La Academia
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| Presented by | Alan Tacher (2002–2005) Ingrid Coronado (2009 - 2014) Fernando del Solar (2006, 2012) Monica Garza (2006) Rafael Araneda (2008 - 2011) Bibi Gaytán (2011) Mauricio Barcelata (2013) |
| Judges | (List of Judges) |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Giorgio Aresu (2002–2005) Eva Borja (2006- 2008) Magda Rodriguez (2009 - 2011) Juan Navarrete (2011-present) |
| Running time | Varies between 2 hours and 3 hours |
| Production company(s) | Azteca |
| Distributor | Nostromo Producciones (2002–2005) Azteca (2006 - present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Azteca 13 |
| Original release | June 30, 2002 – present |
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| La Academia: The First Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original release | June 30 – December 1, 2002 |
| La Academia: The Second Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Release | |
| Original release | December 8, 2002 – March 30, 2003 |
| La Academia: The Third Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Release | |
| Original release | March 14 – July 4, 2004 |
| La Academia: The Fourth Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Release | |
| Original release | February 27 – July 3, 2005 |
| La Academia Five: The Light Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original release | July 9 – December 17, 2006 |
| La Academia: The Last Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original release | August 31 – December 14, 2008 |
| La Academia: The New Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original release | October 4 – December 14, 2009 |
| La Academia: Bicentennial Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 15 |
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| Original release | September 12 – December 19, 2010 |
| La Academia 3D: 2011 Generation | |
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| No. of episodes | 18 |
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| Original release | August 21 – December 18, 2011 |
La Academia (The Academy) is a Mexican reality musical talent show shown on Azteca, that premiered in June 2002 and it's currently in its tenth installment. 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.
Over the first seasons, the show was a reliable dominator of its time-slot, which was shown by its triumph over Televisa's Operación Triunfo Mexico, in several countries including Chile, Argentina, Peru and Venezuela. The rival show was only produced for one season, and was in fact the official Endemol entry in Mexico. However, the last seasons of La Academia have had declining ratings, being aired against the Mexican version of The Voice, produced by Televisa.
The show has been franchised to other countries: Azerbaijan (Akademiya), Malaysia (Akademi Fantasia), Indonesia (Akademi Fantasi Indosiar), United States (La Academia USA), Paraguay (La Academia Paraguay), Singapore (Sunsilk Academy Fantasia), Thailand (True Academy Fantasia), and Central America (La Academia Centroamérica).
The winner of the first and most successful season was Myriam Montemayor Cruz in December 2002.
Each year, 14-49 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 contestants is eliminated based on the number of votes each one receives, until 4 to 10 students become the finalists and compete for the top prize. Viewers can vote by telephone, but calls are not free. Each vote costs over MN$25.00 (around US$2.50). Since The Sixth Generation, voting is by text message and each one cost MN$3.00. Camino a la Fama aired during weekday afternoons, but it was cancelled after The Ninth Generation. This show taped what the students' lives within the La Academia house. It also demonstrated the singing, dancing, and acting classes.
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