Objetivo Fama (season 3)

The third season of Objetivo Fama, the Puerto Rican singing talent contest, began on February 11, 2006. This season the judges are Roberto Sueiro, Hilda Ramos, and Fernando Allende. The show was hosted by Mexican singer Yuri.

Objetivo Fama
Season 3
Broadcast fromFebruary 11 (2006-02-11) –
May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)
Judges
Host(s)Yuri
BroadcasterUnivision Puerto Rico
Finals venueCentro de Bellas Artes, Caguas
Winner
Marlon Fernández
OriginLa Lisa, Cuba
Genre(s)Tropical/Salsa
Runner-up
Patty Contreras

Final Cutdown

Out of each audition, a group of semi-finalists were selected. Producers and judges then evaluated each and ended up selecting 20 contestants.

The 20 selected contestants were:

#ContestantHome TownNationalityAge *
1Arquímides GonzálezBayamón, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican19
2Brigitte DávilaSan Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican19
3Ediberto CarmenattyBoston, Massachusetts Puerto Rican18
4Edwin GómezNew York City Dominican26
5Elionaid IñiguezSan Antonio, Texas Mexican22
6Francisco SalicrupBoston, Massachusetts Dominican/Puerto Rican24
7Guadalupe CastroTucson, Arizona Mexican22
8Gustavo GutiérrezChicago, Illinois Mexican24
9Helen OchoaFresno, California Mexican20
10Jenilca GiustiOrlando, Florida Puerto Rican24
11José BarrazaFresno, California Mexican21
12Josué MuñozLos Angeles, California Mexican22
13Marlon FernándezMiami, Florida Cuban28
14Mary Ann AcevedoCabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican18
15Melanie FigueroaSan Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican18
16Patricia MercadoSacramento, California Mexican28
17Patty ContrerasNew York City Dominican22
18Ronald MartínezMiami, Florida Venezuelan27
19Soledad SosaHouston, Texas Mexican26
20Sunel MolinaDallas, Texas Cuban19

* Age was taken at the beginning of the contest (2006)

Weekly Shows

Quarter-Finals

First Show: February 11

The songs performed during the first show were:

#ContestantSong TitleOriginal Performer
1Marlon Fernández "Llorarás" Oscar D'León
Edwin Gómez
2Mary Ann Acevedo "El Frío de Tu Adiós" Olga Tañon
Jenilca Giusti
3Patricia Mercado "La Pareja Ideal" Marisela and Marco Antonio Solís
Elionaid Iñiguez
4Ediberto Carmenatty"Todo el Año"Obie Bermúdez
5Josué Muñoz"Que Seas Feliz"Luis Miguel
6Soledad Sosa "Víveme" Laura Pausini
Melanie Figueroa
7Gustavo Gutiérrez"A Medio Vivir"Ricky Martin
8Patty Contreras"El Me Mintió"Amanda Miguel
9José Barraza"Bulería"David Bisbal
10Helen Ochoa "Algo Más" La Quinta Estación
Brigitte Dávila
11Ronald Martínez "Te Conozco Bien" Marc Anthony
Francisco Salicrup
12Arquímedes González "Sin Miedo a Nada" Alex Ubago
Guadalupe Castro
13Sunel Molina"Solo Otra Vez"Celine Dion

The two threatened competitors of the night were: Guadalupe Castro and Sunel Molina.

Second Show: February 18

The songs performed during the second show were:

#ContestantSong TitleOriginal Performer
1Marlon Fernández "Yo Sí Me Enamoré" Huey Dunbar
Francisco Salicrup
2Arquímides González "Pueden Decir" Gilberto Santa Rosa
Edwin Gómez
3Mary Ann Acevedo "Amar Sin Ser Amada" Thalía
Brigitte Dávila
4Jenilca Giusti "Simplemente Amigos" Ana Gabriel
Melanie Figueroa
5José Barraza "Nada Es Para Siempre" Luis Fonsi
Sunel Molina
6Patty Contreras "Sin El" Pandora
Soledad Sosa
Patricia Mercado
7Helen Ochoa"La Cigarra"Linda Ronstadt
8Elionaid Iñiguez"Perfume de Gardenias"Alejandro Fernández
9Ronald Martínez "Noviembre Sin Tí" Reik
Ediberto Carmenatty
Josué Muñoz
10Gustavo Gutiérrez "La Tortura" Shakira and Alejandro Sanz
Guadalupe Castro

Guadalupe Castro was selected by the audience to leave the competition, while Sunel Molina got another chance to stay in the show.

