La Banda | |
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Season 1 | |
Hosted by | Alejandra Espinoza |
Coaches | |
Winners | CNCO (Christopher Vélez Joel Pimentel Erick Brian Colón Richard Camacho Zabdiel de Jesús) |
Release | |
Original network | Univision |
Original release | September 13 – December 13, 2015 |
Season chronology |
La Banda ("the band") is a Spanish-language singing competition series created by Ricky Martin and Simon Cowell, and produced by Ricky Martin. [1] 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. [1] [2] [3] The goal of the series is to look for talented young teens to make the next musical phenomenon. The show was renewed for season 2.
Auditions for the inaugurative season were held in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Houston, New York and also in Puerto Rico. Season 1 premiered on September 13, 2015, and ended on December 13, 2015. [4] [5] The new band entitled CNCO is composed of (current ages): Christopher Vélez (24), (Ecuador), Richard Camacho (23), (Dominican Republic), Joel Pimentel (21), (Mexico), Erick Brian Colon (19), (Cuba), and Zabdiel de Jesús (22), (Puerto Rico). [6]
The young men listed below were voted through to the competition by at least two of the three star judges of the show. [7] 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.
Top 41
Participant | Age | Origin |
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Yashua Camacho | 16 | Dominican Republic |
Franco Tortolani | 17 | Venezuela |
Ezequiel Cárdenas Jeremías Cárdenas | 20 | Mexico / Spain |
Adán Allende | 24 | Puerto Rico |
Ricardo Moreno | 16 | Mexico |
Anthony Ortiz | 17 | United States |
Luis Gamarra | 22 | Bolivia |
Diydan López | 21 | Mexico |
Cristhian Camacho | 17 | Colombia |
Jorge Gabriel Rodríguez | 21 | Cuba |
Jordan Hernańdez | 18 | Mexico |
José López Cepero | 17 | Puerto Rico |
Mateo Urrea | 16 | Colombia |
José Barrientos | 19 | Mexico |
Mauricio Novoa | 18 | Mexico |
Fabyan Sánchez | 18 | Puerto Rico |
Brian Gallardo | 19 | Mexico |
Garmandy Candelario | 20 | Dominican Republic |
Joseph Picorelli | 16 | Puerto Rico |
Felix Gabriel | 21 | Puerto Rico |
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
Participant | Age | Origin |
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Micke Moreno | 17 | Colombia |
Jason Medina | 18 | Mexico |
Elison Joel Morban | 18 | Dominican Republic |
José Tunon | 16 | Mexico |
Matthews Charlotten | 18 | Puerto Rico |
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.
Participant | Age | Origin |
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José Antonio Monroig | 17 | Puerto Rico |
Nickie Jon Pabon | 19 | Puerto Rico |
Kevin González ** | 20 | El Salvador |
Top 12
Here the 12 finalists that will fight for their goal in the final phase of the competition.
Participant | Age | Origin |
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Aarón Bodden | 18 | Honduras |
Christopher Vélez | 20 | Ecuador |
Joshua Greaux | 17 | Puerto Rico |
Zabdiel de Jesús | 18 | Puerto Rico |
Joel Pimentel | 16 | Mexico |
Johann Vera | 20 | Ecuador |
Erick Brian Colón | 14 | Cuba |
Yoandri Cabrera | 16 | Cuba |
Jaime Cruz | 15 | Puerto Rico |
Sebastián Rivera | 15 | Puerto Rico |
Alan Matheus ** | 14 | Venezuela |
Richard Camacho | 19 | Dominican Republic |
The final 5 that won the competition were Joel Pimentel, Erick Brian Colón, Richard Camacho, Zabdiel de Jesús, and Christopher Vélez
Contestants' color key:
– Contestant announced as safe in no particular order. |
– Contestant in the bottom three and was saved by the judges. |
– Contestant in the bottom three and was saved by the public vote. |
– Contestant in the bottom three and was eliminated. |
– Winning contestants who join La Banda. |
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.
Contestant | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | La Banda | ||||||||
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Christopher Velez | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st Member | ||||||||
Richard Camacho | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 2nd Member | ||||||||
Joel Pimentel | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | 3rd Member | ||||||||
Erick Brian Colón | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th Member | ||||||||
Zabdiel de Jesús | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | 5th Member | ||||||||
Yoandri Cabrera | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||
Jaime Cruz | Bottom three | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||
Johann Vera | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||
Aaron Bodden | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||||
Alan Matheus | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||
Sebastián Rivera | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||
Joshua Greaux | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||
Judges voted to Save | |||||||||||||||
Alejandro's vote | Sebastián Rivera | Jaime Cruz | Alan Matheus | Zabdiel de Jesus | Yoandri Cabrera | Yoandri Cabrera | |||||||||
Laura's vote | Joshua Greaux | Sebastián Rivera | Aaron Bodden | Zabdiel de Jesus | Yoandri Cabrera | Erick Brian Colón | |||||||||
Ricky's vote | Sebastián Rivera | Jaime Cruz | Aaron Bodden | Zabdiel de Jesus | Johann Vera | Zabdiel De Jesús | |||||||||
Ricky Martin saved Erick Brian Colon.
