Virginia Labuat (born Virginia Maestro Díaz, September 29, 1982 in Jaén) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and actress.
When she won OT2008, she formed the “Labuat” project, with the music duo The Pinker Tones and publicist Risto Mejide. Risto Mejide is a songwriter for the group, The Pinker Tones are the producers and Virginia contributes mainly with her vocals, although she also writes some of the band’s songs and lyrics.
In 2009, Labuat released their self-titled debut album, who peaked at number 2 on the spanish charts. So far, two singles, “Soy tu aire” and “De Pequeño”, have been released. In May 2009 the band was the opening act for Beyoncé Knowles in Barcelona, during her I Am… Tour.
In March, 2010, during an interview for OperacionTriunfo.com, Virginia Labuat announced that, due to time conflits, the Pinker Tones will not produce the new album, leaving her as the only initial member of the project working on the second album.
The new album will be released in march 2011 and will include her own compositions, in both Spanish and English.
