Circo de estrellas (Chile)

Star Circus
Starring	Rafael Araneda Karen Doggenweiler
Country of origin	Chile
No. of episodes	10 episode (until now)
Production
Location(s)	TVN Santiago, Chile
Running time	120 minutes 120 minutes (telecast)
Broadcast
Original channel	TVN
Original run	March 25, 2010 – Present
External links
Sitio oficial TVN - Circo de estrellas Website

Circo de estrellas, is the Chilean adaptation of an Australian TV program Celebrity Circus broadcast by the Australian Nine Network. It is based on learning and performing circus skills. The Chilean version of the program was announced in a January 2010 press release, to be shown by Televisión Nacional de Chile on Thursdays at 22:40 hours, hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.^[1] There is also a related special program called as'Circo behind the magic, which shows the trial participants in a kind of series-documentary.

The first episode, on 25 March 2010, attracted a rating of 16.2 points.^[2]

Mechanical

The celebrities who enter the program begin their studies at least a month before the airing of the program. They are assigned a professional teacher for the disciplines covered by the circus, who will be with them throughout the competition. They are observed and evaluated by five judges who give their opinion and score for each of the duelists. The contestant with fewest votes leaves the competition.

Judges

Fernando Sánchez: managerial of the Brothers Fuentes Gazca Company
Cristina Tocco: actress and singer
Gustavo Sánchez: former judge of Latin American Idol
Luz Croxatto: actress and screenwriter
René O'Ryan: instructor of Pelotón III and Pelotón IV.

Competition table

Participants	Age	'Competition Status'
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles - actor, contestant and double winner of Calle 7	25	1st Place
Janis Pope - audiovisual communicator, panelist of En Portada	25	2nd Place (4th eliminated)
Loreto Aravena - actress in Los 80 series	26	3rd Placed 6th & 8th eliminated
Nabih Chadud - engineer, former contestant in Pelotón and La Granja	33	1st, 5th & 10th eliminated
Monserrat Prats - actress	23	2nd & 9th eliminated
César Caillet - actor, lawyer	36	7th eliminated
Mariela Montero - actress, model, singer, former participant in Pelotón	30	3rd eliminated
Carla Ballero - actress, model, TV host	30	Retired (4)
Maite Orsini (1)(3) - actress, model, contestant in Calle 7	22	Retired^[3]
Christian Ocaranza - dancer , former participant in Rojo Fama Contrafama	27	Retired (2)

(1) Alejandra Fosalba replaced due to leg injury by Maite Orsini.
(2) Christian Ocaranza replaced due to back injury by Nabih Chadud on 15 April.
(3) Maite Orsini replaced due to personal problems by Janis Pope.
(4) Carla Ballero retired because she was pregnant.

Table of elimination

Stars	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Semi-finals	Final part 1	Final part 2
Chapu	Save	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Save	Nominated	Save	1st Semi-finalist	Save	1st Finalist	1st Place
Janis	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Eliminated	Save	Save	Save	3rd Semi-finalist	Save	2nd Finalist	2nd Place
Loreto	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Save	Nominated	Back In	Nominated	Eliminated	Back In	3rd finalist	3rd Placed
Nabih	Save	Eliminated		Back In	Save	Eliminated	Back In	Save	4th Semi-finalist	Save	Eliminated
Carla	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Injured	Save	Save	Save	2nd Semi-finalist	Retired
Montserrat	Save	Nominated	Eliminated				Back In	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
César	Save	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Eliminated
Maite	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Save	Retired
Mariela	Nominated	Save	Save	Eliminated
Christian	Save	Save	Save	Retired

Repechaje stage

On May 6, 2010, it was the stage of the Repechaje where the contestants go through a task "Cuerda Floja". On this task were:

Participant	Result
Monserrat Prats	Back In
Loreto Aravena	Back In
Nabih Chadud	Back In
Mariela Montero	Eliminated
Maite Orsini	Eliminated

Curiosities

Francisco "Chapu" Puelles is the only finalist who was never eliminated.