Local talent Juan Felix auditions for The Voice

Juan Felix performing at Miss Arizona Latina 2013 Pageant

By Taylor Pineda

Arizonalatinos.com has an exclusive look on the journey Juan Felix, a 22-year old local artist, will take on the hit television talent search show, The Voice. A star-studded cast of judges ranging from pop superstar Christina Aguilera to former judge Shakira, Juan Felix embarked on an opportunity to take his talents to the reality show.

At 11 years old, Juan first found himself inclined to pursue music. “My dad had a broken guitar, I begged him to fix it for me…and with that I got in to music,” Juan stated in an interview.  Beginning his career as many artists have, he formed a band with his friends positioning himself as the “guitar guy.” Juan’s dad pushed the idea of Juan pursuing his vocal talents as well. “I didn’t think I had a good voice to sing, but when I saw the reactions of others I began to feel more confident,” Juan told ArizonaLatinos.com. Nearly 11 years later Juan finds himself starting an adventure that may have not been possible without that support from his dad and extra encouragement from the young man’s fans.

Since Juan’s garage band days he has a pretty extensive resume, most recently performing at the Miss Arizona Latina and Miss Arizona Latina Teen 2013 pageants, as well as being a finalist on Spanish-language TV talent show La Academia, but Juan has no plan of stopping there.

Juan Felix at Saturday’s Audition

In preparation for his tremendous opportunity, Juan has found himself training with a vocal coach every day, taking singing lessons and working up the courage to do what he has for 11 years dreamed of doing.

“When I go there I want to be unique, I’m not thinking about if I don’t make it,” Juan said. With just the right attitude and the appropriate amount of confidence Juan embraces his opportunity, “If I don’t make it, I know it’s not because I’m not that good. It is just not meant to be this time. I will have a time to be there. I need to take that risk because I know I have the talent.”

Juan had yet to decide what he would perform for the judges but he may have chosen the song “Imagine,” by John Legend and even had discussed singing a Spanglish version. We will have to wait and see as we follow Juan along his journey!