The second season of Latin American Idol premiered on June 13, 2007, and continued until September 27, 2007, when it was won by Guatemalan born Carlos Peña. Auditions were held in Caracas, Bogotá, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires in the spring of 2007. The concerts began on July in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the host country. For this season the judge Elizabeth Meza quit, and the Mexican singer Mimi was hired as the new Latin American Idol judge. At age 19, Peña is the first male and youngest person to win the competition, and second winner to never have been in the bottom two or three.
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Top 12 Finalists edit
Carlos Enrique Peña Aldana - Winner (09/27/2007)
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Ricardo Caballero Tostado - Runner-up (09/27/2007)
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Rosangela Abreu Crespo - Eliminated (09/20/2007)
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Arquimedes Adalberto Reyes Torres - Eliminated (09/13/2007)
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Silvia Elizabeth De Freitas Mejías - Eliminated (09/06/2007)
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Francisco José Pérez Arciniegas - Eliminated (08/30/2007)
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Saúl Armando Alvidrez Aragon - Eliminated (08/23/2007)
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Emiliano Sansone - Eliminated (08/16/2007)
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Samantha Rae Byars - Eliminated (08/09/2007)
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Juan Pablo Villacorta - Eliminated (08/09/2007)
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Emiliano Roque - Eliminated (08/02/2007)
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Julián Rubino - Eliminated (08/02/2007)
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Performers on results shows edit
- Week 1 (August 2) – Belinda performed "Luz Sin Gravedad".
- Week 2 (August 9) – Emmanuel performed "Sentirme Vivo".
- Week 3 (August 16) – Diego Torres performed "Abriendo Caminos" and "Hasta Cuando".
- Week 4 (August 23) – Ricardo Montaner performed "Echame a mi la culpa"
- Week 5 (August 30) – Mijares performed "Para Amarnos Más"
- Week 6 (September 6) – No Performer
- Week 7 (September 13) – Hernán López Sosa performed "Deuda" and "Flaca".
- Week 8 (September 20) – Gloria Trevi performed "Todos Me Miran".
- Week 9 (September 27) – Paulina Rubio performed "Ni Una Sola Palabra" and "Nada Puede Cambiarme", Efraín Medina performed "Trataré de Olvidarte", Miranda! performed "Perfecta" and "Prisionero", and Juanes performed "Es Por Ti" and "Me Enamora".
Elimination chart edit
Female | Male | Top 12 | Top 30 |
Stages: | Semi-Finalists | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Weeks: | 7/5 | 7/12 | 7/19 | 7/25 | 8/2 | 8/9 | 8/16 | 8/23 | 8/30 | 9/6 | 9/13 | 9/20 | 9/27 | |||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Carlos Peña | Top 12 | Winner | |||||||||||||||
2 | Ricardo Caballero | Top 12 | Btm 4 | Btm 3 | Runner-up | |||||||||||||
3 | Rosangela Abreu | Elim | Top 12 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
4 | Arquimedes Torres | Top 12 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
5 | Silvia De Freitas | Top 12 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
6 | Francisco Perez | Top 12 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||
7 | Saul Alvidrez | Top 12 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
8 | Emiliano Sansone | Top 12 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
9–10 | Samantha Byars | Elim | Top 12 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Juan Pablo Villacorta | Top 12 | Btm 4 | ||||||||||||||||
11–12 | Emiliano Roque | Elim | Top 12 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Julian Rubino | Top 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Semi | Diana Amarilla | Elim | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Edgar Alvidrez | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Loretto Canales | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Daniela Maya | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Ezequiel Pincheiro | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Mayda Rivera | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Miguel Garces | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Vanessa Gonzalez | ||||||||||||||||||
Paulina Pagoaga | ||||||||||||||||||
Azucena Del Toro | ||||||||||||||||||
Johans Cruz | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Karla Florez | ||||||||||||||||||
Judith Leyva | ||||||||||||||||||
Angel Mariño | ||||||||||||||||||
Juan Carlos Diaz | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
Maribel Elizondo | ||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Jiménez | ||||||||||||||||||
Lina Uribe |
Semi-finals (Top 30) edit
First Workshop edit
Held on July 4, 2007. The semi-finalists eliminated from the competition were:
Maribel Escobedo Buñuelos
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Carlos Jiménez Rodríguez
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Lina María Uribe López
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Juan Carlos Díaz Palacios
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Second Workshop edit
Held on July 11, 2007. The semi-finalists eliminated from the competition were:
Johans Antonio Cruz Muñoz
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Karla Janeth Flórez Hernandez
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Judith Amelia Leyva Salcido
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Angel Rolando Francisco Mariño
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Third Workshop edit
Held on July 18, 2007. The semi-finalists eliminated from the competition were:
Miguel Alejandro Garcés Contreras
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Vanessa González Leal
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María Azucena Del Toro Hermosillo | |
Paulina Fagoaga Y García |
Wild Card Workshop edit
For this workshop, there were originally six people out of the three semi-final groups that would have a second chance to become the tenth and last finalist. On the Third Workshop results, it was announced that three more semifinalists would join the Wild Card Workshop. It was held on July 25, 2007. On the same night, it was announced that there were going to be three finalists chosen from this group, instead of just one like the previous season, creating now a Top 12. The semi-finalists eliminated from the competition were:
Daniela Maya Olavarría
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Loretto Macarena Canales Galdames
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Edgar Isaac Alvidrez Aragón
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Mayda Belén Rivera González
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Hector Ezequiel Pinchiero
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Diana Rosario Amarilla
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Top 100 edit
• Esteban Peleteiro
• Silvana Condoruci
• Solmi Rodríguez
• Micaela Salinas
• María de los Angeles Monasterio
• Leonel Copiz
• Celeste Ruiz
• María Delfina Peña
• Esteban Maestre
• Virginia Modica
• Mercedes Pieretti
• Manuel Salas
• Paula Reus
• Licetty Alfaro
• Aylyn Vicencio
• Marco Antonio Pino (Top 30 from Season 1)
• Lina María Paredes
• Viviana Saa
• Jonathan Reyes
• Ángelo Paredes
• Diego Gamboa
• Ángela María Forero
• Carolina Muñoz
• Juliana Muñoz
• Sandra Milena Serrato
• Angie Valverde
• Jessie Almeida
• Carlos Ernesto Alfaro
Mexico
• Thalía Vargas
• Guillermo Nieto
• Sergio Arzate
• Daniela Gallardo
• Érica Grovas
• Natalia Leal
• Héctor Trejo
• Gerardo Cerrillo
• Héctor Silva del Castillo
• Amanda Herrera
• Karen Peralta
• Jorge Monserrat (Top 30 from Season 1)
• Alejandro Irizarry
• Esteban Núñez
• Martín Ramírez
• Juan Cerviño
• Stefanie Álvarez
• Pablo Ferraz
• Adabella Núñez
• Alberto Silva
• Stephanie Argüello
• Andrea Galindo
• Reynaldo Mercier
• Rosalba Bueno (Top 30 from Season 1)
• Nerymar Sanó (Winner of Venezuela's reality show "Fama y Aplausos")
• Víctor Síndar
• Giovanna Pisani
• Simón López Chacín
• Andrea Silva
• Homero Briceño
• Raynier Álvarez
• Sanyer Nelo