page_title: 2013 Viña del Mar International Song Festival
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Viña del Mar International Song Festival / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Elton John attending the premiere of The Union at the Tribeca Film Festival.
context_page_description: The Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2013 was held from February 24, 2013 until Friday March 1, 2013. The musical event was broadcast via Chilean TV channel Chilevisión. The hosts of the event were Rafael Araneda and Eva Gómez.
  The event was broadcast in Chile via Chilevisión and Chilevisión HD, and internationally via A&E for Latin America, TV Azteca for Mexico and Paravisión in Paraguay.
context_section_description: The musical performers for the main show were announced on August 17, 2012. These included the Chilean acts 31 Minutos and Los Prisioneros former front man Jorge González. Urban and Reggaeton musician Daddy Yankee who celebrates a huge success this year in the country with hits like "Limbo", "Lovumba" and "Pasarela" all of those were top 5 in Chilean charts. Another artist presented was Spanish Miguel Bosé; he was promoting his latest album titled Papitwo which includes the song "Aire Soy" with Ximena Sariñana, this song had a moderate success on the national charts peaking inside top 20. Also was confirmed as part of the judges the Mexican singer Gloria Trevi. On August 29, 2012, the municipality and Chilevisión confirmed the band Maná as part of the show, this is the third time they performs live in this stage, the last time was in 2003.
  September 7, 2012, new musical acts were confirmed to perform live in the show, they are Jonas Brothers who back to reunite to performs together after a hiatus in their career. The Chilean Francisca Valenzuela as part of the judges and the main show, she had a success year with her album Buen Soldado certified gold in Chile and hit singles topping the charts like "Quiero Verte Más" and "Buen Soldado". Romeo Santos back to the stage this time in his own, after his debut in this stage with his band Aventura in 2011. Also were announced the tropical sensation La Sonora de Tommy Rey, and the humoristic shows by Memo Bunke, Los Atletas de La Risa and Hermógenes con H. On September 29, 2012, sir Elton John was confirmed for the festival, this mark his first time in this show and is one of the most important artist for the event this year. Also these day Spanish new artist Pablo Alborán was announced as judge for the competition, he comes with a huge pop hits like the song "Solamente Tu" which peaked at number 2 in the Chilean charts the past year.
  The latest confirmed were the Argentinian band Los Autenticos Decadentes and reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, they have actually on radios one of the hottest track of the summer, "Algo Me Gusta de Ti". Both of them are scheduled to perform in the last day of the festival.
  Day 2 of the festival with the performers Romeo Santos and Daddy Yankee was the first night sold out after the sale of tickets.
caption: Elton John for first time will be performing in the festival.
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