Risto Mejide
Ricardo Mejide Roldán is a Spanish publicist, author, music producer and songwriter, best known as a judge on the television show Operación Triunfo.
Risto Mejide holds a degree and MBA from the ESADE business school (1997) where he also worked as a teacher.
Mejide joined the jury of the show on its fifth series and became known for his comments, which often offended the contestants. He has been compared to Simon Cowell.In 2008 Mejide published his first book, El Pensamiento Negativo ("The Negative Thinking").In 2009 he began to work as a songwriter and music producer, associating himself with Labuat.
Books:
2008 - El pensamiento negativo, Editorial Espasa-Calpe, Barcelona, 2008. ISBN 978-84-670-2611-5
2009 - El sentimiento negativo, Editorial Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 2009. ISBN 978-84-670-3228-4
2011 - Que la muerte te acompañe, Editorial Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 2011. ISBN 978-84-670-3692-3
“Entre lo poco que sé de la vida, también te diré que nada de todo esto vale la pena sin alguien que te haga ser incoherente.Ni flores, ni velas, ni luz de luna. Ése es el verdadero romanticismo. Alguien que llegue, te empuje a hacer cosas de las que jamás te creíste capaz y que arrase de un plumazo con tus principios, tus valores, tus yo nunca, tus yo qué va.”