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La Academia USA is the first musical reality show with only Hispanic contestants launched by Azteca America in October 2005. The auditions were done nationwide and a total of 30 people were chosen to go to Mexico where they would have to spend a week working hard and showing all of what they had inside to be chosen to the final 18.

The first La Academia USA concert was on November 20, 2005.

A week before the first concert, there was a special show that lasted two hours. In that show, footage from the auditions was shown. At the end, 12 of the 30 were eliminated leaving the lucky 18 that Azteca America had chosen to become the first generation of La Academia USA.

One of the participants was Michael Muenchow Rivera, who was previously on Telemundo's song-based reality show Nuevas Voces De America (New Voices of America) in 2005; he was one of the 18 selected. Michael lives in San Antonio, Texas and made it to the top 13 final singers, before being expelled. His vote off was one of the results that caused the most uproar among viewers and the teachers alike. This was also true for the premature elimination, in the eleventh concert, of Diana, whom many thought would become the winner of La Academia USA for her great voice, big popularity among the public and the good comments by the critics.

After three months of competition La Academia USA came to an end, crowning Mariana Vargas as winner of the Latin Reality Show. As the winner and runner-up, Mariana and Gustavo respectively received contracts with Warner Music for the release of an album.

After the show ended and after the cancellation of the highly anticipated "La Academia Hot-Tour" many of the ex-students of La Academia USA, including Michael, Diana, Frankie, Fatimat, Jazmin, Alex ("El Chino") and Nohelia were called back to continue singing together for their fans across the United States. Among other projects is the formation of a band by joining the voices of Ivannkie, Adán, Catalina and Heloisa.

Being a Latin American event and taking place in an ethnically diverse country, La Academia USA featured participants born in different Latin countries, or at least with Latin roots being born in the United States. Here are some countries where most come from: Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Colombia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Brazil.

Frankie Alvarado in 2007 Frankie participated in a duet with Spanish Pop rock singer Diana Mera; the song is called "20 Pedacitos".

Participants (2005–2006)

Winner

Blanca Mariana Vargas Grajeda

Finalists

2nd place: Gustavo Alfonso Amezcua Fuentes
3rd place: Nohelia María Sosa Guerrero
4th place: Afid Ferrer Ávalos
5th place: Yoshigei Cázares Silva

Eliminated

Order of expulsion

Order	Concert 1	Concert 2	Concert 3	Concert 4	Concert 5	Concert 7	Concert 8	Concert 9	Concert 10	Concert 11	Concert 12	Concert 13	Concert 14	Final
1	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Adan	Afid	Afid	Mariana
2	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Afid	Frankie	Gustavo	Gustavo
3	Alejandro	Alejandro	Alejandro	Alejandro	Catalina	Catalina	Catalina	Diana	Diana	Frankie	Frankie	Gustavo	Mariana	Nohelia
4	Bianca	Bianca	Carlos	Catalina	Diana	Diana	Diana	Frankie	Frankie	Gustavo	Gustavo	Jazmin	Nohelia	Afid
5	Carlos	Carlos	Catalina	Diana	Frankie	Frankie	Frankie	Gustavo	Gustavo	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Yoshigei	Yoshigei
6	Catalina	Catalina	Diana	Frankie	Gabriel	Gustavo	Gustavo	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Nohelia	Jazmin
7	Diana	Diana	Frankie	Gabriel	Gustavo	Heloisa	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Frankie
8	Fatimat	Frankie	Gabriel	Gustavo	Heloisa	Ivan	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Adan
9	Frankie	Gabriel	Gustavo	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Jazmin	Mariana	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Ivan
10	Gabriel	Gustavo	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Mariana	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Diana
11	Gustavo	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Heloisa
12	Heloisa	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Catalina
13	Ivan	Jazmin	Mariana	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Michael
14	Jazmin	Mariana	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Gabriel
15	Mariana	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Alejandro
16	Michael	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Carlos
17	Nohelia	Yoshigei	Bianca
18	Yoshigei	Fatimat

The contestant was expelled

The contestant won the competition

The contestant was a runner-up

Heloisa Alves was an anchor for the sports show Los Protagonistas a Nivel mundial for TV AZTECA AMERICA during the 2006 Soccer World Cup, and she won the Miss Brazil USA contest in November 2007. Heloisa has recorded commercials for Bally Total Fitness, and she has done publicity for Cingular Wireless.

