Roi Méndez Martínez (born 30 September 1993) is a Spanish singer and guitarist.

Biography

Roi Méndez was born in

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on 30 September 1993. He got a

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. He was a member of the Orquesta Olympus, a famous orchestra in Galicia. In 2009 he played in '' My Camp Rock''.

Career

He gained national recognition when he took part in series nine of the reality television music competition ''

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'', where he was the tenth evicted against

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. Throughout the contest he performed several songs, but his duet with the winner Amaia Romero, a cover of "

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" by

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, was considered one of the best performances of the contest and was recorded for Romero's album ''Amaia Romero: Sus canciones''. Once finished the contest, Roi was part of the Spanish ''Operación Triunfo'' tour, performing in such notable venues as the

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in Barcelona, the Olympic Stadium in La Cartuja in

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, and the

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. On 29 June, Roi and the rest of contestants of ''Operación Triunfo 2017'' gave a special charity concert at

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in Madrid, which was attended by 60,000 spectators. He released his first single "Por una vez más" on 15 June 2018. It got more than one millions of views on YouTube. During the ''Operación Triunfo 2017'' tour, Roi performed his debut single "Por una vez más" and "Shape of You" with Amaia Romero. In May 2018 Roi was chosen one of the members of Spanish Eurovision jury during

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. On 10 August 2018 he made a concert in

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with his fellow ''Operación Triunfo 2017'' friends Aitana,

, Cepeda and Miriam Rodríguez. Roi was an opening artist with Cepeda and Miriam Rodríguez of the

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's concert in Barcelona on 10 June 2018. He did a cameo in the second season of the Spanish TV series ''

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'' (2016). Since September 2018, Roi co-hosts the radio show ''Vodafone Yu'' in

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, becoming one of the images of the radio station. A study of network influences revealed that Roi was the most engagement instagramer on 2018 due to his skill to create strong relationships with his followers. On 1 March 2019 he released his second single called "Plumas" and defining it as a modern funky style. The single managed to reach number two on iTunes Spain. On 22 March 2019 Roi released his first full album, ''Mi lógico desorden''. This album entered the Spanish Music Chart with second position and 14 in streaming. The album was during 10 weeks on chart. He appeared along Ana Guerra in the second episode of '' 99 lugares donde pasar miedo'', aired on 4 May 2019 on Discovery MAX, where they visited the

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and

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. On 22 May 2020 Roi released his third single "Aviones de Papel" with Spanish pop rock band Sinsinati, which became one of the 2020 summer songs of

Performances on ''Operación Triunfo''

Personal life

He is a supporter of

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. He is influenced by

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and

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Discography

Singles

Albums

Filmography

Television

Radio

References

External links

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Universal Music Spain website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Roi 1993 births Living people People from Santiago de Compostela Singers from Galicia (Spain) Musicians from Galicia (Spain) English-language singers from Spain Spanish LGBTQ rights activists Operación Triunfo contestants 21st-century Spanish singers 21st-century Spanish male singers