La academia

"La Academia" ("The Academy") is a Mexican reality television show shown on TV Azteca. 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. The show has turned into a reliable dominator of its time-slot, which has been shown by its triumph over Televisa's "Operacion Triunfo Mexico". The rival show, which shared the basic premise of "La academia", was only produced for one season before being replaced by "Big Brother VIP Mexico" and "Bailando por la boda de mis sueños". Ironically, the Televisa reality show was in fact the official Endemol entry in Mexico.

The show has been franchised to other countries: Malaysia ("Akademi Fantasia"), Indonesia ("Akademi Fantasi Indosiar"), Thailand ("Academy Fantasia") and The United States ("La academia USA").

To date, the ex-academia contestants have spent a total of 109 weeks at the top of the Mexican Top 100. Yahir has managed to obtain 4 number 1 hits. Nadia(1,Number 1), Yuridia(5,Number 1), and Myriam(4, Number 1) have also managed to peak at the top of the chart with their respective hits, "Contigo Si", "Angel" and "Hasta El Limite".

Format

Each year, 14-21 people are selected to live together in a house isolated from the rest of the world, spending their days taking classes in singing, dancing, acting, and related fields, each preparing one or two songs for a 3-hour concert which they give each Sunday evening for TV viewers and a live studio audience. Each week, one of the students is eliminated until 4 to 6 students become the finalists and compete for the top prize-3 million Mexican pesos. Students are eliminated based on the number of votes each receives. Whom ever receives the fewest votes during at the end of the week (the votes are stopped at the end of the concert) is eliminated. Viewers can vote by telephone, but calls are not free. Each vote costs 25 Mexican pesos (around US$2.50).

"Camino a la Fama" airs during weekday afternoons. This show tapes what the students' lives within the La academia house. It also demonstrates the singing, dancing, and acting classes.

All the shows, the concerts and the summaries were originally hosted by Alan Tacher during the first four seasons and part of the academia USA (later replaced by Maestro Beto for two concerts and then Fernando del Solar). La academia 5 was hosted by Monica Garza.

easons

eason 1 (2002)

Winner

eason 2 (2003)

Winner

* "'Erika Alcocer Luna

Finalists

* 2nd place: Marco Antonio Moreno García
* 3rd place: Manuel Mancillas Dena
* 4th place: Fredi Ivann Bautista García
* 5th place: Rosalía León Oviedo

Eliminated

* Adrián Carvajal Fuentes voted off in concert 12
* Enrique de Jesús Virrueta Gordillo voted off in concert 11
* Carmen Azeneth González Morales voted off in concert 10
* Andrea González disqualified
* Fabricio Martínez Vargas voted off in concert 9
* Ana Lucía Salazar Garza voted off in concert 8
* Alejandra Ondarza Serrano voted off in concert 7
* Víctor Javier Ramos Rodríguez voted off in concert 6
* Luis Mauricio Carrera Carranza voted off in concert 5
* Marvin Jonathan Mayne Carpio voted off in concert 4
* Karla Lizeth Leyva Tijerina voted off in concert 3
* Clara Gisela López García voted off in concert 2
* Elisa Valenzuela Galván quit

eason 3 (2004)

Winner

* Carlos Augusto Rivera Guerra

Finalists

* 2nd place: Dulce López Rodríguez voted off in concert 14, Returned in concert 16
* 3rd place: Melissa Ibarra Murrieta
* 4th place: Leticia López Ramos
* 5th place: Israel Estrada Quintanar
* 6th place: César Robles Hinojosa

Eliminated

* Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas voted off in concert 13
* Ricardo Hernández Quiñones voted off in concert 12
* Suzette Diana Márquez Ruiz voted off in concert 11
* Maricarmen Carreón Díaz voted off in concert 10
* Martín Edmundo Vaca Vea voted off in concert 9
* Rodrigo Nájera Hernández voted off in concert 8
* Marcia Cristina Peña Bustamante voted off in concert 7
* Carlos Arturo Quezada González voted off in concert 6
* Esteban René Espinosa Espinosa voted off in concert 5
* Marla Magaly Marrun Maldonado voted off in concert 4
* Jessica Meza Espinosa voted off in concert 3
* Diego Espinosa de la Piedra voted off in concert 2

eason 4 (2005)

