- Operación Triunfo Sixth Series
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This is the 6th series of Spanish reality TV show Operación Triunfo.
Castings started in Barcelona on February 18, 2008. The season began on April 8 with 18 contestants.
Contestants
- Virginia - 25, (Jaén) - WINNER
- Pablo - 24, Málaga - 2nd place
- Chipper - 34, New York, United States - 3rd place
- Manu - 17, Villa del Río (Córdoba) - 4th Finalist
- Sandra - 24 Córdoba - 5th Finalist
- Mimi - 26, Melilla - 6th Finalist
- Iván - 24 - Madrid - 7th place
- Noelia - 23 Valencia - 8th place
- Anabel - 22, Córdoba - 9th place
- Tania S - 18, Seville - 10th place
- Reke - 24, Murcia - 11th place
- Esther - 20, Málaga - 12th place
- Tania G - 25, Barcelona - 13th place
- Rubén - 21, Barcelona - 14th place
- Paula - 23, Seville - 15th place
- Ros - 16, Barcelona - 16th place
- Patty - 26, Barcelona - Quit
- Jorge - 17th place
- Juanjo - 18th place
Galas (Live Shows)
Gala 0 (8 April 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 The Show Must Go On (Queen) Pablo Saved by the panel 2 En Qué Estrella Estará (Nena Daconte) Tania G Saved by the panel 3 Embrujada (Tino Casal) Reke Saved by the panel 4 Café, café (Pastora Soler) Anabel Saved by the panel 5 Eugenio Salvador Dalí (Mecano) Iván Saved by the panel 6 Qué Hiciste (Jennifer López) Sandra Saved by the panel 7 My Girl (The Temptations) Chipper Saved by the panel 8 Besaré el suelo (Luz Casal) Noelia Saved by the panel 9 La bomba (Ricky Martin) Jorge Evicted by the public 10 Smile (Natalie Cole) Virginia Saved by the panel 11 Abre tu mente (Merche) Mimi Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers 12 Por la boca vive el pez (Fito & Fitipaldis) Ros Saved by the panel 13 No voy a cambiar (Malú) Tania S Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants 14 Unfaithful (Rihanna) Manu Saved by the panel 15 Tú y yo volvemos al amor (Mónica Naranjo) Patty Saved by the panel 16 Runaway (The Corrs) Esther Saved by the panel 17 Kilómetros (Sin Bandera) Rubén Up for eviction > Saved by the public 18 Relax, Take It Easy (Mika) Juanjo Evicted by the public - Special guest: Mónica Naranjo
- Song: Europa
- Eliminated contestants: Juanjo + Jorge
This was the show ever to have a song originally performed by an ex contestant of Operación Triunfo. The first evictee of the second edition Mai Meneses is the lead singer of Nena Daconte, whose song En Que Estrella Estará was performed by Tania Gómez.
