Blas Cantó: voice, technique and why the pop tenor who came out of Auryn and Eurovision continues to reinvent himself alone

Blas Cantó has been singing since he was eight years old: Veo Veo, Eurojunior, Auryn —the boy band that dominated the Spanish charts with Puppeteer and three #1 albums— and, in 2017, the victory in Tu Cara Me Suena imitating everything from Raphael to Freddie Mercury. He debuted solo with Complicado at the top of the ranking; In 2019 RTVE chose him to represent Spain in Eurovision with Universe —synth-pop ballad filmed in the Canary Islands— and, after the cancellation of 2020, he returned in 2021 with Voy a quedenme, a tribute to his deceased grandmother who moved half the continent in the final in Rotterdam. In 2025 he broke with the major and founded Diezycuatro Estudio; In July 2026 he published Para Qué as the third preview of Aquiles, the most personal album of his career. This profile, the seventeenth of Voices that make magic, reviews his instrument: a pop tenor with a dramatic belt, stage training and a vocal honesty who in 2026 is committed to creative independence.

Voice: pop tenor with imitation school and Eurovision ballad

Wikipedia places Blas Cantó Moreno as one of the most recognizable voices of contemporary Spanish pop: founding member of Auryn, winner of Tu Cara Me Suena with 55% of the televote and official representative of Spain in two consecutive editions of Eurovision. Its functional register is of pop tenor: warm center in verses, controlled belt in choruses and clear diction in Spanish with Anglo-Saxon influences inherited from years singing covers in English with the band.

The imitation season was a public masterclass in technique: she performed Cher's Believe, Queen's Somebody to Love, Bocelli's Ave Maria and Michael Bublé's Feeling Good—repertoire that requires sharp mixing, deep breathing and theatrical acting. That stage versatility is the same one that took Auryn from Destino Eurovisión (2011) to full stadiums, and the one that alone turned ballads like Échame la culpa or Si tú no estars into radio hits without losing vocal identity.

In the line of current Spanish pop, his career links with Aitana —another voice trained before the public in competitions— and with the Eurovision tradition that Spain took up strongly in the 2020s. Blas is not a lyrical operatic tenor, but he masters the melodic phrasing of the international ballad: gradual rises, contained vibrato and emotional climax without unnecessary screams.

Eurovision 2021: I am going to stay and the voice as a memory

When Eurovision 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, TVE confirmed Blas for 2021. I'm going to stay —co-written with Leroy Sánchez and dedicated to his grandmother— released a video clip on March 8, 2021 with a quote from Emily Brontë and autobiographical scenes. RTVE defined it as "an intimate journey to beautiful memories"; In the final in Rotterdam, with a shower of confetti and a raised platform, the live performance showed that her voice can withstand the pressure of the largest European stage without visible playback tricks.

After Eurovision came collaborations (Americana with Echosmith), tours and a visit to Mexico —where El Mundo He picked up in 2026 his desire to "have a career on the other side of the pond"—but the most recent vocal turn is independence: La Vanguardia documented his departure from Warner and the birth of Diezycuatro Estudio in 2025 with the EP You don't know me, a mix of pop/folk with country nuances. In July 2026, ESCtoday presented Para Qué as the third single from Aquiles, with a tour scheduled in September: the mature voice of a artist who "broke with everything" to sing without algorithms involved.

Repertoire that best shows your voice

• Universe — eurovision ballad 2020; video clip above (~3.8M officially).
• I'm going to stay — Spain in Eurovision 2021; video clip above.
• Somebody to Love (Tu Cara Me Suena) — Queen registration and power test.
• Believe (Your Face Sounds to Me) — treble with effect and controlled belt.
• How I love you (Raphael, TCMS) — classic Spanish melodic line.
• You don't know me (2025) — independent pop/folk stage.
• Para Qué (2026) — single by Aquiles; introspective heartbreak.

Why it fits into Voices That Make Magic

Blas Cantó is the Eurovision profile of the series: a voice forged in a boy band, imitation reality show and the largest stage on the continent, which in 2026 chooses independence over formula. Her arc dialogues with Aitana in generational Spanish pop and with Latin profiles such as Abraham Mateo in international ambition. Listening to him in Universe, in I'm going to stay or in the new Para Qué is to listen to a pop tenor who learned to emote on television and continues to refine his instrument outside the focus of the majors.

In summary

Voice? Pop tenor with dramatic belt and stage training. Technique? Agile mix, theatrical phrasing and Eurovision ballad. YouTube? Universe (~3.8M) and I'm going to stay (official 2021). Why does it matter? Auryn, Eurovision and the independent Achilles stage. Next step? More profiles in Voices that make magic.