He began as a child in his homeland and earned a space within the Cuban pop scene. His first public appearances were made as a child and later, still very young, at the Tropicana cabaret. In 1996, he participated in the Cuban national selection for the
OTI Festival, winning with song "Me queda la canción", and
representing Cuba in the
OTI Festival 1996 held in
Quito. He participated in Mexico in some
Televisa telenovelas at the end of the 1990s. He portrayed a nightclub singer in the film
Before Night Fall, which recounts the life of
Reinaldo Arenas. His recording debut would come with his album
Déjame gritar (English:
Let Me Scream), released in 2000. Some songs were part of film soundtracks. He starred alongside
Celia Cruz in the video "
La Negra Tiene Tumbao."
El Divo de Placetas Since 2002, Eduardo Antonio has been the presenter of the program
Don Francisco Presenta on
Univision, and the Chilean presenter expressed the following: "... I know two divos: one from
Juárez, in Mexico, who is
Juan Gabriel, and one in Spain, who is from
Linares, and is called
Raphael... but Cuba already has its divo, he is from Placetas and his name is Eduardo Antonio".
Desde mi alma (English:
From My Soul), was published in 2007 under the labels
Univisión and
Fonovisa. In this record project were the songs belonging to the soundtrack of the telenovela
Yo amo a Juan Querendón and the teleserie
Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real. In 2010, he would venture into Christmas music with his single titled "Profecías de navidad" (English:
Christmas Prophecy). In addition, he would collaborate with his partner at the time,
Niurka Marcos, on the song "Como nos dé la gana" (English:
As We Want). In 2013, he would be interviewed by Ismael Cala for
CNN, where he promoted his single "Chiki Bombo" from the album
¡Y México me hizo me rey! (English:
And Mexico Made Me King). This song would reach position 21 on the
Billboard Tropical Airplay chart. "Me Juego La Vida" (English:
I Play My Life) was Eduardo's project launched in 2015. "Dónde Está El Pecado" (English:
Where Is The Sin) was the single that had a video clip, where Eduardo dressed up as a woman. In addition, the song was the promotional song for the online series Cabaret where Eduardo Antonio acted as the transvestite Veneno, along with
Alicia Machado,
Lis Vega and Lily Rentería. In 2016, he was part of the tribute to
José José at the Miami International Song Festival at the Manuel Artime Theater. a material with which he returns to the hits of great Latin music performers such as "
Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar", "En La Cárcel De Tu Piel" and "Brindaremos". He was honored along with other celebrities in the final farewell of
Sábado Gigante: ¡Hasta Siempre! from the Univision network. On May 19, 2018, Eduardo Antonio was one of three media figures inducted into Union City's Celia Cruz Park Walk of Fame, along with actor
Lucio Fernandez, and Latin Grammy winner
Amaury Gutierrez. In 2019, he premiered the reggaeton song "Yo quisiera", in collaboration with the LKM group. He was one of the artists invited to the New Year's Eve concert in
Bayfront Park, organized by the Cuban-American singer
Pitbull. This same year together with the Cubans Jeikel Acosta and Abel Bosmenier, one of the vocalists of the former group SBS, he presented the collaborative musical theme "La cuenta no da". The video clip features the participation of the Cuban showgirl Haniset Rodríguez and the Cuban comedian Boncó Quiñongo. The following year, he released the song "Quédate En Casa" (English:
Stay at Home) a composition with a lot of feeling and love in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guajiro de Placetas 2020, a compilation of Cuban music hits, also arrived. "Si te pudiera mentir" (English:
If I could lie to you) with La Diosa, it was his last single this year. By the year 2022, he collaborated for the Farandula Records' single "Más Reggaeton", along with various urban exponents such as Sandy el White,
Henry Méndez,
El Cata, Ariel de Cuba, Fedro and Eri White. In 2022, he received the Mundo Mágico AC award in Mexico, and returned to participate in the New Year's Eve concert at Bayfront Park. He was present at the launch of
Myriam Hernández's
Sinergia album. He also got together with Lenier for his song "Mentiras" (English:
Lies), in the video clip that Imaray Ulloa starred in. He closed 2022 by sharing a preview of his collaboration with Señorita Dayana on social networks. Beginning in 2023, he honored Farah María with the song "Tiburón". == Personal life ==