The broadcast will repeat a familiar ritual as the clocks tick toward midnight. The Spanish media landscape gears up for a year-end celebration, with the Atresmedia network featuring Cristina Pardo and Daniel Mateo at the helm. They will guide viewers through the countdown as 2022 fades and 2023 arrives, a format long trusted by audiences and now firmly associated with this pair.
In this arrangement, Pardo will anchor the bells on laSexta for the seventh consecutive year, reinforcing her status as the channel’s most recognizable face during the New Year segment. Mateo will handle the grape tradition for a second time, continuing a visual signature that began with his striking pink jumpsuit adorned with stones and a bold collar in 2021. The look became a talking point and a staple image of the broadcast, a moment that viewers come to anticipate each year.
As the programs Más vale tarde and Zapeando prepare to resume their positions behind the anchors, laSexta’s bells have recorded impressive figures, drawing audiences with steady interest. A recent year marked by access to around 5.8 percent audience share and roughly 1,156,000 viewers positions the channel’s New Year coverage as one of the most-watched in recent times. The data suggests that Pardo and Mateo were close to surpassing the numbers Telecinco posted with Carlos Sobera and Paz Padilla in Vejer de la Frontera, illustrating a competitive edge in the holiday broadcast landscape.
For Mateo and Pardo, the upcoming New Year’s Eve event comes with heightened expectations and noteworthy changes across other networks. It marks the first time in 17 years that Anne Igartiburu will not close the year from Puerta del Sol, as TVE viewers are handed a new lineup from Morancos and Ana Obregón. The broadcast environment is shifting, and the decision marks a transitional moment for the traditional Sol greeting broadcast.
Mediaset has placed confidence in Risto Mejide and Marilo Montero to carry portions of the evening, while Antena 3 looks to strengthen its leadership by betting on duo pairings and perhaps a last-minute surprise. Cristina Pedroche and Alberto Chicote are set to return for an eighth consecutive year, continuing a pairing that has become synonymous with the channel’s festive coverage. The aim is to deliver a compelling blend of humor, guest appearances, and live moments that resonate with audiences as the old year ends and the new one begins.
Across regional networks, presenters such as Silvia Jato and Lorenzo Caprile on Telemadrid, along with Xuso Jones and Kika Frutos on La 7 (Murcia Television), will also be among those guiding the regional chimes for their audiences. These specialists and hosts contribute to a broader mosaic of regional celebrations as different communities prepare their own countdowns. Canal Sur has announced that it will ring in 2023 from Estepa, Seville, without disclosing its on-air team yet, underscoring the diversity of regional selections and the regional pride reflected in the holiday broadcast calendar. Viewers in the United States and Canada who follow Spanish-language media will find parallel festivities in international outlets, all echoing the same cultural ritual of turning toward a new year together with familiar personalities and moments that have become part of the season’s memory.