Winner

* Erasmo Catarino González Delgado

Finalists

* 2nd Place: Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores
* 3rd Place: Adrián Eduardo Varela Avilés voted off in concert 9 Returned in concert 12
* 4th Place: Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz
* 5th Place: Edgar Guerrero Gastelum
* 6th Place: Silvia Amalia Mendivil voted off in concert 18 Returned in concert 18

Eliminated

* Jolette Hernandez Navarrete
* Jose Luis Diaz
* Johanna Delgado
* Marco Antonio
* Paula Alicia Villareal
* Mario Sepulveda
* Alan
* Ada Abyade
* Oscar Rondero
* Karina Denisse Cazares Ortega
* Rene Liceaga
* Anahi Garcia Castro

Expulsion Order

*:colorbox|gold The contestant won the competition
*:colorbox|gray The contestant was a runner-up
*:colorbox|blue 4th, 5th & 6th place
*:colorbox|red The contestant was expelled
*:colorbox|purple The contestant was Disqualified
*:colorbox|green Return to competition

eason 5 (2006)

Winner

* Samuel Castelán Marini

Finalists

* 2nd Place: Rocio Colette Acuña Calzada
* 3rd Place: Beatriz Marbella Corella Sias voted off in concert 12, Returned in concert 13
* 4th Place: Karla Renata Rodriguez Barajas

Eliminated

* Vince Miranda Espinoza voted off in concert 22
* Julia Camila Hernández E. voted off in concert 20
* Yazmín Valencia López voted off in concert 19
* Juan Sebastián Garzón quit in concert 4, Returned in concert 11, & voted off in concert 17
* Julio César Elenes voted off in concert 4 & 16 Returned in concert 12
* Noé Cantú González voted off in concert 15
* Isabel Becerra Meza voted off in concert 14
* Diego Isael Castro voted off in concert 13
* Carlos Alberto Hernández F. voted off in concert 11
* Iván Rodríguez Salazar voted off in concert 10
* Diana Santos Ugalde voted off in concert 9
* Tania Citlali Aguilera Friedli voted off in concert 8
* César Ceja Ramos voted off in concert 7
* Armando Gutiérrez N. voted off in concert 6
* Alan Macín Hernández voted off in concert 5
* Jaqueline García voted off in concert 3
* Niyet Quiroz Cuevas voted off in concert 2

Expulsion Order

*:colorbox|limegreen The contestant won the competition
*:colorbox|gold The contestant was a runner-up
*:colorbox|coral 3er and 4to place
*:colorbox|violet The contestant was expelled
*:colorbox|red The contestant quit the competition
*:colorbox|pink Return to competition
*:colorbox|#75A1D0 The contestant new added

* En el Concierto 4, Julio es Expulsado aun al haber echo su Mejor Interpretacion (Top 5)
* En el Concierto 5, Alan es Expulsado aun al haber echo su Mejor Interpretacion
* En el Concierto 6, Armando es Expulsado aun al haber echo su Mejor Interpretacion
* En el Concierto 7, Cesar es Expulsado aun al haber echo su Mejor Interpretacion e Ivan gana el Reto contra Noe el cual le Permitio Entrar a la Academia.
* En el Concierto 11, Sebastian retorna a la Competencia por el Apoyo de los Maestros de la Academia.
* En el Concierto 12, Julio gana el Reto contra Sebastian el cual le Permitio Entrar de nuevo a la Academia.
* En el Concierto 13,Marbella retorna a la Competencia por el apoyo y la insistencia de los Jueces.
* En el Concierto 18, No Hubo Eliminacion.
* En el Concierto 21, No Hubo Eliminacion.

Season 6 (2008)

This will be the last generation of La Academia as stated by its producer Eva Borja, auditions were held on many cities in México (D.F; Monterrey, Guadalajara, Tijuana) and the US (Los Angeles) in July. The program will be broadcast on Televisión Azteca for 16 weeks from August 31 to December 21, 2008. The director of the academy will be Héctor Martinez, the same of the first two generations. The teachers will be the same of the first generation, the host is Rafael Araneda from Chile, 20 will be the number of contestants who will be competing in the last generation of La Academia. On December 21, 2008 it will be the finale, where the six generations will be singing all together closing the show and the reality forever.

