Chema Purón

José María Purón Picatoste (born 24 March 1951), better known as Chema Purón is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and music producer. As a singer-songwriter he has recorded four albums. As a songwriter, he has written songs for many artists, and has won the OTI Festival twice and the Viña del Mar International Song Festival once.

As a singer-songwriter he represented Spain in the OTI Festival 1978 with the song "" placing fifth. As a songwriter he represented Spain in the OTI Festival three more times, winning in 1992 with "" performed by , and in 1996 with "", co-written with and performed by Anabel Russ. As a songwriter he also in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: in with "" performed by Anabel Conde, and in with "" performed by Serafín Zubiri.

Career Chema Purón recorded four albums as singer-songwriter, but from 1982 onwards he devoted himself entirely to writing songs for other artists such as José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Nana Mouskouri, and Paloma San Basilio.

In 1978, (TVE) internally selected the song "", written by Purón, as its entry for the OTI Festival 1978. He performed the song himself at the festival and placed fifth, with 18 points, tying with the song from Panama. TVE internally selected three other songs written by him as its entries in subsequent OTI Festivals: in the OTI Festival 1992, the song "" performed by won the festival; in the OTI Festival 1994, the song "" performed by Ana María placed second; and in the OTI Festival 1996 the song "", co-written with and performed by Anabel Russ, also won the festival. As a songwriter he also represented the Dominican Republic in the OTI Festival 1987 with the song "", co-written with and performed by Julio Sabala.

In 1995, TVE internally selected "", written by Purón and performed by Anabel Conde as for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. At the contest, the song received 119 points, placed second, and was the best result for Spain in the contest since . In 2000, he submitted the song "" to , the national final organised by TVE to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The song, performed by Serafín Zubiri won the national final, and represented Spain in Eurovision, where it placed eighteenth, with 18 points, tying with the song from .

In 2003, the song "", written by Purón and performed by Gisela, participated in the of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. The song won the international competition, and Gisela won the best performer award.

He was nominated for the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.

Discography (1977) (1978) (1980) (1982) (1993) (2007)

Song contests + Participations in the OTI festival Year Country Song Performer Songwriter(s) Result 1978 Spain "" Chema Purón 5th 1987 Dominican Republic "" Julio Sabala 1992 Spain "" Chema Purón 1st 1994 "" Ana María Chema Purón 2nd 1996 "" Anabel Russ 1st

+ Participations in the Eurovision Song Contest Year Country Song Performer Songwriter Result 1995 "" Anabel Conde Chema Purón 2nd 2000 "" Serafín Zubiri Chema Purón 18th

+ Participations in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival Year Country Song Performer Songwriter Result "" Gisela Chema Purón 1st