The judges harshly criticized Guadalupe and Gustavo's performance of "La Tortura". Hence, Gustavo was threatened to leave the show together with ???.

Third Show: February 25

The songs performed during the third show were:

#ContestantSong TitleOriginal Performer
1Marlon Fernández "Valió La Pena" Marc Anthony
Ediberto Carmenatty
2Patty Contreras "Como la Abeja al Panal" Juan Luis Guerra
Edwin Gómez
3Arquímides González "Si Tú Supieras" Alejandro Fernández
Elionaid Iñiguez
4Mary Ann Acevedo "Como Tu Mujer" Rocío Dúrcal
Patricia Mercado
5Jenilca Giusti "Me Canse de ser la Otra" La India
Soledad Sosa
6José Barraza "Amor del Bueno" Reyli
Josué Muñoz
7Helen Ochoa "Loca" Ana Bárbara
Melanie Figueroa
8Brigitte Dávila"Con Los Ojos Cerrados"Gloria Trevi
9Ronald Martínez "Penélope" Diego Torres
Sunel Molina
Gustavo Gutiérrez
10Francisco Salicrup"Angel"Jon Secada

Gustavo Gutiérrez was selected by the audience to leave the competition, while ??? got another chance to stay in the show.

Elionaid Iñiguez and ??? were threatened to leave the competition.


Contestant Profile Songs

Marlon Fernández
  • Age: 28
  • Lives: Miami, Florida
  • From: Cuba
  • WINNER

Patty Contreras

Arquímides González

Mary Ann Acevedo

Jenilca Giusti

José Barraza

Patricia Mercado

Helen Ochoa

Brigitte Dávila

Edwin Gómez

Ronald Martínez
  • Age: 27
  • Lives: Miami, Florida
  • From: Venezuela
  • Eliminated: April 15, 2006

Sunel Molina
  • Age: 19
  • Lives: Dallas, Texas
  • From: Cuba
  • Eliminated: April 15, 2006

Francisco Salicrup

Ediberto Carmenatty
  • Age: 18
  • Lives: Boston, Massachusetts
  • From: Boston, Massachusetts/Puerto Rico
  • Eliminated: March 31, 2006
    (left due to medical reasons)

Soledad Sosa
  • Age: 26
  • Lives: Houston, Texas
  • From: Mexico
  • Eliminated: March 19, 2006 (abandoned the competition)

Josué Muñoz
  • Age: 22
  • Lives: Los Angeles, California
  • From: Mexico
  • Eliminated: March 18, 2006
  • "Que Seas Feliz" (Luis Miguel)
  • "Noviembre Sin Tí" (Reik)
  • "Amor del Bueno" (Reyli)
  • "El Rey" (Luis Miguel)
  • "Solo Quedate en Silencio" (RBD)
  • "Te Quiero Tanto o Más Que Ayer" (Monchy y Alexandra)

Melanie Figueroa

Elionaid Iñiguez
  • Age: 22
  • Lives: San Antonio, Texas
  • From: Mexico
  • Eliminated: March 4, 2006

Gustavo Gutiérrez
  • Age: 24
  • Lives: Chicago, Illinois
  • From: Mexico
  • Eliminated: February 25, 2006

Guadalupe Castro

Weekly Shows

The weekly shows began on February 11, 2006 and are held at the Centro de Bellas Artes of Caguas. Each presentation opens with a huge dance/sing number where all the contestants participate.

Before each presentation, contestants are interviewed by host Yuri, while they present some of the things that happened the preceding week. After the contestants presentation, the three judges evaluate his performance. Guest judges might be brought from time to time.

Threatenings and Eliminations

Each week, based on the contestants performances, the judges threaten a maximum of three contestants to abandon the competition. In the first weeks, the professors "save" one of them based on their week's performance during rehearses. The remaining threatened contestants are then subject to the evaluation of the public during the next week, where the audience has the right to vote for who they want to stay or leave. The results are announced in the next show.

