Operación Triunfo series 2

The second series, Operación Triunfo 2002, was aired on La Primera of Televisión Española from 7 October 2002 to 24 February 2003, and was presented by Carlos Lozano.^[1]

Operación Triunfo
Series 2
Hosted by	Carlos Lozano
Judges	Pilar Tabares Pilar Zamora Narcís Rebollo
Winner	Ainhoa Cantalapiedra
Runner-up	Manuel Carrasco
Location	Gestmusic studios Sant Just Desvern, (Barcelona)
Release
Original network	La Primera
Original release	7 October 2002 (2002-10-07) – 24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
Series chronology

Ainhoa Cantalapiedra won the series.

Headmaster, judges, and presenter

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

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Ainhoa	22	Galdakao	Gala Final	Winner
Manuel	21	Isla Cristina		Runner-up
Beth	20	Súria		3rd
Nández	24	Cádiz		4th
Hugo	24	Seville		5th
Joan	25	Barcelona		6th
Tony	21	Tenerife	Gala 13	7th
Nika	22	Torrejón de Ardoz	Gala 12	8th
Vega	23	Córdoba	Gala 11	9th
Danni	20	Jaén	Gala 10	10th
Elena	19	Barcelona	Gala 9	11th
Tessa	20	Valencia	Gala 8	12th
Marey	18	Cádiz	Gala 7	13th
Cristie	24	Fuengirola	Gala 6	14th
Enrique	27	Navarra	Gala 5	15th
Miguel	25	Ibiza	Gala 4	16th
Mai	24	Madrid	Gala 3	17th
Saray	18	Alicante	Gala 0	Not selected
Marcos	26	Barcelona
Jano	25	Palma de Mallorca

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.
–	Nominations and eviction were canceled due to an accident.

	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	Final
Ainhoa	Saved	Nominated		Tony	Tony	Nominated	Tessa	Tessa	Elena	Hugo	Nominated	Hugo	Saved Mark: 8.8	Finalist	Winner (Final)
Manuel	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Enrique	Elena	Tessa	Danni	Elena	Beth	Danni	Nika	Joan	Joan Mark: 9.4	Finalist	Runner-up (Final)
Beth	Saved	Mai	Favourite	Enrique	Elena	Tessa	Tessa	Elena	Saved	Joan	Ainhoa	Joan	Joan Mark: 9.3	Finalist	3rd Place (Final)
Nández	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Enrique	Elena	Cristie	Tessa	Hugo	Nika	Hugo	Vega	Hugo	Ainhoa Mark: 8.9	Finalist	4th place (Final)
Hugo	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Miguel	Elena	Cristie	Tessa	Nominated	Nika	Saved	Nika	Nominated	Ainhoa Mark: 8.5	Finalist	5th place (Final)
Joan	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Tony	Enrique	Cristie	Danni	Elena	Beth	Nominated	Nika	Saved	Nominated Mark: 8.7	Finalist	6th place (Final)
Tony	Saved	Ainhoa	Exempt	Nominated	Nominated	Cristie	Marey	Elena	Beth	Joan	Ainhoa	Nika / Joan	Nominated Mark: 8.5	Evicted (Gala 13)
Nika	Saved	Ainhoa	Exempt	Tony	Elena	Tessa	Tesa	Hugo	Nominated	Hugo	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 12)
Vega	Saved	Mai	Exempt	Enrique	Elena	Tessa	Tessa	Hugo	Nika	Hugo	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 11)
Danni	Saved	Saved	Exempt	Miguel	Elena	Cristie	Nominated	Hugo	Beth	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 10)
Elena	Saved	Mai	Exempt	Enrique	Saved	Tessa	Tessa	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 9)
Tessa	Saved	Mai	Exempt	Enrique	Enrique	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 8)
Marey	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Enrique	Enrique	Tessa	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)
Cristie	Saved	Mai	Exempt	Tony	Tony	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)
Enrique	Saved	Mai	Exempt	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)
Silva	Saved	Danni	Exempt	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)
Mai	Saved	Nominated		Evicted (Gala 3)
Saray	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Marcos	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Jano	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Up for elimination	Jano Marcos Saray Silva	Ainhoa Danni Elena Mai	Ainhoa Mai	Cristie Enrique Silva Tony	Elena Enrique Marey Tony	Ainhoa Cristie Danni Tessa	Danni Manuel Marey Tessa	Elena Hugo Tessa Vega	Beth Elena Joan Nika	Danni Hugo Joan Nika	Ainhoa Joan Nika Vega	Hugo Joan Nández Nika	Ainhoa Hugo Joan Tony	Winner	Ainhoa 32.9% to win
Saved by Academy's staff	None	Elena	None	Cristie	Marey	Danni	Manuel	Vega	Joan	Nika	Joan	Nández	Hugo
Saved by contestants	None	Danni 6* of 14 votes to save	None	Enrique 7 of 13 votes to save	Elena 7 of 12 votes to save	Tessa 6 of 11 votes to save	Tessa 7 of 10 votes to save	Elena 4* of 9 votes to save	Beth 4 of 8 votes to save	Hugo 4 of 7 votes to save	Nika 3 of 6 votes to save	Joan 2* of 5 votes to save	Ainhoa 2* of 4 votes to save	Finalist	Manuel 24.2% to win
Saved by public vote	Silva 33% to save	Eviction postponed	Ainhoa 54.6% to save	Tony 63.9% to save	Tony 69% to save	Ainhoa 62.6% to save	Danni 65.5% to save	Hugo 78.2% to save	Nika 61.6% to save	Joan 52.1% to save	Ainhoa 69.5% to save	Hugo 55% to save	Joan 51.7% to save		Beth 16% to win
Eliminated	Saray 30% to save		Mai 45.4% to save	Silva 36.1% to save	Enrique 31% to save	Cristie 37.4% to save	Marey 34.5% to save	Tessa 21.8% to save	Elena 38.4% to save	Danni 47.9% to save	Vega 30.5% to save	Nika 45% to save	Tony 48.3% to save		Miguel 13.1% to win
	Marcos 23% to save														Hugo 7.8% to win
	Jano 13% to save														Joan 6% to win