Operación Triunfo series 9

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The ninth series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2017, aired on La 1 from 23 October 2017 to 5 February 2018, presented by Roberto Leal. It was the first season broadcast by RTVE, which aired the first three seasons, in thirteen years. Seasons 4–8 of Operación Triunfo aired on Telecinco, which discontinued the series in 2011 due to declining ratings. RTVE approved to revive the series with a budget of 10.2 million euros.^[1]

Operación Triunfo
Series 9
Hosted by	Roberto Leal
Judges	Mónica Naranjo Joe Pérez-Orive Manuel Martos
Winner	Amaia Romero
Runner-up	Aitana Ocaña
Location	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) – 5 February 2018 (2018-02-05)
Series chronology

In addition to the Galas or weekly live shows on La 1, daily recap shows aired on Clan, and the side show El Chat aired on La 1 after each weekly Gala, hosted by Noemí Galera.^[2][3] The activities of the contestants at "The Academy" or La Academia were streamed live via YouTube and the subscription platform Sky España.^[4]

Amaia Romero was announced the winner on 5 February 2018. Aitana Ocaña came second. Miriam Rodríguez ranked third, Alfred García fourth and fifth place went to Ana Guerra.^[5]

On 4 December 2017, during sixth week's live show or "Gala 6", it was announced that the series would serve as the platform to select the Spanish entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.^[6] On 20 December 2017, TVE announced that the five contestants that would succeed in advancing to the series' final would also be the five candidates to represent Spain at Eurovision. The live show that selected the Spanish entrant and song for Eurovision took place on 29 January 2018.^[7] Alfred García and Amaia Romero were selected with the song "Tu canción".^[8]

The ninth series turned into a media success in Spain,^[9] which was compared to the success of the original series of Operación Triunfo sixteen years before.^[10][11][12] Some of the contestants from this series such as Amaia Romero, Alfred García, Aitana, Miriam Rodríguez, Ana Guerra, Cepeda, Agoney, Mimi Doblas, Roi Méndez, Raoul Vázquez or Mireya Bravo went on to launch solo projects.^[13]

Headmaster, judges and presenter

On 18 July 2017, Noemí Galera, who had appeared as a member of the jury panel on previous seasons, was announced as the new "headmaster" of the Academy.^[14] On 28 August 2017, it was revealed that the jury panel would consist of three regular judges and a fourth guest judge. The three regular judges were singer, songwriter and producer Mónica Naranjo, marketing director Joe Pérez-Orive and music executive and producer Manuel Martos, who were accompanied every week by a guest panelist from the music industry.^[15] On 30 August 2017, it was announced that Roberto Leal would debut as host of Operación Triunfo.^[16]

Auditions

Open casting auditions began on 14 June 2017 in Barcelona and concluded on 18 July 2017 in Madrid. The minimum age to audition was 18.^[17]

Summary of open auditions

Location	Date(s)	Venue
Barcelona	14 June 2017	Palau Sant Jordi
Las Palmas	21 June 2017	Auditorio Alfredo Kraus
Palma	26 June 2017	Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca
Valencia	28 June 2017	City of Arts and Sciences
Santiago de Compostela	3 July 2017	Palacio de Congresos e Exposicións de Galicia
Bilbao	5 July 2017	Bilbao Exhibition Centre
Granada	10 July 2017	Palacio de Congresos de Granada
Seville	13 July 2017	Fibes
Madrid	18 July 2017	ETS de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas

After the open auditions, 81 candidates were called for a closed-door audition on 20 and 21 September 2017. 18 candidates advanced to the introduction live show or Gala 0, where the 16 official contestants who entered the Academy were selected.^[17]

Contestants

The 18 contestants that would appear on the introduction live show or Gala 0 were announced on 20 October 2017.^[18]

