Who is st. Pedro, the favorite of the Benidorm Fest: backed by Juanes and the manager who promoted Rosalía

He Benidorm Fest 2024 has a clear favorite for the final victory in the gala that La 1 broadcasts this Saturday at 10:00 p.m. Is st.Pedrothe Canarian contestant who participates with the bolero 'Two strangers'. She won the second semi-final, with 164 points, and is at the highest of all polls. Of course, you will have to prevent Jorge gonzalez snatched victory at the last moment. In Nebula y Applesauce They could be other options, but with small probabilities.

Many will have known st. Pedro through the Benidorm Fest, although the singer has a career in the world of music and also in television, because he was a contestant on The voice.

He real name of st. Pedro is Pedro Hernandeza young man from Tenerife 27 years who began studying Classical Percussion at the conservatory. Later, she was part of the group, Neptuno. His life, however, changed when he showed up to The voicein 2017, and went selected by the singer Juanes, with whom he reached the final, but did not win. In fact, he came last.

The advice of Rebeca León, Rosalía's agent

The figure of the Colombian was key in the new direction that the life of st. Pedro. Juanes introduced him in The voice a Rebecca Leon, who was Rosalía's agent and the driving force behind her great success, who advised her not to win that contest. “That happened in the hallways of The Voice! Right in the warehouse where we were filming. I went out to the bathroom for a moment, I ran into Juanes and he introduced me to Rebeca,” she explained in an interview in The world. “There she grabbed me and told me 'don't win this, because we want to work with you'. The thing is that, by contract, whoever won The Voice had to sign with Universal no matter what and make an album with them. And that was not what Rebeca wanted for me, nor what I wanted for myself.. So coming last in the final had its positive side.”

Advised by Rebeca León and Juanes, he moved to Miami and changed his stage name to start from scratch. In 2020 he released his first song as st. Pedro, 'Phone Sex', in collaboration with Alizzz in the production. 'Cerca del Sol', 'Malapami', 'Ven' or 'En la cama' are other proposals that he has launched on the market at this time.

Compete at the Benidorm Fest with the song 'Two Strangers (String Quartet)', a bolero that talks about a past love story that he has not yet forgotten. It is composed of st. Pedro (Pedro Hernández Herrera), Ioné de la Cruz and Nelson Hernández.

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