Operación Triunfo series 7

*Operación Triunfo*
Operación Triunfo
Series 7
Hosted by	Jesús Vázquez
Judges	Noemí Galera; Risto Mejide; Ramoncín; Coco Comín;
Winner	Mario Álvarez
Runner-up	Brenda Mau
Location	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya,; Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original network	Telecinco
Original release	29 April –; 21 July 2009
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 6 Next →; Series 8

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2009, aired on Telecinco from 29 April 2009 to 21 July 2009, presented by Jesús Vázquez.

Mario Álvarez was the winner of the series.

Auditions

Open casting auditions were held in a number of locations:

Oviedo: NH Principado – 10 March 2009
Las Palmas (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria): NH Imperial Playa – 11 March 2009
Barcelona: Teatro Tívoli – 16 March 2009
Palma, Majorca: Melia Palas Atenea – 18 March 2009
Málaga: Hotel NH Málaga – 19 March 2009
Santiago de Compostela: Hotel Hesperia Peregrino – 24 March 2009
Bilbao: Teatro Ayala – 26 March 2009
Valencia: Teatro Olympia – 30 March 2009
Seville: Teatro Central – 3 April 2009
Madrid: Teatro Lope de Vega – 6 April 2009

There were also casting based on online presentations by contestants who couldn't attend any of the above sessions

Headmaster, judges and presenter

Headmaster: Àngel Llàcer
Judges: Noemí Galera, Risto Mejide, Ramoncín and Coco Comín
Presenter: Jesús Vázquez

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Mario	23	Oviedo	Gala Final	Winner
Brenda	20	Barcelona		Runner-up
Jon	23	Baracaldo		3rd
Ángel	22	Albox	Gala 12	4th
Patricia	21	Leganés	Gala 12	5th
Silvia	17	Barcelona	Gala 11	6th
Cristina	16	Marbella	Gala 10	7th
Samuel	19	La Cañada de San Urbano	Gala 9	8th
Rafa	21	Vall de Uxó	Gala 9	9th
Alba Lucía	18	Murcia	Gala 8	10th
Elías	22	Almendralejo	Gala 7	11th
Diana	20	Burgos	Gala 6	12th
Maxi	25	Reus	Gala 5	13th
Nazaret	19	Camarma de Esteruelas	Gala 4	14th
Pedro	20	Jerez de la Frontera	Gala 3	15th
Guadiana	22	Badajoz	Gala 2	16th
Púa	18	Sant Vicents dels Horts	Gala 1	17th
Patty	26	Barrio de las Letras	Gala 1	18th

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		Final
Mario	Maxi	Jon	Jon	Jon	Rafa	Diana	Saved	Ángel	Mark: 7	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Winner (Final)
Brenda	Maxi	Guadiana	Elías	Elías	Maxi	Diana	Jon	Ángel	Mark: 8.9	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Runner-up (Final)
Jon	Púa	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Diana	Diana	Nominated	Ángel	Mark: 5	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	3rd Place (Final)
Ángel	Púa	Elías	Jon	Jon	Maxi	Alba	Mario	Saved	Mark: 5.4	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated	4th place (Gala 12)
Patricia	Patty	Jon	Jon	Nazaret	Diana	Alba	Mario	Alba	Mark: 6.3	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Saved	Eliminated	5th place (Gala 12)
Silvia	Maxi	Guadiana	Jon	Nazaret	Maxi	Alba	Mario	Ángel	Mark: 7.4	Finalist	Saved	Saved	Eliminated	6th place (Gala 11)
Cristina	Maxi	Elías	Elías	Elías	Rafa	Elías	Mario	Alba	Mark: 6.5	Finalist	Saved	Eliminated	7th place (Gala 10)
Samuel	Maxi	Elías	Pedro	Jon	Rafa	Alba	Mario	Ángel	Mark: 6.4	Finalist	Eliminated	8th place (Gala 9)
Rafa	Púa	Elías	Elías	Elías	Saved	Alba	Mario	Nominated	Mark: 5.4	Evicted (Gala 9)
Alba Lucía	Elías	Elías	Elías	Elías	Rafa	Saved	Mario	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 8)
Elías	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Saved	Rafa	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)
Diana	Elías	Guadiana	Jon	Nazaret	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)
Maxi	Saved	Guadiana	Pedro	Jon	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)
Nazaret	Patty	Guadiana	Jon	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)
Pedro	Maxi	Jon	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 3)
Guadiana	Elías	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 2)
Púa	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 1)
Patty	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 1)

Up for elimination	Elías Jon Maxi Patty Púa	Diana Elías Guadiana Jon	Elías Jon Pedro Samuel	Elías Jon Patricia Nazaret	Alba Lucía Diana Maxi Rafa	Alba Lucía Diana Elías Rafa	Brenda Elías Jon Mario	Alba Lucía Ángel Cristina Rafa	Ángel Jon Patricia Rafa	Against public vote	Patricia Samuel	Cristina Silvia	Patricia Silvia	Brenda Patricia	Ángel Jon	Brenda Jon Mario
Saved by Academy's staff	Jon	Diana	Samuel	Patricia	Alba Lucía	Rafa	Brenda	Cristina	Patricia	Winner	Patricia 58% to save	Silvia 53% to save	Patricia 56% to save	Brenda 69% to save	Jon 56% to save	Mario 50.5% to win (out of 2)
Saved by contestants	Maxi 6 of 14 votes to save	Elías 5* of 13 votes to save	Jon 6 of 12 votes to save	Elías 4* of 11 votes to save	Rafa 5 of 10 votes to save	Alba Lucía 5 of 9 votes to save	Mario 7 of 8 votes to save	Ángel 5 of 7 votes to save	Jon	Eliminated Finalist	Samuel 42% to save	Cristina 47% to save	Silvia 44% to save	Patricia 31% to save	Ángel 44% to save	Brenda 49.5% to win (out of 2)
Saved by public vote	Elías 68% to save (out of 2)	Jon 52% to save	Elías 62% to save	Jon 79% to save	Diana 64% to save	Elías 56% to save	Jon 60% to save	Rafa 57% to save	Ángel 56% to save							Brenda 49.5% to win (out of 2)
Eliminated	Púa 32% to save (out of 2)	Guadiana 48% to save	Pedro 38% to save	Nazaret 21% to save	Maxi 36% to save	Diana 44% to save	Elías 40% to save	Alba Lucía 43% to save	Rafa 44% to save							Jon 31% to win (out of 3)
Eliminated	Patty 7% to save (out of 3)	Guadiana 48% to save	Pedro 38% to save	Nazaret 21% to save	Maxi 36% to save	Diana 44% to save	Elías 40% to save	Alba Lucía 43% to save	Rafa 44% to save							Jon 31% to win (out of 3)

External links

Operación Triunfo on Telecinco site