Pasapalabra: 100 programs on Antena 3 amid the pandemic

If the Government is usually given 100 days of grace before subjecting them to a fair assessment, the hundreds of

programs

on

also conducive to taking stock of the new stage of this veteran television contest that last April 18 May inaugurated a new stage after 13 years of broadcast on

.

«The reception could not have been better.

has a loyal audience and has responded to the call ", celebrates in conversation with this newspaper

, presenter of the contest in this new journey on Antena 3. The data support Leal's perception.

According to data from

on

records

,

closes September with an 18.4% audience share and an average of 1,910,000 viewers.

This result represents the

in its recent history on Antena 3 and a growth of 1.6 points compared to its premiere in May of this year.

The total average of

during its stage on Antena 3 reached 1.7 million daily viewers and a 17.2% screen share.

For its part, the last broadcast of the contest on Telecinco registered a screen share of 18.8% and an average audience of 2.2 million viewers.

And if the last 20 broadcasts on the Mediaset channel are weighted, the data is 18.3%

and 1.9 million viewers.

Thus, although the figures on Antena 3 are slightly lower than those of the last stage on Telecinco,

continues to grow and has consolidated itself as the

, thus becoming the most watched program in the afternoon. television grill.

In September it maintains a distance of 1.9% in

with respect to Telecinco's offer, which in that time slot broadcasts the last part of its evening format

.

The Rosco

remains the audience's favorite test.

In this month, the final test of the program has maintained an average of 21.5% audience share with 2,443,000 viewers.

This is especially relevant, because in addition to its own success, another of

virtues

is that it achieves a

on viewers that benefits the news program that begins below.

This fact has been underlined even in the Congress of Deputies when the only provisional administrator of RTVE,

, during an appearance explicitly pointed to

as one of the causes of the audience crisis suffered by the television news of the public corporation.

"When a program has the popularity of

is on everyone's lips,

", highlights Roberto Leal, who adds: "Surely politicians also comment on it in the corridors, because It is a very program to comment the next day between families, between friends or at work ».

Pasapalabra

is recorded two or three days a week, with three deliveries each day, depending on the producer's schedule.

This new stage of the Antena 3 contest has fully coincided with the coronavirus crisis.

When the show started airing in full lockdown.

The new normal forced Roberto Leal to debut

, although in the following months it has been incorporated in a limited way and with security measures (masks and safety distance).

"We feel very fortunate to be able to work and continue doing our job in these times", highlights the presenter.

“The security measures are extreme.

We constantly monitor and

"explains Leal.

«In my relationship with the guests, the only time we are without a mask is right when we are recording.

The rest of the time we get together as little as possible and always keeping our distance », he says.

"We are learning to do television in these circumstances," he sums up: "We are experiencing a huge change in the way we do television."

The coronavirus has not only affected the contest, but also the presenter himself.

In summer, when he was on vacation, he was infected and had to keep

.

Although the mattress of recorded programs was extensive, Antena 3 had to find a replacement.

was in charge of conducting two deliveries of the contest until the owner returned to the chair.

«He did it very well and came with his homework done.

As professional as he is, he took it very seriously ”, Leal points out about his partner, while remembering that the

format

is not easy to use.

Five months after starting this project, Roberto Leal confesses that he himself has had to go through a certain period of adaptation.

"When I started I already came with my homework done to master the mechanics of the contest well," he explains.

“But learning to run the program,

takes a logical step of time.

And now I feel much more comfortable than at the beginning.

I have much more internalized the whole format, "he says.

With more than 20 years of history on television and a new stage in the shadow of the coronavirus,

continues on the path of success.

There are many contests on television, but few can enjoy such loyal audience support for so many years.

Leal highlights several keys such as that "it is a very white and familiar program, which can be seen by both a four-year-old boy and his 80-year-old grandfather, and that it is

where the viewer can play all the tests."

But Leal points out another virtue of

above the others: «Above all, it generates respect, admiration and empathy towards the contestants that may not be achieved in other contests in which, either they go through the program faster, or they you get to know them less.

Here at the end they get naked and we know them intimately.

.

And a very strong chemistry is generated between the spectator and the contestant ».

So far

,

have passed through this new stage on Antena 3

, of which

.

The program has distributed 62,400 euros in prizes, without counting the money accumulated by

who continues to compete and that in the 100 program that is broadcast this Thursday adds up to 57,000 euros.

No jackpot has yet been delivered and in this program 100 are at stake

of prize.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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