Julio Iglesias, Jr. Wins "Gone Country" Reality Show

March 10, 2008 10:00 a.m. EST

Nashville, TN (CNS) - Julio Iglesias, Jr, son of international Latin singer Julio Iglesias, has walked away from his Latin side and gone a little bit country. Julio was crowned the winner of CMT's reality show "Gone Country" Friday night.

Despite a hip-swaying performance sung partly in Spanish, host John Rich, part of the country duo Big & Rich, handed Julio a custom-made diamond encrusted ring branded with the "Gone Country" logo. The winner of the show gets to record a country tune.

Julio, who wrote his winning song "The Way I Want You" himself, which had the ladies in the audience swooning and crying, seemed genuinely shocked to win. He was up against Bobby Brown, rocker Dee Snider and former Brady Bunch girl Maureen McCormick.

The grand finale of the show was filmed at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon and his winning round can be seen on CMT.com.

Julio was born in Spain on February 25, 1973 to Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler. He moved to Miami, Florida when he was very young and considers Miami his home.

In addition to music, he has a Spanish album entitled "Tercera Dimension," he has hosted the Latin Grammy Pre-show and guest starred on UPN's "Eve." He was also a participant in Spain's version of "Dancing With the Stars" which was one of Spain's most watched shows.