Final 20

*The 20 people chosen to enter the academy were::#Alba del Carmen Alcudia Oriano, 15, Tabasco - Final 15:#Cinthia Maribel Urtiaga, 17, Jalisco - Final 15:#Estebán Velázquez, 18, USA - Final 15:#Fátima Ileana Molina, 22, Jalisco - Final 15:#Héctor Silva del Castillo, 25, Nuevo León - Final 15:#Iván Estrada Quintanar, 18, D.F. - Final 15:#Jackeline Fabiola Rojas Valladares, 15, Guatemala - Final 15:#Julia Jacqueline González Padilla, 22, USA - Final 15:#Luis Armando Lozano, 24, D.F. - Final 15:#Maria Fernanda Alvo Díaz, 21, Jalisco - Final 15:#Matías Aranda García, 23, Argentina - Final 15:#Perla Isabel Estrada Hernández, 17, Sonora - Final 15:#Rosa Alejandra Garza Guizar, 21, Nuevo León - Final 15:#Valeria Dessens, 16, Sonora - Final 15:#Wilfredo Pineda, 15, Sinaloa - Final 15:#Gerardo Antonio Castillo Orellana, 22, Guatemala - 16th Place - "(Eliminated October 5, 2008)":#Monserrat Monroy Cruz, 18, Veracruz - 17th Place - "(Eliminated September 28, 2008)":#Dazahev López, 18, Sonora - 18th Place - "(Eliminated September 21, 2008)":#Alejandra Sandoval Llamas, 15, Jalisco - 19th place - "(Eliminated September 14, 2008)":#José Roberto Carrillo Pérez, 24, Baja California - 20th place - "(Eliminated September 7, 2008)"

Eliminated (only those who did not enter to the competition)

*The contestans listed below are those who did not enter the competition but they took the propedeutic course, they were eliminated at the end of the First Concert, those were::#Sergio Castro Arizmendi, 15, Guerrero - Eliminated (August 31, 2008):#Manuel Murillo Pérez, 23, Jalisco - Eliminated (August 31, 2008):#Erik Uziel Salinas Alvarado, 17, Tamaulipas - Eliminated (August 31, 2008):#Flor de María Eliminated (August 31, 2008):#Lyanne Rebeca García Parra, 17, Sonora, EXPELLED before Concert 1

*At the end, 20 of the 25 were selected to enter the competition that started on August 31, 2008, meaning 5 of them were eliminated, those eliminated were: Erik, Manuel, Sergio, Karina and Lyanne.

Professors and Staff

*Headmaster: "Héctor Martínez"
*Singing: "Lula Ross", "Willy Gutierrez"
*Choreography: "Guillermina Gómez"
*Body Expression: "Charly D"
*Theatre: "Carmen Delgado"
*Voice Mounting: "Beto Castillo" and "Raúl Carballeda"
*Psychologist: "Lizi Rodriguez"
*Host: "Rafael Araneda" (from Rojo Fama Contrafama in Chile)
*Judges: Enrique Guzmán, Raúl Quintanilla, Lisset and Arturo López Gavito [http://www.tvazteca.com/laacademia/notas/2008/08/133134.shtml]

ee also

* La academia 5.
* La academia USA.
* Akademi Fantasia.
* Academy Fantasia.
* Akademi Fantasi Indosiar.

External links

* [http://www.adictv.com - Adictv] - Fansite
* [http://www.laacademia.tv/5tageneracion/ 5th Generation]
** [http://www.laacademia.tv/4tageneracion/ 4th Generation]
** [http://www.laacademia.tv/3rageneracion/ 3rd Generation]
** [http://www.laacademia.tv/index_2da.shtml 2nd Generation]
** [http://www.laacademia.tv/index_1a.shtml 1st Generation]
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* [http://laakademia.com La Akademia] - Fans community for every generation
* [http://www.tvazteca.com TVAzteca.com] - TV Azteca, the TV station that produces La Academia
* [http://trueaf.truelife.com/ trueaf.truelife.com] - True Academy Fantasia , Thailand Live 24 Hours Reality Show