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In 2002 Gazpacho entered a song contest on Make-A-Star with the song “Sea Of Tranquility” and won. Their second entry, “Ghost” made it to second position, giving the band the opportunity to release an album through MP3.com. This lead the band to release their first official album \u003ci\u003eBravo\u003c\/i\u003e in 2003 - which contained five of the six tracks off the MP3.com album plus six new compositions. Utilising the possibilities of the Internet the band had teamed up with the American singer\/songwriter and fellow Make-A-Star contestee Esther Valentine, and New Zealand producer Peter Kearns. Valentine sang a duet with Ohme on the song Novgorod (which she also co-wrote) and Kearns produced two of the album tracks. 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