Menny
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Manuel Alejandro Carrasco de la O, (b. January 21, 1983, Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...

, Mexico) commonly known as Menny, is a Mexican singer / songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, and former contestant of the popular Mexican reality television series La Academia
La Academia
La Academia is a Mexican reality musical talent show shown on TV Azteca, premiering in June 2002 and currently in its ninth installment...

 and Segunda Oportunidad.

Biography

In 1989 began studying music / theater in the school of "Taller de Arte" which first receives an opportunity to open to the public debut at the Teatro Fernando Saavedra in a montage of the work " Vaseline" by participating as "Dany". From now on musical theater and singing were fundamental in life and never stopped Menny appear within his extracurricular activities to the point of dropping out to start a solo career that has taken him to share the stage with artists such as, Maná, Betto Calleti, Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo is a Latin American musician and composer. He is considered a major representative of the Folk music genre in Mexico.-Biography:...

, Alejandro Filio, Circle, Conjunto Primavera
Conjunto Primavera
Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....

 Diego Torres
Diego Torres
Diego Antonio Caccia Torres , is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer.-Biography:Diego Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Argentine singer Lolita Torres...

, Aleks Syntek
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña , better known as Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and producer. He is married to Karen Coronado, sister of talkshow host Ingrid Coronado.-Biography:...

, Belanova
Belanova
Belanova are a Mexican synthpop band that formed in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 2000. The group consists of Denisse Guerrero , Edgar Huerta , and Ricardo "Richie" Arreola...

, Jan, Facundo
Facundo
Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh president of Argentina...

, Jeans
Jeans (band)
Jeans was a popular Mexican girl group that rose to fame in the mid-90's and continued until 2009.Created in 1994 by bandmember Patricia Sirvent, initially with five members after one of them dropped out of the project before the first album was recorded, the group remained as a four-piece until...

, Motel
Motel (band)
Motel is a Mexican Rock band created in 2002, consisting of Guillermo Méndez, Rodrigo Dávila Chapoy, José Damián and Rubén Puente.-History:...

 Eduardo Capetillo
Eduardo Capetillo
Eduardo Capetillo is a Mexican actor and singer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He belongs to the Capetillo family, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters....

, etc.

Also 4th place holder, as well as an interpreter issued by the ITESM in the competition Festival de la Cancion at the system level.

From 1998 begins a new stage as solo and songwriter that would lead him to produce a series of successful concerts under its name and lead in various theaters of the City of Chihuahua, becoming known to the public Chihuahua.
In 2004 is invited to participate in the production of "El graduado" where artists share the stage with the likes of Margarita Gralia, Oswaldo Benavides, Paola Nuñez among others, under the baton of Oscar-nominated Felipe Fernandez del Paso.

La Academia (2009)

In September 2009 kicks off in different cities of the republic, the casting to form the generation of the TV reality show Mexican TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

, La Nueva Academia.

Representing the state of Chihuahua, Menny qualify to be achieved within the 36 students taking the October 4 his first appearance before the Mexican public and international performing the song "Todo Cambio" the group Camila
Camila (band)
Camila is a Mexican soft rock group which reached staggering success in their home country and all over Latin America upon the release of their debut album Todo Cambió. It consists of vocalist, composer and producer Mario Domm, vocalist Samuel Parra and guitarist Pablo Hurtado, founded by Domm...

.

During his stay in the house of La Academia
La Academia
La Academia is a Mexican reality musical talent show shown on TV Azteca, premiering in June 2002 and currently in its ninth installment...

 had a visit from his wife Mariana and his son Manuel, and the opportunity to meet one of their favorite artists, Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro 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...

 giving the opportunity to interpret in the fourth concert of La Academia on a song
"Corazón Partido". He suffered a decompensation due to low blood pressure, combined with weak immune systems because it was under heavy medication of antibiotics due to an infection in the airways had what it took for first time in their presentations to be sentenced and in danger of being expelled from the reality. After 11 concerts achievement to be one of the seven finalists vying for first place in the final was held on December 20 of 2009 in Tuxtla
Tuxtla
Tuxtla may refer to:Cities and towns*Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital of the Mexican state of Chiapas*San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz*Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz*Tuxtla Chico, ChiapasOther*Los Tuxtlas, region of Veracruz...

, Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Gutiérrez is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Gutierre." Gutierre is a form of Gualtierre, Spanish form of Walter. In English, "Gutiérrez" is often spelled "Gutierrez".-People:* Álvaro Gutiérrez, Peruvian politician...

, Chiapas
Chiapas
Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...

 getting 5th place in the competition with a prize for being the best student of the New Academy by their teachers.

