# El Artista del Año season 1

Season one of El Artista del Año premiered on April 28, 2018, on the América Televisión network.
On July 7, 2018, Pedro Loli was crowned the champion of the season, Micheille Soifer finished second, while Rossana Fernández-Maldonado finished third.

## Cast
### Contestants

The ten contestants were presented during the first week of the show.
| Contestant | Notability (known for) | Status |
| Patricio Parodi | Model | Withdrew on May 19, 2018 |
| Milett Figueroa | Model & actress | Eliminated 1st on May 26, 2018 |
| Cielo Torres | Singer & actress | Eliminated 2nd on June 2, 2018 |
| Alfredo Benavides | Host & comedy actor | Eliminated 3rd on June 16, 2018 |
| Josimar Fidel | Singer | Withdrew on June 23, 2018 |
| Yahaira Plasencia | Singer | Withdrew on July 7, 2018 |
| Luis Baca | Singer & actor | Eliminated 4th on July 7, 2018 |
| Rossana Fernández-Maldonado | Actress, singer and hostess | Third place on July 7, 2018 |
| Micheille Soifer | Singer | Runner-up on July 7, 2018 |
| Pedro Loli | Singer | Winner on July 7, 2018 |

### Hosts and judges

Gisela Valcárcel and Jaime "Choca" Mandros were the host and the co-host, respectively. Morella Petrozzi, Lucho Cáceres, Fiorella Rodríguez and Cecilia Bracamonte were the judges. During the third week, musical director Juan Carlos Fernández replaced Bracamonte.

## Scoring charts

| Contestant | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9+10 | 11 | 11 |
| Contestant | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9+10 | Top 4 | Top 3 |
| Pedro | 1 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 83 | 125 | 81 | 44 |
| Micheille | 2 | 39 | 45 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 75 | 110 | 84 | 40 |
| Rossana | 3 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 35 | 37 | 81 | 118 | 83 | 40 |
| Luis | 4 | 42 | 42 | 34 | 39 | 40 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 72 | |
| Yahaira | 5 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 75 | 110 | — | |
| Josimar | 6 | 48 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 35 | — | | | | |
| Alfredo | 7 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 38 | | | | | |
| Cielo | 8 | 40 | 40 | 34 | 41 | 33 | 36 | | | | | | | |
| Milett | 9 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 34 | | | | | | | | |
| Patricio | 10 | — | 35 | 27 | — | | | | | | | | | |
    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 contestant withdrew from the competition
    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 | Pedro | 530 | 14 | 37.9 |
| 2 | 3 | Rossana | 521 | 14 | 37.2 |
| 3 | 2 | Micheille | 502 | 14 | 35.9 |
| 4 | 5 | Yahaira | 386 | 11 | 35.0 |
| 5 | 6 | Josimar | 279 | 8 | 34.9 |
| 6 | 4 | Luis | 442 | 13 | 34.0 |
| 7 | 8 | Cielo | 202 | 6 | 33.7 |
| 8 | 7 | Alfredo | 268 | 8 | 33.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Milett | 159 | 5 | 31.8 |
| 10 | 10 | Patricio | 55 | 2 | 27.5 |

### 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) |
| Pedro | Ballad, Rock, Disco & Ballad (40) | Cumbia (31) |
| Micheille | Salsa & Pasodoble (40) | Salsa (31) |
| Rossana | Samba, Musical, Jazz & Ballad (40) | Cumbia & Salsa (33) |
| Luis | Cumbia (38) | Musical (28) |
| Yahaira | Merengue (39) | Huayno (31) |
| Josimar | Salsa (38) | Revue, Cumbia & Disco (33) |
| Alfredo | Musical (38) | Salsa & Reggaeton (29) |
| Cielo | Revue (39) | Salsa & Bachata (31) |
| Milett | Jazz (35) | Salsa (28) |
| Patricio | Reggaeton (29) | Pop (26) |