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: *March 29, 2008 – Buenos Aires, Argentina *April 11, 2008 – Bogotá,

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*April 19, 2008 – Caracas, Venezuela *April 26, 2008 – Mexico City, México *May 3, 2008 – Panama City, Panama Season 3 premiered on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 9 pm in Sony Entertainment Television, with the auditions from Mexico. As American Idol and

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, 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

's and Panamá'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.

Top 12 Finalists

Weekly Themes

*Week 1 (August 13) – Songs from the 80s *Week 2 (August 20) – Songs by

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*Week 3 (August 27) – Tropical Songs *Week 4 (September 3) – Rock with Pop influences *Week 5 (September 10) – Disco Songs *Week 6 (September 17) – Spanish Versions of American Songs *Week 7 (September 24) – Spanish Songs *Week 8 (October 1) – Remakes *Week 9 (October 8) – Songs Written for the Show

Performers on results shows

*Week 1 (August 14) – Alejandra Guzmán *Week 2 (August 21) –

*Week 3 (August 28) – Cabas *Week 4 (September 4) –

Aleks Syntek Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...

*Week 5 (September 11) –

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*Week 6 (September 18) – Fonseca *Week 7 (September 25) – Axel *Week 8 (October 2) – Luis Fonsi *Week 9 (October 9) – David Bisbal, Belanova, Beto Cuevas, and Carlos Peña.

Elimination chart

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announced that the votes of the seventh and eighth concerts would be merged, so the bottom two contestants would be eliminated on October 2 and the other two would pass to the final week.

Workshops

First Workshop

# Sinahi Mendez – "Volveré" ( Jesse & Joy) # Ariana Dao Bolivar – "El Tiempo Que Duró Nuestro Amor" (

Cristian Castro Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...

) ''(Wildcard)'' # Rodrigo Tapia – "Dejame Ser Yo" ( Luis Fonsi) # Kelly Ojeda – "Un Día Sin Ti" (

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) # José Manuel Espinoza – "Vuelve" ( Reik) ''(Finalist)'' # Margarita Henriquez – "El Mundo Que Soñé" (

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) ''(Finalist)'' # Licetty Alfaro – "No Hay Forma De Pedir Perdón" ( Pedro Aznar) ''(Wildcard)'' # Jesús Pardo – "Que Lástima" ( Alejandro Fernández) ''(Finalist)'' # Monserrath Franco – "Perdición" (

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) ''(Wildcard)'' # Ricardo Rosas – "No Importa La Distancia" ( Ricky Martin)

Second Workshop

# Osvaldo Conde – "Que no me Pierda" ( Diego Torres) # Eliana Berreta – "Lo Que Son Las Cosas" ( Ednita Nazario) ''(Wildcard)'' # Iván Torcartés – "Antes" (

Obie Bermúdez Obie Bermúdez (born January 10, 1981) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop, salsa singer and composer. Early years Bermúdez was born in Aibonito, Puerto Rico into a family who loved music. His father and grandfather were both musicians. He received ...

) # Anne Lorain Lanier – "Amor A Medias" ( Ha-Ash) ''(Finalist)'' # Juan David Becerra – "Regresa A Mi" ( Yuridia) # Andrea Ponce – "Me Entrego A Ti" ( Ha-Ash) # Karina Catalán – "¿Quién Eres Tú?" (

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) ''(Wildcard)'' # Manuel Arauz – "Si Tu Supieras" ( Alejandro Fernández) ''(Finalist)'' # Sandra Muente – "Si Ya Se Acabó" (

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) ''(Finalist)'' # Raquel Bustamante – "Me Va A Extrañar" ( Ricardo Montaner) ''(Wildcard)''

Third Workshop

# Vanesa Leiro – "Atrévete" ( Chenoa) # María José Castillo – "Sin Ti" (

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) ''(Finalist)'' # Rodrigo Arizpe – "Sueña" (

Luis Miguel Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...

) # Francisca Silva – "La Paz De Tus Ojos" (

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) ''(Wildcard)'' # Nicole Pillman – " Escucha A Tu Corazón" (

) ''(Finalist)'' # Daniela Cevallos – "Él Me Mintió" (

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) # Manuel Salas – "Dime Si Él" (

Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

) ''(Finalist)'' # Yina Gallego – "Te Busco" (

Celia Cruz Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during t ...

) ''(Wildcard)'' # Carlos Quezada – "El Amor Que Soñé" (

) # Pako Madrid – "Canta Corazón" ( Alejandro Fernández) ''(Wildcard)''

Wildcard Workshop

# Raquel Bustamante – "Tú" ( Shakira) ''(Finalist)'' # Monserrath Franco – "El Sol No Regresa" (

) # Ariana Dao Bolivar – "Reloj" (

) # Francisca Silva – "Ahora Quien" (

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) ''(Finalist)'' # Eliana Berreta – "Sola Otra Vez" ( Celine Dion) # Licetty Alfaro – "Miénteme" ( Bárbara Muñoz) # Karina Catalán – "Pienso En Ti" (

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) # Yina Gallego – "Malo" (

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) # Pako Madrid – "El Alma En Pie" ( Chenoa & David Bisbal) ''(Finalist)''

Top 95 (Golden Tickets)

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 seminalists for this season was revealed.

