Operación Triunfo (series 6)

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Operación Triunfo
Series 6
Hosted byJesús Vázquez
Judges
WinnerVirginia Maestro
Runner-upPablo López
LocationParc Audiovisual de Catalunya,
Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original networkTelecinco
Original release6 April (2008-04-06) –
21 July 2008 (2008-07-21)
Series chronology
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Series 7

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2008, aired on Telecinco from 8 April 2008 to 22 July 2008, presented by Jesús Vázquez.

Virginia Maestro was the winner of the series.

Headmaster, judges and presenter[]

Contestants[]

Contestant Age Residence Episode of elimination Place finished
Virginia 25 Jaén Gala Final Winner
Pablo 24 Málaga Runner-up
Chipper 34 New York City 3rd
Manu 17 Córdoba Gala 14 4th
Sandra 24 Córdoba Gala 13 5th
Mimi 26 Melilla Gala 12 6th
Iván 24 Madrid Gala 11 7th
Noelia 23 Valencia Gala 10 8th
Anabel 22 Córdoba Gala 9 9th
Tania S. 18 Seville Gala 8 10th
Reke 22 Murcia Gala 7 11th
Esther 20 Málaga Gala 6 12th
Tania G. 25 Barcelona Gala 5 13th
Rubén 21 Barcelona Gala 4 14th
Paula 23 Seville Gala 3 15th
Ros 16 Barcelona Gala 2 16th
Patty 24 Santander Gala 1 17th (Quit)
Jorge 23 Valencia Gala 0 Not selected
Juanjo 28 Murcia

Galas[]

Results summary[]

