Objetivo Fama (Third Season)
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The third season of Objetivo Fama began on February 11, 2006. This season the judges are Roberto Sueiro, Hilda Ramos, and Fernando Allende. The show was hosted by Mexican singer Yuri.
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[edit] Auditions
Auditions were held in several cities among the United States and Puerto Rico in the summer and early fall of 2005. The cities were auditions were held were:
- San Francisco, California
- Denver, Colorado
- Chicago, Illinois
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York City, New York
- Washington DC
- Orlando, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Dallas, Texas
- Austin, Texas
- Tucson, Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Bakersfield, California
- Sacramento, California
- Fresno, California
- San Germán, Puerto Rico
- Guayama, Puerto Rico
- Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Los Angeles, California
[edit] Final Cutdown
Out of each audition, a group of semi-finalists were selected. Producers and judges then evaluated each and ended up selecting 20 contestants.
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Patty Contreras |
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Arquímides González |
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Mary Ann Acevedo |
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Jenilca Giusti |
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José Barraza |
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Patricia Mercado |
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Helen Ochoa |
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Brigitte Dávila |
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Edwin Gómez |
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Ronald Martínez |
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Sunel Molina |
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Francisco Salicrup |
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Ediberto Carmenatty |
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Soledad Sosa |
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Josué Muñoz |
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Melanie Figueroa |
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Elionaid Iñiguez |
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Gustavo Gutiérrez |
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Guadalupe Castro |
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[edit] Weekly Shows
The weekly shows began on February 11, 2006 and are held at the Centro de Bellas Artes of Caguas. Each presentation opens with a huge dance/sing number where all the contestants participate.
Before each presentation, contestants are interviewed by host Yuri, while they present some of the things that happened the preceding week. After the contestants presentation, the three judges evaluate his performance. Guest judges might be brought from time to time.
[edit] Threatenings and Eliminations
Each week, based on the contestants performances, the judges threaten a maximum of three contestants to abandon the competition. In the first weeks, the professors "save" one of them based on their week's performance during rehearses. The remaining threatened contestants are then subject to the evaluation of the public during the next week, where the audience has the right to vote for who they want to stay or leave. The results are announced in the next show.
[edit] Controversies
Some controversies have arose during this season.
- On April 1, 2006 it was announced that competitor Ediberto Carmenatty had to leave the competition due to medical reasons. The reasons were loosely disclosed, but apparently Carmenatty was suffering from some sort of injury on his back and leg. This was particularly shocking to everybody because Carmenatty was both one of the strongest competitors of the show and one of the most loved by both his fellow competitors and the audience.
- Without a doubt, the biggest controversy so far is the elimination of strong competitor Soledad Sosa from the competition. In March 19, 2006, she decided to quit the competition and abandoned the house with her husband returning to Houston, Texas. Her parents have complained because they've never gotten along with him and have accused him of manipulating Sosa's decision. The production of the show has also inferred that there might be some legal repercussions to her decision because of the contract each contestant signed. Sosa was one of the best singers of the group, receiving always high evaluations from the judges and not being threatened in any of the shows.
- The attitude of some of the contestants has also rose some controversy. More notable were the issues surrounding Sunel Molina during the first weeks, where he argued with lots of his fellow competitors and teachers for several reasons. Other contestants that have had problems because of their attitude have been Ronald Martínez and Francisco Salicrup.
- During the third or fourth week of the show, some of the male competitors were reprimanded by Lunna (the administrator of the house/studio) for not waking up early for rehearsals and classes. Some of the competitors reprimanded for this were Marlon Fernández, Edwin Gómez, Arquimides González and José Barraza.
- During the fourth week, it was also brought to attention the poor conditions in which most of the contestants had their rooms. This was shown in the weekly show because Francisco Salicrup complained about the hygiene of his friends.
- Some contestants, namely Josué Muñoz and Helen Ochoa, argued the judge's decisions to threaten them repeatedly in the early shows of the competition even implying that there might be favoritism to other contestants. Josué was eliminated in March 18, 2006.