"Con tus Estrellas en Vivo" (2006)
Con tus Estrellas en Vivo
Compilation album by
Objetivo Fama
ReleasedJune 2006
Recorded2006
GenreLatin pop, pop
Length26:14
LabelAcisum Group
Univision Music Group
ProducerAcisum Group
Objetivo Fama chronology
Con un Sueño
(2005)		 Con tus Estrellas en Vivo
(2006)		 Las Voces de tus Estrellas
(2007)
Singles from Con tus Estrellas en Vivo
  1. "Kilometros"
    Released: May, 2006

Con tus Estrellas en Vivo is the third compilation album recorded by the reality show Objetivo Fama at their Third Season. The first and only single of this album are "Kilometros", a song of the duo "Sin Bandera", here, interpreted by Arquimides Gonzales and Marlon Fernández (winner of that season).

Track listing
  1. "El Triste" - (Sunel & Arquímides González) - 2:47
  2. "El Hombre que yo Amo" - (Briggitte & Mary Ann Acevedo) - 3:01
  3. "Kilometros" - (Marlon & Arquímides González) - 2:48
  4. "Preciosa" - (Marlon Fernández) - 2:52
  5. "Como abeja al panal" - (Patty & Edwin) - 2:40
  6. "Ahora quien" - (Jose & Francisco) - 2:14
  7. "Para darte mi vida" - (Ronald & Jenilca Giusti) - 2:48
  8. "Todo el año" - (Ediberto) - 1:58
  9. "Dile" - (All) - 2:29
  10. "Nuestro Amor" - (All) - 3:26

Personnel
  • Vocals – Objetivo Fama contestants
  • Background vocals – Objetivo Fama contestants

Production

Controversies

Some controversies that surfaced during the season.

  • On April 1, 2006 it was announced that competitor Ediberto Carmenatty had to leave the competition due to medical reasons. The reasons were loosely disclosed, but apparently Carmenatty was suffering from some sort of injury on his back and leg. This was particularly shocking to everybody because Carmenatty was both one of the strongest competitors of the show and one of the most loved by both his fellow competitors and the audience.
  • Without a doubt, the biggest controversy so far is the elimination of strong competitor Soledad Sosa from the competition. On March 19, 2006, she decided to quit the competition and abandoned the house with her husband returning to Houston, Texas. Her parents have complained because they've never gotten along with him and have accused him of manipulating Sosa's decision. The production of the show has also inferred that there might be some legal repercussions to her decision because of the contract each contestant signed. Sosa was one of the best singers of the group, receiving always high evaluations from the judges and not being threatened in any of the shows.
  • The attitude of some of the contestants has also rose some controversy. More notable were the issues surrounding Sunel Molina during the first weeks, where he argued with lots of his fellow competitors and teachers for several reasons. Other contestants that have had problems because of their attitude have been Ronald Martínez and Francisco Salicrup.
  • During the third or fourth week of the show, some of the male competitors were reprimanded by Lunna (the administrator of the house/studio) for not waking up early for rehearsals and classes. Some of the competitors reprimanded for this were Marlon Fernández, Edwin Gómez, Arquimides González and José Barraza.
  • During the fourth week, it was also brought to attention the poor conditions in which most of the contestants had their rooms. This was shown in the weekly show because Francisco Salicrup complained about the hygiene of his friends.
  • Some contestants, namely Josué Muñoz and Helen Ochoa, argued the judge's decisions to threaten them repeatedly in the early shows of the competition even implying that there might be favoritism to other contestants. Josué was eliminated on March 18, 2006.

After the Show
Mary Ann Acevedo
  • Season winner Marlon Fernández released his first album titled Mi Sueño in 2006. The album features several songs written by Olga Tañon and a duet with La India. In 2008, he released his second album titled Homenaje a Juan Luis Guerra. He has been nominated to several Billboard Latin Music Awards as well as some Lo Nuestro Awards.
  • Third finalist Arquímides González released his first album titled Mil Violines in early 2007.
  • Fourth finalist Mary Ann Acevedo was the first contestant to release an album. Her self-titled album was released in mid-2006.
  • Jenilca Giusti is about to release her first album and the first single is already on radio.
  • Helen Ochoa released a project titled Dos Destinos in early 2007. This project was originally intended to be a dual project with fellow contestant Melanie Figueroa, but the latter dropped from it for health reasons.
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez, boyfriend of fellow competitor Jenilca Giusti, is taking acting courses and has already received several offers in Miami and Venezuela.
  • Ediberto Carmenatty, Arquímides González, and Mary Ann Acevedo in company of some of the other contestants of Objetivo Fama's 5th Season are now part of a group called "Los Favoritos" and after having a successful show in CBA are having a concert on the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.
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