Colour key
  – Contestant received the most public votes and was exempt for nominations.
  – Contestant was up for the elimination but was saved by the Academy's staff.
  – Contestant was up for the elimination but was saved by the contestants.
  – Contestants were up for the elimination and were the nominees of the week.
  – Contestant was up for the elimination but was immediately saved by the public votes.
  – Contestant was up for the elimination but was immediately eliminated by the public votes.
Gala 0 Gala 1 Gala 2 Gala 3 Gala 4 Gala 5 Gala 6 Gala 7 Gala 8 Gala 9 Gala 10 Gala 11 Gala 12 Gala 13 Gala 14 Final
Virginia Tania S. Ros Tania S. Tania G. Tania G. Nominated Nominated Nominated Anabel Manu Nominated
Mark: 6.6 		Finalist Saved Saved Saved Winner
(Final)
Pablo Rubén Ros Esther Rubén Tania S. Tania S. Noelia Anabel Iván Mimi Iván
Mark: 6.7 		Finalist Saved Saved Saved Runner-up
(Final)
Chipper Juanjo Reke Paula Tania G. Tania S. Tania S. Noelia Anabel Noelia Noelia Mimi
Mark: 8.5 		Finalist Saved Saved Saved 3rd Place
(Final)
Manu Tania S. Ros Tania S. Tania G. Tania S. Virginia Virginia Virginia Noelia Nominated Virginia
Mark: 7.5 		Finalist Saved Saved Eliminated 4th place
(Gala 14)
Sandra Tania S. Esther Esther Esther Tania G. Tania S. Noelia Anabel Anabel Mimi Mimi
Mark: 6.5 		Finalist Saved Eliminated 5th place
(Gala 13)
Mimi Tania S. Esther Esther Esther Esther Tania S. Noelia Anabel Iván Saved Saved
Mark: 5.5 		Finalist Eliminated 6th place
(Gala 12)
Iván Rubén Esther Esther Tania G. Esther Tania S. Noelia Anabel Nominated Mimi Nominated
Mark: 5.6 		Evicted
(Gala 11)
Noelia Rubén Esther Tania S. Tania G. Esther Tania S. Saved Anabel Saved Nominated Evicted
(Gala 10)
Anabel Rubén Esther Tania S. Tania G. Esther Tania S. Noelia Saved Nominated Evicted
(Gala 9)
Tania S. Saved Reke Saved Tania G. Nominated Saved Virginia Nominated Evicted
(Gala 8)
Reke Juanjo Nominated Tania S. Rubén Esther Virginia Nominated Evicted
(Gala 7)
Esther Rubén Saved Nominated Nominated Saved Nominated Evicted
(Gala 6)
Tania G. Tania S. Reke Tania S. Saved Nominated Evicted
(Gala 5)
Rubén Saved Esther Esther Nominated Evicted
(Gala 4)
Paula Not in
Academy 		Nominated Evicted
(Gala 3)
Ros Juanjo Nominated Evicted
(Gala 2)
Patty Tania S. Left Competition
(Gala 1)
Jorge Eliminated Not selected
(Gala 0)
Juanjo Eliminated Not selected
(Gala 0)
Up for
elimination 		Jorge
Juanjo
Mimi
Rubén
Tania S. 		Esther
Reke
Ros
Tania G. 		Esther
Iván
Paula
Tania S. 		Esher
Rubén
Tania G.
Virginia 		Anabel
Esther
Tania G.
Tania S. 		Esther
Mimi
Tania S.
Virginia 		Iván
Noelia
Reke
Virginia 		Anabel
Noelia
Tania S.
Virginia 		Anabel
Iván
Noelia
Sandra 		Manu
Mimi
Noelia
Pablo 		Iván
Mimi
Sandra
Virginia 		Against
public vote 		Mimi
Sandra 		Manu
Sandra 		Manu
Pablo 		Chipper
Pablo
Virginia
Saved by
Academy's staff 		Mimi Tania G. Iván Virginia Anabel Mimi Iván Noelia Sandra Pablo Sandra Winner Sandra
56%
to save 		Manu
68%
to save 		Pablo
56%
to save 		Virginia
55%
to win
(out of 2)
Saved by
contestants 		Tania S.
6 of 14 votes
to save 		Esther
6 of 12 votes
to save 		Tania S.
6 of 12 votes
to save 		Tania G.
7 of 11 votes
to save 		Esther
5 of 10 votes
to save 		Tania S.
7 of 9 votes
to save 		Noelia
6 of 8 votes
to save 		Anabel
6 of 7 votes
to save 		Noelia
2* of 6 votes
to save 		Mimi
3 of 5 votes
to save 		Mimi
2 of 4 votes
to save 		Eliminated
Finalist 		Mimi
44%
to save 		Sandra
32%
to save 		Manu
44%
to save 		Pablo
45%
to win
(out of 2)
Saved by
public vote 		Rubén
66%
to save 		Reke
54%
to save 		Esther
53%
to save 		Esther
53%
to save 		Tania S.
53%
to save 		Virginia
75%
to save 		Virginia
57%
to save 		Virginia
61%
to save 		Iván
58%
to save 		Manu
68%
to save 		Virginia
56%
to save
Eliminated Jorge
Fewest votes
to save 		Ros
46%
to save 		Paula
47%
to save 		Rubén
47%
to save 		Tania G.
47%
to save 		Esther
25%
to save 		Reke
43%
to save 		Tania S.
39%
to save 		Anabel
42%
to save 		Noelia
32%
to save 		Iván
44%
to save 		Chipper
28%
to win
(out of 3)
Juanjo
Fewest votes
to save

Gala 0 (8 April 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 0
Contestant Order Song Result
Pablo 1 "The Show Must Go On" Saved by the jury
Tania G. 2 "En Qué Estrella Estará" Saved by the jury
Reke 3 "Embrujada" Saved by the jury
Anabel 4 "Café, café" Saved by the jury
Iván 5 "Eugenio Salvador Dalí" Saved by the jury
Sandra 6 "Qué Hiciste" Saved by the jury
Chipper 7 "My Girl" Saved by the jury
Noelia 8 "Besaré el suelo" Saved by the jury
Jorge 9 "La bomba" Eliminated
Virginia 10 "Smile" Saved by the jury
Mimi 11 "Abre tu mente" Saved by the Academy's staff
Ros 12 "Por la boca vive el pez" Saved by the jury
Tania S. 13 "No voy a cambiar" Saved by contestants
Manu 14 "Unfaithful" Saved by the jury
Patty 15 "Tú y yo volvemos al amor" Saved by the jury
Esther 16 "Runaway" Saved by the jury
Rubén 17 "Kilómetros" Saved by the public vote
Juanjo 18 "Relax, Take It Easy" Eliminated

Gala 1 (15 April 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 1
Contestant Order Song Result
Pablo 1 "Cuando me vaya" Saved by the jury
Patty Left Competition
Chipper 2 "Crazy" Saved by the jury
Iván Saved by the jury
Anabel 3 "Amor Gitano" Saved by the jury
Manu Saved by the jury
Noelia 4 "Ain't No Other Man" Saved by the jury
Sandra Saved by the jury
Reke 5 "Me Enamora" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Ros Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Rubén 6 "Tu recuerdo" Favourite of the audience
Tania S. Saved by the jury
Mimi 7 "I'll Stand By You" Saved by the jury
Virginia Saved by the jury
Esther 8 "Las de la Intuición" Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Tania G. Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff

Gala 2 (22 April 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 2
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Reke 1 "Greatest Love of All" Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Ros 2 "Don't Look Back in Anger" Eliminated
Regular performances
Paula 3 "Yo canto" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Sandra Saved by the jury
Tania S. Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Manu 4 "Bad Day" Favourite of the audience
Pablo Saved by the jury
Iván 5 "Como un Lobo" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Mimi Saved by the jury
Esther 6 "Para ti sería" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Ruben Saved by the jury
Chipper 7 "La mañana" Saved by the jury
Noelia Saved by the jury
Anabel 8 "I Love to Love" Saved by the jury
Tania G. Saved by the jury
Virginia Saved by the jury

Gala 3 (29 April 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 3
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Esther 1 "Me muero" Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Paula 2 "Fly Me to the Moon" Eliminated
Regular performances
Rubén 3 "Isla de Palma" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Virginia Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Iván 4 "Pienso tanto en ti" Saved by the jury
Sandra Saved by the jury
Mimi 5 "Sway" Saved by the jury
Noelia Saved by the jury
Tania G. Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Manu 6 "Miradas cruzadas" Favourite of the audience
Tania S. Saved by the jury
Anabel 7 "Tengo" Saved by the jury
Pablo Saved by the jury
Chipper 8 "Dancing in the Street" Saved by the jury
Reke Saved by the jury

Gala 4 (6 May 2008)[]

  • Musical guest: Rosario Flores ("No dudaría") (with the contestants) & ("Algo contigo")
Contestants' performances on Gala 4
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Esther 1 "Un error de los grandes" Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Rubén 2 "Noelia" Eliminated
Regular performances
Manu 3 "Por ti seré" Saved by the jury
Noelia 4 "No One" Saved by the jury
Pablo Saved by the jury
Chipper 5 "Mejor decir adiós" Saved by the jury
Mimi Saved by the jury
Anabel 6 "Pokito a poko" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Tania S. Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Virginia 7 "Downtown" Favourite of the audience
Sandra 8 "Ni una sola palabra" Saved by the jury
Tania G. Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Iván 9 "Let Me Entertain You" Saved by the jury
Reke Saved by the jury

Gala 5 (13 May 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 5
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Tania G. 1 "Don't Speak" Eliminated
Tania S. 2 "Y qué pequeña soy yo" Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Regular performances
Noelia 3 "Footprints in the Sand" Saved by the jury
Chipper 4 "Dead Ringer for Love" Saved by the jury
Sandra Saved by the jury
Anabel 5 "Ahora quién" Saved by the jury
Manu 6 "El perfume de la soledad" Favourite of the audience
Mimi Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Reke 7 "Cómo hablar" Saved by the jury
Virginia Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Esther 8 "Limón y Sal" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Iván Saved by the jury
Pablo 9 "Instant Replay" Saved by the jury

Gala 6 (20 May 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 6
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Esther 1 "Adiós" Eliminated
Virginia 2 "Love Me Like a Man" Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Mimi 3 "No sé si es amor" Saved by the jury
Iván 4 "Estrella Polar" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Anabel 5 "Pégate" Saved by the jury
Noelia Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Manu 6 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Saved by the jury
Reke Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Pablo 7

"Mi Niña Lola"

Saved by the jury
Tania S. Saved by the jury
Sandra 8 "Addicted to Love" Saved by the jury
Chipper 9 "A Song for You" Favourite of the audience

Gala 7 (27 May 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 7
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Reke 1 "No me fio" Eliminated
Virginia 2 "Creep" Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Anabel 3 "Hasta llegar a enloquecer" Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Noelia 4 "Why'd You Lie to Me" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Mimi 5 "Aún no te has ido" Saved by the jury
Tania S. Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Manu 6 "Sólo otra vez" Favourite of the audience
Iván 7 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Saved by the jury
Pablo Saved by the jury
Sandra 8 "Let the River Run" Saved by the jury
Chipper 9 It's Chico Time Saved by the jury

Gala 8 (3 June 2008)[]

