Carlos Emmanuel Olivero (born July 16, 1989), better known as Carlito
Olivero, is an American singer and actor of Puerto Rican and Mexican
descent. From 2007â€"09, he was part of the Latin boy band Menudo
after taking part in MTV's Making Menudo. Moving to Los Angeles in
2009, he appeared in various singing and acting events and in 2012
appeared in the film We the Party directed by Mario Van Peebles. In
2013, he auditioned for season 3 of the American singing competition
series The X Factor and finished 3rd in the competition. He was
mentored by Paulina Rubio.Olivero was born and raised in Chicago, to a
father from Puerto Rico and a mother from Mexico. He started singing
very early, after his parents bought him a karaoke machine, and he
sang along with it. His father and his aunt were break dancers. From
grade one onwards, he started taking part in competitions singing
mainly Elvis Presley, 'NSYNC and B2K songs.In 2007, Carlito Olivero
took part in an MTV reality series titled Making Menudo to earn a spot
in the reconfigured famous Latin boy band. Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa
were two of many who rotated through the band over the years. Making
Menudo launched as a primetime series on October 25, 2007, but was
later pushed to afternoons due to low ratings.The initial Menudo five
chosen in the program (JC, Jorge, Monti, Jose and Chris) were put up
against four other aspiring candidates who didn't make the cut
(Antony, Pena, JC Gonzalez, Trevor and Carlos). Eventually Carlos
[Olivero] was chosen to be included in Menudo's "final" set-up.
Olivero, is an American singer and actor of Puerto Rican and Mexican
descent. From 2007â€"09, he was part of the Latin boy band Menudo
after taking part in MTV's Making Menudo. Moving to Los Angeles in
2009, he appeared in various singing and acting events and in 2012
appeared in the film We the Party directed by Mario Van Peebles. In
2013, he auditioned for season 3 of the American singing competition
series The X Factor and finished 3rd in the competition. He was
mentored by Paulina Rubio.Olivero was born and raised in Chicago, to a
father from Puerto Rico and a mother from Mexico. He started singing
very early, after his parents bought him a karaoke machine, and he
sang along with it. His father and his aunt were break dancers. From
grade one onwards, he started taking part in competitions singing
mainly Elvis Presley, 'NSYNC and B2K songs.In 2007, Carlito Olivero
took part in an MTV reality series titled Making Menudo to earn a spot
in the reconfigured famous Latin boy band. Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa
were two of many who rotated through the band over the years. Making
Menudo launched as a primetime series on October 25, 2007, but was
later pushed to afternoons due to low ratings.The initial Menudo five
chosen in the program (JC, Jorge, Monti, Jose and Chris) were put up
against four other aspiring candidates who didn't make the cut
(Antony, Pena, JC Gonzalez, Trevor and Carlos). Eventually Carlos
[Olivero] was chosen to be included in Menudo's "final" set-up.
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