return ‘Grand Prix’ It’s a big television success in the summer. Despite the competition presented by Ramon Garcia It preserves the spirit of the past as representatives of the peoples of Spain face physical difficulties, while at the same time embodying changes. Some volunteers like new tests and Signatures like Wilbur, Cristinini and Michelle Calvo, but other taxes according to current legislation. This situation heifer. The new Animal Welfare Act prohibits the presence of live animals on television shows, so it was clear that it had to be done without. It was replaced by someone dressed as the animal in question who knew a lot about this kind of business. Reason? has been in practice for seven years. ramiro dolphin, Estudiantes basketball team mascot.
Both hide in disguise miguel del poso41-year-old Madrid sports lover. especially athletics (this Master world champion in the 5,000m) and basketball, which he practiced as a child. The Physical Activity and Sports Science graduate signed him for the “Grand Prix” because he was also the producer of the TVE-1 competition he was at, although he now works as a factory clerk “for schedules and stability.” Ladies Canoe trainer, I knew her from Estudiantes matches. “There aren’t many pet supplies either,” Del Pozo jokes.
Being a big fan of the show, he didn’t hesitate for a second to accept the offer. “I used to love it here as a kid and I’m sorry I couldn’t attend because I’m from Madrid. i have no town“She remembers this young man who discovered his passion for the sport as a result of the Barcelona Olympic Games when he was “shocked” by his pet puppy. coby. At the time, he could not have imagined that decades later he would become the mascot of the summer’s most famous pageant on Spanish television.
“I don’t even feel like I’m working”
His only fear was that “the previous heifer would hit the formerly very strong competitors from the towns”. “How thin I am and the body I have [pesa 62 kilos]“I thought about where to take myself,” she admits. That anxiety dissipated when they announced that her role would not be what it used to be. “I have never considered myself more qualified for a job. “I don’t even feel like I’m working,” she says.
The Estudiantes mascot is accustomed to spending long hours under a costume because of his experience. “You train and you get used to it. Maybe the first minutes are the hardest, like when you enter the sauna,” she thinks. The advantage of the ‘Grand Prix’ over basketball is that it doesn’t have to be characterized as long as on television. WiZink CenterStadium of Madrid team.
‘Grand Prix’ tests
“It’s two or two and a half hours, and here you take off your costume and drink a bottle of water between games.” Of course, he always acted of his own free will on the field, but everything is very clear on the small screen: “You have to follow certain times in the plans, some scenarios, you should not exceed some…” he lists.
The heifer character does not appear in all tests of the series. Only when mayors demand to block their opponents. But there are some games where its presence is more effective than the other. “In some tests, If I want to bother you, I can bother you so much. But on others, I want to hit with all my might, and it’s harder and it’s a little frustrating. Fortunately, as the programs progress, teams know better how to pick wild cards,” he says.
It is clear when he will send the heifer (not counting the tests that are not yet visible on the screen): ‘Baby basketball’ and ‘Alice in the land of caidillas’. Yet in Jura Prize I hit them with a stick, and if they’re strong, it’s useless unless they’re already dead”.
ball debate
In the first of these tests, this is where he was exposed to the ball from a competitor last week. But it takes the iron away from the discussion. “It was a detail, I don’t see it as a bad reaction,” he emphasizes.
What he finds most difficult to understand is the criticism of some of his colleagues from the ‘show’. “This the program is for everyone, but that doesn’t mean you have to love everything. It’s like you’re going to a buffet and you don’t like salads. You have other things,” he puts it as a metaphor.
“Kids love Wilbur, Cristinini is a teenage touchstone… He’s been successful on networks where you’re constantly quizzed with followers and likes. He even reduced his cache because he wanted to be in the ‘Grand Prix,’” he justifies. “The beauty of this show is that people who come here come because we like them, not because they’re there. That’s where we wanted to be‘, he concludes.