La Isla 2012: El Reality

La Isla 2012: El Reality is the first season of La Isla.

At the end, the season was won by María Reneé Núñez after beating Julio César Frías at the Finale.

Development

This season, competition took place on locations in the Dominican Republic; Where the 18 contestants was divided into three tribes: the Celebrities (Sol (2012)), the Famous people (Estrella (2012)) and the Fameless people (Luna (2012)).

Actor and host Alejandro Lukini is the one who welcomed the participants.

Weekly Schedule

The program airs on Azteca 7 from Mondays to Thursdays, and the schedule goes as follows:

Day	Ocurrence
Mondays	Territorial Challenge	Reward Challenge (at the merge)
Tuesdays	Immunity Challenge
Wednesdays	Final Challenge
Thursdays	Trial (up until Final 6)	Deathly Duel (after Final 6)

Twists/Changes

Celebrities vs. Fameless: In the reality show is a group of players made up of 12 renowned Mexican and South American characters, known as the island celebrities and 6 fameless players called also the challengers.
Privileges: The Sol (2012) tribe, had the privilige to keep their belongings, stay in High Beach automatically, travel to the ocean in cars, and travel to the Beach in a yate. Estrella (2012) members only kept the ones they could put in a bag, stay in Medium Beach, travel to the ocean in horses and arrive at the Beach in motorboats. And Luna (2012) members where sent to Low Beach, had to walk al the way to the ocean and had to paddle out to their Beach.
Captains' Challenge: On Day 16, each tribe would send a captain, would compete on a challenge to see which of their tribes will prevail. The captain to lose will see their tribe dissolve. The captains were Yanilen Díaz, Lourdes Figueroa and Ricardo Casares. The winning captain was Lourdes and the loser Yanilen.
Tribe Absorption: On Day 17, the tribe members of the losing captain will be absorbed by the other two tribes. Thus dissolving the Estrella (2012) tribe. The members have immunity the first week in their new tribe. The captain winner can select the member that would go to their tribe, in addition the tribe would go automatically to High Beach.
Judges: On each trial, the tribe that wins the Immunity Challenge are judges, these will have a chance to talk to the contestants from the other Tribe, the judges will decide to save a person from the other tribe before the reading of the votes, the votes against to that person would negated. If the rescued person was to be voted out, all the votes would be negated and a new vote should be taken. In merge, the person who wins the inmmunity is the judge.
Tiebreaker: The person saved by the judges decides who is voted out between the contestants that are tied.
Deathly Duel: When 6 contestants remain, the ones without a bracelet of immunity, will face in an elimination challenge where the last place will be automatically eliminated.

Contestants

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
Contestant		Original Tribe	Absorbed Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Votes Against
	Belem Guerrero 37, Olympic Cyclist	Sol (2012)			1st Voted Out Day 4	4
	Juanito Acosta 49, Politician	Estrella (2012)			2nd Voted Out Day 8	5
	Rafael Mercadante 39, Singer and TV Host	Estrella (2012)			3rd Voted Out Day 12	4
	El Travieso Arce 33, Boxer	Estrella (2012)			4th Voted Out Day 16	4
	Juan Ruíz 47, Businessman	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		5th Voted Out Day 20	6
	Daniel Elbittar 33, Actor	Sol (2012)	Sol (2012)		6th Voted Out Day 24	6
	Ricardo Casares 32, TV Host	Sol (2012)	Sol (2012)		7th Voted Out Day 28	4
	Lourdes Figueroa 24, Model	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		8th Voted Out Day 32	8
	Julia Orayen 32, Hostess	Estrella (2012)	Sol (2012)		9th Voted Out Day 36	12
	Hilario Gerez 28, Businessman	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		10th Voted Out Day 40	7
	Ivonne Montero 38, Actress and Singer	Sol (2012)	Sol (2012)	Fusión (2012)	11th Voted Out Day 44	6
	Yanilen Díaz 25, Singer	Estrella (2012)	Luna (2012)		12th Voted Out Day 48	8
	Celia Lora 28, Model and Daughter of Alex Lora	Sol (2012)	Sol (2012)		Eliminated Day 52	1
	Mariana Torres 26, Actress and TV Host	Estrella (2012)	Sol (2012)		Eliminated Day 56	3
	Gabrielle Fernández 20, Model	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		Eliminated Day 60	5
	El Bofo Bautista 33, Soccer Player	Sol (2012)	Sol (2012)		Eliminated Day 61	2
	Julio César Frías 22, Prehispanic Dancer	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		Runner-Up	2
	María Reneé Núñez 22, Student	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)		Sole Survivor	6