Mexico

The contestants left out of the semi-finals from México's auditions were: *Grethel Jiménez Zavaleta, 19,

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, México *Yareli Lizette Ortega Herrera, 22,

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, México *Ildelfonso Acuña Ruiz, 26, Hermosillo, México *Ari Benedicto Castro, 22,

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, México *Miriam Jackeline Solis Sierra, 25,

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, México *Paulina Cerda Manzo, 15,

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, México *Patricia Castillo Muñoz, 25,

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, México *Víctor Manuel Gonzalez Velásquez, 26, Mexicali, México *Claudia Lizbeth Fuentes Nevarez, 25,

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, México *Rodolfo Alejandro Escalera, 20, Torreón, México *Karina Guadalupe Esparza Rodriguez, 17, Culiacán, México *Martín Vaca Vea, 23, Morelia, México – (Former La Academia Series 3 contestant) *Jairo Wilmont, 25, ( Dominican Republic) *Amid Guadalupe Origen, 24, Guadalajara, México

Venezuela

The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Venezuela's auditions were: *Maria Elena Rodríguez López, 16, Miranda, Venezuela *Oscar León Oropeza, 18,

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, Venezuela *Juliana Douaihy Viso, 21, Valencia, Venezuela *Dervis Pérez Rojas, 20,

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, Venezuela *Gabriela Puche Parra, 22, Valencia, Venezuela *Daniela Rizquez Ron, 21, Caracas Venezuela *Juan Alejandro Medici Díaz, 26, Falcón, Venezuela *Ariana Velasco Salas, 19, Caracas, Venezuela *Richard Alejandro Núñez Rojas, 26, Caracas, Venezuela *Paola Andrea Murillo Barrios, 20, Barquisimeto, Venezuela *Sherezade Valentiner Cuesta, 18, Miranda, Venezuela *Marianella Rojas Mata, 18, Caracas, Venezuela *Atef Habib Pollino, 16,

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, Venezuela *Rossana Cavallina León, 20, Guarico, Venezuela *Josué Eduardo García González, 25, Caracas, Venezuela *Eugenio Keller Puente, 18, Caracas, Venezuela *María Elena Planchart Mendoza, 26, Caracas, Venezuela *Romina Gabriela Luis Rodriguez, 21, Maracay, Venezuela

Argentina

The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Argentina's auditions were: *Rodrigo Tapia González, 21, La Calera, Chile – (Former Rojo Fama Contrafama contestant) *Bárbara Sodor, 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Juan Pablo Schapira, 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Marcela Von der Walde, 21, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Marianella Giangreco, 20,

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, Argentina *Sofía Macchi, 16, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Daniela Sciancalepore, 17, Buenos Aires Argentina *Mariana Geraldine Ojeda Tulián, 16, Buenos Aires Argentina *Daniela Valeska Cevallos Bravo, 19, Santiago, Chile – (Former Rojo Fama Contrafama contestant) *Arnaldo Peralta, 20, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Pablo Cúndalo, 22, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Rodrigo Massa Moreira Da Silva, 22, São Paulo, Brazil *Giovanna Salinas Córdova, 26, Lima, Peru

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The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Colombia's auditions were: *Xihomara Cáceres Ortiz, 21, Bucaramanga, Colombia *Carolina Granda Saona, 19,

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, Ecuador *Yoser Ruiz Aguilera, 21,

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, Colombia *Luis Fabián Peña Villarreal, 22,

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, Colombia *Melissa Mejía Flomín, 26, Bogotá, Colombia *Kavir Sánchez Amorocho, 25, Bogotá, Colombia *Yesid Eduardo Uribe Ordóñez, 21, Bucaramanga, Colombia *Paul Tamayo Caviedes, 26, Bogotá, Colombia *Luis Gabriel Cano Valencia, 26,

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Colombia *Mónica Castillo Cabeza, 26, Colombia *José Manrique Mazuera, 18, Valle del Cauca, Colombia *Estefanía Varela Madrid, 16, Medellín, Colombia *Sebastián Larrañaga Arboleda, 26, Bogotá, Colombia *Jaime Rojas Buitrago, 22, Valle del Cauca, Colombia *Sandra Saa Morales, 22, Bogotá, Colombia *Juan Manuel Medina Valencia, 24, Bogotá, Colombia *Carlos Mario Kandia García, 17, Bogotá, Colombia

Panamá

The contestants left out of the semi-finals from Panamá's auditions were: *José Andaluz Quezada, 22,

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*Shearley Beatriz Hernández Ranero, 23,

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*Robinson Pimentel Penso, 22,

, Venezuela *Brenda Lau Poon, 24, Betania, Panamá (Former VIVE LA MUSICA contestant) *Ibeth Samaniego Vergara, 19, Panamá

External links

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