Carlos Augusto Rivera Guerra is a Mexican singer who rose to fame by winning the third generation of La Academia. He has released four studio albums and participated in six theatre productions.

La Academia is a Mexican reality musical talent television series shown on TV Azteca, that premiered in June 2002 and is currently in its thirteenth installment. Although the show itself is not affiliated with the Endemol franchise, which includes the "Star Academy" shows, it does share the competition format of many of the variants of the global franchise.