Season 2 premiered on September 11, 2016 and concluded on December 11, 2016.[8] The second season ended with a band mixed of three boys and two girls; composed of Brian Cruz (16), (Cuba), Taishmara Rivera (16), (Puerto Rico), Christian Castro (22), (Puerto Rico), Danelly Hoyer (21), (Mexico), and Garmandy Candelario (21), (Dominican Republic). The band is called Mix5.[9]
In Mexico, the first season of La Banda was aired on Canal 5 from October 2, 2015 until January 2016, broadcasting on Fridays at 8:00 p.m.[10] While the second season, it was broadcast by Las Estrellas from October 9 to December 31, 2016, weekly on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.
CNCO, Season 1 winners debut concert, January 30, 2016, The Fillmore Miami Beach. L-R: Joel Dylan Pimentel (Mexico), Erick Brian Colón (Cuba), Richard Camacho (Dominican Republic), Christopher Vélez (Ecuador), Zabdiel De Jesus (Puerto Rico).
The young men listed below were voted through to the competition by at least two of the three star judges of the show.[16] Their ages at the time of their televised audition and their Latin American countries of ethnic or national origin are also displayed.
On Season 1, there were 41 participants, with 12 from Puerto Rico, 10 from Mexico, 4 from the Dominican Republic, 3 from Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia each, the other 6 coming from various other countries like Bolivia, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, the United States. The top 41 participants showed who passed the audition but failed to continue towards the second phase of the competition. The judges decided to form four five-member boy bands to perform during this phase. The fifth five-member boy band was to be made up of five of the participants left behind. After performing, the judges sent all but five boys home. The top 20 shows the participants who moved on to the third round but failed to continue on after that.
– Contestant announced as safe in no particular order.
– Contestant in the bottom three and was saved by the judges.
– Contestant in the bottom three and was saved by the public vote.
– Contestant in the bottom three and was eliminated.
– Winning contestants who join La Banda.
Note: No eliminations occurred during the Week 1 of the live shows, due to the fact that the contestants needed to obtain votes in order for elimination to occur the following week.
Note: On week seven the judges could not decide who would be the fourth member so the public live votes chose Erick Brian Colon.
On Season 2, there were 57 participants, with 20 from Puerto Rico, 16 from Mexico, 7 from Cuba, 4 from the Dominican Republic, 3 from Venezuela. The other 7 came from various countries including Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.
The final 5 that won the competition were Brian Cruz, Taishmara Rivera, Christian Castro, Danelly Hoyer and Garmandy Candelario.
Results summary
Contestants' color key:
– Contestant announced as safe in no particular order.
– No eliminations for that week for those particular contestants.
– Contestant in the bottom three and was saved by the public vote.
– Contestant in the bottom four and was saved by the public vote.
– Contestant in the bottom three and was eliminated.
– Last contestant to be saved and was chosen by the three judges.
– A winning contestant of La Banda.
Note: The eliminations are based on the previous weeks' performances and the viewers' votes each week.
