| Roi Méndez | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Roi Méndez Martínez |
| Birth Date: | 1993 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Santiago de Compostela |
| Origin: | Santiago de Compostela |
| Occupation: | Singer and guitarist |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Years Active: | 2017–present |
| Label: | Universal Music Group |
Roi Méndez Martínez (born 30 September 1993) is a Spanish singer and guitarist.[1]
Roi Méndez was born in Santiago de Compostela on 30 September 1993.[2] He got a bachelor's degree in audio technology.[3] He was a member of the Orquesta Olympus, a famous orchestra in Galicia.[4] In 2009 he played in My Camp Rock.[5]
He gained national recognition when he took part in series nine of the reality television music competition Operación Triunfo, where he was the tenth evicted against Ana Guerra.[6] Throughout the contest he performed several songs, but his duet with the winner Amaia Romero, a cover of "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran, was considered one of the best performances of the contest and was recorded for Romero's album Amaia Romero: Sus canciones.[7] [8]
Once finished the contest, Roi was part of the Spanish Operación Triunfo tour, performing in such notable venues as the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona,[9] the Olympic Stadium in La Cartuja in Seville,[10] and the Bizkaia Arena in Bilbao.[11] On 29 June, Roi and the rest of contestants of Operación Triunfo 2017 gave a special charity concert at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid,[12] which was attended by 60,000 spectators.[13] He released his first single "Por una vez más" on 15 June 2018.[14] It got more than one millions of views on YouTube.[15] During the Operación Triunfo 2017 tour, Roi performed his debut single "Por una vez más" and "Shape of You" with Amaia Romero.[16] In May 2018 Roi was chosen one of the members of Spanish Eurovision jury during Eurovision Song Contest 2018.[17]
On 10 August 2018 he made a concert in Vigo with his fellow Operación Triunfo 2017 friends Aitana, Ana Guerra, Cepeda and Miriam Rodríguez.[18] [19] Roi was an opening artist with Cepeda and Miriam Rodríguez of the Queen + Adam Lambert's concert in Barcelona on 10 June 2018.[20]
He did a cameo in the second season of the Spanish TV series Paquita Salas (2016).[21] Since September 2018, Roi co-hosts the radio show Vodafone Yu in Los 40,[22] becoming one of the images of the radio station.[23] 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.[24]
On 1 March 2019 he released his second single called "Plumas" and defining it as a modern funky style.[25] The single managed to reach number two on iTunes Spain. On 22 March 2019 Roi released his first full album, Mi lógico desorden.[26] This album entered the Spanish Music Chart with second position and 14 in streaming.[27] 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,[28] where they visited the Loch Ness, Comlongon Castle and Greyfriars Kirkyard.[29]
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 Los 40.[30]
| Operación Triunfo performances and results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Song | Result | |
| Gala 0 | "Don't Worry" | Saved by the jury | |
| Gala 1 | "Tu enemigo" | Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants | |
| Gala 2 | "Malibu" | Nominated by the jury; up for elimination | |
| Gala 3 | "When We Were Young" | Saved by public vote; saved by the jury | |
| Gala 4 | "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" | Saved by the jury | |
| Gala 5 | "Shape of You" | Saved by the jury | |
| Gala 6 | "La llamada" | Nominated by the jury, saved by the Academy staff | |
| Gala 7 | "OK" | Favorite of the audience; exempt from nominations | |
| Gala 8 | "Versace on the Floor" | Nominated by the jury; up for elimination | |
| Gala 9 | "When I Was Your Man" | Saved by public vote; saved by the jury | |
| Gala 10 | "Robarte un beso" | Nominated by the jury; up for elimination | |
| "Demons" | |||
| Gala 11 | "Heaven" | Eliminated by public vote | |
He is a supporter of LGBT rights.[31] He is influenced by Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Sting, Bruno Mars, Bryan Adams and Michael Jackson.[32] [33]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPA [34] | ||||||||||||||
| "Por una vez más" | 2018 | 31 | Mi Lógico Desorden | |||||||||||
| "Plumas" | 2019 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Aviones de papel" ft. Sinsinati | 2020 | - | Aviones de papel (single) | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or has not yet been released. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SPA | |||
| "Mi Lógico Desorden" | 2019 | 2 | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or has not yet been released. | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | My Camp Rock | Himself | Semi-final, evicted | [35] | |
| 2017–18 | Operación Triunfo | Himself; contestant | 10th evicted | [36] | |
| 2018 | OTVisión | Himself | co-host | [37] | |
| 2018 | Paquita Salas | Himself | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2019 | La canción jamás cantada | Himself | Contestant; 1 episode | [38] | |
| 2020 | Tu cara me suena | The Police | Imitation, Walking on the Moon | [39] |