Verónica Romero

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Series 2|

* Ainhoa Cantalapiedra
* Manuel Carrasco
* Beth
* Miguel Nández
* Hugo Salazar
* Joan Tena

Series 3|

* Vicente Seguí
* Ramón
* Miguel Cadenas
* Davinia Cuevas
* Mario Martínez
* Leticia Pérez

Series 4|

* Sergio Rivero
* Soraya Arnelas
* Víctor Estévez
* Idaira
* Fran Dieli
* Edurne

Series 5|

* Lorena Gómez
* Daniel Zueras
* Leo Segarra
* Saray Ramírez
* Moritz Weisskopf
* José Galisteo

Series 6|

* Virginia Maestro
* Pablo López
* Chipper Cooke
* Manu Castellano
* Sandra Criado
* Mimi

Series 7|

* Mario Álvarez
* Brenda Mau
* Jon Allende
* Ángel Capel
* Patricia Navarro
* Silvia Parejo

Series 8|

* Nahuel Sachak
* Álex Forriols
* Mario Jefferson
* Alexandra
* Niccó
* Josh

Series 9|

* Amaia Romero
* Aitana Ocaña
* Miriam Rodríguez
* Alfred García
* Ana Guerra
* Agoney Hernández

Series 10|

* Famous Oberogo
* Alba Reche
* Natalia Lacunza
* Sabela Ramil
* Julia Medina
* Miki Núñez

Series 11|

* Nía Correia
* Flavio Fernández
* Eva Barreiro
* Anaju Calavia
* Hugo Cobo
* Maialen Gurbindo

Series 12|

* Naiara Moreno
* Paul Thin
* Ruslana Panchyshyna
* Juanjo Bona
* Lucas Curotto
* Martin Urrutia

Other contestants|

* Àlex Casademunt
* Nuria Fergó
* Gisela
* Naím Thomas
* Natalia Rodríguez
* Tony Santos
* Vega
* Elena Gadel
* Cristie
* Mai Meneses
* Guillermo Martín
* Jorge González
* Mayte Macanás
* Lola Índigo

Hosts|

* Carlos Lozano (series 1–3)
* Jesús Vázquez Martínez (series 4–7)
* Pilar Rubio (series 8)
* Roberto Leal (series 9–11)
* Chenoa (series 12–)

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Note: Finalists shown in order of final ranking from first to sixth. In italics, the winner of each series.

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