Songs interpreted in La Academia

Concert 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Menny Todo cambió No soy el aire Vuelve Corazón partido Ahora quien Te amo Princesa tibetana Cuando seas grande Cielo y Déjame vivir TBC y Te solté la rienda A Dios le pido y Si no estas conmigo Sueña, Burbujas de amor y Será que no me amas


After his departure was presented in several programs TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

 and January 6 was one of several artists who appeared in the Jugueton conducted by the television station in Merida
Merida
Places of the world named Mérida or Merida include:*Mérida, Spain, capital city of the Spanish Community of Extremadura*Mérida, Yucatán, capital city of the Mexican state of Yucatán*Merida, Leyte, a municipality in Leyte province in the Philippines...

 Yucatan
Yucatán
Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

.

La Nueva Academia Tour (2010)

The 31 by April provided the opportunity for the finalists of La Nueva Academia, Menny, Napoleon, Sebastian, Agustin, Oscar, and Giovanna Fabiola were presented in what was his first concert as ex-academics, in sports Texcoco
Texcoco, Mexico State
Texcoco is a city and municipality located in the northeast portion of Mexico State, 25 km northeast of Mexico City. In the pre-Hispanic era, this was a major Aztec city on the shores of Lake Texcoco. After the Conquest, the city was initially the second most important after Mexico City,...

, State of Mexico, with a full house and thousands of fans who were more than pleased. Singing songs that were successes in La Academia is like Menny delight to more than one of their fans. After this came the most awaited presentation by Menny and his colleagues in the Auditorio Nacional, where one was one of the most highly acclaimed in interpreting his friend Napoleon on the piano, "No soy el aire" putting the public standing.

Segunda Oportunidad (2010)

On March 21 a new reality begins made by TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

 Integrated by 52 graduates of the seven generations of La Academia
La Academia
La Academia is a Mexican reality musical talent show shown on TV Azteca, premiering in June 2002 and currently in its ninth installment...

 and the version of the United States divided into groups of four members representing singing, dancing, instruments and commanded by a captain in this If the most popular and most talented part and Menny yellow team number four as captain, Alejandra Capellini in the range of dance Wendolee Ayala into an instrument and Andrea in singing, playing the first Sunday concert Ni rosas ni juguetes in the version of Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...

/Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 genre choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...

 lost the challenge against the white team led by Israel, was elected by critics responsible to defend his team in the tightrope, the challenge faced by a convicted member of each team to be saved, resulting Menny winner chosen by critics leading his team to the next concert.
In the second concert Menny and his team interpret Casate Conmigo by Reyli
Reyli
Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....

 in Acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 genre, moving in line with your wedding that took place a day before its presentation to win the challenge against the team 5 military color.
In the next concert with his team plays "Todo Cambio" duranguense version, making the team the most votes of the night and getting the right to "switch" in which change their mate Andrea generation Agustin who was about to leave thus becoming a stronger team by taking them to the next concert, with a new stage of reality, which performed "Mientes" in genre acoustic taking the applause of the public and winning the challenge against the purple team, decided to strengthen its team by changing Alejandra Capellini by Matias. At the concert in May, even under the baton of Menny, the team achieved a great presentation with the song "La Fuerza del Corazón" by Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro 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...

 and decided to strengthen with Dulce Lopez, now this one most complete equipment and strong competition, sparking a number of duels interpret and draw against the Orange team, the first one with the song "Suelta mi mano" of Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...

, making it one of the most anticipated clashes night because of the opposing team was Sebastian, one of his best friends within La Academia and member of the famous Club de Toby, thus having to re-face in the next concert they performed "Llorare las penas" of David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

, winning the second tie against the orange team and being forced to face a new challenge in the genre of songs where I play "Aun" by Coda
Coda (band)
Coda is a Rock en Español band from Mexico, formed in 1989. The band had much of success in the early 1990s, releasing four albums. In the late 1990s, the band had several line-up changes; the band disbanded in 2000, but resurfaced in 2002 with a new line-up....

. Unfortunately for the judges the opposing team became the winner of the challenge deciding Sebastian and his team for lack of a member who was sentenced to adhere to Menny and in such case to Israel who was part of the orange team would come to save part of his former Yellow team.

Now with a new team, Orange, made by Sebastian, Cesar and Manuel, following one of the strongest teams in the competition, being a team of men, in concert 8, they lose against the turquoise, captained by Laura Caro
Laura Caro
Laura Isabel Caro Beltran is a Mexican recording artist. Caro first appeared on national television in 2002 as a contestant on the La Academia of the Mexican television TV Azteca....

