Every year comes with new impossible tests that become even more impossible the next year. And that’s what will happen In this fourth edition of ‘The Challenge’, The ‘talent’ of Antena 3 challenges that are the precursor to this Friday the 12th (22:00), eight participants managed to overcome the ‘even more difficult’ thing that was suggested to them. Brave (or unconscious) this time Pepe Navarro, Chenoa, Mónica Cruz, Adrián Lastra, Mario Vaquerizo, Mar Flores, Marta Díaz and Pablo Castellano.
A program that Atresmedia Entertainment Programs Director Carmen Ferreiro detailed in the presentation. “this is the cross” and people of all ages see it, a young audience representing (the hardest thing is not watching television) 19% An average of 4.5 million people follow him every week. And a 16.5% quota, which is a good number in these times.
More difficult tests
The chain is satisfied and proud Jorge Salvador, He is the owner, together with Pablo Motos, of the production company 7ycción (‘El hormiguero’), which boasts of a product that is the result of great effort. Every week, he says, 50 articles for the contestants to prepare, with the ‘coaches’ this entails and the places where they rehearse, i.e. 600 people per season. And then there are tests. “Every time we come up with a worse idea than last year. This year, for example, the contestant burned like hell “And he jumped into the children’s pool from a height of 4 meters to extinguish himself,” he said.
“They laughed, they had a good time, they had a bad time, they got angry…” he elaborated. According to the producer, when is the communicator Pepe Navarro accepted the challenge, he was worried because professional respect “But he did an extraordinary job,” he admits. “Mar Flores is 100% a show. He made a herculean effort and got angry when it didn’t work. Everything Mario Vaquerizo does is fun and he always has a smile on his face. Chenoa elevated this program to art: He tested at a higher level than we thought. “When someone finished, the whole team started crying,” he said. Even the indomitable jury Juan del Val.
overcome fears
As for the actress and dancer Monica Cruz, “Always Said he wasn’t talented and he always did it well.” And he continued: “Adrian Lastra It’s all power, pure passion. For better and worse. “He did amazing tests, but he also got angry,” he recalled. “They have no filter,” Vaquerizo said, adding that although he was given a very good score, the actor annoyed the jury, who gave little credit to his other colleagues. For Pablo Castellano (María Pombo’s husband) and ‘impressive’ Marta Díaz make their television debut“But they gave everything. They didn’t stop crying, and on top of that, they had no filter so they re-reported what happened,” he said.
They are all very different from each other, but they make a great team: “They came together to see the premiere of the program at Pepe Navarro’s house,” Salvador said. Having a difficult experience is very unifying. That’s why the eight men looked like war correspondents returning from a conflict and described their accomplishments in this way, with a mixture of pain in remembering it and pride in having accomplished it. “This is something unique on television and I think I have a few hours on TV. “I had a great time like a kid at Disney World,” Navarro admitted. Adrián Lastra always encourages his friends to join: “This is the best experience I’ve ever had. It changes your perspective on competition and friendship… Because you fall but you keep going” he says, adding that he also suffered a major injury and refused to take sick leave to continue.
Presenter’s empathy
Chenoa put to value Roberto Leal’s empathy, Presenter: “It’s great to have Roberto. What a talent he has to look at us the way he looks at us… There is also an exam in which he gets emotional,” said his successor at the helm of ‘OT’. “I am like a spectator, I am having fun, I get excited, I laugh and Plus they pay me” Leal joked. Model Mar Flores discussed this as part of teaching her children the culture of effort. “Coming home full of bruises, not being able to take care of them, and going from crying to rage to rage… That’s what my kids see: trying, doing your best and not to be disappointed.” Navarro suffered for his people: “I thought about this every time I failed.What a shame they will be at school,” he recalled.
Mario Vaquerizo, Accustomed to doing unusual things, he valued new experiences: “Getting into a caravan and towing it are things you don’t think about doing and on top of that you start to get itchy. They say apnea is the star test but they all are and you face them all with the hope of winning. “Even though I earn little”he explained. This program revealed a side of actress Mónica Cruz that she did not know about. “I have been dancing since I was 4 years old, but I had never even ziplined. But Pepe Navarro came up with something about a Chinese guy and a car… and it was my turn! I had carefully stopped driving for several years. HoweverNow how will joining M-30 scare me??” he says, getting stronger.
Although the bruises come from the contestants, the decision is still at the discretion of the jury. Juan del Val, Pilar Rubio and Santiago Segura, the person who gets the sticks. Resentment towards each other. “I discovered that I don’t like to judge,” Segura joked. Nuria Roca’s husband said ironically, “I’m afraid of retroactive anger,” when he saw that someone who had never been angry before was now angry. Segura took the opportunity to object. “I would like to give advice even to those who do not watch television. Don’t miss Mario Vaquerizo’s apnea”. He promises because he knows her.