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  • Question: Favorite Male Artist:
  • Answer: Michael Bublé
  • Question: Favorite Female Artist:
  • Answer: Celine Dion
  • Question: Do you have a favorite quote or personal motto?
  • Answer: Be Yourself.
  • Question: When did you first start to sing?
  • Answer: I started singing at the age of 12 in middle school in Guaymas, Mexico. My music teacher made me sing.
  • Question: Do you have any formal singing training?
  • Answer: No
  • Question: What other talents do you have?
  • Answer: I play the guitar. I'm learning to play the piano.
  • Question: What has been the most unique job/chore you've ever had?
  • Answer: I had to raise money for charity in the middle of main streets in Hermosillo, Mexico.
  • Question: What are your personal goals in life?
  • Answer: I want to be a successful singer, I want to be in musical theater, I want to be on a TV series, and I want to be a father.
  • Question: What music would your friends be surprised you own?
  • Answer: They would be surprised to know I have rap music in my iPod.
  • Question: Do you have any rituals or things you do before you perform?
  • Answer: I pray and I start shaking my legs and arms around to release nerves.
  • Question: What's your most embarrassing moment?
  • Answer: One day I was walking up the stairs in school and tripped so hard, I just kept walking and didn't see anyone.
  • Question: What's your proudest moment?
  • Answer: The day I made it to the Top 24 on American Idol.
  • Question: If you couldn't sing, which talent would you most like to have?
  • Answer: I would love to play the piano.
  • Question: What would people be surprised to learn about you?
  • Answer: I was fat in middle school.
  • Question: What have you learned (about yourself) by going through the Idol audition process?
  • Answer: That I'm a stronger person than I thought I was.
  • Question: How do you plan on differentiating yourself in the competition?
  • Answer: I just want to be myself. I believe that's the key.
  • Question: Who are your musical influences?
  • Answer: Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé, The Beatles.
  • Question: If you have 24 hours to do anything you wanted, what would you do?
  • Answer: I would perform in "RENT", the musical.
  • Question: Who is the person that you would most like to meet?
  • Answer: Celine Dion
  • Question: Of the past 8 seasons, who's been your favorite Idol contestant thus far?
  • Answer: Carrie Underwood
  • Question: If you could perform in any venue in the world, where you that be and why?
  • Answer: Zocalo, Cd. De Mexico because I would want people to be proud of a Mexican being part of something so big.
  • Question: What was the first concert you attended?
  • Answer: OV7, a Mexican pop group.
  • Question: How has music inspired you?
  • Answer: It has inspired me in so many ways. It's my life. It's the reason I'm here. It's just my motive of life.
  • Question: What makes a great performer?
  • Answer: If a singer or performer does the best they can and from the bottom of their hearts, that makes them great!
  • Question: How do you combat stage fright?
  • Answer: I breathe and pray.
  • Question: What's been the most surprising part of the Idol experience so far?
  • Answer: Making it to the Top 24.
  • Question: If you could perform with any person or group, who would it be and why?
  • Answer: Celine Dion because she is such a strong and powerful performer and she sings with her heart. It would be an honor.
  • Question: Which theme week would be most challenging to you and why?
  • Answer: Country week...because you have to transmit so much emotion and that's hard to do.
  • Question: What theme week would you love to have for Season 9?
  • Answer: Latin week!
  • Question: What's your dream song to perform?
  • Answer: "Oh! Darling" -- The Beatles.
  • Question: What one performance in a past AI season will you always remember?
  • Answer: "Inside Your Heaven" -- Carrie Underwood.

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