Overview
- The band issued an official statement confirming Montero’s return and shared rehearsal footage featuring Amaia with Xabi San Martín, Álvaro Fuentes and Haritz Garde.
- Pablo Benegas will step away for a period to focus on family and other professional projects, with his absence noted in the new video and in the statement’s signatories.
- The group described a “new stage” after a year working in San Sebastián, noting they have been writing new songs, though no tour or release details were announced.
- Operación Triunfo said its Oct. 20 gala will open with Mi nombre, Leire Martínez’s solo debut, and she will perform it on stage with contestants, a choice publicly endorsed by OT director Noemí Galera.
- Leire shared OT’s post on Instagram quoting pointed lyrics from Mi nombre and later told the TV program El tiempo justo that she would not comment on the band news, saying it is not her story.