Gala 1 (15 April 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Cuando me vaya (La 5ª Estación and Melocos) Pablo Saved by the panel Patty Quit volunteerly 2 Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) Iván Saved by the panel Chipper Saved by the panel 3 Amor Gitano (Alejandro Fernández and Beyoncé) Anabel Saved by the panel Manu Saved by the panel 4 Ain't No Other Man (Christina Aguilera) Noelia Saved by the panel Sandra Saved by the panel 5 Me Enamora (Juanes) Ros Nominated for eviction Reke Nominated for eviction 6 Tu recuerdo (Ricky Martin feat. La Mari from Chambao) Rubén Favourite of the public Tania S Saved by the panel 7 I'll Stand By You (The Pretenders) Mimi Saved by the panel Virginia Saved by the panel 8 Las de la Intuición (Shakira) Esther Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Tania G Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Gala 2 (22 April 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) Reke Saved by the public (54%) > Saved by the panel 2 Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis) Ros Evicted by the public (46%) Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Yo canto (Laura Pausini) Paula Nominated for eviction Sandra Saved by the panel Tania S Up for eviction > Saved by the contestans 2 Bad Day (Daniel Powter) Manu Favorite of the public Pablo Saved by the panel 3 Como un Lobo (Miguel Bosé and Bimba Bosé) Iván Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Mimi Saved by the panel 4 Para ti sería (El Sueño de Morfeo and Nek) Esther Nominated for eviction Rubén Saved by the panel 5 La mañana (Al Bano) Noelia Saved by the panel Chipper Saved by the panel 6 I Love to Love (Tina Charles) Anabel Saved by the panel Tania G Saved by the panel Virginia Saved by the panel - Special guest: Lorena (Winner of Operación Triunfo 5)
- Evicted: Ros
- Nominated for Eviction: Esther + Paula
Gala 3 (29 April 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Me muero (La 5ª Estación) Esther Saved by the public (53%) > Nominated for eviction 2 Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra) Paula Evicted by the public (47%) Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Isla de Palma (Antonio Flores) Rubén Nominated for eviction Virginia Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers 2 Pienso tanto en ti (Greta y los Garbo) Iván Saved by the panel Sandra Saved by the panel 3 Sway (Pussycat Dolls) Mimi Saved by the panel Noelia Saved by the panel Tania G Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants 4 Miradas cruzadas (David DeMaría and Diana Navarro) Manu Favorite of the public Tania S Saved by the panel 5 Tengo (Queco) Anabel Saved by the panel Pablo Saved by the panel 6 Dancing in the Street (Martha and the Vandellas) Chipper Saved by the panel Reke Saved by the panel - Special guest: Lenny Kravitz
- Song: I'll Be Waiting
- Special guest: Craig David
- Song: Officially Yours
- Evicted: Paula
- Nominated for Eviction: Esther + Rubén
Gala 4 (6 May 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Un error de los grandes (Laura Pausini) Esther Saved by the public (53%) > Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants 2 Noelia (Nino Bravo) Rubén Evicted by the public (47%) Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Por ti seré (Il Divo) Manu Saved by the panel 2 No One (Alicia Keys) Noelia Saved by the panel Pablo Saved by the panel 3 Mejor decir adiós (Celine Dion & Paul Anka) Chipper Saved by the panel Mimi Saved by the panel 4 Pokito a poko (Chambao) Anabel Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Tania S Nominated for eviction 5 Downtown (Petula Clark) Virginia Favourite of the public 6 Ni una sola palabra (Paulina Rubio) Sandra Saved by the panel Tania G Nominated for eviction 7 Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams) Iván Saved by the panel Reke Saved by the panel - Special guest: Rosario Flores
- Songs: "No dudaría" (with the contestants) & "Algo contigo"
- Evicted: Rubén
- Nominated for Eviction: Tania G + Tania S
Gala 5 (13 May 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Don't Speak (No Doubt) Tania G Evicted by the public (47%) 2 Y qué pequeña soy yo (Pastora Soler) Tania S Saved by the public (53%) > Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Footprints in the Sand (Leona Lewis) Noelia Saved by the panel 2 Dead Ringer For Love (Meat Loaf feat. Cher) Chipper Saved by the panel Sandra Saved by the panel 3 Ahora quién (Marc Anthony) Anabel Saved by the panel 4 El perfume de la soledad (David DeMaría) Manu Favourite of the public Mimi Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers 5 Cómo hablar (Amaral) Reke Saved by the panel Virginia Nominated for eviction 6 Limón y Sal (Julieta Venegas) Esther Nominated for eviction Iván Saved by the panel 7 Instant Replay (Dan Hartman) Pablo Saved by the panel - Special guest: Mónica Naranjo
- Song: "Amor y lujo" (with the contestants)
- Special guest: Alejandro Fernández
- Song: Te Voy A Perder
