On the third episode of "Nuestra Belleza Latina," the 24 remaining contestants were brought to the live show.
Each judge had the chance to introduce their eight finalists. First, Julian Gil showed off his team and introduced each one by stating their qualities. Next, Lupita Jones did the same, and then Osmel Sousa revealed his team. However, the moment Sousa stepped out, he exposed intentions to eliminate one of his teammates, stating that she was not good for the show. Host Gisele Blondet stopped him, but Sousa insisted. As a result, Blondet had to bring the show to commercial break to calm the judge down.
When they returned, six of the girls were asked to act behind a curtain and perform using their shadows. Jones and Gil were very receptive to each of them, but when it was time for Sousa to criticize them he used the opportunity to eliminate his first teammate Marlene. The move was controversial because he broke the rules of the program. Additionally, he attacked Jones and Gil for being kind to each one of the contestants.
Six more girls were then asked to act as hosts of the program. They were forced to read from a prompter while the director gave them instructions on how to move. Gil and Jones were receptive to their performances stating that they understood the difficulty of the challenge. However, they noted that a few of them had no future as TV hosts. Sousa was dismissive of all six, stating that they were boring and had no future in TV and were better off driving taxis or school buses.
The next challenge saw six girls dance alongside Daddy Yankee who was performing his new hit "Limbo." For this challenge, they were asked to dance a difficult choreography that all three judges complimented the participants on.
The last test saw the final six act out a scene with Spanish actor Maxi Iglesias. The judges did not agree on any of the girls. Sousa defended his two teammates while Jones and Gil defended theirs.
At the end of the program each judge was asked to eliminate two of their teammates. Stephanie and Alejandra were eliminated from Jones' rosters. Sousa only had one more to eliminate and he removed Tersia Soto from his team. When her mother, who was in the audience heard the news, she fainted and the paramedics were brought in.
Gil was the last to eliminate. He got rid of Elisa despite stating that she had the best body of the competition. Before removing his second, host Blondet revealed that contestant Audris Rijo had posted private pictures of herself naked on Twitter. The contestant defended herself and stated that she had the right to her private life and never consented to having those images put up on the social network. Gil then eliminated Carina.
The next episode will reveal the final 12 contestants that will make it into the Miami mansion.