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Amaia	18[19]	Pamplona, Navarre	Gala Final	Winner
Aitana	18	Sant Climent de Llobregat, Catalonia		Runner-up
Miriam	21	Pontedeume, Galicia		3rd
Alfred	20	El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia		4th
Ana Guerra	23	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Islands		5th
Agoney	21	Adeje, Canary Islands	Gala 12	6th
Roi	24	Santiago de Compostela, Galicia	Gala 11	7th
Nerea	18	Gavà, Catalonia	Gala 10	8th
Cepeda	28	Ourense, Galicia	Gala 9	9th
Raoul	20	Montgat, Catalonia	Gala 8	10th
Mireya		Alhaurín de la Torre, Andalusia	Gala 7	11th
Ricky	31	Palma, Mallorca	Gala 6	12th
Marina	19	Montequinto (Dos Hermanas), Andalusia	Gala 5	13th
Thalía	18	Malpartida de Plasencia, Extremadura	Gala 4	14th
Juan Antonio	23	Bilbao, Basque Country	Gala 3	15th
Mimi	25	Huétor-Tájar, Andalusia	Gala 2	16th
João	21	Madrid, Madrid	Gala 0	Not selected
Mario

Galas

The Galas or live shows began on 23 October 2017. In the introduction live show or Gala 0, 18 candidates were presented to enter the "Academy." Each contestant performed a cover version of a popular song of their choice, and two of the candidates were eliminated. For the regular galas, the contestants are assigned a popular song to perform in a duet or solo. The audience votes for their favourite performer, and the contestant with the most votes is exempt for nominations. The jury panel comments on the performances and nominates four contestants for eviction. The Academy's staff meeting saves one of the nominees, and the safe contestants save another of the nominees. The two remaining nominees prepare the performance of a song of their choice each for next week's live show, where one of the contestants will be saved by the audience via televote, sms and app voting. Each gala features a guest judge and guest performers.

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
Amaia	Saved	Roi	Ana	Cepeda	Mireya	Miriam	Cepeda	Ana	Alfred	Alfred	Aitana	Mark: 10	Finalist	Winner (Final)
Aitana	Saved	Mimi	Juan Antonio	Cepeda	Ricky	Cepeda	Cepeda	Cepeda	Cepeda	Alfred	Saved	Mark: 8.5	Finalist	Runner-up (Final)
Miriam	Saved	Roi	Juan Antonio	Marina	Mireya	Saved	Saved	Raoul	Alfred	Agoney	Roi	Mark: 9	Finalist	3rd Place (Final)
Alfred	Saved	Roi	Ana	Marina	Ricky	Ricky	Miriam	Ana	Saved	Saved	Ana	Mark: 8.75	Finalist	4th Place (Final)
Ana	Saved	Mimi	Saved	Cepeda	Ricky	Cepeda	Mireya	Saved	Roi	Alfred	Nominated	Mark: 7.25	Finalist	5th Place (Final)
Agoney	Saved	Ricky	Ana	Marina	Ricky	Miriam	Miriam	Raoul	Alfred	Nominated	Aitana	Mark: 8.25	Evicted (Gala 12)
Roi	Saved	Saved	Nominated	Cepeda	Ricky	Cepeda	Cepeda	Ana	Nominated	Alfred	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 11)
Nerea	Saved	Ricky	Ana	Thalia	Ricky	Miriam	Miriam	Raoul	Alfred	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 10)
Cepeda	Saved	Roi	Juan Antonio	Nominated	Ricky	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 9)
Raoul	Saved	Roi	Juan Antonio	Marina	Mireya	Miriam	Miriam	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 8)
Mireya	Saved	Mimi	Juan Antonio	Marina	Nominated	Miriam	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)
Ricky	Saved	Nominated	Ana	Marina	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)
Marina	Saved	Mimi	Ana	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)
Thalía	Saved	Roi	Ana	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)
Juan Antonio	Saved	Roi	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 3)
Mimi	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 2)
João	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Mario	Eliminated	Not selected (Gala 0)
Up for elimination	Amaia Joao Mario Mimi Thalía	Ana Mimi Ricky Roi	Aitana Ana Juan Antonio Roi	Cepeda Marina Nerea Thalía	Marina Mireya Miriam Ricky	Agoney Cepeda Miriam Ricky	Cepeda Mireya Miriam Roi	Alfred Ana Cepeda Raoul	Agoney Alfred Cepeda Roi	Agoney Alfred Miriam Nerea	Aitana Alfred Ana Roi	Aitana Agoney Ana	Winner	Amaia 46% to win (out of 3)
Saved by Academy's staff	Thalía Amaia	Ana	Aitana	Nerea	Miriam	Agoney	Roi	Alfred	Agoney	Miriam	Alfred	Aitana
Saved by contestants	None	Roi 7 of 13 votes to save	Ana 7 of 12 votes to save	Marina 6 of 11 votes to save	Ricky 7 of 10 votes to save	Miriam 5 of 9 votes to save	Miriam 4 of 8 votes to save	Ana 3* of 7 votes to save	Alfred 4 of 6 votes to save	Alfred 4 of 5 votes to save	Aitana 2 of 4 votes to save	None	Finalist	Aitana 42% to win (out of 3)
Saved by public vote	Mimi 45% to save	Ricky 53% to save	Roi 91% to save	Cepeda 69% to save	Mireya 63% to save	Cepeda 53% to save	Cepeda 53% to save	Cepeda 54% to save	Roi 73% to save	Agoney 53% to save	Ana 51% to save	Ana 50.3% to save		Miriam 12% to win (out of 3)
Eliminated	Joao 39% to save	Mimi 47% to save	Juan Antonio 9% to save	Thalía 31% to save	Marina 37% to save	Ricky 47% to save	Mireya 47% to save	Raoul 46% to save	Cepeda 27% to save	Nerea 47% to save	Roi 49% to save	Agoney 49.7% to save		Alfred 8% to win (out of 5)
	Mario 16% to save													Ana 7% to win (out of 5)