- Evicted: Tania G
- Nominated for Eviction: Esther + Virginia
Gala 6 (20 May 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict Adiós (Jennifer Lopez) Esther Evicted by the public (25%) Love Me Like a Man (Bonnie Raitt) Virginia Saved by the public (75%) > Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Nº Song Contestant Verdict Addicted to Love (Tina Turner) Sandra Saved by the panel No sé si es amor (Roxette) Mimi Saved by the panel A Song for You (Ray Charles) Chipper Favourite of the public Estrella Polar (Pereza) Iván Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) Manu Saved by the panel Reke Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Pégate (Ricky Martin) Anabel Was revealed To be the fifth nominee > Saved by the panel Noelia Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Mi niña Lola (Buika) Pablo Saved by the panel Tania S Saved by the panel - Special guest: Sergio Dalma
- Song: a medley with the contestants & "A buena hora"
- Evicted: Esther
- Nominated for Eviction: Reke + Virginia
Gala 7 (27 May 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict No me fio (Luis Miguel) Reke Evicted by the public (43%) Creep (Radiohead) Virginia Saved by the public (57%) > Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Nº Song Contestant Verdict With a Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles) Iván Saved by the panel Pablo Saved by the panel Why'd You Lie to Me (Anastacia) Noelia Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Let the River Run (Carly Simon) Sandra Saved by the panel Hasta llegar a enloquecer (Diego Martín) Anabel Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Sólo otra vez (Eric Carmen) Manu Favourite of the public It's Chico Time (Chico) Chipper Saved by the panel Aún no te has ido (Vanesa Martín) Mimi Saved by the panel Tania S Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction - Special guest: David Bustamante
- Song: "Cobarde" & medley with the contestants
- Evicted: Reke
- Nominated for Eviction: Tania S + Virginia
Gala 8 (3 June 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict Encerrada en Libertad (Marta Quintero) Tania S Evicted by the public (39%) My Baby Just Cares for Me (Nina Simone) Virginia Saved by the public (61%) > Saved by the panel Nº Song Contestant Verdict All Out of Love (Air Supply) Pablo Saved by the panel La fuerza de mi corazón (Luis Fonsi & Christina Valemi) Iván Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Noelia Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Beat It (Michael Jackson) Manu Was revealed To be the fifth nominee > Saved by the panel Sedúceme (La India) Sandra Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers Say It Right (Nelly Furtado) Mimi Saved by the panel Siempre es de noche (Alejandro Sanz) Chipper Favourite of the public Daría (La 5ª Estación) Anabel Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction - Special guest: Carlos Baute
- Evicted: Tania S
- Nominated for Eviction: Anabel + Iván
Gala 9 (10 June 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict Punto de partida (Rocío Jurado) Anabel Evicted by the public (42%) Estoy (Benny Ibarra) Iván Saved by the public (58%) > Saved by the panel Nº Song Contestant Verdict Quiéreme tal como soy (Sergio Fachelli) Manu Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) Chipper Saved by the panel Muñeca de Trapo (La Oreja de Van Gogh) Mimi Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants Memory (Cats musical) Sandra Saved by the panel Para la Libertad (Joan Manuel Serrat) Pablo Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers MacArthur Park (Donna Summer) Noelia Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) Virginia Favourite of the public - Special performance: All the contestants sang "Agua", a song composed by themselves for the Expo 2008, opening in Zaragoza.
- Special guest: Leona Lewis
- Song: Bleeding Love
- Evicted: Anabel
- Nominated for Eviction: Manu + Noelia
Gala 10 (17 June 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict À Corps perdu (Grégory Lemarchal) Manu Saved by the public (68%) > 2nd by the panel (30 points) > Finalist Sólo por ti (We Will Rock You musical) Noelia Evicted by the public (32%) Nº Song Contestant Verdict O tú o nada (Pablo Abraira) Chipper First by the panel (34 points) > Finalist Disco Inferno (Tina Turner) Sandra 5th by the panel (26 points) > Up for eviction > Saved by the teachers > Finalist Amar haciendo el amor (Céline Dion) Mimi 7th by the panel (21,5 points) > Up for eviction > Saved by the contestants > Finalist Words (F. R. David) Iván 6th by the panel (22,5 points) > Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction Shine (Take That) Pablo 3rd by the panel (27 points) > Finalist Porque te vas (Jeanette) Virginia 4th by the panel (26,5 points) > Up for eviction > Nominated for eviction - Special guests: Melocos and Natalia from La Quinta Estación; and OneRepublic
- Songs: Cuando me vaya and Apologize respectively.
