‘Television talent’: this is how the famous song by Willie Colón was born – Entertainment – Culture

She has no talent, but she is a very good girl
She has a good body and it’s something else
very powerful on tv
She has a butt that causes sensation

She has no talent, but she is a very good girl
She has a good body and it’s something else
very powerful on tv
She has a butt that causes sensation

Thus begins the successful song ‘Talent on television’, by salsa artist Willie Colón, which has more than 190 million views on the platforms. Many, surely, have danced and chanted it without knowing its origin.

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These days, a video is circulating on TikTok, in which it is said that the song is inspired by a well-known Argentine model and television presenter, who apparently was very successful professionally, but when it came to dancing they did not do it so much. good.

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According to the creator of the ‘History of a song’ account, on that social network, the The protagonist of Colón’s song was called Ana González, better known as ‘Yuyito’, and she was the presenter of a program in Venezuela called ‘Super Saturday Sensational’.
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The composer of this song, precisely, was the Venezuelan musician Amilcar Boscán, who was inspired by ‘Yuyito’, when watching the television program, he noticed that when the model was put to dance salsa, the situation was complicated.

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Boscán, very close to Willie Colón’s team, once told them the story of the song, which coincided with the fact that Colón was looking for songs for a new album. Thus, ‘Talent on television’ was chosen, becoming one of the most famous successes of the American singer, of Puerto Rican origin.

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