Gala 0 (23 October 2017)

• Musical guests:
  • Mónica Naranjo ("Solo se vive una vez")
  • Rosa López ("Ahora sé quién soy")

Contestants' performances on Gala 0

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Aitana	1	"Bang Bang"	Saved by the jury
Mario	2	"Sofia"	Eliminated
Miriam	3	"No te pude retener"	Saved by the jury
Agoney	4	"Purple Rain"	Saved by the jury
Alfred	5	"Georgia on My Mind"	Saved by the jury
Mimi	6	"Don't Cha"	Saved by the public vote
Juan Antonio	7	"Pasos de cero"	Saved by the jury
Thalía	8	"Break Free"	Saved by the Academy's staff
Cepeda	9	"Tú me obligaste"	Saved by the jury
Marina	10	"Girl on Fire"	Saved by the jury
Ricky	11	"Adventure of a Lifetime"	Saved by the jury
Mireya	12	"Hoy"	Saved by the jury
Raoul	13	"Catch & Release"	Saved by the jury
João	14	"Stand by Me"	Eliminated
Nerea	15	"Qué hay más allá"	Saved by the jury
Amaia	16	"Starman"	Saved by the Academy's staff
Ana Guerra	17	"Cómo te atreves"	Saved by the jury
Roi	18	"Don't Worry"	Saved by the jury

Gala 1 (30 October 2017)

• Musical guest: Becky G ("Mayores")
• Guest judge: David Bustamante

Contestants' performances on Gala 1

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Miriam	1	"Runnin' (Lose It All)"	Saved by the jury
Agoney			Saved by the jury
Cepeda	2	"No puedo vivir sin ti"	Saved by the jury
Aitana			Favourite of the audience
Roi	3	"Tu enemigo"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Ricky			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Raoul	4	"Cake by the Ocean"	Saved by the jury
Thalía			Saved by the jury
Nerea	5	"Las cuatro y diez"	Saved by the jury
Amaia			Saved by the jury
Ana Guerra	6	"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Mimi			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Mireya	7	"¡Corre!"	Saved by the jury
Juan Antonio			Saved by the jury
Marina	8	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Saved by the jury
Alfred			Saved by the jury

