Gisela

Gisela Lladó Cánovas (born 1 January 1979), known mononymously as Gisela, is a Spanish singer. She was born in El Bruc (Barcelona), Spain, and studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona before becoming famous when she placed eighth in the first edition of Operación Triunfo in 2002. She in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Casanova", failing to qualify to the final. She is the singing voice of the Disney character Elsa in European Spanish and Catalan, and thanks to this, she performed at the 92nd Academy Awards along with other international voices of the character.

Career In 2001–02, Gisela placed eighth in the first edition of Operación Triunfo on (TVE). Her first album, Parte de mí, came out in Spain in 2002, selling 260,000 copies in a few weeks. That year, she was one of the backing singer for Rosa López at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. In 2003, she won the best performer award in the of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival with the song "Este amor es tuyo", written by Chema Purón, which also won the competition.

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 Irene Cara'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.

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 Song Contest 2008

In 2008, (RTVA) internally selected Gisela as its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Casanova". 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 local voice roles for the Disney movies Peter Pan 2 (2002), Beauty and the Beast (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 Castilian Spanish and Catalan, the singing voice of Elsa in Frozen (2013) and in Frozen II (2019) also in Castilian Spanish and Catalan. She was also in The Hairy Tooth Fairy (2006) and its sequel (2008), Snowflake, the White Gorilla (2011) and Serie B (2012), in Castilian Spanish.

On 9 February 2020, Gisela was called to join Idina Menzel, Aurora, and eight more of Elsa's international singing voices to perform the song “Into the Unknown” during the 92nd Academy Awards. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different language: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in Danish, Willemijn Verkaik in German, Takako Matsu in Japanese, Carmen Sarahí in Latin American Spanish, Lisa Stokke in Norwegian, 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 – Los 40 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 Year Single Chart Album ESP UK2002 "Vida" 1 -Parte de mi "Mil noches y una más" 4 - "Ámame ahora y siempre" 10 - "Este amor es tuyo" 18 -2003 "Amor divino" 10 -Más allá / Més enllà "Más allá" / "Més enllà" 9 - "Sola" / "Sola" 1 -2004 "Tengo fe" 6 - "Nadie como tú" 12 -2006 "Turu Turu" 1 -Ni te lo imaginas "Mágica la notte" 62 - "Viviré en tus sueños" 8 (Spanish iTunes Chart) - 2007 "Mi mundo eres tú" - 79 2008 "Casanova" 2 69Casanova - Single 2010 "Vivir la Navidad" - -Vivir la Navidad 2011 "Él es ella" - -Pensando en ti 2011 "De tarde en tarde" - - 2013 "Sugarwood" - - 2017 "Sigue el ritmo" 10 -