El Grand Prix del verano explained

Genre:Game show
Runtime:120–130 min approx
Creator:Francesco Bosserman
Presenter:
Country:Spain
Network:La Primera
Network2:FORTA channels
Network3:La 1
Last Aired3:present
Num Seasons:16
Num Episodes:182

El Grand Prix del verano is a Spanish prime-time television summer competition between small towns created by Francesco Boserman and produced by Europroducciones. It was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española (TVE) nationwide for eleven seasons from 1995 to 2005, and on some regional broadcasters of the Federation of Regional Organizations of Radio and Television (FORTA) in their respective regions for three seasons from 2007 to 2009.[1] In summer 2023, TVE resumed the program for one more season,[2] and, due to the good reception, it was confirmed for the summer of 2024.[3]

With the same premise as French television show Intervilles, it features mixed teams representing small towns in Spain competing in a series of games –usually funny physical games played in outlandish costumes, though none-the-less technically difficult, but also general knowledge games where mayors and celebrity godparents are put to the test–, some of which involve live heifers (referred to as the vaquillas). Due to the animal welfare law coming into force in 2023, for season 15 the vaquillas were replaced by an anthropomorphic heifer portrayed by a person in a full-body costume who hindered a team at the request of the opposing team.[4]

The show had a version for children, , a competition between schools that aired on TVE for six seasons between 1998 and 2000 and a special aired on Canal 9 and Telemadrid in 2007.[5] It also had a version for Portugal, , which featured Portuguese towns, was filmed in the same studio with the same sets of the Spanish version, and was broadcast for one season on SIC in summer 2009.[6]

Hosts

HostsSeasons
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Ramón Garcíacolspan="2"
Bertín Osborne

Accolades

Tp de Oro

See main article: TP de Oro.

YearCategoryRecipientResultRef.
1995Best PresenterRamón García[7]
1996Best PresenterRamón García[8]
1997Best PresenterRamón García[9]
1998Best PresenterRamón García[10]
1999Best PresenterRamón García[11]
2003Best PresenterRamón García[12]

ATV Awards

See main article: ATV Awards.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Grand Prix vuelve un verano más y confía de nuevo en Natalia . 27 May 2009 . 19 April 2020 . Vertele! . es.
  2. News: Ramón García will host the 'Grand Prix' this summer on La 1. 28 May 2023. 13 June 2023. RTVE. es.
  3. News: 'Grand Prix' will return to RTVE next summer. 20 October 2023. 20 October 2023. RTVE. es.
  4. News: Los secretos del nuevo Grand Prix: de las lágrimas de Ramón García a la vaquilla "tocapelotas". El Mundo. 5 July 2023. es.
  5. News: ¿Preparan un 'Grand Prix' de niños?. FormulaTV. es. 11 July 2023.
  6. News: Desvelando los secretos del Grand Prix: una mirada a su pasado. 25 August 2023. es. Pujalví, Camila. La Razón.
  7. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 16 March 1996. 1563.
  8. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 25 January 1997. 1608.
  9. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 17 January 1998. 1659.
  10. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 15 January 1999. 1711.
  11. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 24 January 2000. 1764.
  12. News: Premios TP de Oro. Teleprograma. 26 January 2004. 1973.