Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda was a Mexican reality show set to look for the new, re-make of the '80s and '90s Mexican band Timbiriche, hosted by Galilea Montijo. The show premiered on June 24, 2007, in Mexico on Canal de las Estrellas and on July 1, 2007 in the United States on Univision a week later from its original live air in Mexico. The show concluded on October 14, 2007, in Mexico, having Brisia, Fernanda, Alberto, Gaby, Eduardo, Taide, and Yurem as the seven new members of the brand new re-made band Timbiriche. Their first CD was released on November 30, 2007. The band announced their decision to split at their final concert in Nuevo Laredo in May 2009.
Contestants The red color on contestants signifies their expulsion from the show. The blue signifies the 7 winners of the show. Place Guys Age, origin Girls Age, origin 1st Alberto Dogre (3rd Mem.) 22, Mérida Brissia Mayagoitia (1st Mem.) (quit band 3 months later to go solo) 16, Saltillo 1st J. Eduardo Brito(5th Mem.) 18, Puebla Fernanda Arozqueta (2nd Mem.) 19, Distrito Federal 1st Yurem Rojas (7th Mem.) 17, Distrito Federal Gabriela Sanchez (4th Mem.) 21, Guadalajara 1st -- -- M. Taide Rodríguez (6th Mem.) 19, Guadalajara 2nd -- -- Ana Sophía Sanchez 16, Hermosillo 2nd Sergio Villa 21, Distrito Federal Verónica 20, Colima 3rd Fabián 20, Distrito Federal -- -- 4th Gustavo 17, Villahermosa -- -- 5th Diego 21, Mérida Tamara 16, Monterrey 6th David 21, Tamaulipas Mariana 17, Puebla 7th Alfonso 16, Tepic Marcela 18, Monterrey 8th Naín 21, Puebla Daffne 17, Chihuahua 9th Willie 21, Villa Úrsula Galván Karla 17, Monterrey 10th Jorge 22, Distrito Federal Ingrid 18, Guadalajara 11th Manuel 18, Distrito Federal Cristy 19, Aguascalientes 12th Alejandro 20, Guadalajara Zelma 15, Distrito Federal 13th Santiago 20, Puebla María 16, Culiacán
Format Participants 30 participants (15 guys and 15 girls) ranging from ages 15–22 were chosen to enter the reality show and will live in "Escuela Timbiriche (Timbiriche School)".
Judging Each week each will be scored on their singing and dancing performance by 3 tables of judges. The scores range from 1-10.
Honor Roll From episodes 1-9, the 6 contestants (3 guys and 3 girls) that receive the highest GPA will be placed in the "Cuadro de Honor (Spanish for Honor Roll)". And the 2 that come in first will receive a special privilege for the week. Starting from episode 10, there will be only one scoreboard (for all contestants, guys and girls), and the top two will compete to be selected as a new member of the new band.
Reported On the other hand, from episodes 1-9 the bottom 3 males and the bottom 3 females that receive the lowest GPA will be "Reportado (Reported)" and will be up for expulsion from the show.
Starting from episode 10 until the 14th, all contestants were reported. Since the 14th, no remaining contestant was eliminated, therefore no more reported students.
Expulsions From episodes 1-9, on the day of the expulsions, two of the six Reported will be saved by the Timbiriche Council. The four still Reported will depend on the public vote, the two that receive the higher number of votes will be saved and the other two will be expelled. Starting from episode 10 until the 14th, the student at the bottom of the overall scoreboard (with the lower GPA and public votes) will be automatically expelled at the end of each episode.
Total number of members The show was supposed to end with three guys and three girls as the new members of the newly re-made Timbiriche, but after much consideration of the show and the original members of the band, the newly formed band consists of seven members, with the final members being four girls and three guys.
Prize
The chosen members of the band will not only receive a record deal, but will go on tour throughout Mexico and starr in a telenovela (Mexican soap opera).
Judges Creators These are the people that in their own ways helped create Timbiriche: Marco Flavio Cruz Martha Zavaleta Luis de Llano Amparo Rubín (who replaced Memo Méndez Guiú)
Consejo Timbiriche (Timbiriche Council) These are the original members of Timbiriche (except Paulina Rubio) and each will have a vote.
Benny Ibarra Alix Bauer Erik Rubín Sasha Sokol Diego Schoening Mariana Garza
Table of fans This is made up of lifelong fans of the original band. They, as a group, cast one vote for each contestant.
