Ricardo Caballero Tostado
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Ricardo Caballero Tostado (born January 19, 1982) is a Mexican singer who was the runner-up of the second season of Latin American Idol
. Ricardo is known as the "Caballero de Mexico".
Caballero was born in the city of Guadalajara
in the state of Jalisco
, located in western Mexico
. He is the only son of Raul Caballero, a performer, and Georgina Tostado Orozco de Caballero a fitness trainer; he has an older paternal half brother. Caballero began singing at bars and hotel lobbies at the age of 17. A year later, he began performing shows with his father. He continued performing in order to help pay for his studies at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, or ITESO, at the Guadalajara
campus from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Marketing.
Ricardo has been the opening performer for concerts for international groups that include: La Quinta Estación and Ha-Ash, among others. He has his own self-titled show,Ricardo Caballero; he is the singer and is accompanied by a band of five additional people. They have toured Mexico.
Latin American Idol
Latin American Idol is the Latin American edition of the popular British franchise of Idols, well-known for its American version American Idol. The show aims to discover the pop idol of the Latin American region...
. Ricardo is known as the "Caballero de Mexico".
Caballero was born in the city of Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
in the state of Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
, located in western Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He is the only son of Raul Caballero, a performer, and Georgina Tostado Orozco de Caballero a fitness trainer; he has an older paternal half brother. Caballero began singing at bars and hotel lobbies at the age of 17. A year later, he began performing shows with his father. He continued performing in order to help pay for his studies at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, or ITESO, at the Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...
campus from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Marketing.
Ricardo has been the opening performer for concerts for international groups that include: La Quinta Estación and Ha-Ash, among others. He has his own self-titled show,Ricardo Caballero; he is the singer and is accompanied by a band of five additional people. They have toured Mexico.
Songs performed in Latin American Idol
- Top 30: "La Fuerza del Corazón" (Alejandro Sanz) - First Workshop
- Top 12: "Volver A Amar" (Cristian Castro) - First Concert
- Top 10: "Detenedla Ya" (Emmanuel) - Second Concert
- Top 8: "Santa Lucía" (Miguel Ríos) - Third Concert
- Top 7: "La Cima del Cielo" (Ricardo Montaner) - Fourth Concert
- Top 6: "Tragedia" (Marc Anthony) - Fifth Concert
- Top 5: "Si Nos Dejan" (José Alfredo Jiménez) - Sixth Concert
- Top 5: "El Viajero" (Luis Miguel) - Sixth Concert
- Top 4: "Si Tu Supieras" (Alejandro Fernández) - Seventh Concert
- Top 4: "¿Y Si Fuera Ella?" (Alejandro Sanz) - Seventh Concert
- Top 3: "La Gota Fría" (Carlos Vives) - Eighth Concert
- Top 3: "No Se Tú" (Armando Manzanero) - Eighth Concert
- "Cada Palabra" (Written for the show) - Ninth Concert - Runner up (09/27/2007)
- "La Fuerza del Corazón" (Alejandro SanzAlejandro SanzAlejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
) - Ninth Concert - Runner up (09/27/2007) - "Con una Canción" (Written for the show) - Ninth Concert - Runner up (09/27/2007)