Ricardo Caballero Tostado (born January 19, 1982) is a Mexican singer who was the runner-up of the second season of the singing competition series ''
Latin American Idol
''Latin American Idol'' was the Hispanic American edition of the popular British franchise of '' Idols'', well known for its American version ''American Idol''. The show aimed to discover the pop idol of the Hispanic American region. The show was ...
''.
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
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. 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
Ha*Ash is an American Latin pop duo from Lake Charles, Louisiana. The band was formed in 2002 by sisters Hanna Nicole (born 1985) and Ashley Grace (born 1987). The group's name is an portmanteau of letters from their first names. They have rele ...
, 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 on ''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 Sanz) - ''Ninth Concert'' - ''Runner up (09/27/2007)''
#"Con una Canción" (''Written for the show'') - ''Ninth Concert'' - ''Runner up (09/27/2007)''
References
External links
Official website
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1982 births
Latin American Idol participants
Singers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Living people
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican male singers