- Evicted: Noelia
- Nominated for Eviction: Iván + Virginia
Gala 11 (24 June 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Garganta con arena (Cacho Castaña) Iván Evicted by the public (44%) 2 Lovefool (The Cardigans) Virginia Saved by the public (56%) > Finalist Nº Song Contestant Verdict 3 Chicas Malas (Monica Naranjo) Sandra Finalist 4 Light My Fire (The Doors) Manu Finalist 5 ¿Lo Ves? (Alejandro Sanz) Pablo Finalist 6 That's Life (Frank Sinatra) Chipper Finalist 7 Bailando Salsa (Mecano) Mimi Finalist - Special guests: Merche & Juanes
- Songs: a medley by the contestants with Merche
- Ya no me digas lo siento (Merche) and Gotas de Agua Dulce (Juanes).
- Evicted: Iván
Gala 12 (1 July 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict Se dejaba llevar (Antonio Vega & Ketama) Pablo Saved by the public > Top 5 finalist I Drove All Night (Cyndi Lauper) Manu Saved by the public > Top 5 finalist (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) Chipper Saved by the public > Top 5 finalist Lunas Rotas (Rosana) Virginia Saved by the public > Top 5 finalist Highway to Hell (AC/DC) Sandra Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Mimi Durmiendo sola (Vanesa Martín) Mimi Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Sandra Duel
Nº Song Contestant Verdict Amar haciendo el amor (Céline Dion) Mimi Evicted by the public (44%) > Lost the duel > 6th place finalist Let the River Run (Carly Simon) Sandra Saved by the public (56%) > Won the duel > Top 5 finalist - Special Guests: Luis Fonsi
- Duel: Mimi + Sandra
- Evicted: Mimi
Gala 13 (8 July 2008)
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls musical) Sandra Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Manu 2 Ojos verdes (Rafael de León) Pablo Saved by the public > Top 4 finalist 3 Ben (Michael Jackson) Virginia Saved by the public > Top 4 finalist 4 Get Ready (The Temptations) Chipper Saved by the public > Top 4 finalist 5 Fantástico amor (Eros Ramazzotti) Manu Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Sandra Duel
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Light My Fire(José Feliciano) Manu Saved by the public (68%) > Won the duel > Top 4 finalist 2 Disco Inferno (Tina Turner) Sandra Evicted by the public (32%) > Lost the duel > 5th place finalist - Specials guests: Rihanna and David Bisbal
- Song: Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna alone) and Hate That I Love You (duet)
- Duel: Manu + Sandra
- Evicted: Sandra
Gala 14 (15 July 2008)
- As there are only left 4 contestants, all of them will sing a song in their own, and one duet with another contestant (Manu will sing with Pablo, and Virginia will sing with Chipper). Also, following the scheme of the last two galas, the Bottom 2 contestans by the public vote will have a musical duel where one of them will be in the Top 3 with the other 2 safe, and one will be the 4th place finalist.
