Marian van de Wal

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Marian van de Wal (born January 21, 1970, Vianen) was the representative of Andorra at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine.

Originally from the Netherlands, Marian runs a small hotel in the Andorran town of L'Aldosa. She entered Eurocasting 2005, and was one of three finalists selected to go to the small country's national final.

On 18 December 2004, in Andorra La Vella, she won the right to sing for Andorra over Mar Capdevila and Ishtar Ruiz.

Then, on 22 January 2005, in Sant Julia de Loria, Marian sang three possible songs to represent Andorra, and one of those songs was to be selected by a mix of SMS vote and a "professional" jury. The three songs were "No Demanis (Don't ask)", "Dóna'm La Pau (Give Me Peace)", and "La Mirada Interior (The Inner Glance)". La Mirada won, and therefore represented Andorra in Kiev.

Marian failed to qualify for the grand final, despite an impressive performance in the semi final, during which she was accompanied by backing vocals from Anabel Conde, who ended second for Spain at the 1995 contest.

She announced the Andorran votes for RTVA at the Eurovision 2007 final.

Some ESC fans love her very much as a goddess, they call her "El Cavall" (the horse), the goddess that came to the world to give it peace, light and harmony (pau, llum i harmonia, in Catalan, like in the song). They also see Rafael Artesero as a guru.

Preceded by Marta Roure

Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Succeeded by Jenny