Gala 2 (6 November 2017)

• Group performance: "Te quiero"
• Musical guest: Morat ("Yo contigo, tú conmigo") (with Cepeda)
• Guest judge: Wally López

Contestants' performances on Gala 2

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Mimi	1	"A-Yo"	Eliminated
Ricky	2	"One Song Glory"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Ana Guerra	3	"Todas las flores"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Amaia			Favourite of the audience
Miriam	4	"Malibu"	Saved by the jury
Roi			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Mireya	5	"Sentir"	Saved by the jury
Marina			Saved by the jury
Aitana	6	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Agoney			Saved by the jury
Nerea	7	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"	Saved by the jury
Thalía			Saved by the jury
Cepeda	8	"Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)"	Saved by the jury
Juan Antonio			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alfred	9	"Everytime You Go Away"	Saved by the jury
Raoul			Saved by the jury

Gala 3 (13 November 2017)

• Group performance: "I'm Still Standing"
• Musical guests:
  • Blas Cantó ("In Your Bed")
  • India Martínez ("Aguasanta")
• Guest judge: Julia Gómez Cora

Contestants' performances on Gala 3

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Juan Antonio	1	"A Puro Dolor"	Eliminated
Roi	2	"When We Were Young"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Mireya	3	"La quiero a morir"	Saved by the jury
Raoul			Saved by the jury
Aitana	4	"Issues"	Saved by the jury
Agoney	5	"Mientes"	Saved by the jury
Ricky			Saved by the jury
Nerea	6	"Cuídate"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Ana Guerra			Saved by the jury
Thalía	7	"Euphoria"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Miriam			Saved by the jury
Marina	8	"Complicidad"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Cepeda			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Amaia	9	"City of Stars"	Favourite of the audience
Alfred			Saved by the jury

Gala 4 (20 November 2017)

• Group performance: "Eres tú"
• Musical guests:
  • Ruth Lorenzo ("Good Girls Don't Lie")
  • Maldita Nerea ("Cuando todas las historias se acaban") (with Ana Guerra)
• Guest judge: Alejandro Parreño

Contestants' performances on Gala 4

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Cepeda	1	"Dancing On My Own"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Thalía	2	"Cenizas"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Aitana	3	"Con las ganas"	Saved by the jury
Amaia			Saved by the jury
Agoney	4	"Symphony"	Saved by the jury
Nerea			Saved by the jury
Miriam	5	"La media vuelta"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Raoul	6	"Dancing in the Moonlight"	Saved by the jury
Marina			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Ricky	7	"Madre Tierra"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Mireya			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Roi	8	"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"	Saved by the jury
Ana Guerra			Saved by the jury
Alfred	9	"Amar pelos dois"	Favourite of the audience

Gala 5 (27 November 2017)

• Group performance: "La revolución sexual"
• Musical guests:
  • Romeo Santos ("Imitadora")
  • Beatriz Luengo ("Más que suerte") (with Agoney)
• Guest judge: Tony Aguilar

Contestants' performances on Gala 5

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Marina	1	"The Voice Within"	Eliminated
Mireya	2	"Cuando nadie me ve"	Saved by the public; saved by the jury
Regular performances
Alfred	3	"El mismo sol"	Favourite of the audience
Aitana			Saved by the jury
Miriam	4	"Estoy hecho de pedacitos de ti"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Cepeda			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Agoney	5	"Rise like a Phoenix"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Nerea	6	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"	Saved by the jury
Ricky			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Ana Guerra	7	"La Bikina"	Saved by the jury
Amaia	8	"Shape of You"	Saved by the jury
Roi			Saved by the jury
Raoul	9	"Million Reasons"	Saved by the jury

