La Academia
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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).
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[edit] 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 the Fernando del Solar), La academia 5 was succeeded by Monica Garza.
In February 2008 the sixth generation of La Academia will premiere. There are rumors that since DISCO DE ORO was not sucessful as they expected, the 6th generation will begin as soon as END of JUNE
[edit] Artists' Success
Myriam, winner of the first place of the first season of also the first reality in Mexico, passing to the TV history because of that. The academic with more fans, and number of Cd's on the markets, Mi historia en la Academia 350,000 copies selled reaching doble platinium, Una Mujer broke records in America in years it was the first time a women was so successful, mi histroria en dvd it was the dvd most sold in 2 months. Myriam her homonimous, hasta el limite was the single, was the first place in radios about 4 months selling more than 100,000 copies raching Gold and possibly platinium, Vete De Aqui, the cd with more singles of an academic winning gold by selling more than 100,000 copies, his site myriamcamarita has won the best of yahoo 2004, and an arroba de oro for best club of fans' site in 2006, now she returns with Simplemente Amigos to demonstrate she still the best. Now Myriam is considered one or the best young singer of America. Simplemente Amigos reached 300,000 of selled copies in just two day of being available in stores, reaching triple platinum, Myriam is the unic ex-student of La Academia that had selled too many copies in so a little time, with this material she return to the 1st place of all the students of this reality. Also in Mixup she reach the 1st place, now a days Amprofon the company that organize music albums in Mexico report tha Myriam is in 1st place, it is very possible that Myriam will reach the Diamond staus. The first one is always the 1st one, and Myriam proved this.
Yuridia, winner of the second place of the fourth generation, has to date achieved a lot of success. Her debut album, La Voz De Un Ángel, debuted at number 1 in Mexico and managed to reack the Latin Top 20 in the U.S.. Ángel, the first single, reached the top 10 throughout Latin America, Number 1 in Mexico and the Top 40 in the U.S.. The album has gained diamond status in Mexico, an achievement only matched in the last 5 years by Luis Miguel. Her second album, Habla El Corazón, has received similar success. It debuted at number 1 in Mexico and has peaked at 15 in the U.S. Latin charts. Como Yo Nadie Te Ha Amado, first single from the album, has peaked at 25 in the U.S. Latin Charts.
Yahir, finalist of the first generation, has also achieved high success. His first album, Yahir, gained platinum in Mexico and managed to enter the Latin Top 40 in the U.S.. His second and third albums also reached similar success, both peaking at number 1 in Mexico and at 15 and 42 in the Latin Top 40 Albums in the U.S., respectively. La Locura, his most successful song, even managed to peak at 15 in the U.S. Latin charts.
Colette, second place of the fifth generation, has also achieved high success. Her first album, A Mi Manera, which is a recopilatory of songs that she sang in La Academia, gained a lot of popularity in Mexico and her single A Mi Manera has been on the top of the charts. Rumors suggest that she has sold more than 100,000
Other Success are Cynthia, Erasmo, Erika and Victor
[edit] Seasons
[edit] First Generation (2002)
[edit] Winner
[edit] Finalists
- 2nd place: Víctor Alejandro García Pérez
- 3rd place: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Chapital
- 4th place: Yahir Othon Parra
- 5th place: Nadia Yvonne López Ayuso
[edit] Eliminated
- Antonia Salazar Zamora
- Edwin Raúl Sandoval de la Torre
- Estrella Benigbé Veloz
- Laura Isabel Caro Beltran
- María Inés Guerra
- José Antonio de la O
- Sandra Wendolee Ayala
- Alejandro Hernández Danel
- Héctor Zamorano Guitar
[edit] Second Generation (2003)
[edit] Winner
[edit] Finalists
- 2nd place: Marco Antonio Moreno García
- 3rd place: Manuel Mancillas Dena
- 4th place: Fredi Ivann Bautista García
- 5th place: Rosalía León Oviedo
[edit] Eliminated
- Adrián Carvajal Fuentes
- Enrique de Jesús Virrueta Gordillo
- Carmen Azeneth González Morales
- Fabricio Martínez Vargas
- Andrea González Romo
- Ana Lucía Salazar Garza
- Alejandra Ondarza Serrano
- Víctor Javier Ramos Rodríguez
- Luis Mauricio Carrera Carranza
- Marvin Jonathan Mayne Carpio
- Karla Lizeth Leyva Tijerina
- Elisa Valenzuela Galván
- Clara Gisela López García
[edit] Third Generation (2004)
[edit] Winner
[edit] Finalists
- 2nd place: Dulce López Rodríguez
- 3rd place: Melissa Ibarra Murrieta
- 4th place: Leticia López Ramos
- 5th place: César Robles Hinojosa
- 6th place: Israel Estrada Quintanar
[edit] Eliminated
- Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas
- Ricardo Hernández Quiñones
- Suzette Diana Márquez Ruiz
- Maricarmen Carreón Díaz
- Martín Edmundo Vaca Vea
- Rodrigo Nájera Hernández
- Marcia Cristina Peña Bustamante
- Carlos Arturo Quezada González
- Esteban René Espinosa Espinosa
- Marla Magaly Marrun Maldonado
- Jessica Meza Espinosa
- Diego Espinosa de la Piedra
[edit] Fourth Generation (2005)
[edit] Winner
[edit] Finalists
- 2nd Place: Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores
- 3rd Place: Adrián Eduardo Varela Avilés
- 4th Place: Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz
- 5th Place: Edgar Guerrero Gastelum
- 6th Place: Silvia Amalia Mendivil
[edit] Eliminated
- Jolette Hernández Navarrete
- José Luis Díaz Solórzano
- Johanna Delgado Núñez
- Marco Antonio Silva Hernández
- Mawi
- Paula Alicia González Villareal
- Mario Alberto González Sepúlveda
- Alan Fernando Velázquez Suárez
- Ada Abyadé Rodriguez Andrade
- Oscar Ayodele Otuyemi Rondero
- Karina Denisse Cázares Ortega
- René Alberto Liceaga Martínez
- Azucena Anahí Garcia Castro
[edit] Fifth Generation (2006)
[edit] Winner
[edit] Finalists
- 2nd Place: Rocio Colette Acuña Calzada
- 3rd Place: Beatriz Marbella Corella Sias
- 4th Place: Karla Renata Rodriguez Barajas
[edit] Eliminated
- Vince Miranda Espinoza
- Julia Camila Hernández E.
- Yazmín Valencia López
- Juan Sebastián Garzón
- Julio César Elenes
- Noé Cantú González
- Isabel Becerra Meza
- Diego Isael Castro
- Carlos Alberto Hernández F.
- Iván Rodríguez Salazar
- Diana Santos Ugalde
- Tania Citlali Aguilera Friedli
- César Ceja Ramos
- Armando Gutiérrez N.
- Alan Macín Hernández
- Jaqueline García
- Niyet Quiroz Cuevas
[edit] External links
- - La Academia VIP El Mejor foro
- 5th Generation
- La Academia at the Internet Movie Database
- La Akademia - Fans community for every generation
- - Viva La Academia - Fansite
- TVAzteca.com - TV Azteca, the TV station that produces La Academia
- ubcaf.truelife.com - Academy Fantasia, UBC, the Thailand TV station that broadcast Academy Fantasia
