 At the end, 12 of the 30 were eliminated leaving the lucky 18 that Azteca America had chosen to become the first generation of La Academia USA.One of the participants was Michael Muenchow, who was previously on Telemundo's song-based reality show "Nuevas Voces De America" in 2005; he was one of the 18 selected.Michael lives in San Antonio, Texas and made it to the top 13 final singers, before being expelled.