Gala 6 (4 December 2017)

• Group performance: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
• Musical guests:
  • Taburete ("Sirenas")
  • Pastora Soler ("La tormenta")
• Guest judge: David Bustamante

Contestants' performances on Gala 6

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Ricky	1	"Let Me Entertain You"	Eliminated
Cepeda	2	"Quién"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Regular performances
Aitana	3	"Let Me Love You"	Saved by the jury
Raoul			Saved by the jury
Nerea	4	"Quédate conmigo"	Saved by the jury
Alfred	5	"The Lady Is a Tramp"	Saved by the jury
Agoney			Saved by the jury
Miriam	6	"Que te quería"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Ana Guerra	7	"Comiéndote a besos"	Saved by the jury
Mireya			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Roi	8	"La llamada"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Amaia	9	"So What"	Favourite of the audience

Gala 7 (11 December 2017)

• Group performance: "¿A quién le importa?"
• Musical guests:
  • Lorena Gómez ("Vulnerable a ti")
  • Vanesa Martín ("Hábito de ti")
• Guest judge: Sole Giménez

Contestants' performances on Gala 7

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Cepeda	1	"Mi héroe"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Mireya	2	"Ni un paso atrás"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Ana Guerra	3	"Lágrimas negras"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Roi	4	"OK"	Favourite of the audience
Nerea	5	"Cómo hablar"	Saved by the jury
Miriam			Saved by the jury
Aitana	6	"New Rules"	Saved by the jury
Amaia	7	"Across the Universe"	Saved by the jury
Agoney	8	"Manos vacías"	Saved by the jury
Raoul			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alfred	9	"Rock with You"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff

Gala 8 (18 December 2017)

• Group performance: "Shake It Off"
• Musical guests:
  • Sergio Dalma ("Este amor no se toca")
  • La Oreja de Van Gogh ("Estoy contigo")
• Guest judge: Javier Llano

Contestants' performances on Gala 8

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Cepeda	1	"Vencer al amor"	Saved by the public vote; nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Raoul	2	"Every Breath You Take"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Ana Guerra	3	"Sax"	Favourite of the audience
Alfred	4	"Vete de mí"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Aitana	5	"Chasing Pavements"	Saved by the jury
Nerea	6	"Superstar"	Saved by the jury
Amaia	7	"Me conformo"	Saved by the jury
Miriam	8	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Saved by the jury
Agoney	9	"Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Roi	10	"Versace on the Floor"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination

Gala 9 (2 January 2018)

• Group performance: "Hoy puede ser un gran día"
• Musical guest: Carlos Baute ("Vamo' a la calle")
• Guest judge: Wally López

Contestants' performances on Gala 9

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
Up for elimination
Roi	1	"When I Was Your Man"	Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Cepeda	2	"Say You Won't Let Go"	Eliminated
Regular performances
Aitana	3	"¡Chas! y aparezco a tu lado"	Favourite of the audience
Agoney	4	"Without You"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alfred	5	"Insurrección"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Nerea	6	"Out Here on My Own"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Miriam	7	"Dramas y comedias"	Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Amaia	8	"Shake It Out"	Saved by the jury
Ana Guerra	9	"Cabaret"	Saved by the jury

Gala 10 (8 January 2018)

From this week, voting for the favourite of the audience was put on hold for the final stretch of the series, and no contestant was exempt for nominations.

