Survivors opens a new edition with a calendar ahead of their custom. In recent years, the reality that installs a group of celebrities in the Cayos Cochinos of Honduras for three months began in April or March. But in this installment, the traditional jump of the helicopter that inaugurates the contest will take place this Thursday ( Telecinco , 22.00 h.) ... if time does not prevent it. The start of the adventure in the middle of February increases the risk of adverse weather events.
The 17 contestants will have fewer hours of light, more likely to face rains and the temperature will experience a slight decrease, which will harden their day to day especially in the first weeks. Therefore, from Mediaset they point out that this year's is the "most extreme edition of the history" of Survivors .
«We are also affected by tides, currents, waves and wind. Both the production and the life of the contestants are very conditioned by it, ” Alfredo Ereño , general director of Bulldog TV , the producer of the program, tells EL MUNDO.
Already in the 2018 edition, which began in mid-March, the organization had to evacuate participants one night when the beach invaded the sea. "We were afraid that he would leave the contestants almost without land to walk," explains Ereño. "For these types of situations we have an evacuation protocol that our team knows well and that our captains are capable of executing," he says.
«From a technical point of view, except for really extreme situations, the emission is not in danger », guarantees Ereño. "What we do have planned in the development of live shows are alternative games and tests for bad weather situations," he adds.
The advance this year of Survivors was decided in full swell during the last edition of Big Brother VIP . The return to the present of the alleged case of sexual abuse that occurred in 2017 following the advances in the judicial process unleashed a flight of advertisers that left the brand in crisis. The plan to cover the winter with the GH Duo franchise was suspended by Mediaset, which accelerated the preparation of Survivors and, in the hope, scheduled The Island of Temptations in a transversal way to weather the storm.
From Mediaset they have explained this change of plans as a result of the “space depletion” on the grid that this year causes the Copa del Rey and the European Championship that begins in June. But in any case, and despite the indisputable swell lived in GH , The island of temptations managed to act as a refuge for the audience until the arrival of Survivors .
One of the 17 famous Survivors 2020 is precisely the popular Stephanie of The Island of Temptations - whose name is shouting is one of the last viral phenomena. Along with her participate in search of the 200,000 euros prize other celebrities among which are regulars of the Mediaset universe such as Rocío Flores (granddaughter of Rocío Jurado), Bea Retamal (winner of GH 17 ) or Albert Barranco (former female and male tronista and vice versa ). According to Ereño, in the selection of this year's casting, people have chosen "younger and more resistant compared to previous editions". On the beaches they will have elements that are more resistant to cold and moisture.
Jorge Javier Vázquez , Jordi González and Carlos Sobera repeat as presenters of the galas in Telecinco (Thursday and Sunday) and Cuatro (Tuesday) of an adventure in which Lara Álvarez will once again be displaced to Honduras, where storms are expected in the sky and in the sand.
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