Operação Triunfo


Operação Triunfo is the Portuguese version of the original Star Academy. The first two seasons were hosted by Catarina Furtado, and the other two seasons were presented by Sílvia Alberto.
The Portuguese version follows the regular format, with the 12-20 students being put into a music academy and training songs for a week, and singing in the "Gala" at the ens of the week, usually on Saturdays. A jury composed by four personalities of the music world will judge the students performances and nominate four of them. Of those four, one is saved by the professors and another is saved by the students. The two remaining students are up for elimination. In the following week, one of the two nominees is saved. Also there is a public vote to decide the "Favourite of the Week". That person is automatically saved from nomination.
The inaugural season took started in 2003. The final season was Operação Triunfo 2010.

Operação Triunfo 1

The first edition started in February 2003 and ended on 1 June. The winner was Sofia Barbosa.
ContestantPosition
Sofia Barbosa1st
Filipe Gonçalves2nd
Joana Melo3rd
David Ripado4th
Filipe Santos5th
Rui Drummond6th
Rosete Caixinha7th
Sandra Helena8th
Flora Miranda9th
Hugo Santos10th
Manuel Magalhães11th
Edmundo Vieira12th
Nádia Pimentel13th
Filipa Ruas14th
Rita Viegas15th
Rodrigo Sena16th

Operação Triunfo 2

The 2nd season started on 28 September 2003 and ended on 25 January 2004.
ContestantsPosition
Sofia Vitória1st
Francisco2nd
Gonçalo3rd
Pedro4th
Fábia5th
Katiliana6th
Cati7th
Ludgero8th
Dino9th
Rita10th
Aline11th
André12th
Nuno13th
Petra14th
Miguel15th
Vânia16th
Paulo Valério17th
Daniela18th
Cindy19th
Paulo Vintém20th

Operação Triunfo 3

The third season started on 22 September 2007 and ended on 19 January 2008.
ContestantPosition
Vânia Fernandes1st
Ricardo Soler2nd
Nuno Pinto3rd
Luís Sousa4th
Salvador Cameira5th
Denisa Silva6th
Alexandre Amaral7th
Jonas Lopes8th
Jéssica Pereira9th
Ana Rita Freitas10th
Emanuel Santos11th
Filipa Sousa12th
Evelyne Filipe13th
Cláudia Madeira14th
Joana Dias15th
Sara Negrões16th
Paulo Granja17th
Vítor da Silva18th

Operação Triunfo 2010

The fourth and final season was the first to introduce the showing of the castings. The casting phase started on 16 October 2010 and the Galas phase started on 6 November 2010.