La Academia is a Mexican reality musical talent television series shown on TV Azteca, that premiered in June 2002 and is currently in its thirteenth 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.
Julieta Venegas Percevault is an American-born Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer who specializes in pop-rock-indie music in Spanish. She embarked on her musical journey by joining several bands, including the Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. Venegas is proficient in playing 17 instruments, including the acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard.
Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores, known mononymously as Yuridia, is a Mexican singer. She came in second place in the fourth season of the reality show La Academia, which launched her career. She is considered as one of the most successful and most listened-to Mexican artists on digital platforms.
Guadalupe Contreras Ramos, better known as Lupita D'Alessio, is a Mexican singer and actress. She is nicknamed "La Leona Dormida".
Nadia Yvonne López Ayuso, is a Mexican singer and reality television star and grammy nominee singer.
María Inés Guerra Núñez, commonly known as María Inés Guerra, is a Mexican TV hostess and singer.
Ilse María Olivo Schweinfurth is a Mexican singer and telenovela actress.
Rosalía León Oviedo is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and guitarist. She participated in the Mexican musical reality show La Academia. She released her first album through Sony Music in 2003 selling over 50,000 copies in the first four weeks.
Desafío de Estrellas is a Mexican musical show produced and distributed by TV Azteca, the second most important network in the country. The format of the Desafío is similar to American Idol with contestants eliminated every week and a grand finale with the top contestants competing to win the first place prize. TV Azteca has, until 2006, produced two versions of the program, one in 2003 and the other in 2006. The 2003 version consisted only of former contestants of La Academia, another TV Azteca-produced show which had already garnished two seasons and, in the process, taken away rating from Televisa, the prime network of the country. The 2006 version, on the other hand, consisted of both former contestants of La Academia, as well as other artists produced by TV Azteca in the middle and late '90s, later in 2009 a third season took place with former contestants of the six seasons of la academia.
Rocío Colette Acuña Calzada, known as Colette, is a singer who finished as runner-up in the 5th series of the Mexican singing show La Academia in 2007 behind the winner Samuel Castelan Marini.
Myriam Montemayor Cruz, better known mononymously as Myriam, is a Mexican recording artist known for winning the first season of Mexican talent show La Academia.
Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas, known professionally as Hiromi Hayakawa, was a Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer who began her music career as a contestant in the reality show La Academia. She worked mostly in musical theatre, however she has had occasional television roles. Hayakawa was also a voice actress, who worked primarily on the Spanish American dub of films and series from the United States.
Natasha Elizabeth Dupeyrón Estrada, known professionally as Natasha Dupeyrón, is a Mexican actress, singer, and spokesmodel. She has acted in various Mexican telenovelas since childhood. Dupeyrón was a member of the Mexican-Argentine pop band, Eme 15 from 2011 until 2014.
Jackeline Fabiola Rodas Valladares, also known as Fabiola Roudha was, is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter who gained international attention by coming in third place on the reality show Codigo Fama Internacional. Several years later, in 2008, she was the runner-up in La Academia--Última Generación. In 2009, she was crowned the winner of El Gran Desafío de Estrellas.
"No Debes Jugar" is a song recorded by American recording artist Selena and released as the lead single from her first live album Live! (1993). It was composed by Selena y Los Dinos keyboardist Ricky Vela and Selena's brother and principal record producer A.B. Quintanilla III and produced by Quintanilla III and Argentine music producer Bebu Silvetti. It is an uptempo Mexican cumbia song with influences of Rock en Español which is centered on female empowerment. Lyrically, the song describes a woman who threatens to leave her unappreciative boyfriend.
Magos Herrera is a Mexican jazz singer, songwriter, producer, and educator. She sings in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has collaborated with Javier Limón, saxophonist Tim Ries, Aaron Goldberg, Pedro Aznar, Ed Simon Trio, John Patitucci, Luis Perdomo, Adam Rogers, Tim Hagans, Alex Kautz, composer Paola Prestini, former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Zeigler, and many others.
Nuestra Belleza México 2002, the 9th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the World Trade Center of Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico on September 6, 2002. Thirty-three contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Marisol González from Coahuila, who later competed in Miss Universe 2003 in Panamá. González was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Ericka Cruz and Christiane Martel Miss Universe 1953. She is the first and only Coahuilense to win this title.
Laura Isabel Caro Beltran is a Mexican singer-songwriter, actress, model and former TV host. She is known for her lead role in the 2013 film Here Comes the Devil. In 2016, she became a contestant on Televisa's The Voice.
Erika María Ender Simoes is a Panamanian-American singer and songwriter. In addition to her singing career, Ender is considered one of the most important and prolific composers in the Latin music market today. Along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, she is the co-writer of the worldwide hit "Despacito".
Erika Leticia Valdés Samaniego is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
