[1] The son of a Spanish mother and an Austrian father, Ortega began his career as a singer when he was 10 years old.

His love for pop music led to him joining a band called BAFF when he was a teenager.

Starting from an early age, meant Ortega has been able to make over 200 stages performances as of 2003.

Whilst successful, the group was not enough for Ortega and in 2001 he began a solo career.

[citation needed] The song El Amor, La Vida was the Austrian summer hit of 2001.