david began working in orchestra expressions, a popular band in almería. he gradually began to develop as a singer, and to discover his passion for music. having been in the orchestra, david went to the auditions for pop idol, in barcelona, spain. in 2001, he was one of 16 contestants from the first spanish edition of 'idol' contest designed to choose the representative for the festival 'eurovision' of that year. finally he came in second place to rosa lópez. bisbal also performed at eurovision with rosa lópez, david bustamante, chenoa, gisela and geno, in the chorus.