eighteen years later, TVE-1 Reclaimed one of the most representative competitions in Spanish television in the 1990s, ‘Grand Prix’. He did this with the same host, Ramón García, mixing nostalgia with novelty to seduce a new generation of audiences. Did you achieve this? Currently, viewers are saying yes, as the contest opened ahead with 2,572,000 viewers and 25.1% screen share (281,000 and 21.4% in Catalonia), which is not an understatement for these times. What kept and updated the new ‘Grand Prix’? Let’s review five here similarities and differencesBesides the hits and misses current version.
Servers
Anyone who has watched the original ‘Grand Prix’ would have a hard time imagining the competition without Ramón Garcí. So TVE has always been clear that its host should be kept. It is now accompanied by two ‘partners’: michelle calvo“apostle of the peoples and godfather of godparents” and “pennant” cristini. Second, it’s the ‘show’ gimmick to conquer the younger audience, due to its appeal to such audiences and the way it broadcasts the tests from a booth as if they were on a Twitch link. While it garnered some rave reviews on the nets, Cristinini knew how to give the competition a more up-to-date and timely touch as well as agility.
heifer
At the start of the program, heifer He became the big star of the ‘Grand Prix’ with the unexpected jolts he gave to the competitors. But times have changed and new Animal Protection Law It was clear that this had to be abandoned because it forbade the presence of live animals in television programmes. He was replaced by Superheifer, a costumed character who made it harder for contestants to try when the team from the opposing town used his wild card. It appeals directly to the nostalgic.
Wilbur and the Dinosaur Pet
Two of the additions to the new ‘Grand Prix’ are a dinosaur mascot and mustache gymnast character picture, A chest-haired comedian who pretends to be a guinea pig when Ramón García explains how each test works is a fan of the show. It caused a lot of division in the networks: you either love it or hate it.
godparents
The program restored the presence of godparents, who changed every week and were celebrities who helped and encouraged each of the towns. this monday they Lolita and Miguel Angel MunozThey had a very active role in classical tests such ashot potato’ (they must give the exact number that Ramón García asked them to do before a large balloon bursts in their hands), “Superbolas” (They instruct a blindfolded competitor to throw a human skittle) and ‘Dictionary’ (They must decide together with the mayor and an advisor whether the definition given to them by the presenter is correct for an entered word).
tests
“The show” wanted to perpetuate some of the classic challenges of the program, for example “Hot Potatoes”, “Skuttles”, “Crazy Chests” and “Dictionary”, but adding new ones without less physical burden for the representatives of the towns. Inside ‘pilot dog’, Players must go to retrieve the banderillas, dressed in parachutes and with a fan that throws them back. Inside ‘ki-monos’, To reach some banana trees, they have to cross a circle and go through a net at the top of a swimming pool. And ‘Scale as much as you can‘, the contestants dress up as ladybugs to go up a ramp. During, “Mathematical Penguins” This is a remake of the classic ‘A la Carte Manos’ test: town representatives disguised as penguins must score the number corresponding to the result of the mathematical operation Ramón García suggested to them.
Source: Informacion
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