Latin American Idol
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| Latin American Idol | |
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| Latin American Idol Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Season 1 (2006) | |
 Mayré Martínez |
Winner |
 Noelia Soto |
October 26 |
 Efraín Medina |
October 19 |
 Gabriel Suárez |
October 12 |
| Hernán López |
October 5 |
| Andrea del Valle |
September 28 |
 John Paul Ospina |
September 21 |
| Isa Mosquera |
September 14 |
| Lilia Mariñelarena |
September 7 |
| Dennis Smith |
August 31 |
Latin American Idol is a reality television series on the Sony Entertainment Television network based on the popular Pop Idol. The show, the first Idol series in the world to be run in Spanish, is a contest to determine the best young singer in Latin America, excluding Portuguese-speaking Brazil, which has its own version of the Idol series, Ídolos Brazil.
Latin American Idol is hosted by Erika de la Vega from Venezuela and Monchi Balestra from Argentina. The judges consist of Cuban-born American Jon Secada, Gustavo Sánchez from Puerto Rico and Elizabeth Meza from Mexico. Auditions for the first season were held from late April to mid May 2006 in Caracas, Venezuela; Bogotá, Colombia; Mexico City, Mexico and finishing in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the host country. The series premiered on July 12, 2006.
It was announced in late December 2006 that judge Elizabeth Meza would be leaving the show, due to her wanting to dedicate full time to her career as a solo jazz singer. On March 2007, Sony Entertainment Television informed that former Flans member, Irma Angélica Hernández Ochoa known as "Mimi", would be replacing Meza in the jury's table, she along with Secada and Sánchez will help Latin America to find the sucessor of Mayré Martínez.
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[edit] Season synopses
[edit] Season 1
The first season of Latin American Idol was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and premiered on July 12, 2006 with the auditions in Caracas, Venezuela. Then came the auditions in Bogotá, Colombia; Mexico City, Mexico; and lastly Buenos Aires, Argentina. On August 2, 2006 the first group of ten semi-finalists sung, passing only three of them to the finals. Two other semi-finalists were chosen to participate in the wild-card show in 2 weeks.
The winner was announced on October 26th, the first Latin American Idol is Venezuelan Mayré Martínez, beating Argentinian born Noelia Soto in the season finale. Mayre Martinez won a brand new automobile, a record deal with Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and multimillioaire managing exclusivity contract.
[edit] Season 2
Auditions of Season 2 are going to take place in:
(In chronological order)
- Venezuela
- From March 17 to March 20, 2007.
- Mexico
- From March 24 to March 27, 2007.
- Colombia
- From March 31 to April 3, 2007.
- Argentina (Host)
- From April 14 to April 18, 2007.
[edit] External links
International franchises: Arab world • Latin America • West Africa • The former Yugoslavia • World Idol
