Another year, rumors are echoing again that the summer Grand Prix will return to television. For eight years, negotiations for the program have resumed, only RTVE, also Antena 3, Telecinco, Movistar, Amazon and Netflix. Sources in the industry say this information is “a classic”. This week started with a news Digital ConfidentialThis newspaper was able to confirm this, revealing that the new RTVE board, led by Elena Sánchez, held meetings with Europroducciones, the owner of the format.
The head of the public agency, hand in hand with FORTA (Federation of Radio and Autonomous Television), would be “highly interested” in salvaging the historic program that provided huge audience results to TVE and at a later stage to various regional channels. ). In this way, Elena Sánchez follows a different strategy to that of her predecessor. Jose Luis Perez Tornero He said he did not intend to bet on the format “due to the selection of content and offers”, not because of feasibility.
However, the original idea conceived by the production company Europroducciones in 1995 would have to be revamped. According to sources familiar with negotiations yet to be agreed, they would see with good eyes among the presenters. streamer Ibai Llanos, though “very complex”. “I don’t know if it’s possible because he’s from another world. He’s one of the most important characters in the digital world and he has his own projects.”
A year ago, Ibai Llanos and Ramón García talked live about the possibility of moving. Grand Prix To Twitch and both his team and streamer had “work to do” even if it’s “complicated”. “If nothing goes wrong, it may be possible and we will do it in a more modern way.” Subsequently, little was known about this proposal.
Heifers, one of the main attractions of Ramón García’s show on TVE, would hardly fit into today’s society. “if i come back [el Grand Prix]never with heifers. It’s no longer a matter of will, it’s almost legal”, think about it, according to the same sources. This revamped concept will please co-host Mar Regueras, who shared the most episodes with Ramón García, even more than the previous one. It’s about the heifers, even if they’re unharmed, that’s what I like about the show It wasn’t,” he admits.
Regueras coming to the place of “child and grandfather” after working as a dancer traffic lightAlong with Chicho Ibáñez Serrador, he argues that animal testing can be replaced by other “more fun” tests, declaring that: despite Grand Prix It was such a cool show for a while, I’d give it a shot”. It marks a stage in our history that is less animalistic but also less feminist.
HE Grand Prix It had only two main hosts: Ramón García on TVE and Bertín Osborne on regional servers. However, between 1995 and 2009 21 joint anchorsand many shared the screen throughout the season. For example, in the summer of 2004 there were as many as seven high schools. Moreover, The 54 members of the corps de ballet that went through the set were always women. with very normative profiles. With two seasons and a total of 26 programs, Mar Regueras remembers that at least he was given some more space: “I came forward more and more. In the first programs I presented tests and more, and I remember Europroducciones doubled my salary in the third episode”.
This actress is determined to “switch roles” in the pageant and is running as a candidate to present it: “If they really do something, I’d love it. Grand Prix, we could be there. I’m getting ready already and going to the gym in case they call me.“I understand that Ramón García is the familiar face of the format if they ever need to rotate and change the format.” Grand Prixbut they’re still putting on a new presenter”, begins television expert Sonia Mangas.
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In 2006, RTVE, not responding to requests for information from this newspaper, expressed its willingness to prolong this private war between towns for another summer without Ramón García. Some media bets Miriam Diaz-Aroca as successor ramonxuat a time when the actress herself was successful in the series within the framework of the program Look who’s dancing. As the translator’s representative Belle EpoqueHe was unaware of this information.
Those summer months Grand Prix In 10 years, only the followers of the program were able to regain the illusion of seeing him again through some regional and local channels. It was broadcast on TeleMadrid, Channel 9 (Valencian Community), Castilla-La Mancha TV, Canal Extremadura, Canal Sur, Aragón TV, 7RM (Region of Murcia), Castilla y León Television, IB3 (Balearic Islands), not owned by FORTA. ), Televisión Canaria, Sevilla TV, Palencia TV and Segovia TV. The person chosen to present it Bertin Osborne and they accompanied him first, Cristina Urgel and in the last two seasons, Natalie Rodriguez.
The program received good quotas, but after all these years on the air, it was slowly burning.”
Sources from the Autonomous Radio and Television Organizations Federation (FORTA)
“The production company turned to FORTA, and some regional televisions thought it was a good product and a viable product to copy,” commented the regional federation. It was published with “double-digit success” between 2007-2009. To compare, but he couldn’t take it anymore. “The program had good quotas, but after being on the air all these years it was slowly burning. The audience is changing, evolving and the format is getting old. Something that started with good data was wearing out. cost [económico] owns” justifies the FORTA resources.
Such programs born in the 90s, for example Night of Castles anyone goose gamewas recorded with “amazing structure” in studios, says Sonia Mangas. “They made a lot of money and advertising was a lot more expensive so they could have had a little more benefit, but now TVE has no ads, so I don’t see it applicable“, To add.
While not the first program to be revamped, this expert is skeptical of the possibility of the program’s return. Grand Prix to be successful according to existing tastes. “We see these shows and they are slow compared to TV today,” he says. And he says: “We all remember some shows we loved from our childhood and are fondly remembered, but let them stay that way. if they are going to do something remakeMaybe all the memories I had of them when I was a kid went to shit.“.