The Academy 20 years: who is Jackie, the expelled from the seventh concert

Jackie Lopez Vazquezthe 26-year-old from Sinaloa, She was the sixth expelled from La Academia 2022the most important singing reality show on TV Azteca.

Although his career in this edition of the acclaimed singing contest had had outstanding participation, his performance in the seventh concert was not to the liking of the critics or the public, of which it obtained only 3.97% of the votes throughout the night.

The Sinaloan singer was born on October 5, 1995. Although she has a degree in Communication Sciences, a career that ended last May, her true and biggest dream is to become a great singer; Since she was 12 years old, she has dedicated herself to pursuing this long-awaited goal.

At the age of 16, she began to live alone and to participate in different versatile groups, such as Maz Show, which she left in May 2019. “I am leaving the group to start with new steps” were the words that the singer wrote on her social networks when announcing her departure from the band. She currently performs as the lead singer of a pop band called The Jackie.

In addition to sharing his love for music and singing, on his social networks he has repeatedly expressed his stance in defense of justice and women’s rights. She defines herself as a strong, resilient, rebellious and intuitive woman.

Jackie was in charge of opening the seventh concert of La Academia 20 years this Sunday, July 3 with his interpretation of the ship of oblivioncomposed by the famous Argentine author Dino Ramos and popularized in the voice of José José in 1970.

His performance, however, received harsh criticism from the judges, as it was described, among other things, as confusing. “Why, having a perfect song, do you think you can fix it and it will be spectacular? For me, they spoiled it […] Someone of you came up with the stupid idea of ​​doing this” were the words expressed by the iron judge Lolita Cortés, who showed her disagreement with the modifications to the song made by the teachers.

“The version was horrendous, it’s like wanting to make sensual The swallows or the National anthem […] This was little short of sacrilege” commented Horacio Villalobos when issuing his criticism.

Throughout the concerts, Jackie had some ups and downs regarding her performances. She faced the challenges of performing such hits as That’s how it went, A good loser Y Notorietyamong others.

During his first night on stage at La Academia 20 Años, the sinaloense received very positive reviews and high praise by the table of judges, because their interpretation of To live like this is to die of love it was captivating for both the panel and the audience.

However, over the weeks Jackie didn’t keep the same level at concerts and, according to the critics, the production and the teachers of the contest had an important impact on it.

One day before her elimination, Jackie’s performance by singing rampaging by Thalía was described by the jury as “a failure”, because from their perspective it was not a suitable piece for the contest.

“I ask the Academy to make a very good selection of songs if you want to help your students have a great final”, commented Lolita Cortés regarding the performance of the Sinaloan.

On the other hand, Arturo López Gavito expressed that “throughout the six concerts we have had we have asked them to change their gender, to make them dance, to show their versatile abilities on stage and today they finally give us that, but They do it wrong.” In addition to this, he ended his criticism of Saturday, July 2, stating that that was Jackie’s worst night as a pageant singer.

Despite the unfavorable reviews of Jackie’s recent performances, her departure greatly surprised both the jury and the public present at the event. In this sense, the production announced during this seventh concert that next week the spectators will have the opportunity to vote to return one of the expelled students.

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