Operación Triunfo series 3

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The third series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2003, aired on La 1 from 29 September 2003 to 21 December 2003, presented by Carlos Lozano.

Operación Triunfo
Series 3
Hosted by	Carlos Lozano
Judges	Pilar Tabares Pilar Zamora Inma Serrano Narcís Rebollo
Winner	Vicente Seguí
Runner-up	Ramón del Castillo
Location	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	29 September (2003-09-29) – 21 December 2003 (2003-12-21)
Series chronology

Vicente Seguí was the winner of the series.

Headmaster, judges and presenter

• Headmaster: Nina
• Judges: Pilar Tabares, Pilar Zamora, Inma Serrano and Narcís Rebollo
• Presenter: Carlos Lozano

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Vicente	24	Vilamarxant	Gala Final	Winner
Ramón	19	Gran Canaria		Runner-up
Miguel	22	Huelva		3rd
Davinia	18	Cádiz		4th
Mario	19	Zaragoza		5th
Leticia	26	Seville		6th
Noelia	18	Lugo	Gala 11	7th
Bea	18	Pontevedra	Gala 10	8th (Quit)
Nur	20	Barcelona		9th
Borja	19	Madrid	Gala 9	10th
Israel	23	Murcia	Gala 8	11th
Jorge	25	Zaragoza	Gala 7	12th
Sonia	29	Barcelona	Gala 6	13th
Miriam	22	Pontevedra	Gala 5	14th
José	25	Castellón de la Plana	Gala 4	15th
Fede	23	Madrid	Gala 3	16th
Isabel	20	Cádiz	Gala 2	17th

Galas

In this edition, the jury only valued. Who really nominated was the public with their phone calls. The five least voted were in danger zone. One was saved by the jury, another by the Academy's staff, the third by the contestants and the other two were nominated all week, in the hands of the public.

Results summary

Colour key

–	Contestant received the most public votes.
–	Contestant was up for the elimination but was saved by the jury.
–	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.

	Gala 1	Gala 2	Gala 3	Gala 4	Gala 5	Gala 6	Gala 7	Gala 8	Gala 9	Gala 10	Gala 11	Final
Vicente	Isabel	Fede	José	Nur	Israel	Leticia	Israel	Borja	Miguel	Saved Mark: 8.65	Finalist	Winner (Final)
Ramón	Miriam	Miriam	Sonia	Nur	Sonia	Leticia	Nur	Borja	Nur	Vicente Mark: 9	Finalist	Runner-up (Final)
Miguel	Miriam	Miriam	José	Nur	Nur	Leticia	Israel	Leticia	Saved	Vicente Mark: 9.05	Finalist	3rd Place (Final)
Davinia	Isabel	Miriam	Jorge	Sonia	Sonia	Leticia	Nur	Nur	Miguel	Mario Mark: 9.35	Finalist	4th place (Final)
Mario	Isabel	Jorge	José	Sonia	Israel	Jorge	Noelia	Leticia	Miguel	Nominated Mark: 7.85	Finalist	5th place (Final)
Leticia	Isabel	Miriam	Sonia	Nur	Nur	Saved	Nur	Nominated	Miguel	Vicente Mark: 8.7	Finalist	6th place (Final)
Noelia	Miriam	Miriam	Sonia	Nur	Israel	Nur	Nominated	Nur	Nominated	Nominated Mark: 7.55	Evicted (Gala 11)
Bea	Miriam	Miriam	Sonia	Nur	Nur	Leticia	Noelia	Nur	Miguel	Left Competition (Gala 10)
Nur	Sonia	Fede	Sonia	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 10)
Borja	Sonia	Fede	Sonia	Nur	Nur	Nur	Nur	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 9)
Israel	Sonia	Jorge	José	Nur	Nominated	Leticia	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 8)
Jorge	Miriam	Nominated	Nominated	Nur	Nur	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)
Sonia	Nominated	Fede	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)
Miriam	Saved	Saved	Sonia	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)
José	Miriam	Fede	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)
Fede	Sonia	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 3)
Isabel	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 2)
Up for elimination	Isabel Leticia Miriam Nur Sonia	Israel Jorge Miriam Sonia Sonny	Davinia Jorge José Nur Sonia	Israel Jorge Miriam Nur Sonia	Borja Israel Leticia Nur Sonia	Israel Jorge Leticia Mario Nur	Borja Israel Miguel Noelia Nur	Borja Leticia Noelia Nur Ramón	Davinia Leticia Miguel Noelia Nur	Leticia Mario Noelia Vicente	Winner	Vicente 25.07% to win
Saved by jury	Leticia	Sonia	Nur	Israel	Leticia	Israel	Borja	Noelia	Leticia	None	Finalist	Ramón 24.33% to win
Saved by Academy's staff	Nur	Israel	Davinia	Jorge	Borja	Mario	Miguel	Ramón	Davinia	Leticia		Miguel 16.39% to win
Saved by contestants	Miriam 6 of 14 votes to save	Miriam 6 of 13 votes to save	Sonia 7 of 12 votes to save	Nur 9 of 11 votes to save	Nur 5 of 10 votes to save	Leticia 6 of 9 votes to save	Nur 4 of 8 votes to save	Nur 3 of 7 votes to save	Miguel 5 of 6 votes to save	Vicente 3 of 4 votes to save		Davinia 12.71% to win
Saved by public vote	Sonia 63.4% to save	Jorge 57.25% to save	Jorge 50.4% to save	Sonia 53.7% to save	Israel 70.3% to save	Nur 58.85% to save	Noelia 52.2% to save	Leticia 57.15% to save	Noelia 53.8% to save	Mario 57.8% to save		Mario 11.84% to win
Eliminated	Isabel 36.6% to save	Fede 42.75% to save	José 49.6% to save	Miriam 46.3% to save	Sonia 29.7% to save	Jorge 41.15% to save	Israel 47.8% to save	Borja 42.85% to save	Nur 46.2% to save	Noelia 42.2% to save		Leticia 9.66% to win