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Aaron Boden Richard Camacho Zabdiel de Jesus Johann Vera | 1 | "Fun" | |
Band #2: Christopher Velez Joel Pimentel Sebastian Rivera Erick Brian Colon | 2 | "El Perdón" | |
Band #3: Jaime Cruz Yoandri Cabrera Alan Matheus Joshua Greaux | 3 | "Drag Me Down" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Richard Camacho | 4 | "Sunset" | Safe |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 5 | "A Thousand Years" | Safe |
Erick Brian Colon | 6 | "La Temperatura" | Safe |
Aaron Bodden | 7 | "Que Viva la Vida" | Safe |
Jaime Cruz | 8 | "Stitches" | Bottom 3 |
Alan Matheus | 9 | "Darte un Beso" | Safe |
Sebastian Rivera | 10 | "Isn't She Lovely" | Bottom 3 |
Joshua Greaux | 11 | "Duele el Amor" | Eliminated |
Johann Vera | 12 | "Impossible" | Safe |
Christopher Velez | 13 | "Contigo" | Safe |
Yoandri Cabrera | 14 | "Fight Song" | Safe |
Joel Pimentel | 15 | "I See Fire" | Safe |
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Yoandri Cabrera Richard Camacho Sebastian Rivera Joel Pimentel | 1 | "Cheerleader" | |
Band #2: Christopher Velez Alan Matheus Aaron Bodden Erick Brian Colon | 2 | "Me Voy Enamorando" | |
Band #3: Jaime Cruz Johann Vera Joshua Greaux Zabdiel de Jesus | 3 | "Uptown Funk" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Johann Vera | 4 | "Vivir Mi Vida" | Safe |
Aaron Bodden | 5 | "Back It Up" | Safe |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 6 | "Ginza" | Safe |
Yoandri Cabrera | 7 | "Noviembre Sin Ti" | Bottom 3 |
Christopher Velez | 8 | "Steal My Girl" | Safe |
Erick Brian Colon | 9 | "Cuando Me Enamoro" | Safe |
Sebastian Rivera | 10 | "¡Corre!" | Eliminated |
Alan Matheus | 11 | "Me Enamora" | Safe |
Jaime Cruz | 12 | "Héroe" | Bottom 3 |
Richard Camacho | 13 | "Marvin Gaye" | Safe |
Joel Pimentel | 14 | "Dreaming of You" | Safe |
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Zabdiel de Jesus Richard Camacho Alan Matheus Erick Brian Colon | 1 | "Algo Me Gusta de Ti" | |
Band #2: Christopher Velez Yoandri Cabrera Joel Pimentel Jaime Cruz | 2 | "Sígueme y Te Sigo" | |
Band #3: Johann Vera Sebastian Rivera Aaron Bodden | 3 | "Rain Over Me" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 4 | "Volví a Nacer" | Safe |
Aaron Bodden | 5 | "Get Lucky" | Bottom 3 |
Alan Matheus | 6 | "Looking for Paradise" | Eliminated |
Johann Vera | 7 | "Disparo al Corazón" | Safe |
Joel Pimentel | 8 | "Stand By Me" | Safe |
Yoandri Cabrera | 9 | "Viva la Vida" | Bottom 3 |
Christopher Velez | 10 | "Víveme" | Safe |
Jaime Cruz | 11 | "Danza Kuduro" | Safe |
Erick Brian Colon | 12 | "Calentura" | Safe |
Richard Camacho | 13 | "Propuesta Indecente" | Safe |
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Richard Camacho Zabdiel de Jesus Aaron Bodden Alan Matheus Johann Vera | 1 | "Tú Me Quemas" | |
Band #2: Christopher Velez Erick Brian Colon Joel Pimentel Jaime Cruz Yoandri Cabrera | 2 | "What Do You Mean?" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Jaime Cruz | 3 | "La Mordidita" | Bottom 3 |
Yoandri Cabrera | 4 | "Mi Peor Error" | Safe |
Richard Camacho | 5 | "Am I Wrong" | Safe |
Johann Vera | 6 | "El Amor de Su Vida" | Safe |
Aaron Bodden | 7 | "Pierdo La Cabeza" | Eliminated |
Joel Pimentel | 8 | "Photograph" | Safe |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 9 | "Coleccionista de Canciones" | Bottom 3 |
Erick Brian Colon | 10 | "Ay Vamos" | Safe |
Christopher Velez | 11 | "Fuiste Tú" | Safe |
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Christopher Velez Jaime Cruz Joel Pimentel Johann Vera Richard Camacho | 1 | "Nota de Amor" / "Bailar Contigo" | |
Band #2: Aaron Bodden Erick Brian Colon Yoandri Cabrera Zabdiel de Jesus | 2 | "Locked Away" / "Rude" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Christopher Velez | 3 | "Odio" | Safe |
Joel Pimentel | 4 | "Espacio Sideral" | Bottom 3 |
Jaime Cruz | 5 | "No Sales de Mi Mente" | Safe |
Richard Camacho | 6 | "Lay Me Down" | Safe |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 7 | "Aunque Ahora Estes con El" | Safe |
Johann Vera | 8 | "Miedo" | Eliminated |
Yoandri Cabrera | 9 | "One Last Time" | Bottom 3 |
Erick Brian Colon | 10 | "Hablé de Ti" / "Don't You Worry Child" | Safe |
Band performances | |||
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Band | Order | Song(s) | |
Band #1: Joel Pimentel Erick Brian Colon Zabdiel de Jesus Yoandri Cabrera | 1 | "Que Se Sienta El Deseo" | |
Band #2: Christopher Velez Jaime Cruz Johann Vera Richard Camacho | 2 | "I Gotta Feeling" | |
Individual performances | |||
Contestant | Order | Song(s) | Result |
Joel Pimentel | 3 | "Bendita tu luz" | 3rd |
Johann Vera [lower-alpha 1] | 4 | "Levels" | — |
Erick Brian Colon | 5 | "Tranquila" | 4th |
Yoandri Cabrera | 6 | "El Próximo Viernes" | Bottom 3 |
Jaime Cruz | 7 | "Vaivén" | Bottom 3 |
Christopher Velez | 8 | "Kilómetros" | 1st |
Richard Camacho | 9 | "Sorry" | 2nd |
Zabdiel de Jesus | 10 | "Salomé" | Bottom 3 (5th member) |
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