La Banda is known in English as "The Band" is a Latin American singing competition series created by "X Factor"'s Simon Cowell and produced by Latin singer Ricky Martin. It is hosted by Mexican Beauty Queen Pageant winner Alejandra Espinoza and premiered on September 13, 2015. The judges are Latin singer Ricky Martin, Record producer Laura Pausini, and 3-time Grammy Award winner Alejandro Sanz. The premise of the series is to locate talented young teens to that will create the next musical phenomenon. The show focused on locating male talent in Season 1. La Banda has been renewed for season 2 while will feature the search for the next Latin girl band.