, after singing "Pedro Navajas" receiving reinforcement, changing Wendolee by Caesar. After spending the dance challenge, the team goes to the next concert in which he plays "Amor Amor" by José José
José José
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , known by his artistic name José José, is a Mexican singer.Referred in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" , José José is best known for his romantic ballads and renowned for his vocals...

 version of Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

 doing tonight, one of the most exciting for Menny in the reality. After the triple confrontation against the yellow and gray, the team winner, led by Agustin, decided to strengthen and change to Mario Sepulveda for Sebastian. As one of the teammates Menny was convicted for not complying with the rules of the house, the orange team keeps only three members.
After the confrontation below to continue competing, the team fails to have enough votes and that is causing the expulsion of the night, having only the option of the winning team, decides to join or strengthen your team with one member of the team loser. The team that had the most votes during the night was the turquoise, which had lost a member by discipline, because it was transferred to gray for not following the rules, Laura decides to adhere to a member that were in the piston Wendolee, your best friend and Menny, who the audience cheering to the capitan to choose for your team; after a great strain on the study, Laura decided to rescue the Menny and reject her friend Wendolee, arriving with a new team to the semifinals where they interpret "Puedes Llegar" against the Yellow Team where was already a part of the club toby, turquoise loses the challenge and Agustin decides to strengthen his team and changing Matias by Menny, completing most of the Club, which was one of the dreams that each of the members of this Club, desired to happen, going together towards the final and becoming one of the favorites to win the contest.

On 6 June 2010 just took the high end of the Segunda Oportunidad, in the studies Churubusco
Churubusco
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. Under the current territorial division of the Mexican Federal District, it is a part of the borough of Coyoacán...

, starting with a red carpet where participants of the reality show marched along with the talent of TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

.
Composed of five rounds, started the final, where the first song performed by Menny and his team was "Que Nvel de Mujer" by Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...

, which is part of the repertoire of songs performed during the tour of La Nueva Academia, taking the applause of the audience and excellent rating by the jury from the sigueinete round where they performed in the genre ballad "Regresa a mi" by Il Divo getting the first perfect scores of the night and after spending a majority of votes continued to compete by taking them to perform at the Duranguense genre with "No soy el aire" making the audience dancing and staying within the first places in the voting part and the last two finalists along with the turquoise, came time to interpret the Mariachi genre where they sang "Yo no se olvidar" by Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

 giving a great performance and demonstrating that they could attach to most genres. After a night full of emotions began the challenge acoustic with the song "Aqui estoy yo" by Luis Fonsi
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer and composer.- Early life :...

, opening the interpretation Menny playing the violin and then follow up with the piano, guitar Agustin, Sebastian with drawers and Oscar with bass, eventually excite the public and jurors after a close vote, managed to be crowned the winners of reality show.

That same night, Menny and his companions the Toby Club, got the news that Napoleon, who had been part of a rule during the transmission of La Academia of this club, had decided to devote his solo career giving way to the Argentine Matias join the group.

A few weeks later the group was invited to participate in the soap opera of the same channel TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

"Quiereme", Matías Aranda already joined the group.

Songs performed in the Segunda Oportunidad

Concert 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Semifinal Final 5 Rounds
Menny Ni rosa ni juguetes Casate conmigo Todo cambio (Version Duranguense) Mientes La Fuerza del Corazón Suelta mi mano Llorare las penas Pedro Navajas Amor Amor Puedes Llegar Que Nivel de Mujer, Regresa a mi, No soy el Aire(Duranguense), No se Olvidar y Aqui Estoy Yo

After the Segunda Oportunidad (2010)

After the participations in reality show, Menny, being part of his new band dubbed "The Tobys" was invited by Dule (who were part of the jury in Segunda Oportunidad), with Agustin, Sebastian and Oscar (fellow reality show), have a stake in the concert espcial Mujeres Mexicanas Cantantes Asesinas made in the Auditorio Nacional.

Collaborations and Discography

  • Hablando de sueños soundtrack of the Mexican movie Melted Hearts (2010)
  • Aun existe el amor, main theme of the telenovela
    Telenovela
    A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

     Vidas Robadas (2010)
  • Special appearance in the telenovela
    Telenovela
    A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

    Quiereme of TV Azteca
    TV Azteca
    Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

     (2010)

Discography

  • 2010: Hablando de sueños (Solo
    Solo (music)
    In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...


  • 1. Dame lo que quiero
  • 2. Que vas a querer de beber
  • 3. Si volvemos a empezar
  • 4. Por siempre
  • 5. Hablando de sueños
  • 6. Lo siento
  • 7. Y te encontre
  • 8. Y nunca te olvide
  • 9. Solo se vive una vez
  • 10. Ya casi te olvido
  • 11. No sé vivir sin ti
  • 12. Y regresó la lluvia
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