[8] Afterwards, Raoul battled his teammate Job Navarrete performing the song “Impossible” by James Arthur[9] and succeeded in beating his fellow and moved to the next stage of the contest.

[11] In Spring 2017, while he worked as a bellboy and singer in a hotel in Ibiza, he attended the castings for Operación Triunfo 2017,[12] a reality talent show that is the original Spanish version of the Star Academy franchise.

After a long selection process, in October, Raoul was chosen to enter the academy following his live performance of “Catch and Release” by Matt Simons[13] during the OT 2017 Edition's First Gala.

During 2018's first semester he worked with three of his Operación Triunfo fellows - Mimi Doblas, Nerea Rodríguez and Agoney – considering the establishment of a band named “Delta”, a project that was discarded and eventually each one of them undertook a solo career.

[18] In October 2018 Raoul took part in the Coca-Cola Music Experience Festival,[19] celebrated at the WiZink Center in Madrid, where he presented in front of 15.000 people a first version of a song that later on was launched as his first single, “Estaré ahí”.

[24] In February 2020, Raoul participated as Nerea Rodríguez's guest in the contest Tu cara me suena (Your Face Sounds Familiar) imitating with her, the performance of “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.

[28] See also: Operación Triunfo 2017 Discography On 2016, Raoul acted in the short film “Jóvenes sin libertad” (Youngsters with no freedom), based on real-life events and depicting a situation about school bullying on a young transsexual.

On 2018, he recorded alongside his Operación Triunfo fellows Aitana Ocaña, Ana Guerra, Mimi Doblas and Agoney Herández and the Canarian rap artist Maikel Delacalle the single and TV commercial for Coca-Cola, titled “El mundo entero” (The Whole World).