This is how Anabel Conde is today, the young woman who came second in Eurovision and whom everyone talks about after Chanel's position

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Since the Cuban-Spanish

(31) got, 72 hours ago,

one of the names that has sounded the most is that of the singer

(46).

And it is that the penultimate time that Spain climbed on the podium was

when the one from Fuengirola reached

with the song

A ballad considered "slow and repetitive", but which -despite its monotonous rhythm- achieved

at the Point Theater in Dublin.

"At first, I didn't like the song.

I liked American music, so I didn't see it as very much for me. But, over time, I've said it was a success, because it is a

I also added contributions to it and I think that, in the end, it was the perfect song to hook the public", he confessed to El Confidencial, in May 2020, in one of the

he has granted During the last years.

And it is that, today, Anabel is not immersed in the world of music.

After her unexpected (almost) triumph in Eurovision, the

from Malaga managed to start a musical career and publish

called

.

However, her bad luck and her young age derailed what could have been a brilliant career.

"Before going to Eurovision, I had never really done anything. But the contest helped me and

... But then I had

and the people around me and I decided to get away from it a bit. what music was", he revealed this year to RTVE.

However, Conde not only had problems with the people he worked with, but also with his own popularity.

"Sometimes,

because I went from being an anonymous person to everyone looking at me on the street or elbowing each other when I passed. Anyway, I wasn't that famous either and

said in January.

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As a result, Conde has tried to

In fact, despite achieving a higher position than other iconic Eurovisionists -such as Rosa López or Pastora Soler-, Anabel

on the subject.

And not because she denies the contest.

On the contrary, she has tried

For example, in 2000, when she participated in the

she along with David Domínguez.

Even so, the woman from Fuengirola was not ready to say goodbye, so in 2005 she tried to

with the song

.

But she, unfortunately, was not chosen and she had to settle for being part

but as a chorister.

"The song was

and I recorded the demo myself. At first, they wanted me to sing it, but the rules of the contest did not allow it, because the participants had to live in the country for two years," he said later.

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However, none of this stopped the singer, who - after being rejected, again, by RTVE -

composer

asked me for permission to present it to the contest ... And I thought it was something impossible, so I said yes, without expecting anything," he mentioned, a few years ago, to ESCTimes radio.

Although Anabel did have to admit that her next proposal was not exactly "casual" or "unexpected".

In 2009, Anabel acted

in the RTVE pre-selection, together with Roel, with the song

, which gave her the impetus to re-

with the song

.

Of course, at that point, Anabel Conde was already one of the

who voted for her without hesitation.

But, despite her notoriety, the artist did not make it to Oslo.

"To be honest, in that pre-selection I didn't feel like winning and I was very lucky because

she told Bluper.

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From that moment on, Anabel parked her Eurovision career and tried to forge her own path.

She released an album in 2014, founded a show

called FestiBand and, finally, chose to dedicate herself, to which she says, she is her great passion:

"I decided to become a teacher, because I had always been excited, since I was little. I really like children and I really like singing to them. Sometimes, they ask me to play the video of

.... And I'm very happy.

said at the Benidorm Fest this winter.

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