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GROUP MEMBERS

Christopher Vélez Muñoz

Christopher Bryant Vélez Muñoz (born November 23, 1995, age 21) was born in New Jersey, United States. When he was three years old, he moved with his family to Loja, Ecuador. Christopher had plans to go to study music to other countries but his mother ran out of work so had to change plans. At the age of 18, he returned to New Jersey to work and send money to his mother who was still in Ecuador. Christopher worked in a toy factory, then worked as a shoe cleaner. He could not afford it and he had run out of apartment, a friend gave him lodging, but he had already thought of forgetting everything and returning to Ecuador, since he did not have many options and had been away from his family for a very long time. A day came when Christopher saw the announcement of La Banda and was very interested because he saw that they were very important people in the music business as Simon Cowell and Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin. He decided to send a video, and was accepted to audition in New York. After some time he was accepted to go audition to Miami and sang the song of Ricky Martín titled "Tal Vez". The judges gave him the three votes and went on to the next round of auditions. Christopher was the first member to be part of CNCO, was the member who got the most votes from the public.

                                                            Richard Camacho

Richard Camacho Richard Yashel Camacho Puello was born on January 22, 1997, in New York, United States (20 years) and is of Dominican origin. He lived his first ten years in the Dominican Republic. He has two younger brothers. He decided to audition in La Banda since his family wanted the audition to be because they were fans of Ricky Martin and he was going to be part of the judges. Audition with his brother and sang "Enter My Life" by Sin Bandera, both were accepted in the first round of auditions but in the second round of auditions his brother was eliminated and could continue the competition with him, His musical career and is currently a singer. Her parents also work in the field of music and dance. In August of 2016 he became a young father, he has a daughter called: "Aaliyah Sofia Camacho". Her favorite song on this album Primera Cita is "Cometa" since the day she went to record it with her teammates received the news of the death of her best friend because of cancer. Richard was the second member with the most votes of the public to join CNCO.

                                                           Erick Brian Colón

Erick Brian Colon Arista, (January 3, 2000, 17 years), born in Havana, Cuba. Is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, among others. He immigrated to Tampa, Florida, United States with his mother, father and sister. He is still studying, receiving classes online. Also participated in the reality La Banda. He was about to be eliminated from La Banda because he did not get the necessary score to add, but Ricky Martin opened the door to give him a second chance, then passed the audition with the vote of the same Ricky Martin and the other two judges, the Which were the singer Laura Pausini and Alejandro Sanz. He is the youngest of the band, and was the fourth member to be selected to enter CNCO. He arrived in the United States with his mother and sister from Cuba only a few years ago. His motivation has been his family, many of whom still live in Cuba. Erick said, "Now I can convey the feelings I have inside and show what I love to do when I'm on stage. Even though I'm away from my family, they're happy and 100% supportive."

Joel Pimentel De León

 Joel Pimentel De León (February 28, 1999, 18 years old), from Hesperia, California, United States, with Mexican ancestry. His first time to appear in front of a public singing was in the hearing of La Banda and that they want to do a homage to his grandfather who was the one who teaches the love for the music, had passed away in the month of January of 2015. Joel audicionó Con A song that his grandfather taught "Hundred Sheep", the song did not favor him and the judges allowed him to sing another song, so he decided to sing "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, his favorite singer. Joel is the second of four children, he has three brothers. It was the third member selected with the most votes of the public to be part of CNCO. Joel has never had girlfriends, nor has he had his first kiss. Joel's favorite music album is by Ed Sheeran + and his favorite color is black. She finished her studies in 2016, with a teacher traveling with them and online classes through the video call, currently only in Erick's classes. At first it was a bit difficult to integrate into the group but Joel explained in interviews that it was a cause of his Spanish, since he did not know much. He is currently doing much better than his own CNCO colleagues have helped him a lot in the language.

Zabdiel De Jesus Colon

Zabdiel de Jesús Colón, (December 13, 1997, age 19), was born in Bayamón (Puerto Rico). He grew up with music since he was very young because his father is a musician and his love for music was born. He was interested in music since he was a child, so he learned to play a lot of musical instruments, including piano, mandolin, drums, guitar, ukulele and "BeatBox". He was accompanied by his mother to the audition of La Banda. Zabdiel got 90% of the votes of the public, which was to win practically the whole audience and cried of the emotion. He auditioned with the song "Mientes" of the group Camila. All the judges were delighted with him and gave him the pass for the next round of auditions. In high school he practiced acting, he was also a ballet dancer; Then joined a group of hip-hop and salsa. From the age of 11, he is dedicated to singing and composing. Zabdiel was the last member to be selected to be part of CNCO.