• Group performance: "Resistiré"
• Musical guest: Pablo López ("El patio")
• Guest judge: Carlos Jean

Contestants' performances on Gala 10

Contestant	Order	Solo Song	Order	Trio Song	Result
Up for elimination
Agoney	1	"Somebody to Love"	N/A		Saved by the public vote; saved by the jury
Nerea	2	"Listen"	N/A		Eliminated
Regular performances
Aitana	4	"Cheap Thrills"	7	"Solo si es contigo"	Nominated by the jury; saved by contestants
Ana Guerra	5	"La negra tiene tumbao"			Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Alfred	10	"Get It Together"			Nominated by the jury; saved by the Academy's staff
Roi	6	"Demons"	3	"Robarte un beso"	Nominated by the jury; up for elimination
Miriam	8	"Quisiera ser"			Saved by the jury
Amaia	9	"Soñar contigo"			Saved by the jury

Gala 11 (15 January 2018)

This episode determined the first four contestants that qualified for the final. Each of the four members of the jury panel gave marks to the contestants (from 5 to 10). The three contestants with the highest score were saved. The Academy's staff saved a fourth contestant. The two remaining contestants were up for elimination.^[20]

• Group performance: "País Tropical"
• Musical guest: Abraham Mateo ("Loco Enamorado")
• Guest judge: Julia Gómez Cora

Contestants' performances on Gala 11

Contestant	Order	Solo Song	Order	Duo/Trio Song	Result
Up for elimination
Ana Guerra	1	"Por debajo de la mesa"	N/A		Saved by the public vote; up for elimination
Roi	2	"Heaven"	N/A		Eliminated
Regular performances
Alfred	4	"Sign of the Times"	6	"Cuando duermes"	Saved by the jury; Finalist
Miriam	8	"What About Us"			Saved by the jury; Finalist
Aitana	5	"Procuro olvidarte"	3	"Lucha de gigantes"	Saved by the Academy's staff; Finalist
Agoney	7	"Eloise"			Up for elimination
Amaia	9	"Love on the Brain"			Saved by the jury; Finalist

Detailed Jury Marks
Contestant	M. Martos	M. Naranjo	J. Pérez-Orive	J. Gómez Cora	Total
Ana Guerra	8	7	8	6	29
Alfred	9	8	10	8	35
Miriam	8	9	10	9	36
Aitana	9	8	8	9	34
Agoney	8	9	7	9	33
Amaia	10	10	10	10	40

Gala 12 (22 January 2018)

• Group performance: "Cuéntame"
• Musical guests:
  • Rozalén ("La puerta violeta")
  • Sebastián Yatra ("Sutra")
• Guest judge: Javier Llano

Contestants' performances on Gala 12

Contestant	Order	Solo Song	Order	Duo Song	Result
Up for elimination
Ana Guerra	1	"Havana"	N/A		Saved by the public vote; Finalist
Agoney	2	"Where Have You Been"	N/A		Eliminated
Regular performances
Alfred	3	"Maldita dulzura"	8	"Todo mi amor eres tú"	Already qualified
Amaia	6	"Te recuerdo Amanda"
Miriam	5	"Recuérdame"	4	"Valerie"
Aitana	7	"Instruction"

Gala Final (5 February 2018)

In the final, the winner of the series was decided by public vote. Each finalist performed a popular song of their choice, and after that, the first round of voting ended. The two finalists with the fewest votes were eliminated. A second round of voting began to determine the winner of the series, and the three remaining finalists performed the song they had sung on "Gala 0".^[21]

• Group performances:
  • "Mi gran noche" (with Raphael)
  • "Camina" (all sixteen contestants)
• Musical guests:
  • Raphael ("Mi gran noche")
  • Pablo Alborán ("Prometo")
  • David Bisbal ("Mi princesa")
• Guest judge: Rosa López

Contestants' performances on Gala Final

Contestant	Order	Final Song	Order	Gala 0 Song	Result
Alfred	1	"Don't Stop the Music"	N/A (already eliminated)		4th Place
Ana Guerra	2	"Volver"	N/A (already eliminated)		5th Place
Aitana	3	"Chandelier"	6	"Bang Bang"	Runner-Up
Amaia	4	"Miedo"	7	"Starman"	Winner
Miriam	5	"Invisible"	8	"No te pude retener"	3rd Place

Specials

Gala de Navidad (25 December 2017)

On 25 December 2017 a Christmas special aired on La 1, where the sixteen official contestants of the series performed together with some of the contestants from the original series of Operación Triunfo.

