Overview
- Telemundo has confirmed David Bisbal as a judge for Operación Triunfo Estados Unidos and named Natalia Téllez as the show’s presenter, with a prime-time launch planned for July.
- The series will follow the franchise’s academy format with auditions across the United States and Puerto Rico, contestants living and training on campus, and weekly live galas decided by judges and audience votes.
- Adrián Santucho is supervising the production and Luciano Cardinali with Fernando Lorente are executive producers, and Telemundo says it will announce additional judges, academy staff, the director, and the contestants ahead of the premiere.
- Producers report audition turnout exceeded initial expectations, and Bisbal’s recent single release plus an announced U.S. tour are expected to boost the show’s promotional visibility.
- Bisbal’s appointment has symbolic weight because his career began on Spain’s original Operación Triunfo in 2001, and Telemundo is positioning this summer adaptation as a major push to translate that talent-development model for U.S. Spanish-language audiences.