Results These are the results that were announced at the end of each episode of Timbiriche. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Brissia 1 Diego 1 Brissia 2 Eduardo 1 Brissia 3 Diego 2 Fernanda 3 Diego 3 Fernanda 1 Gustavo 1 Fernanda 2 Fabián 1 Sophia 2 Sergio 2 Marcela 1 Eduardo 2 Sophía 1 Sergio 1 Taide 1 Willie 1 Verónica 1 Yurem 1 Tamara 1 Jorge 1 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Brissia 4 Diego 4 Fernanda 4 Alberto 1 Brissia 5 Alberto 2 Gaby 3 Alberto 3 Gaby 1 Gustavo 2 Gaby 2 Eduardo 3 Fernanda 5 Eduardo 4 Fernanda 6 Fabián 3 Tamara 2 Naín 1 Taide 2 Fabian 2 Taide 3 Sergio 3 Taide 4 Sergio 4 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Girls # of times Guys # of times Fernanda 7 Alberto 4 Gaby** 5 Alberto** 5 Gaby** 6 Alberto** 6 Gaby 4 Fabián 4 Sophía 3 Gustavo 3 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15Winner (First member) # of times Second candidate # of times Winner (Second member) # of times Second candidate # of times Winner (Third member) # of times Second candidate # of times Winner (Fourth member) # of times Second candidate # of times BRISSA 6 Sophia 4 FERNANDA 8 Yurem 2 ALBERTO 6 YUREM 3 GABY 7 Taide 5 Episode 16 (Test 1) Episode 16 (Test 2) Episode 16 (Test 3)Winner (Fifth member) # of times Second candidate # of times Winner (Sixth member) # of times Second candidate # of times Winner (Seventh member) # of times Second candidate # of times EDUARDO 5 Yurem 4 TADIE 6 Sophia 5 Yurem 5 Verónica, Sergio, Sophia 6 / 2 / 5
Ep 10 - This was the first episode to have two (Alberto and Gaby) in the honor roll, due to changed rules. Gaby, Brissia and Sophia were tied in points (8,8), but Gaby got the lead due to decimals (8,875) Ep 11 - There was no honor roll in this episode. The contestants had limited appearance in spite of 'Copa Timbiriche VIP'. Ep 12 - As of this episode, the considered honor roll are the two people with the highest points and that will face off to become a member.
Reported The reported are announced at the end of each show, while the expulsions are held the following week. The Timbiriche Council saves two contestants first, then the public vote results are revealed toward the end of the show and announce who stays and who is expelled. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Ingrid 1 David 1 Cristy 1 Alejandro 1 Cristy 2 David 2 Ingrid 2 Alfonso 1 Karla 1 Santiago 1 Marcela 1 Manuel 1 Gaby 1 Eduardo 1 Mariana 1 David 3 María 1 Yurem 1 Zelma 1 Yurem 2 Marcela 2 Manuel 2 Taide 1 Yurem 3
Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Karla 2 Alfonso 2 Daffne 1 Naín 1 Marcela 3 Alfonso 3 Mariana 4 David 5 Sophia 1 Willie 1 Mariana 2 Sergio 1 Mariana 3 David 4 Sophia 2 Gustavo 1 Taide 2 Yurem 4 Verónica 1 Yurem 5 Tamara 1 Diego 1 Verónica 2 Yurem 6
Ep 6 - David was put up for expulsion the night of the results due to behavior issues towards Mariana, a current contestant, not to mention Mariana felt he had touched her indecently.
Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Taide 3 Diego 2 Brissia 1 Alberto 1 Brissia 2 Alberto 2 Tamara 2 Eduardo 2 Fernanda 1 Eduardo 3 Fernanda 2 Eduardo 4 Verónica 3 Yurem 7 Gaby 2 Fabian 1 Gaby 3 Fabian 2 Sophia 3 Gustavo 2 Sophia 4 Gustavo 3 Taide 4 Sergio 2 Taide 5 Sergio 3 Veronica 4 Yurem 8 Veronica 5 Yurem 9
Ep 11 - There were no expulsions on this episode
Episode 12 Episode 13Girl # of times Guy # of times Girl # of times Guy # of times Fernanda 3 Alberto 3 Gaby 5 Alberto 4 Gaby 4 Eduardo 5 Sophia 6 Eduardo 6 Sophia 5 Fabian 3 Taide 7 Sergio 5 Taide 6 Sergio 4 Veronica 6 Yurem 10 Veronica 7 Yurem 11
Results Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Timbiriche Council Ingrid David Timbiriche Council Cristy Manuel Timbiriche Council Marcela Eduardo Public Karla Yurem Public Marcela Yurem Public Gaby David Expelled María Santiago Expelled Zelma Alejandro Expelled Cristy Manuel Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Timbiriche Council Taide David Timbiriche Council Sophia Alfonso Timbiriche Council Mariana Sergio Timbiriche Council Tamara Diego Public Mariana Alfonso, Yurem Public Taide Yurem Public Verónica Yurem, David** Public Mariana DavidExpelled Ingrid Jorge** Expelled Karla Willie Expelled Daffne Naín Expelled Marcela Alfonso
Ep 5 - Jorge was put up for expulsion after an incident that happened and was his second warning, therefore putting him up for expulsion the night of the results.
Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys Timbiriche Council Verónica Gustavo Timbiriche Council Taide Eduardo All Fernanda Alberto Public Sophía Yurem Public Veronica Yurem All Gaby Eduardo All Sophia Fabian All Taide Sergio All Veronica YuremExpelled Mariana David Expelled Tamara Diego Expelled -- Gustavo
Episode 13 Episode 14 Saved by Girls Guys Saved by Girls Guys All Gaby Alberto All Gaby Eduardo All Sophia Eduardo All Sophia Sergio All Taide Sergio All Taide Yurem All Veronica Yurem All Veronica Expelled -- Fabián Expelled -- --
• Ep 14 - * From this episode on, there will be no more expulsions.
Episode 16 Results This episode featured the competition for the last 3 spots in the band, with 6 contestants remaining, the three that do not make the band are automatically eliminated.
Status Contestant Member Eduardo Member Taide Member Yurem Eliminated SophiaEliminated Sergio Eliminated Verónica
References
External links The Official Show Website