La Academia 5 is the fifth musical reality show in the La Academia franchise. The auditions were done nation-wide 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 20, a first for La academia for the past 5 seasons including La academia USA only 18 finalists were selected. The first La academia 5 concert was on July 9, 2006.

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, 10 of the 30 were eliminated leaving the lucky 20 that Azteca America had chosen to become the fifth generation of La academia.

After five months and 24 concerts of competition La academia 5 came to an end, crowning Samuel Castelán Marini as winner of the Latin Reality Show. As the winner and runner-up, Samuel Castelán Marini and Rocio Colette Acuña Calzada respectively received contracts with a Record Company to release an album. Second and third runners-up Marbella and Renata both released an album post-la academia.

Expulsion Order[link]

This table shows info on every concert. It shows who was eliminated, who quit, and who entered or re-entered the competition. There were some concerts done outside La academia where the worst alumno(a) or contestant of the week would be put into a duel against a new person who didn't make it into the final 20 or an already expelled friend who wishes to return. If the stranger or expelled student perform better than the then current contestant they will get an opportunity to sing in the next official concert. If the new or expelled contestant won the duel they would share a song with the contestant they defeated in the duel. If the stranger or expelled contestant defeats the current contestant they will officially enter the competition. There were only two wins for the expelled contestant or stranger. Julio defeated Sebastian and Ivan, a brand new contestant, defeated Noe. However two ex-contestants returned without having to go through what Ivan and Julio did. Sebastian returned in the 10th concert due to a teacher's decision despite the judge's opinion. Marbella returned in the 13th concert due to the judge's decision in agreement with the teachers.

• Contestants are in order from average ratings given by the judges.

Expulsion Order[link]

•      Winner

       Runner Up

       Finalist

       Voted Off

       Bottom 3

       Returnt

       Quit

       Didn't Participe

References[link]

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La Luz, New Mexico
—  CDP  —
Our Lady of the Light Church
Location of La Luz, New Mexico
Coordinates: 32°58′35″N 105°56′44″W / 32.97639°N 105.94556°W / 32.97639; -105.94556Coordinates: 32°58′35″N 105°56′44″W / 32.97639°N 105.94556°W / 32.97639; -105.94556
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Otero
Area
• Total	10.7 sq mi (27.8 km2)
• Land	10.7 sq mi (27.8 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation	4,751 ft (1,448 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,615
• Density	150.7/sq mi (58.2/km2)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code	88337
Area code(s)	505
FIPS code	35-38330
GNIS feature ID	0920624

La Luz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,615 at the 2000 census. It is located immediately north of Alamogordo and lies in the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin and on the western flank of the Sacramento Mountains. Until 1848, La Luz was a part of Mexico. The CDP gets its name from the Spanish word for "light."

Geography[link]

La Luz is located at 32°58′35″N 105°56′44″W / 32.97639°N 105.94556°W / 32.97639; -105.94556 (32.976378, -105.945497)^[1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.7 square miles (28 km²), all of it land.

La Luz sits at the opening of La Luz Canyon Creek whose headwaters are high in the Sacramento Mountains. The waters of La Luz and Fresnal creeks are used by both the much larger city of Alamogordo just to the south of La Luz and by La Luz in a ditch or acequia system. The City of Alamogordo has constructed a large reservoir to the south of La Luz to impound these waters.

History[link]

Native Americans lived in the area for thousand of years prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the late 16th Century. The Mescalero Apache homelands covered an area of south central New Mexico including the Sacarmento Mountains and the Tularosa Basin. Today, the ancestral homelands of the Apache have been reduced to those lands contained in the Mescalero Apache Reservation approximately 30 miles northeast of La Luz. There is some dispute over the founding of La Luz. By some accounts it was founded by Franciscan friars as early as the early 18th Century and called Nuestra Senora De La Luz (Our Lady of the Light). Early maps of the area include this notation and La Luz Canyon may have served as an early pass over the Sacramento Mountains connecting with the Penasco river which eventually flows into the Pecos River near present day Artesia, New Mexico. The Sacramento Mountains reach a height of 9,000 feet.

It is well documented that a large group of Hispanic settlers came to the area around 1864 leaving villages along the Rio Grande in the vicinity of present day Socorro, New Mexico after devastating floods had occurred. These settlers founded the Village of Tularosa along the banks of Tularosa Creek and established a large acequia system and agricultural area.