Weekly Guide

Week #	Air Dates	Beaches			Challenges				Saved by the Judges	Voted Out/ Eliminated	Vote	Finish
Week #	Air Dates	High	Medium	Low	Reward	Immunity	Final	Duel	Saved by the Judges	Voted Out/ Eliminated	Vote	Finish
1	August 20, 2012- August 23, 2012	Sol (2012)	Estrella (2012)	Luna (2012)	None	Luna (2012)	Estrella (2012)	None	Celia	Belem	4-1-1	1st Voted Out Day 4
2	August 27, 2012- August 30, 2012	Sol (2012)	Estrella (2012)	Luna (2012)		Luna (2012)	Sol (2012)		Julia	Juanito	5-1	2nd Voted Out Day 8
3	September 3, 2012- September 6, 2012	Luna (2012)	Sol (2012)	Estrella (2012)		Luna (2012)	Sol (2012)		Julia	~~Julia~~ Rafael	~~1-0~~²; 2-2-1; 1-0³	3rd Voted Out Day 12
4	September 10, 2012- September 13, 2012	Sol (2012)	Luna (2012)	Estrella (2012)		Sol (2012)	Luna (2012)		Julia	El Travieso	1-1-1-0¹; 1-0³	4th Voted Out Day 16
5	September 17, 2012- September 20, 2012	Luna (2012)	None	Sol (2012)		Sol (2012)	Julio César		Lourdes	~~Lourdes~~ Juan	~~2-1-1-0~~²; 4-2-1	5th Voted Out Day 20
6	September 24, 2012- September 27, 2012	Luna (2012)		Sol (2012)		Luna (2012)	El Bofo		Ricardo	Daniel	6-0¹	6th Voted Out Day 24
7	October 1, 2012- October 4, 2012	Luna (2012)		Sol (2012)		Luna (2012)	El Bofo		Julia	Ricardo	3-0¹	7th Voted Out Day 28
8	October 8, 2012- October 11, 2012	Sol (2012)		Luna (2012)		Sol (2012)	Yanilen		Gabrielle	~~Gabrielle~~ Lourdes	~~2-1-0~~²; 2-2-1-1; 1-0³	8th Voted Out Day 32
9	October 15, 2012- October 18, 2012	Luna (2012)		Sol (2012)		Luna (2012)	Celia		Mariana	Julia	4-1	9th Voted Out Day 36
10	October 22, 2012- October 25, 2012	Luna (2012)		Sol (2012)		Sol (2012)	Julio César		Gabrielle	Hilario	3-2	10th Voted Out Day 40
11	October 29, 2012- November 1, 2012	Merged Beach			Julio César [El Bofo]	Julio César	El Bofo		María Reneé	Ivonne	5-0¹	11th Voted Out Day 44
12	November 5, 2012- November 8, 2012				El Bofo [Julio César]	Julio César	El Bofo		Mariana	Yanilen	5-1-1	12th Voted Out Day 48
13	November 12, 2012- November 15, 2012				Julio César	Julio César	El Bofo	María Reneé, Mariana, Gabrielle	None	Celia	Deathly Duel	Eliminated Day 52
14	November 19, 2012- November 22, 2012				Mariana	Julio César	María Reneé	El Bofo, Gabrielle		Mariana	Deathly Duel	Eliminated Day 56
15	November 26, 2012- November 29, 2012				El Bofo	Julio César	María Reneé	El Bofo		Gabrielle	Deathly Duel	Eliminated Day 60
16	December 3, 2012- December 6, 2012				None	None	None	María Reneé, Julio César		El Bofo	Deathly Duel	Eliminated Day 61
	December 8, 2012	Finale								Julio César	Finale	Runner-Up
	December 8, 2012	Finale								María Reneé	Finale	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 The person saved by the jury was not going to be voted out, but the votes against it were negated. ^2 The person saved by the jury was to be voted out, so all votes were negated and a new vote should be taken. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules of La Isla 2012, the person saved by the judges decides who is voted out between the contestants that are tied.

