Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, also known as "El Travieso" is a contestant from La Isla 2012: El Reality.
From the first moment he arrived on the island until the last, El Travieso always had an intense energy. This, while it helped in the first few weeks, led to him being overbearing and irritating to his tribemates. His journey came to an end once he told his tribe he wanted to leave, in order to spend more valuable time with his family.
Profile[]
Jorge 'El Travieso' Arce
Nacionalidad: mexicano
Boxeador profesional. Actual campeón de Peso Súper Gallo; es el primer mexicano en lograr ser campeón en 5 categorías diferentes: Minimosca, Mosca, Supermosca, Gallo y Supergallo. Su primer pelea la ganó a los 16 años de edad. Arce se ha ganado el cariño y admiración de millones de mexicanos y latinos en Estados Unidos que siguen muy de cerca su trayectoria. Una de sus pasiones son los autos nuevos. "El Travieso" se distingue por su sencillez y constante labor altruista.[2]
La Isla: El Reality[]
El Travieso was placed in the Famosos tribe, wherein he initially showed his strong athleticism, due to him being a boxer. Despite the Tribe's loss on the first Immunity Challenge, he was an integral part in the Final Challenge, so they could avoid the Trial for the week.
On the next cycle, his Tribe stayed on Medium Beach, mostly thanks to Rafa Mercadante's efforts in the puzzle. Unfortunately, his Tribe lost the Immunity Challenge, so they had to face the Celebridades in the Final Challenge. Early on in the Challenge, his teammate Juanito Acosta got a heart attack, so he had to be stretchered out. This, combined with the good performance of the rival Tribe, led to El Travieso's first Trial. Even though everyone had supported and celebrated Juanito for his resilience, they all also agreed he had to be voted out for his health and safety.
The bad challenge streak kept on coming, since in the Week 3 Territorial Challenge, the Famosos were unable to win, and had to go to Low Beach for the first time. This started the downfall for El Travieso's attitude, since he started to become irritable due to their living situation. The fact that they kept losing both the Immunity and Final challenges didn't help either. When they got to the Trial, the Tribe opted to vote Julia Orayen out, thanks to her being the weakest member of the Tribe. But, when the Desconocidos Tribe saved Julia, they had to vote once again. El Travieso, along with Rafa, voted for Mariana Torres, on account that they had agreed to keep two women and two men on the Tribe. But, since Rafa had a meltdown in the prior Territorial Challenge, he ended up getting voted out.
For the second time in a row, the Territorial Challenge ends up in another loss for the Famosos Tribe. This led to poor morality for everyone, which was the catalyst for losing the Immunity Challenge once again. In the Final Challenge though, despite a hot start for El Travieso, he kept losing round after round, and was stubborn to let his other teammates have a go at it, ending up in a devastating loss for the Famosos. Once the Trial was imminent, El Travieso had requested to his Tribe to vote him out, but they had come to an agreement that they'd put one vote on each other, letting it go to the Judges' Decision. At the Trial, El Travieso voted for Mariana once again, while he received a vote from Yanilen Díaz. Julia and Yanilen also received votes, so the plan came to fruition. The Celebridades (who were the Judges for the week) saved Julia, and per the rules, she had to break the three-way tie, and she granted El Travieso's wish, so he could see his family and kids once again.
| Cycle | Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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| 1 | 1 | Famosos | None1 | Territorial | No | 2nd |
| 2 | Quest for Fire | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 3 | The Obstacle Course | Final | No | Won | ||
| 2 | 5 | (No title) | Territorial | No | 2nd | |
| 6 | Coconut Juice | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 7 | Cat and Mouse | Final | No | Lost | ||
| 3 | 9 | Blind Leading the Blind | Territorial | No | Lost | |
| 10 | Lock Step | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 11 | Sumo at Sea | Final | No | Lost | ||
| 4 | 13 | (No title) | Territorial | No | Lost | |
| 14 | Kamikaze | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 15 | Slip, Slide & Score | Final | No | Lost | ||
| Voted Out, Day 16 | ||||||
| Notes: ^1 The beaches were already chosen before the tribes were divided, so no challenge was needed.
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| El Travieso's Voting History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | El Travieso's Votes |
Voted Against El Travieso |
| 4 | Famosos Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Juanito | Juanito |
| 12 | Mariana; Ineligible1 |
-; Yanilen; -1 |
| 16 | Mariana; Ineligible |
Yanilen; Julia2 |
| Voted Out, Day 16 | ||
^1 In Episode 12, the Desconocidos tribe saved Julia, negating El Travieso's vote against her. As Julia was saved by the Judges amidst her voteout, the first round of votes was nullified and the voting reset. This new vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Rafa and Mariana. Therefore Julia, since she was saved by the Judges, had to decide the who between the contestants involved in the tie would be voted out, therefore El Travieso couldn't vote.
^2 In Episode 16, the vote ended with a was originally a 1-1-1-1 vote, but due to the Celebridades saving Julia, the vote ended on a 1-1-1-0 tie. Per the rules, Julia had the deciding vote to break the tie, and she picked El Travieso.
Post-La Isla[]
El Travieso's promotional photo for the first season of Exatlón México.
El Travieso's promotional photo for the third season of MasterChef Celebrity México.
- He couldn't attend the Reunion Show for his season, since he was preparing for his fight against Nonito Donaire, which took place on December 15, 2012. He announced that this would be his retirement match, although he kept boxing until October 4, 2014.
- In 2017, El Travieso competed on the first season of Exatlón México, in with future castaway Natalia Valenzuela also competed in. He was eliminated in the fifth cycle, finishing in 19th place.
- In 2023, he would compete on Season 3 of MasterChef Celebrity México, where he was eliminated eighth overall, ending in 13th place.
Trivia[]
- In 2003, El Travieso competed on the second iteration of Big Brother México VIP, alongside future La Isla castaway Michelle Vieth. El Travieso would make it to the final week of the show, but would be just short of winning, as he placed third.
- El Travieso always received a vote every time he attended a Trial.
References[]
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