# El Artista del Año season 2

Season two of El Artista del Año premiered on July 14, 2018, on the América Televisión network.

## Cast
### Contestants

On July 11, the first ten participants of the show were presented through a press conference. Although it was predetermined that ten contestants were the same as last season, it was announced that in the second gala would enter two new participants. The first of them was Ebelin Ortiz, while John Kelvin and Mirella Paz met in a duel qualified by the judges to occupy the second pass in the competition, finally the judges decided to give the pass to both, giving a total of thirteen contestants in place of the twelve provided.
During the first five weeks, the married couple Yiddá Eslava and Julián Zucchi participated together, being the first couple participating in the show. From the sixth week they competed individually.
| Contestant | Notability (known for) | Status |
| Kevin Blow | Singer | Eliminated 1s on July 28, 2018 |
| Génesis Tapia | Dancer | Eliminated 2nd on August 4, 2018 |
| Maricielo Effio | Actress & dancer | Eliminated 3rd on August 4, 2018 |
| Ricardo Rondón | TV host | Eliminated 4th on August 11, 2018 |
| Fresialinda | Singer | Eliminated 5th on August 18, 2018 |
| Mirella Paz | Model & singer | Eliminated 6th on September 1, 2018 |
| Yiddá Eslava | Singer & actress | Eliminated 7th on September 7, 2018 |
| Ebelin Ortiz | Actress & singer | Eliminated 8th on September 15, 2018 |
| Julián Zucchi | Singer & actor | Eliminated 9th on September 22, 2018 |
| John Kelvin | Singer | Eliminated 10th on September 22, 2018 |
| Jonathan Rojas | Singer | Third place on September 22, 2018 |
| Shantall Young Oneto | Singer & actress | Runner-up on September 22, 2018 |
| Daniela Darcourt | Singer & dancer | Winner on September 22, 2018 |

### Hosts and judges

Gisela Valcárcel and Jaime "Choca" Mandros returned as hosts, while Morella Petrozzi, Lucho Cáceres, Fiorella Rodríguez and Cecilia Bracamonte returned as judges. During the second and third week, theater director and presenter Santi Lesmes replaced Cáceres.

## Scoring charts

| Contestant | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Contestant | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Top 5 | Top 4 | Top 3 |
| Daniela | 1 | 39 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| Shantall | 2 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 33 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 44 |
| Jonathan | 3 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 35 | 39 | 40 | 40 |
| John | 4 | — | — | 33 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 38 | 40 | 35 | 35 | |
| Julián | 5 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 39 | | |
| Ebelin | 6 | — | 36 | 40 | 30 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 35 | | | |
| Yiddá | 7 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 39 | | | | |
| Mirella | 8 | — | — | 39 | 35 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 34 | | | | | |
| Fresialinda | 9 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 34 | | | | | | | |
| Ricardo | 10 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 30 | | | | | | | | |
| Maricielo | 11 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 41 | | | | | | | | | |
| Génesis | 12 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 29 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kevin | 13 | 34 | 28 | 28 | | | | | | | | | | |
    Red numbers indicate those sentenced for each week
    Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
    the contestant eliminated of the week
    the contestant saved in the duel
    the contestant eliminated and saved with the lifeguard
    the winning contestant
    the runner-up contestant
    the third-place contestant

### Average score chart

This table only counts performances scored on a 40-point scale.
| Rank by average | Place | Contestant | Total points | Number of performances | Average |
| 1 | 1 | Daniela | 517 | 13 | 39.8 |
| 2 | 2 | Shantall | 502 | 13 | 38.6 |
| 3 | 3 | Jonathan | 490 | 13 | 37.7 |
| 4 | 8 | Mirella | 220 | 6 | 36.7 |
| 5 | 5 | Julián | 399 | 11 | 36.3 |
| 6 | 7 | Yiddá | 324 | 9 | 36.0 |
| 7 | 4 | John | 359 | 10 | 35.9 |
| 8 | 6 | Ebelin | 320 | 9 | 35.6 |
| 9 | 11 | Maricielo | 140 | 4 | 35.0 |
| 10 | 9 | Fresialinda | 195 | 6 | 32.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Génesis | 126 | 4 | 31.5 |
| 12 | 10 | Ricardo | 155 | 5 | 31.0 |
| 13 | 13 | Kevin | 90 | 3 | 30.0 |

### Higher and lower scores

This table has the highest and lowest scores of each contestants performance according to the 40-point scale.
| Contestant | Higher score(s) | Lower score(s) |
| Daniela | Cumbia, Huayno, Quebradita, Pop, Lambada, Flamenco, Bachata, Bolero, Latin pop, Tango & Ballad (40) | Cumbia (38) |
| Shantall | Salsa, Salsa, Criollo, Tex-mex & Ballad (40) | Disco (32) |
| Jonathan | Samba & Balada (40) | Latin pop (34) |
| John | Salsa & Ballad (39) | Huayno (33) |
| Julián | Quebradita (40) | Latin pop (32) |
| Ebelin | Criollo (40) | Reggaeton (29) |
| Yiddá | Quebradita (40) | Latin pop & Ballad (32) |
| Mirella | Criollo & Salsa (39) | Reggaeton (33) |
| Fresialinda | Latin pop (38) | Reggaeton & Ballad (29) |
| Ricardo | Rock (34) | Ballad (28) |
| Maricielo | Latin pop (39) | Latin pop & Salsa (33) |
| Génesis | Reggaeton (33) | Ballad (29) |
| Kevin | Ballad (34) | Cumbia & Merengue (28) |