La Banda (TV series)
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No. of seasons 2 Director Marcelo Gama | Original language(s) English, Spanish First episode date 13 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. of episodes 28 (as of December 11, 2016) Similar El Chavo Animado, Grachi, Aquí y Ahora, Noticiero Univision, El Gordo y la Flaca Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La banda extra in the first night of the live shows the girls gave their best
La Banda (English: The Band) is a Latin American singing competition series created by Simon Cowell and produced by Ricky Martin. It is presented by Alejandra Espinoza and premiered on September 13, 2015. The judges in Season 1 were Ricky Martin, Laura Pausini, and Alejandro Sanz. The goal of the series is to look for talented young teens to make the next musical phenomenon. The show has been renewed for season 2, in the search for the next Latin boy and girl band. The judges in Season 2 are Wisin, Laura Pausini and Mario Domm. Season 2 premiered on September 11, 2016 and concluded on December 11, 2016. The second season ended with a band mixed of three boys and two girls; composed of Brian Cruz (16), (Cuba), Taishmara Rivera (15), (Puerto Rico), Christian Castro (22), (Puerto Rico), Danelly Hoyer (21), (Mexico), and Garmandy Candelario (21), (Dominican Republic). The band is called Mix5.
Contents
- La banda extra in the first night of the live shows the girls gave their best
- La banda news final show with judges finalists and winners
- Participants
- Results summary
- Live show details
- Week 1 November 1
- Week 4 November 22
- Week 5 November 29
- Week 6 Semi final December 6
- October 30th Female Live Show
- November 6th Male Live Show
- November 13th Girls VS Boys
- November 20th Mixed groups
- November 27th Quarterfinal
- December 4th Semifinal
- December 11th The Finals
- References
Season 1 premiered on September 13, 2015 and ended on December 13, 2015. The new band entitled CNCO is composed of (current ages): Christopher Velez (20), (Ecuador), Richard Camacho (19), (Dominican Republic), Joel Pimentel (17), (Mexico), Erick Brian Colon (16), (Cuba), and Zabdiel de Jesús (18), (Puerto Rico).
In Mexico, the first season of La Banda was aired on Canal 5 from October 2015 until January 2016, broadcasting on Fridays at 8:00 p.m.. While the second season, it was broadcast by Las Estrellas from October 9 to December 31, 2016, weekly on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.
La banda news final show with judges finalists and winners
Participants
The young men listed below were voted through to the competition by at least two of the three star judges of the show. Their ages at the time of their televised audition and their Latin American countries of ethnic or national origin are also displayed.
The top 41 participants showed who passed the audition but failed to continue towards the second phase of the competition. The judges decided to form four five-member boy bands to perform during this phase. The fifth five-member boy band was to be made up of five of the participants left behind. After performing, the judges sent all but five boys home. The top 20 shows the participants who moved on to the third round but failed to continue on after that.
Season 1
Top 41
Each boy band performed its cover of a song in a music video. After watching the videos, the judges eliminate five more contestants.
Top 20
Top 15
The judges had the top 15 participants performing as a solo artist. The fans are in charge of whose performance was their most favorite.
Top 12
Here the 12 finalists that will fight for their goal in the final phase of the competition.
The final 5 that won the competition were Joel Pimentel, Erick Brian Colón, Richard Camacho, Zabdiel de Jesús, and Christopher Vélez
Season 2
Top 57
Top 36
Top 24
Top 16
The final 5 that won the competition were Brian Cruz, Taishmara Rivera , Christian Castro, Danelly Hoyer and Garmandy Candelario.
Results summary
Contestants' color key:
Note: No eliminations occurred during the Week 1 of the live shows, due to the fact that the contestants needed to obtain votes in order for elimination to occur the following week.
Note: On week seven the judges could not decide who would be the fourth member so the public live votes chose Erick Brian Colon.
Live show details
Ricky Martin saved Erick Brian Colon
Week 1 (November 1)
Week 4 (November 22)
Week 5 (November 29)
Week 6: Semi-final (December 6)
Results summary
Contestants' color key:
Note: The eliminations are based on the previous weeks' performances and the viewers' votes each week.
October 30th - Female Live Show.
The first live show was the girls from the top 16. They all performed solo songs as well as two group performances. The best group is safe, and the other risks elimination. In the second live show, the first band from last week confirmed that Taishmara and Veronica were saved by the fans. Sofia was saved by the judges, and Aimee was the first finalist eliminated.
November 6th - Male Live Show.
The second live show was the boys from the top 16. They all performed solo songs as well as two group performances. The best group gets immunity, and the other needs the fans to vote for them in order to avoid elimination. On November 13, 2016, it was confirmed that Brian and Felix were saved by the fans. Abel was saved by the judges, and Edward was the second finalist eliminated.
November 13th - Girls VS Boys.
At the end of the group presentations, the public votes saved Felix and Brian, and then the judges chose Abel to stay. So therefore, Edward was eliminated.
November 20th - Mixed groups.
In the bottom three, fans were able to vote through the Univision Connecta app for their favorite live. Danelly was saved by public vote, then the judges chose Megamy to stay. So therefore, Sofia was eliminated. CNCO came to perform their hit, Reggaeton Lento.
November 27th - Quarterfinal
It was announced the previous week that 2 contestants will be eliminated. In the fifth live show, after the group presentations, it was revealed that Abdiel was the first of the two finalists eliminated. Alondra, Megamy, and Veronica were at risk of elimination. The public vote saved Alondra, and the judges chose Megamy to stay. So therefore, Veronica was the second finalist eliminated.
December 4th - Semifinal
This time, they would announce the eliminated contestant after the opening of the show. Abel, Felix, Zhamira, and Danelly were risk of elimination. The public votes saved both Zhamira and Felix. Then the judges choose Danelly, and so therefore, Abel was next finalist eliminated. The ten remaining contestants presented a solo performance following Abel's elimination.
December 11th - The Finals
The Winners were announced the public vote chose Brian Cruz and Taishmara Rivera as the two most voted contestants making them the first two members to join the band. Then the judges chose the next two members which were Christian Castro and Danelly Hoyer. The final member was chosen by the public which was Garmandy Candelario. The bands named was announced as Mix5 .