• Group performances:
  • "Mi música es tu voz"
  • "Camina"

Contestants' performances on Gala de Navidad

Contestant	Order	Series 1 partner	Song
Ana Guerra	1	Gisela Verónica Romero	"Lady Marmalade"
Mimi
Alfred	2	Naím Thomas	"Adoro"
Aitana	3	Natalia	"Walking on Sunshine"
Nerea	4	Àlex Casademunt	"Vivo por ella"
Raoul	5	Alejandro Parreño	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Cepeda	6	Manu Tenorio	"Lucía"
Agoney	7	Gisela	"Somebody Else's Guy"
Juan Antonio	8	Àlex Casademunt Javián	"Corazón espinado"
Ricky
Mireya	9	Nuria Fergó	"Noches de bohemia"
Roi	10	Verónica Romero	"I Finally Found Someone"
Marina	11	Geno Machado Natalia	"Déjame soñar"
Thalía
Miriam	12	Javián	"Te quiero, te quiero"
Amaia	13	Rosa López	"Gracias por la música"

Gala Eurovisión (29 January 2018)

The five finalists performed original songs (written by music publishers and internally chosen by the Spanish broadcaster) with the goal of representing Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Each finalist was allocated a song to be performed solo, three songs were allocated to duet combinations which included the sixth-placed contestant Agoney, and "Camina" was a candidate song performed by the five finalists.^[22][23] The Spanish entry for Eurovision was decided by public vote. After a first round of voting, the three entries with the most votes from the public advanced to a second round of voting. In the second round, the Spanish entry was selected by public vote.^[7]

• Group performance:
  • "La, la, la" (Cepeda, Juan Antonio, Mimi, Mireya and Thalía)
  • "Vivo cantando" (Marina, Nerea, Ricky, Raoul and Roi)
• Musical guests:
  • Luísa Sobral ("Cupido")
  • Conchita Wurst ("Rise like a Phoenix")
  • J Balvin ("Machika" and "Mi gente")
• Guest judges (along with Manuel Martos):
  • Víctor Escudero
  • Luísa Sobral
  • Julia Varela

Contestants' performances on Gala Eurovisión

Contestant	Order	Song	Result
			Round One	Round Two
Aitana, Alfred, Amaia, Ana Guerra & Miriam	1	"Camina"	Eliminated (1%)
Aitana	2	"Arde"	Advanced	2nd (31%)
Agoney & Miriam	3	"Magia"	Eliminated (7%)
Alfred	4	"Que nos sigan las luces"	Eliminated (3%)
Aitana & Ana Guerra	5	"Lo malo"	Advanced	3rd (26%)
Amaia	6	"Al cantar"	Eliminated (4%)
Miriam	7	"Lejos de tu piel"	Eliminated (8%)
Ana Guerra	8	"El remedio"	Eliminated (5%)
Alfred & Amaia	9	"Tu canción"	Advanced	1st (43%)

Gala Especial: OT, la fiesta (13 February 2018)

An extra special live show aired on 13 February 2018, with the audience's favourite performances of the five finalists, three group performances, and previously unaired moments of the contestants.^[24]

Order	Song	Contestant
1	"Camina"	All
2	"Runnin' (Lose It All)"	Miriam
		Agoney
3	"Issues"	Aitana
4	"¿A quién le importa?"	All
5	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Alfred
		Marina
6	"What About Us"	Miriam
7	"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"	Ana Guerra
		Mimi
8	"Shake It Out"	Amaia
9	"Lo malo"	Aitana
		Ana Guerra
10	"Shape of You"	Amaia
		Roi
11	"No puedo vivir sin ti"	Aitana
		Cepeda
12	"La revolución sexual"	All
13	"Tu canción"	Alfred
		Amaia
14	"City of Stars"	Alfred
		Amaia

