• Television.OT 2020 temporarily closes due to coronavirus
  • TV.Antenna 3 suspends 'El hormiguero' and announces an informative special about the coronavirus

"This is not the end, this is a point and part . " This is how Noemi Galera communicated to the OT 2020 contestants the temporary closure of OT 2020 due to the coronavirus . Yes, OT 2020 closed the closing in a historic decision, in a decision in accordance with the exceptional situation that is being experienced by the Covid-19 crisis, in a decision that, although painful, is the best decision that could be made. OT 2020 was not the only one, hours later Antena 3 also decided to close El Hormiguero to offer a special on the coronavirus "for a few days" in its time slot.

"For a few days", that is the consolation that we all have , the light that we see at the end of this tunnel. Yes, this is going to last a few days, you still don't know how many, but it will be "a few days". A few days when everything and everyone will change, and, of course, the television we knew until a week ago will also change. Programs like OT 2020 or El Hormiguero have adapted to new and harsh circumstances.

The tears of Noemí Galera announcing to the 'triumphs' that the OT 2020 Academy had to temporarily close were tears that represented many. To the followers of OT 2020 , first, but also to all the people who stay at home, who endure, who do it for us, for our family, for our friends, for the neighbor across the street, for the man we do not know of nothing, for the lady we see from time to time in the market, for each and every one of us.

OT 2020 contestants were informed of the situation, they knew from last week what was happening outside the four walls of the Academy. They had talked to his family and in another event unprecedented in OT history, this Sunday's gala was suspended on the set and he stayed on those four walls.

Roberto Leal from his house presented a strange gala where he tried to maintain as much normality as possible at all times. But in this few things can seem normal. They tried, from Noemí Galera who accompanied the entire gala with a smile surely aware that it was going to be the last in a long time; Roberto Leal and his dog Pepa, absolute protagonist of the strangest gala ever seen; the contestants acted with all their desire, with more desire than ever; and Nina was the one who predicted what almost all of them already knew: "Live this pass as if it were the last . " And the last one was.

RTVE's tough decision

It is true that the closure is temporary, that as soon as everything returns to normal OT 2020 will return. They do not yet know how, they do not know when - none of us do - but they will return. RTVE has made the decision that should be made. Contestants have to be with their families, they have to continue with their confinement, but in their homes, they have to focus on what we all have to focus on now, that we are all going to win this damn virus together .

Noemi Galera could not bear the tears when the contestants began to sing I'll be there for you after knowing that they were leaving. Noemí Galera represented many spectators. She, who eats all the browns of OT 2020 , who stands up for everyone, who is the mother of all, became the mirror where many of us looked at each other, I the first. They are not tears because this is the end, they are tears of despair, that this is being very hard for everyone. They are the tears that will precede victory .

That they cancel OT 2020 is the right thing to do, but it is sad and it is painful because it is one more sign that this is not a joke. What else is needed for us to realize once and for all that this is very, very, very serious? That RTVE has made the determination to close one of its flagship programs, the program that fills the social networks, one of the symbolic programs of the Academy, has had to be a determination of the hard that the public chain has had to take. He has done what he had to do , even if there are people who do not understand, even if there are tears, even if it is a hard blow. Now we are all taking hits.

As Noemi Galera told them, "it's good shit." It's shit like a piano . Shit that will be difficult to assimilate for some young people who have been locked up in the Academy for more than two months and who will have to suddenly receive everything that is happening. Too much information . If it is too much for ordinary mortals, imagine for someone who has not known anything from abroad for two months and who has lived all that time in his bubble. It is not easy, especially when you go to live with the hope that OT 2020 will return, that you can enter the Academy again, that your contest is not over.

"We were predestined to make history," he continued. Dear Naomi Galera, you have made history. You have made history because you have shown great responsibility, because you have done what you have to do, because you have given a great lesson. Indeed, this OT 2020 was making history. It is true that not so much for the music as for the controversies, but they were making history.

It has been the OT that has forced RTVE to apologize and give explanations for the insults of one of the contestants to the bullfighting; It was the OT in which Estrella Morente performed live and gave an open hand to the public network and to the live and direct program, modifying its Return to support the bulls - often it got messed up; It has been the OT that caused the anger of political parties after the speech of a feminist that did not leave them in a very good place; The OT has been criticized for many, many things, such as the behavior of Eli, one of the contestants with her own colleagues; It has been the OT where for the first time it was doubted that they could become a pineapple. This Monday, those who remained, showed that they are more than a pineapple, that they are already a family. But above all, it will be the OT that was canceled , which was closed by the coronavirus.

El Hormiguero also puts a point and part

And it was not the only one. If last week there was a historic moment when Pablo Motos started the first Hormiguero without an audience. The presenter acknowledged feeling strange and reflected on fear. And not even half of what had happened in the end had happened yet. Neither will there be Anthill for a few days now. Antena 3 has decided to cancel it to broadcast a special coronavirus during its time slot and for the duration of this crisis.

"There is no public. I confess that I find it quite strange. For 14 years there has always been an audience in this stands and it is the first time that I have faced such a program," said Pablo Motos just a few days ago. Last week there was no, in this there is no longer El Hormiguero . Sad, but necessary. If the damn coronavirus is going to be of any use, it will be so that we value many things that we have rarely valued as they deserved.

You may think that you are even beyond Orion to turn on the television and that there is no other talk, coronavirus , coronavirus and more coronaviruses . Yes, I am even beyond Orion, but I think it is necessary. It is necessary that we are informed, it is necessary that we know what we have to do, it is necessary to continue to become aware that this is not a joke, that this is not a game, that we must stop the spread of the coronavirus .

The cancellation "for a few days" of El Hormiguero is one more sacrifice, like another of the many that we are all doing. El Hormiguero is the show with the most audience on Antena 3. It accumulates golden minutes day itself and day too, and it also sacrifices itself. That we need entertainment, of course , and that television networks have to offer that too, evasion, of course, but they are making these kinds of decisions because they are prioritizing.

Are we going to end up with the coronavirus and special programs if we are not already? Of course, but the job of the journalists and the news programs on the networks is to focus on what matters now. But, please, someone entertain us, as Fernando Simón said this Monday we have only been 5 days, but this is going to be very long and "very difficult". Evasion or victory . I keep the victory.

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