Operación Triunfo series 1

Operación Triunfo is a Spanish reality television music competition to find new singing talent. The first series, also known as Operación Triunfo 2001, aired on La 1 from 22 October 2001 to 11 February 2002, presented by Carlos Lozano.

Operación Triunfo
Series 1
Hosted by	Carlos Lozano
Judges	Pilar Tabares Alejandro Abad Narcís Rebollo
Winner	Rosa López
Runner-up	David Bisbal
Location	Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Terrassa, Barcelona
Release
Original network	La 1
Original release	22 October 2001 (2001-10-22) – 11 February 2002 (2002-02-11)
Series chronology

Rosa López was the winner of the series.

Headmaster, judges and presenter

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

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Rosa	20	Granada, Andalusia	Gala Final	Winner
Bisbal	22	Almería, Andalusia		Runner-up
Bustamante	19	San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria		3rd
Chenoa	26	Palma, Mallorca		4th
Manu	26	Seville, Andalusia		5th
Verónica	23	Elche, Alicante		6th
Nuria	22	Nerja, Andalusia	Gala 13	7th
Gisela	22	Barcelona, Catalonia	Gala 12	8th
Naím	21	Premià de Mar, Catalonia	Gala 11	9th
Àlex	20	Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia	Gala 5 / Gala 10	10th
Alejandro	23	Valencia, Valencia	Gala 8	11th
Juan	28	Madrid, Madrid	Gala 7	12th
Natalia	18	Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia	Gala 6	13th
Javián	27	Dos Hermanas, Andalusia	Gala 4	14th
Mireia	19	Vila-seca, Catalonia	Gala 3	15th
Geno	19	Gran Canaria, Canary Islands	Gala 2	16th

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.
–	Contestants returns for a second chance.
–	Contestants were exempt because a special gala.

	Gala 1	Gala 2	Gala 3	Gala 4	Gala 5	Gala 6	Gala 7	Gala 8	Navidad	Gala 9	Gala 10	Gala 11	Gala 12	Gala 13	Final
Rosa	Nuria	Juan	Juan	Natalia	Verónica	Verónica	Bustamante	Favourite	Exempt	Nuria	Nuria	Verónica	Verónica	Finalist	Winner (Final)
Bisbal	Javián	Alejandro	Javián	Àlex	Alejandro	Alejandro	Naím	Saved	Exempt	Naím	Nuria	Bustamante	Verónica	Finalist	Runner-up (Final)
Bustamante	Javián	Alejandro	Juan	Àlex	Alejandro	Alejandro	Saved	Saved	Exempt	Àlex	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Finalist	3rd Place (Final)
Chenoa	Geno	Mireia	Alejandro	Natalia	Natalia	Alejandro	Naím	Saved	Exempt	Nuria	Bustamante	Gisela	Nuria	Finalist	4th place (Final)
Manu	Javián	Alejandro	Alejandro	Natalia	Alejandro	Alejandro	Alejandro	Saved	Exempt	Nuria	Nuria	Bustamante	Bustamante	Finalist	5th place (Final)
Verónica	Nuria	Juan	Juan	Juan	Saved	Nominated	Bustamante	Saved	Exempt	Nuria	Nuria	Nominated	Saved	Finalist	6th place (Final)
Nuria	Nominated	Juan	Juan	Juan	Verónica	Verónica	Alejandro	Saved	Exempt	Saved	Saved	Verónica	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 13)
Gisela	Geno	Alejandro	Alejandro	Natalia	Natalia	Alejandro	Bustamante	Saved	Exempt	Nuria	Bustamante	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 12)
Naím	Nuria	Mireia	Alejandro	Natalia	Natalia	Alejandro	Nominated	Saved	Exempt	Nominated	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 11)
Àlex	Javián	Alejandro	Alejandro	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 5)			Candidate	Final Candidate	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 10)
Alejandro	Javián	Saved	Saved	Juan	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Candidate	Eliminated (Navidad)
Juan	Nuria	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Verónica	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 7)	Candidate	Final Candidate	Eliminated (Gala 9)
Natalia	Geno	Mireia	Javián	Saved	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 6)		Candidate	Eliminated (Navidad)
Javián	Saved	Alejandro	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 4)				Candidate	Eliminated (Navidad)
Mireia	Nuria	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 3)					Candidate	Eliminated (Navidad)
Geno	Nominated	Evicted (Gala 2)						Candidate	Eliminated (Navidad)
Up for elimination	Àlex Geno Javián Nuria	Alejandro Gisela Juan Mireia	Alejandro Javián Juan Natalia	Àlex Juan Naím Natalia	Alejandro Manu Natalia Verónica	Alejandro Juan Nuria Verónica	Alejandro Bustamante Naím Verónica	Alejandro Àlex Geno Javián Juan Mireia Natalia	Àlex Juan	Àlex Bustamante Naím Nuria	Bustamante Gisela Naím Nuria	Bustamante Gisela Rosa Verónica	Bustamante Manu Nuria Verónica	Winner	Rosa 26.6% to win
Saved by Academy's staff	Àlex	Gisela	Natalia	Naím	Manu	Nuria	Verónica	None	None	Bustamante	Gisela	Rosa	Manu
Saved by contestants	Javián 5* of 13 votes to save	Alejandro 6 of 12 votes to save	Alejandro 5 of 11 votes to save	Natalia 5 of 10 votes to save	Verónica 3* of 9 votes to save	Alejandro 6 of 8 votes to save	Bustamante 3 of 7 votes to save	None	None	Nuria 5 of 7 votes to save	Nuria 4 of 6 votes to save	Bustamante 2* of 5 votes to save	Verónica 2 of 4 votes to save	Finalist	Bisbal 20.9% to win
Saved by public vote	Nuria 76% to save	Juan 60.1% to save	Juan 54.5% to save	Juan 50.3% to save	Alejandro 52.7% to save	Verónica 70.5% to save	Naím 70% to save	Àlex 41% to return	Àlex 64% to return	Naím 66.7% to save	Bustamante 65% to save	Verónica 53.8% to save	Bustamante 54.2% to save
								Juan 16% to return
Eliminated	Geno 24% to save	Mireia 39.9% to save	Javián 45.5% to save	Àlex 49.7% to save	Natalia 47.3% to save	Juan 29.5% to save	Alejandro 30% to save	Alejandro 15% to return	Juan 36% to return	Àlex 33.3% to save	Naím 35% to save	Gisela 46.2% to save	Nuria 45.8% to save		Bustamante 18.8% to win
								Natalia 11% to return
								Javián 8% to return							Chenoa 17.6% to win
								Mireia 5% to return							Manu 14.7% to win
								Geno 4% to return							Verónica 1.4% to win