La Academia USA

La Academia USA was a Spanish-speaking reality music show.

Broadcast
Azteca 2005-2006

Gameplay
People competed in a reality musical contest to see which performance was the best. 30 people auditioned, but 18 were chosen to be on the show. The winner was the best performance in the show. The losing contestants would get eliminated.

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

 * Jazmín Olivo Ceballos
 * Francisco Alvarado Rivera (Frankie)
 * Adán Castillo
 * Iván Quiñonez (ivannkie)
 * Diana Galindo Martínez
 * Heloisa Alves
 * Catalina Naranjo
 * Michael Anthony Muenchow
 * Gabriel Juan Rodríguez Policastro
 * Alejandro Hernández López (El Chino)
 * Carlos Soto García
 * Bianca Filio Martínez
 * Fatimat Aihassan Villanueva

Trivia
The show was originally going to do a spinoff after the first version ended called "La Academia Hot-Tour", but the series never got picked up.

Seven contestants were called back to sing together as a group all across America.

Mariana and Gustavo got music contracts with Warner Bros. Music.

Inventor
Based on the Mexican reality game show of the same name.