  • Musical guest: Carlos Baute ("Ángelito") (with the contestants)
Contestants' performances on Gala 8
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Tania S. 1 "Encerrada en Libertad" Eliminated
Virginia 2 "My Baby Just Cares for Me" Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Manu 3 "Beat It" Saved by the jury
Chipper 4 "Siempre es de noche" Favourite of the audience
Sandra 5 "Sedúceme" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Pablo 6 "All Out of Love" Saved by the jury
Mimi 7 "Say It Right" Saved by the jury
Anabel 8 "Daría" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Iván 9 "La fuerza de mi corazón" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Noelia Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants

Gala 9 (10 June 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 9
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Anabel 1 "Punto de partida" Eliminated
Iván 2 "Estoy" Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Chipper 3 "You Sexy Thing" Saved by the jury
Manu 4 "Quiéreme tal como soy" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Mimi 5 "Muñeca de Trapo" Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Noelia 6 "MacArthur Park" Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Pablo 7 "Para la Libertad" Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Sandra 8 "Memory" Saved by the jury
Virginia 9 "Moonlight Shadow" Favourite of the audience

Gala 10 (17 June 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 10
Contestant Order Song Result
Up for elimination
Manu 1 "À Corps perdu" Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury; Finalist
Noelia 2 "Sólo por ti" Eliminated
Regular performances
Chipper 3 "O tú o nada" Saved by the jury; Finalist
Iván 4 "Words" Up for elimination
Pablo 5 "Shine" Saved by the jury; Finalist
Virginia 6 "Porque te vas" Up for elimination
Mimi 7 "Amar haciendo el amor" Saved by contestants; Finalist
Sandra 8 "Disco Inferno" Saved by the Academy's staff; Finalist

Gala 11 (24 June 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 11
Contestant Order First Song Order Second Song Order Gala 0 Song Result
Up for elimination
Iván 1 "Garganta con arena" 8 "Estoy" N/A (already eliminated) Eliminated
Virginia 2 "Lovefool" 9 "My Baby Just Cares for Me" 15 "Smile" Saved by the public vote; Finalist
Regular performances
Chipper 3 "That's Life" N/A 10 "My Girl" Already qualified
Pablo 4 "¿Lo ves?" N/A 13 "The Show Must Go On"
Manu 5 "Light My Fire" N/A 11 "Unfaithful"
Sandra 6 "Chicas Malas" N/A 14 "Qué Hiciste"
Mimi 7 "Bailando Salsa" N/A 12 "Abre tu mente"

Gala 12 (1 July 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 12
Contestant Order Song Result
Regular performances
Chipper 1 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Saved
Manu 2 "I Drove All Night" Saved
Mimi 3 "Durmiendo sola" Up for elimination
Pablo 4 "Se dejaba llevar" Saved
Sandra 5 "Highway to Hell" Up for elimination
Virginia 6 "Lunas Rotas" Saved
Eliminated
Mimi 7 "Amar haciendo el amor" Up for elimination
Sandra 8 "Let the River Run" Saved by the public vote

Gala 13 (8 July 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 13
Contestant Order Song Result
Regular performances
Chipper 1 "Get Ready" Saved
Manu 2 "Fantástico amor" Up for elimination
Pablo 3 "Ojos verdes" Saved
Sandra 4 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Up for elimination
Virginia 5 "Ben" Saved
Up for elimination
Manu 6 "Light My Fire" Saved by the public vote
Sandra 7 "Disco Inferno" Eliminated

Gala 14 (15 July 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala 14
Contestant Order Solo Song Order Duo Song Result
Regular performances
Chipper 1 "Over the Rainbow" 6 "Fever" Saved
Virginia 4 "Old Town" Saved
Manu 2 "La vida es" 5 "No estamos solos" Up for elimination
Pablo 3 "Don't Stop Me Now" Up for elimination
Up for elimination
Manu 7 "I Drove All Night" N/A N/A Eliminated
Pablo 8 "¿Lo ves?" N/A N/A Saved by the public vote

Gala Final (22 July 2008)[]

Contestants' performances on Gala Final
Contestant Order First Song Order Duo Song Order Final Song Result
Chipper 1 "Play That Funky Music" 4 "Dead Ringer for Love" (with Sandra) N/A (already eliminated) 3rd Place
Pablo 2 "Volver" 5 "Bad Day" (with Manu) 7 "Se dejaba llevar" Runner-Up
Virginia 3 "Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)" 6 "I'll Stand by You" (with Mimi) 8 "Porque te vas" Winner

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