Voting History

La Isla 2012: El Reality Voting History
		Original Tribes							Absorbed Tribes									Merged Tribe
Week #:		1	2	3			4		5		6	7	8			9	10	11	12	13-16
Judge/s:		Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)			Sol (2012)		Sol (2012)		Luna (2012)	Luna (2012)	Sol (2012)			Luna (2012)	Sol (2012)	Julio César	Julio César	No more Trials¹¹
Saved:		Celia	Julia	Julia			Julia		Lourdes		Ricardo	Julia	Gabrielle			Mariana	Gabrielle	María Reneé	Mariana
Voted out:		Belem	Juanito	Saved	Tie	Rafael	Tie	El Travieso	Saved	Juan	Daniel	Ricardo	Saved	Tie	Lourdes	Julia	Hilario	Ivonne	Yanilen
Vote:		4-1-1	5-1	~~1-0~~¹	2-2-1²	1-0	1-1-1-0^3,4	1-0	~~2-1-1-0~~⁵	4-2-1	6-0⁶	3-0⁷	~~2-1-0~~⁸	2-2-1-1⁹	1-0	4-1	3-2	5-0¹⁰	5-1-1
►►	María Reneé	—	—	—			—		Juan	Juan	—	—	Hilario	Hilario	None	—	Hilario	Ivonne	Yanilen
►►	Julio César	—	—	—			—		~~Lourdes~~	Juan	—	—	Lourdes	Lourdes	None	—	Yanilen	Ivonne	Yanilen
►►	El Bofo	Belem	—	—			—		—		Daniel	~~Julia~~	—			Julia	—	Ivonne	Yanilen
►►	Gabrielle	—	—	—			—		Juan	Juan	—	—	Lourdes	Lourdes	Lourdes	—	Hilario	Ivonne	Yanilen
►►	Mariana	—	Juanito	~~Julia~~	Rafael	None	~~Julia~~	None	—		Daniel	~~Julia~~	—			Julia	—	~~María Reneé~~	Gabrielle
►►	Celia	Belem	—	—			—		—		Daniel	Ricardo	—			Julia	—	~~María Reneé~~	Yanilen
►►	Yanilen	—	Juanito	~~Julia~~	El Travieso	None	El Travieso	None	Gabrielle	María Reneé	—	—	~~Gabrielle~~	María Reneé	None	—	Hilario	Ivonne	Celia
►►	Ivonne	Belem	—	—			—		—		Daniel	Ricardo				Julia	—	~~María Reneé~~
►	Hilario	—	—	—			—		~~Lourdes~~	Juan	—	—	~~Gabrielle~~	Julio César	None	—	Yanilen
►	Julia	—	Juanito	Rafael	Rafael	Rafael	Yanilen	El Travieso	—		Daniel	Ricardo	—			El Bofo
►	Lourdes	—	—	—			—		Hilario	Hilario	—	—	~~Gabrielle~~	Julio César	None
►	Ricardo	Ivonne	—	—			—		—		Daniel	~~Julia~~
►	Daniel	Belem	—	—			—		—		~~Ricardo~~
►	Juan	—	—	—			—		~~Lourdes~~	María Reneé
	El Travieso	—	Juanito	~~Julia~~	Mariana	None	Mariana	None
	Rafael	—	Juanito	~~Julia~~	Mariana	None
	Juanito	—	El Travieso
	Belem	El Bofo
Notes: ^1 Julia was saved by the judges, she was to be voted out. Per the rules, all the votes were negated and a new vote had to be taken. ^2 The trial resulted in a tie between Mariana and Rafael with 2 votes each. Per the rules, the saved by the judges (Julia) had to decide the voted out between the contestants involved in the tie. ^3 The trial resulted in a tie between El Travieso, Mariana and Yanilen with 1 vote each. Per the rules, the saved by the judges (Julia) had to decide the voted out between the contestants involved in the tie. ^4 Julia was saved by the judges, therefore 1 vote cast against her were negated. ^5 Lourdes was saved by the judges, she was to be voted out. Per the rules, all the votes were negated and a new vote had to be taken. ^6 Ricardo was saved by the judges, therefore 1 vote cast against him were negated. ^7 The trial resulted in a tie between Julia and Ricardo with 3 votes each. As Julia was saved by the judges, Ricardo was automatically voted out. ^8 Gabrielle was saved by the judges, she was to be voted out. Per the rules, all the votes were negated and a new vote had to be taken. ^9 The trial resulted in a tie between Julio César and Lourdes with 2 votes each. Per the rules, the saved by the judges (Gabrielle) had to decide the voted out between the contestants involved in the tie. ^10 María Reneé was saved by the judge, therefore 3 vote cast against her were negated. ^11 When there were 6 contestants left in the game, the trials were stopped, and they moved on to Deathly Duels.

Trivia

This is the first season in which a tribe does not vote out any of its members during the first stage, being the tribe Luna (2012).
In this season, like the Second and Third, the first voted out of the competition, is a Woman of the Orange tribe.
It is the first season in which two participants of the same original and absorbed tribe face each other in the Finale.

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