The auditions for season 3 started in March 2008, as in auditions for the previous seasons. There was a form to fill in the Latin American Idol official site to try for auditions for 2008.
Auditions dates and cities for season 3 were:
Season 3 premiered on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 9 pm in Sony Entertainment Television, with the auditions from Mexico. As American Idol and Canadian Idol, it also start using the new intro sequence. Episodes from Venezuela's and Argentina's auditions were broadcast on June 25 and June 26 respectively. Episodes from Colombia's and Panama's auditions were broadcast on July 2 and July 3 respectively. Theatre Stage episodes were aired on July 9 and July 10, with the Top 30 being announced at the end of July 10 episode. Semifinals Episodes started on July 16. Finals Episodes started on August 13.
Margarita Henríquez – Winner – (10/09/2008)
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María José Castillo – Runner-up – (10/09/2008)
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Sandra Muente – Eliminated (10/02/2008)
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Pako Madrid – Eliminated (10/02/2008)
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Manuel Arauz – Eliminated (09/18/2008)
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José Manuel Espinoza – Eliminated (09/11/2008)
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Nicole Pillman – Eliminated (09/04/2008)
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Manuel Salas – Eliminated (08/28/2008)
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Raquel Bustamante – Eliminated (08/21/2008)
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Francisca Silva- Eliminated (08/14/2008)
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Anne Lorain Lanier – Eliminated (08/14/2008) | |
Jesús Pardo – Eliminated (08/14/2008)
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Stage: | Semi-finals | Wild Card | Finals | |||||||||||||
Week: | 7/16 | 7/23 | 7/30 | 8/6 | 8/13 | 8/20 | 8/27 | 9/4 | 9/11 | 9/18 | 9/25 | 10/2 | 10/9 | |||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||
1 | Margarita Henriquez | Top 12 | Winner | |||||||||||||
2 | Maria José Castillo | Top 12 | Runner-up | |||||||||||||
3–4 | Sandra Muente | Top 12 | Btm 6 | Elim | ||||||||||||
Pako Madrid | Elim | Top 12 | Btm 6 | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | |||||||||||
5 | Manuel Arauz | Top 12 | Elim | |||||||||||||
6 | José Manuel Espinoza | Top 12 | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||
7 | Nicole Pillman | Top 12 | Elim | |||||||||||||
8 | Manuel Salas | Top 12 | Btm 6 | Btm 4 | Elim | |||||||||||
9 | Raquel Bustamante | Elim | Top 12 | Elim | ||||||||||||
10–12 | Francisca Silva | Elim | Top 12 | Elim | ||||||||||||
Anne Lorain Lanier | Top 12 | |||||||||||||||
Jesús Pardo | Top 12 | |||||||||||||||
Wild Card | Licetty Alfaro | Elim | Elim | |||||||||||||
Eliana Berreta | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Karina Catalán | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Ariana Dao Bolivar | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Monserrath Franco | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Yina Gallego | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Semi- Final 3 | Rodrigo Arizpe | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Daniela Cevallos | ||||||||||||||||
Vanessa Leiro | ||||||||||||||||
Carlos Quezada | ||||||||||||||||
Semi- Final 2 | Juan David Becerra | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Osvaldo Conde | ||||||||||||||||
Andrea Ponce | ||||||||||||||||
Iván Torcates | ||||||||||||||||
Semi- Final 1 | Sinahí Méndez | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Kelly Ojeda | ||||||||||||||||
Ricardo Rosas | ||||||||||||||||
Rodrigo Tapia |
All the winners of Golden Tickets went to the Theatre Stage on Buenos Aires, Argentina. Episodes of this stage were broadcast on July 9 and July 10. On July 10 with the final cuts made, the group of semifinalists for this season was revealed.
The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Mexico's auditions were:
The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Venezuela's auditions were:
The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Argentina's auditions were:
The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Colombia's auditions were:
The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Panama's auditions were: