El Grand Prix del verano

El Grand Prix del verano
Season 15 logo (2023)
GenreGame show
Created byFrancesco Bosserman
Presented by
Country of originSpain
No. of seasons16
No. of episodes185
Production
Running time120–130 min approx
Original release
NetworkLa Primera
Release17 July 1995 (1995-07-17) –
11 September 2005 (2005-09-11)
NetworkFORTA channels
ReleaseJune 2007 (2007-06) –
September 2009 (2009-09)
NetworkLa 1
Release24 July 2023 (2023-07-24) –
present

El Grand Prix del verano (transl. The Grand Prix of the summer) 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).[a] 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, Peque Prix, 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, Todos Gostam do Verão (transl. Everyone likes summer), 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]

On 31 December 2024, a controversy concerning Grand Prix famous cattle occurred, when Spanish actress and comic Laura Yustres showed during La 1 emissions of New Year's Eve a picture of the cattle imitating the Sacred Heart.

Hosts

Hosts Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [b]
Ramón García Host Does not appear Host
Bertín Osborne Does not appear Host Does not appear

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally releasedAvg.
viewers
(millions)		Avg.
share		Winning town
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
11017 July 199518 September 1995La Primera3.16027.0%Cudillero
21321 June 199613 September 19963.87736.6%Guijuelo
31327 June 199719 September 19973.16033.4%Murchante
4131 July 199825 September 19983.02527.7%Tordera
5135 July 199927 September 19992.87427.0%El Bonillo
61110 July 200021 September 20002.81124.5%Suances
71325 June 200117 September 20012.83724.7%Nuevo Baztán
8815 July 20022 September 20023.25830.1%Griñón
91025 June 20033 September 20032.87527.2%Los Molinos
10816 July 200430 August 20042.57523.3%Falces
111315 June 200511 September 20052.20519.2%Carrión de los Condes
1214June–November 2007FORTA0.60412.0%Ricote
1313June–September 20080.76013.0%Ador
1413June–September 20090.7589.8%Renedo de Esgueva
15724 July 20234 September 2023La 11.69119.2%Alfacar
16108 July 20246 September 20241.09212.2%Olvera
[b]323 December 2024TBATBATBATBA

Accolades

Tp de Oro

Main article: TP de Oro
Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
1995 Best Presenter Ramón García[c] Nominated [7]
1996 Best Presenter Ramón García[d] Nominated [8]
1997 Best Presenter Ramón García[d] Nominated [9]
1998 Best Presenter Ramón García[e] Nominated [10]
1999 Best Presenter Ramón García[f] Nominated [11]
2003 Best Presenter Ramón García[g] Nominated [12]

ATV Awards

Main article: ATV Awards
Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
1999 Entertainment: varieties and game shows Nominated
2024 Best Show (Entertainment) Pending [13]
Best Presenter (Entertainment) Ramón García Pending
Best Direction (TV Shows) Gabriela Ventura Pending
Best Camera Direction Valerio Boserman Pending
Best Screenplay (Entertainment) Javier Pilar / Carlos Soria Pending
Best Production (Entertainment) Patricia de Orive / Engel Serón / Cristina Benavente Pending

Notes

  1. ^ Season 1 was titled Cuando calienta el sol (transl. When the sun heats) and features four teams in each episode. Starting with season 2, it was renamed El Grand Prix del verano and features two teams in each episode.
  2. ^ a b El Grand Prix de la Navidad (Christmas specials).
  3. ^ For his work in ¿Qué apostamos?, El Grand Prix del verano, and Aquí jugamos todos.
  4. ^ a b For his work in ¿Qué apostamos? and El Grand Prix del verano.
  5. ^ For his work in ¿Qué apostamos?, El Grand Prix del verano, and La llamada de la suerte.
  6. ^ For his work in El Grand Prix del verano, El gran concurso del siglo, and Todo en familia.
  7. ^ For his work in El Grand Prix del verano and Un domingo cualquiera.

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix vuelve un verano más y confía de nuevo en Natalia". Vertele! (in Spanish). 27 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Ramón García will host the 'Grand Prix' this summer on La 1". RTVE (in Spanish). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "'Grand Prix' will return to RTVE next summer". RTVE (in Spanish). 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Los secretos del nuevo Grand Prix: de las lágrimas de Ramón García a la vaquilla "tocapelotas"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ "¿Preparan un 'Grand Prix' de niños?". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ Pujalví, Camila (25 August 2023). "Desvelando los secretos del Grand Prix: una mirada a su pasado". La Razón (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1563. 16 March 1996.
  8. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1608. 25 January 1997.
  9. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1659. 17 January 1998.
  10. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1711. 15 January 1999.
  11. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1764. 24 January 2000.
  12. ^ "Premios TP de Oro". Teleprograma. No. 1973. 26 January 2004.
  13. ^ Jiménez, Roberto (12 November 2024). "Lista de nominados a los Premios Iris 2024: 'Grand Prix', 'Supervivientes', 'La Revuelta' y 'El Hormiguero' a la cabeza". El Televisero (in Spanish).
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