Desarrollo del Concurso del Primer Academia USA
Lugar	Participante	2005-11-20	2005-11-27	2005-12-04	2005-12-11	2005-12-18	2005-12-25	2006-01-01	2006-01-08	2006-01-15	2006-01-22	2006-01-29	2006-02-05	2006-02-12	2006-02-19	2006-02-26
1	Mariana	Viveme	Mexico en la piel	Acariciame	Nunca voy a olvidarte	Devorame otra vez	Without you	Si tu no estás aquí	La trampa	Ay amor	Oye mi canto	Me asusta pero me gusta y Odio amarte	Quien eres tu y A quien le importa	Paloma negra y Caraluna	Si nos dejan, Dame una señal y Cheque en blanco	Paloma negra y Mentira
2	Gustavo	Mi credo	Mujeres divinas	Noviembre sin ti	Es mejor decir adiós	La copa de la vida	La cosa mas bella	Aire	El triste	Baila morena	Pedro Navajas	La camisa negra y El baile del perrito	Juliana y Lo que paso, paso	La planta y Aca entre nos	Que de raro tiene, Yo no fui y Muchacha triste	Mujeres divinas y Al final
3	Nohelia	Viveme	En el ultimo lugar del mundo	Amar sin ser amada	Con los años que me quedan	Regresa a mí	Amanecí otra vez	Innocente pobre amiga	Eternamente bella	Te quedo grande la yegua	Es demasiado tarde	Como olvidar y Odio amarte	Rata de dos patas y A quien le importa	Aprendere y Cosas del amor	No hace falta, Entra en mi vida y Cheque en blanco	Te quedo grande la yegua y Que ganas de no verte nunca mas
4	Afid	Pasion	Mexico lindo y querido	A chillar a otra parte	Amor eterno	Aun sigues siendo mía	Ave maría	Bamboleo	Secreto de amor	Salome	La Bamba	Volvere y El baile del perrito	Canta corazon y Lo que paso, paso	Y to do para que y Aca entre nos	La puerta negra, Yo no fui y Muchacha triste	La Bamba y Cuando yo quería ser grande
5	Yoshigei	Could i have this kiss forever?	Besame Mucho	Costumbres	Algo mas	Falsas esperanzas	Cucurucucu paloma	La differencia	amor a la mexicana	Bidi bidi bombom	Llegar a ti	Listen to your heart y Odio amarte	Cómo se cura una herida y A quien le importa	Sin el y Cosas del amor	Mentiras, Entra en mi vida y Cheque en blanco	Llegar a ti y I will always love you
6	Frankie	Rock around the clock	Visa por un sueño	El alma en pie	Para tu amor	A gritos de esperanza	María	Bujería	Mi dulce niña	Corazón Partío	Llorare las penas	En mi viejo San Juan y El baile del perrito	Esta ausencia y Lo que paso, paso	Me va extrañar y Azul	Perdoname, Dame una señal y Muchacha triste
7	Jazmin	Tres gotas de agua bendita	Bandolero	Hacer el amor con otro	Piensa en mí	Ese hombre	Tu eres mi luz	A que no le cuentas	Lluvia	Que le den candela	Basta ya	A mi manera y Odio amarte	Burbujas de amor y A quien le importa	Es ella más que yo y Caraluna	Ten cuidado con el corazon, Entra en mi vida y Cheque en blanco
8	Adan	Could i have this kiss forever?	Have i told you lately that i love you	A puro dolor	No te preocupes por mí	Usted se me llevo la vida	I want it that away	Dímelo	otro días mas sin verte	Sirena	No me quiero enamorar	Mi bombon y El baile del perrito	Eres mi verdad y Lo que paso, paso	Baby I love your way y Azul
9	Ivan	Nobody wants to be lonely	Valio la pena	Tocando fondo	Angel	Lamento boliviano	No podras	TBC	Ahora quien	Te amo	Princesa tibetana	Te buscaría y El baile del perrito	Suave y Lo que paso, paso
10	Diana	Pasion	Quien como tu	Echame a mi la culpa	No se si es amor	Cuando baja la marea	Vive y llora	Sola con mi soledad	Así fue	Como hemos cambiado	No me enseñaste	Muriendo lento y Odio amarte
11	Heloisa	Nada fue un error	Hijo de la luna	Cuentame	Mía	Tomalo suave	Candela	A cada paso que doy	Ave maría	I love rock and roll	La chica de Ipanema
12	Catalina	Nobody wants to be lonely	Hasta el fin del mundo	Killing me softly	No me queda mas	Daría	Que bello	Pero me acuerdo de ti		Ven conmigo