Anglo settlers arrived in increasing numbers in the area especially after the Civil War with some establishing large ranches in the Tularosa Basin and nearby areas to supply beef to nearby Fort Stanton. Increasing rivalries between various competing factions would result in the Lincoln County War. The arrival of the railroad in the area brought rapid change to the area. The railroad reached El Paso, ninety miles to the south, in 1882. Charles B. Eddy and partners constructed a branch line from El Paso northward to exploit the timber resources of the Sacramento Mountains and coal deposits further north near present day White Oaks, New Mexico. The establishment of the railroad resulted in the founding of Alamogordo in 1898 just a few miles south of La Luz. Eddy then constructed a branch into the Sacramento Mountains that went through La Luz and climbed to approximately 9,000 feet within the span of a few miles. Often referred to as the "Cloud Climbing Railroad" it was an engineering marvel. The mountain section of the railroad was dismantled in the early 1940s. The Village of Cloudcroft was established in the Sacramento Mountains and offered residents of El Paso an escape from the heat during the summer. Eddy's partner and lawyer for the railroad, William Ashton Hawkins, established a farm and large home which still stands in La Luz.

In the early Twentieth Century, Rowland Hazard III (1882–1945), the heir of an industrial fortune from Rhode Island, came to the area and established a large ranch and farm in the canyon areas above La Luz. He had the Coronado Lodge constructed as a hunting lodge in Cottonwood Canyon out of native stone in the early 1920s. Hazzard also established the La Luz Pottery Works after discovery of rich clay deposits in La Luz Canyon. The pottery works were well known for the manufacture of clay roof tiles and other architectural components such as chimney pots as well as extremely large pottery vessels. The pottery works supplied contractors nationwide at a time when the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style was at its height. Both the Coronado Lodge and the pottery works remain as fine examples of this type of architecture.

Economy[link]

The largest employer in the surrounding area is Holloman Air Force Base. La Luz itself is largely residential and agricultural in land use but a small market is located on the state maintained road that connects the village to Highway 70. La Luz has long long been known for the many fruits that are grown in the area including figs, apricots, plums and peaches. Apples, cherries, and pears are grown in the higher elevations in the canyon areas to the east of the village. The surrounding area also has a number of vinyards and pistachio groves. A number of artists also reside in the area.

Demographics[link]

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 1,615 people, 648 households, and 463 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 150.7 people per square mile (58.2/km²). There were 738 housing units at an average density of 68.9 per square mile (26.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.71% White, 0.43% African American, 1.24% Native American, 0.56% Asian, 10.40% from other races, and 2.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.70% of the population.

There were 648 households out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,625, and the median income for a family was $29,719. Males had a median income of $30,213 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,258. About 10.9% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.2% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

References[link]

1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

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La Academia (The Academy) is a Mexican reality musical talent show shown on TV Azteca, premiering in June 2002 and currently in its ninth installment. Although the show itself is not affiliated with the Endemol franchise, which includes the "Star Academy" shows, it does share the competition format of many of the variants of the global franchise.

The show has turned into a reliable dominator of its time-slot, which has been shown by its triumph over Televisa's Operación Triunfo Mexico. The rival show, which shared the basic premise of "La Academia", was only produced for one season before being replaced by Big Brother VIP Mexico and Bailando por la boda de mis sueños. The Televisa reality show was in fact the official Endemol entry in Mexico.

The show has been franchised to other countries: Azerbaijan (Akademiya), Malaysia (Akademi Fantasia), Indonesia (Akademi Fantasi Indosiar, it will be rebranding to Viva AFISTAR and will be aired on MNCTV began 2011), United States (La Academia USA).

Format[link]

Each year, 14-21 people were selected to live together in a house isolated from the rest of the world, spending their days taking classes in singing, dancing, acting, and related fields, each preparing one or two songs for a 3-hour concert which they give each Sunday evening for TV viewers and a live studio audience. Each week, one of the students is eliminated until 4 to 6 students become the finalists and compete for the top prize-3 million Mexican pesos, but the award has changed in each generation since the third. Students are eliminated based on the number of votes each receives. Whom ever receives the fewest votes during at the end of the week (the votes are stopped at the end of the concert) is eliminated. Viewers can vote by telephone, but calls are not free.

Each vote costs over 25 Mexican pesos (around US $2.50). From the sixth generation, voting is by text message with costs 3 Mexican pesos.

Camino a la Fama airs during weekday afternoons. This show tapes what the students' lives within the La academia house. It also demonstrates the singing, dancing, and acting classes.

Contestant Summary[link]