His father traveled with him from Teruel to Valencia where David received solfège, guitar and piano classes twice a month.

Shortly afterwards, he made his only appearance on Antena 3's La parodia nacional where, assigned the artist name of "Lolo Pocholo," he once again impersonated Iglesias singing the parodied "Enriquito y su papá."

In 1997, he took part in a new TV show Canciones de nuestra vida, where participants covered old songs, and at the same time he released his first CD Hoy como ayer.

Eventually this led him to meet producer Alejandro Abad, who suggested him to participate in Eurocanción, the TV show used to choose the Spanish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.

At the Eurovision final that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 12 May 2001, he finished in 6th position, which has been surpassed by consequent Spanish representatives only in 2022.

A year later, in 2002, he released the album En cuerpo y alma that sold more than 200,000 copies, and its first single "Qué la detengan" eventually became a summer hit.