Hugo Molina

Hugo Molina is a drummer and musician from Spain. He became the youngest ever winner at age of 3, in 2019 of a general edition of the Got Talent franchise—broadcasting on regular season schedule, and open to performers and auditions at any age and type of act—and together with DJ Arch Jnr from South Africa and Arina Shuhalevych (Арина Шугалевич) of Ukraine, who won a children’s edition of Ukrayina maye talant in 2016 at age of 2, one of the youngest winners of any version of the Got Talent series.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Career

A native of Palos de le Frontera in Spain, a town in the province of Huelva in Andalusia, Molina was self-taught as a drummer from age 2, which was when he began to learn how to play drums based on videos from YouTube and other sources.[7][8] Molina’s parents, Manuel Jesús and Cristina, in 2019 entered him on the 5th season of the Telecinco show Got Talent España, Spain’s version of the international Got Talent franchise.[9][10][11]

Molina debuted as a 2-year-old drummer, where he was recognized for being skilled enough already to play professionally on percussion instruments beginning with his first televised performance of the parade march “Oh Pecador”, associated with the traditional Semana Santa Easter fiesta.[12][13] His performance was well received, and he advanced to the semifinals with another acclaimed performance of the march “Presentado a Sevilla”, with the musical accompaniment of a band.[14] Then for the finals, he performed on drums for the popular villancico song “Campana sobre campana”, backed by a choir and again receiving acclamation for his performance.[15]

He was proclaimed the winner of Season 5 after having just turned 3 years old, the youngest for any regular series winner in the Got Talent franchise, and in the highest-rated finals in the Got Talent España show’s history.[16] Molina’s drumming skills as were noted internationally, and he was invited to meet with Pope Francis after Christmas in 2019.[17][18] He has since then continued to perform, and also to work on other interests such as sports especially football.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ Gallardo, Francisco Andrés (2019-12-17). "Hugo Molina con 'Got Talent' se convierte en el ganador más joven del mundo". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  2. ^ hola.com (2019-12-17). "Hugo Molina hace historia al convertirse en el ganador más joven de 'Got Talent'". es-us.vida-estilo.yahoo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  3. ^ S, A. L. (2019-12-17). "Hugo Molina, tres años, se convierte en el ganador más joven de 'Got Talent' a nivel mundial y el Papa quiere conocerlo". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  4. ^ Максим. "Арина Шугалевич" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  5. ^ "Мама победительницы "Україна має талант. Діти" Ирина Шугалевич: "Мы воспринимали участие в шоу как приключение"". KP.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  6. ^ Lacasa, Ana (2019-12-23). "Cute 3yo Boy Is Youngest Ever Got Talent Winner". News and Media. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  7. ^ "El pequeño Hugo Molina sigue dejando boquiabierto con su tambor y sus baquetas". Teleonuba (in Spanish). 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  8. ^ R, Á P. (2019-12-17). "Hugo Molina se convierte a sus tres años en el ganador más joven de 'Got Talent'". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  9. ^ Costas, Nayín (2019-12-17). "Hugo Molina gana 'Got Talent España' y hace historia con su tambor". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  10. ^ "Hugo Molina se convierte en el ganador de 'Got Talent'". Diez Minutos (in European Spanish). 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  11. ^ "Tiene 3 años, ganó el Got Talent España y ahora tocará ante el Papa Francisco". ACI Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  12. ^ "Drummer Hugo, 2, youngest contestant on Spain's Got Talent, wows judges". thinkSPAIN. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  13. ^ "Un niño tocando una marcha con el tambor en «Got Talent» revoluciona las redes sociales". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  14. ^ "Hugo Molina vuelve a revolucionar las redes sociales con su deslumbrante actuación en «Got Talent»". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  15. ^ "Hugo Molina, el ganador más joven de la historia de 'Got Talent' con solo 3 años". La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  16. ^ "'Got Talent' corona a Hugo Molina en su final más vista". Hora Punta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  17. ^ "Menino de três anos vence Got Talent espanhol e recebe convite do Papa Francisco". Maria.pt (in European Portuguese). 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  18. ^ Alcaraz, Maripaz (2019-12-17). "'Got Talent España': El Papa Francisco recibirá a Hugo Molina y su tambor en el Vaticano". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  19. ^ "Así ha cambiado Hugo, el niño del tambor, ganador de 'Got Talent'". Pronto. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  20. ^ "Hugo Molina, el niño que ganó 'Got Talent', pasa de ser virtuoso del tambor a futbolista". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
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