Tour

Following the finale, all 16 contestants reunited for a tour across arenas and stadiums in Spain, performing live to sell out audiences.^[25] A DVD+CD of the first concert of the tour in Barcelona was released in June 2018.^[26]

Dates of the Operación Triunfo 2017 tour
Date	City	Venue	Attendance
3 March 2018	Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi	17,000[27]
16 March 2018	Madrid	Palacio Vistalegre	15,000[28]
29 May 2018	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria Arena's Parking Lot	6,000[29]
30 May 2018	Santa Cruz	Parque Marítimo Palmetum	4,000[30]
1 June 2018	Málaga	Auditorio Municipal	12,000[31]
2 June 2018	Seville	Estadio Olímpico de La Cartuja	20,000[32]
8 June 2018	A Coruña	Coliseum da Coruña	11,000[33]
9 June 2018	Valladolid	Antigua Hípica Militar	12,000[34]
15 June 2018	Valencia	Auditorio Marina Sur	18,000[35]
20 June 2018	Inca	Poliesportiu Municipal Mateu Cañellas	11,000[36]
23 June 2018	Pamplona	Plaza de Toros	17,000[37]
24 June 2018	Bilbao	Bizkaia Arena	14,000[38]
29 June 2018	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	60,000[39]
6 July 2018	Murcia	Estadio Nueva Condomina	14,000[40]
29 July 2018[a]	Gijón	Parque de los Hermanos Castro	10,000[41]
4 August 2018	Benidorm	Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor	8,000[42]
15 August 2018[b]	Pineda de Mar	Complejo Deportivo Can Xaubet	1,200[43]
25 August 2018	Almería	Recinto de Conciertos de Verano	7,500[44]
27 December 2018	Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi	36,000[45]
28 December 2018

Notes

1. The 29 July 2018 in Gijón was a part of the Gijón Life festival.^[41]
2. The 15 August 2018 in Pineda de Mar was a part of the Festival ARTS d'Estiu.^[43]

Ratings

Operación Triunfo 2017 consolidated viewership and adjusted position

Colour key:

  – Highest rating during the season (nominal)

  – Lowest rating during the season (nominal)

Episode	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Share	Night Rank	Source
"Season Premiere-Gala 0"	23 October 2017	Monday 10:15 pm	2.56	19.0%	#1	[46]
"Gala 1"	30 October 2017	Monday 10:35 pm	2.05	15.9%	#2	[47]
"Gala 2"	6 November 2017		1.86	15.5%	#2	[48]
"Gala 3"	13 November 2017		1.94	15.9%	#2	[49]
"Gala 4"	20 November 2017		2.04	17.2%	#2	[50]
"Gala 5"	27 November 2017		2.03	17.6%	#2	[51]
"Gala 6"	4 December 2017		2.14	17.8%	#2	[52]
"Gala 7"	11 December 2017		2.31	18.5%	#2	[53]
"Gala 8"	18 December 2017		2.37	18.8%	#2	[54]
"Christmas Special"	25 December 2017	Monday 10:15 pm	2.33	14.7%	#1	[55]
"Gala 9"	2 January 2018	Tuesday 10:35 pm	2.57	18.3%	#1	[56]
"Gala 10"	8 January 2018	Monday 10:35 pm	2.61	19.5%	#1	[57]
"Gala 11"	15 January 2018		2.51	19.5%	#1	[58]
"Gala 12"	22 January 2018		2.76	21.7%	#1	[59]
"Eurovision Gala"	29 January 2018		3.09	23.6%	#1	[60]
"Season Finale-Gala Final"	5 February 2018		3.93	30.8%	#1	[61]
"Extra Special"	13 February 2018	Tuesday 10:35 pm	2.25	16.7%	#3	[62]