Ricardo Caballero Tostado

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Name = Ricardo Caballero


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Birth_name = Ricardo Caballero Tostado
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Origin = Guadalajara flag|Mexico
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Ballad / Pop / Latin
Occupation = Professional Singer
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Ricardo Caballero Tostado (born January 19, 1982) is a Mexican singer who was the runner-up of the second season of "Latin American Idol". Ricardo is known as the "Caballero de Mexico"."

Caballero was born in the city of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, located in western Mexico. He is the only son of Raul Caballero, a performer, and Georgina Tostado Orozco de Caballero a fitness trainer; he has an older paternal half brother. Caballero began singing at bars and hotel lobbies at the age of 17. A year later, he began performing shows with his father. He continued performing in order to help pay for his studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana, or Ibero-American University, at the Guadalajara campus from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Marketing.

Ricardo has been the opening performer for concerts for international groups that include: La Quinta Estacion and Ha-Ash, among others. He has his own self-titled show,"Ricardo Caballero"; he is the singer and is accompanied by a band of five additional people. They have toured Mexico.

ongs performed in Latin American Idol

# Top 30: "La Fuerza del Corazón" (Alejandro Sanz) - First Workshop
# Top 12: "Volver A Amar" (Cristian Castro) - First Concert
# Top 10: "Detenedla Ya" (Emmanuel) - Second Concert
# Top 8: "Santa Lucía" (Miguel Ríos) - Third Concert
# Top 7: "La Cima del Cielo" (Ricardo Montaner) - Fourth Concert
# Top 6: "Tragedia" (Marc Anthony) - Fifth Concert
# Top 5: "Si Nos Dejan" (José Alfredo Jiménez) - Sixth Concert
# Top 5: "El Viajero" (Luis Miguel) - Sixth Concert
# Top 4: "Si Tu Supieras" (Alejandro Fernández) - Seventh Concert
# Top 4: "¿Y Si Fuera Ella?" (Alejandro Sanz) - Seventh Concert
# Top 3: "La Gota Fría" (Carlos Vives) - Eighth Concert
# Top 3: "No Se Tú" (Armando Manzanero) - Eighth Concert
#"Cada Palabra" ("Written for the show") - "Ninth Concert" - "Runner up (09/27/2007)"
#"La Fuerza del Corazón" (Alejandro Sanz) - "Ninth Concert" - "Runner up (09/27/2007)"
#"Con una Canción" ("Written for the show") - "Ninth Concert" - "Runner up (09/27/2007)"