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Over the Rainbow (Sam Harris) Chipper Saved by the public > Top 3 finalist 2 La vida es (Nek) Manu Castellano Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Pablo 3 Don't Stop Me Now (Queen) Pablo Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Manu 4 Old Town (The Corrs) Virginia Saved by the public > Top 3 finalist Duets
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 5 No estamos solos (Eros Ramazzotti and Ricky Martin) Pablo Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Manu Manu Castellano Bottom 2 by public vote > Duel with Pablo 6 Fever (Peggy Lee) Chipper Saved by the public > Top 3 finalist Virginia Saved by the public > Top 3 finalist Duel
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 I Drove All Night (Celine Dion) Manu Evicted by the public (44%) > Lost the duel > 4th place finalist 2 ¿Lo ves? (Alejandro Sanz) Pablo Saved by the public (56%) > Won the duel > Top 3 finalist - Special guests: Kate Ryan and Soraya Arnelas
- Songs: Ella, elle l'a (Kate Ryan), Words (Soraya) & No Digas Que No (duet)
- Duel: Manu + Pablo
- Evicted: Manu
Gala 15 "Grand Finale" (22 July 2008)
- Chipper, Pablo and Virginia are The Final 3 finalists, they will have to sing one song on their own and a duet with one of the eliminated finalists (from the Final 6), Virginia will sing with Mimi, Pablo with Manu and Chipper with Sandra. After the performances, the finalist with the lowest amount of votes will be eliminated immediately and Final 2 (the Top 2 vote getters) will have a duel, the Final Duel where each one of them will have to sing a song they have already sing in previous galas, and after the duel, one of the Final 2 will be crowned as the winner of OT2008.
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry) Chipper Evicted by the public (28%) > 3rd place Finalist 2 Volver (Estrella Morente) Pablo Saved by the public > Final Duel with Virginia > Top 2 finalist 3 Tomorrow (Tevin Campbell) Virginia Saved by the public > Final Duel with Pablo > Top 2 finalist Duets
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 4 Dead Ringer for Love (Meat Loaf feat. Cher) Chipper 3rd place Finalist Sandra 5th Finalist 5 Bad Day (Daniel Powter) Pablo Final Duel with Virginia Manu Castellano 4th Finalist 6 I'll Stand by You (The Pretenders) Virginia Final Duel with Pablo Mimi 6th Finalist Final Duel
Nº Song Contestant Verdict 1 Se dejaba llevar por ti (Antonio Vega) Pablo Runner-up (45%) 2 ¿Por qué te vas? (Jeanette) Virginia Winner of OT2008 (55%) External links
First Series • Second Series • Third Series • Fourth series • Fifth Series • Sixth Series • Seventh Series • Eighth SeriesWinners / Finalists 1st series:1. Rosa López • 2.David Bisbal • 3.David Bustamante • 4.Chenoa • 5.Manu Tenorio • 6.Veronica Romeo
2nd series:1. Ainhoa Cantalapiedra • 2.Manuel Carrasco • 3.Beth • 4.Miguel Nández • 5.Hugo Salazar • 6.Joan Tena
3rd series:1. Vicente Seguí Porres • 2. Ramón • 3.Miguel Cadenas • 4.Davinia Cuevas • 5.Mario Martínez • 6.Leticia Pérez
4th series 1. Sergio Rivero • 2.Soraya Arnelas • 3. Victor • 4. Idaira • 5. Fran Dieli • 6. Edurne
5th series:1. Lorena • 2.Daniel Zueras • 3.Leo Segarra Sánchez • 4.Saray Ramírez • 5.Moritz Weisskopf • 6.José Galisteo
6th series: 1. Virginia Maestro • 2.Pablo López • 3. Chipper Cooke • 4.Manu Castellano • 5.Sandra Criado • 6.Mimi
7th series:1. Mario Álvarez • 2.Brenda Mau • 3.Jon Allende • 4.Ángel Capel • 5.Patricia Navarro • 6.Silvia Parejo
8th series:1. Nahuel Sachak • 2.Álex Forriols • 3.Mario Jefferson • 4.Alexandra • 5.Niccó • 6.JoshOther Contestants Naím Thomas • Natalia Rodriguez • Gisela • Mai Meneses • Vega • Elena Gadel • Mayte Macanás • Tony Santos • Nika • Cristie •Hosts Carlos Lozano (series 1-3) • Jesús Vázquez Martínez (series 4-7) • Pilar Rubio (series 8)Related Articles Categories:
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