Menudos recipe isn’t changing, just the faces

“Menudo is being revived by MTV, and the call went out for bilingual Latino teens to audition for the new band. The first casting session was held last Saturday at Plaza Mexico, a Latino shopping mall on Imperial Highway in Lynwood with a colonial architectural theme that must remind Arriaga of home.

The man may have missed his chance the first time around, but now his 15-year-old son, also named Guillermo, had a shot at the same dream. Father and son made the short trip from their nearby South Gate home and got in line. Guillermo wore a No. 13 and an oversized black T-shirt that draped below his knees. He gave a brief performance before a three-judge panel that included singer Frankie J and high-powered manager Johnny Wright Backstreet Boys, NSync, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake. Backstage, he answered questions for MTV Tr3s, the networks new bilingual channel, which is filming the whole selection process for a reality series titled “Road to Menudo,” to begin airing May 12.”

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