As part of the Vitoria FesTVal (the most important television festival in Spain), the return of Big brother at Telecinco, in a press conference marked by a great surprise. In front of the press and the public, Jorge Javier Vázquez named a new candidate present. In addition, on this first day of the contest in which OKDIARIO participates, the news of Calle 13 – with a very interesting crime podcast – and those of AMC Networks were also presented. This conglomerate of pay channels gave an exclusive: the third season of one of its most successful series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixonis filmed in Spain and features actors such as Eduardo Noriega (The Devil’s Backbone, In the Spotlight) And Oscar Jaenada (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hernán) inside foundry. We also witnessed the beginning of Back to Las Sabinas, the first daily series that goes directly to the platforms, in this case Disney + and has the creators of Amar es para siempre as those responsible for a risky new project that will begin on October 11.
Sixteen years of FesTVal
On Monday, September 1st, the sixteenth edition of FesTVal began in Vitoria, an unmissable event for professionals in national television where the most outstanding new features on the small screen are announced on platforms and free networks. This year, OKDIARIO participated in the contest during what promises to be a week full of interesting content. In addition, the return of Big brother with anonymous people at Telecinco and the premiere of the first daily streaming series- Back to the salt marshes,- which were experienced on the first day, the last season of Interviews (Telecinco), the new documentary on Alaskathe novelty of the series Rapa (Movistar +), Masterchef Celebrity 9 among many other proposals. Perhaps, from an informative point of view, the most striking thing will be to see David Broncano presenting (Wednesday, September 4) his new controversial program for TVE (the one that Pedro Sanchez insisted on doing it despite a cost of 14 million per season). Seven days that will go far and, from there, we will tell everything. Below is a summary of what the first day of FesTVal gave.
The return of ‘Big Brother’ to Telecinco
Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the format’s international launch, the Big brother starring anonymous people will return to Telecinco on Thursday, September 5, but before that it was presented at FestVal with the presence of not only the presenters- Jorge Javier Vazquez And Ion Aramendi– but of important television personalities discovered in reality as Adara Molinero, Marta Peñate, Suso Alvarez, Ismael Beiro, Pedro Oliva, Liz Emiliano And Silvia CasadoIn addition, Jaime Guerra, director of content production at Mediaset España, was also present; María Zambrano, director of Reality and Encounters of the group; Miguel Martín, general director of Zeppelin; and Floren Abad, executive producer of the program.
Let us remember that the brand GH suffered a setback when, seven years ago, Carlota Prado, one of the candidates for the so-called GH Revolutionif he suffered a sexual assault by one of his companions – José María López – while he was drunk. In 2019, after the publication of a video in which the victim was informed of what had happened to him (inside the confessional and without being able to escape), there was a boycott by advertisers, which led Mediaset to remove the reality show that had brought him so much joy (and money) for almost two decades.
But now, after the resolution of the trial (which exonerated Mediaset and sentenced the aggressor to a year and a half in prison), Telecinco has returned to the origins of GHthat is, giving importance to anonymous candidates and thus, in doing so, new characters are created who will surely renew Mediaset’s coffers.
Presentation of ‘GH 9’: The ‘pullitas’ between Adara and Marta Peñate
The presentation of GH19 at the Vitoria FesTVal, it was open to the public. As expected, the entrance of the former candidates and presenters on the red carpet was intense due to the number of fans waiting for them in the rain. To say that we were surprised to see two enemies of television like Marta Peñate and Adara Molinero sitting together and in a rather friendly attitude. However, at one point Peñate said: “I advise new contestants to be real and if they have to make a mistake, then make a mistake. Now you speak, Adara, you have made mistakes many times. Both laughed and Molinero assured: “Thank God, we already get along well. It’s incredible but that’s how it is.
The directors and managers of the reality show have stated that in this new edition there will be many “novelties”, that the “casting closes at the first gala”, that “anything can happen” and that the house that has been created is the most spectacular and largest in history. The prize will be 300,000 euros and more than 100,000 people have applied. Jorge Javier Vázquez said: “This edition comes at the right time. It’s time to meet new people.
The big surprise: an unexpected new candidate
And the highlight of the press conference came when Jorge Javier stood up and asked the audience which of the people present was in the casting. Eleven raised their hands. The presenter said that at that moment it would be announced that one of them would enter the house of Guadalix next Thursday. “The envelope, please,” Vázquez asked and a young woman handed it to him. When the Catalan read the name, he turned to his left, pointed at the stewardess and shouted: “Maika!”
The young woman began to scream and cry. Still in shock, he had to sit down and, after catching his breath, he said: “A week ago they told me that I didn’t belong, that I didn’t belong but that I had to come here as a flight attendant.”
💥 BOMB in the @FesTVal 💥
Maika, you are inside “Big Brother” pic.twitter.com/zqnkSd1OpN– Mediaset Spain (@mediasetcom) September 2, 2024
Rest of the FesTVal presentations
’13 crimes’, an interesting podcast
The first presentation of FestVal 2024 was made by Calle 13, a paid channel dedicated to crime and mystery, which presented ’13 Crímenes’, a podcast made in collaboration with Neurads and presented by Silvia Ortiz and Emma Entrena, journalists and creators of the popular podcast Terrores. Nocturnes. An interesting true-crime of which we could see the first part, dedicated to David Parker Ray, also known as toy box killera kidnapper, rapist and serial killer. Each episode of 13 crimes It will premiere on Calle 13 and will then be available on major podcast platforms. The first episode will hit the channel on September 13, coinciding with Calle 13’s 25th anniversary, followed by the second episode on Wednesday, September 25. The season consists of 13 episodes, with a release schedule of approximately two episodes per month. In each 24-minute episode, Entrena and Ortiz will analyze true crime cases.
Eduardo Noriega, protagonist of the new “The Walking Dead”
The second press conference of the day was AMC Networks, the world’s largest pay-TV conglomerate, which provided an update on the future. Exclusively, the initial cast for the third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (great spin off of The Walking Dead), which is filmed in Spain. Eduardo Noriega (The Devil’s Backbone, in the Spotlight)), Oscar Jaenada (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Hernán) and Alexandra Masangkay (The Hole, Valley of Shadows) will join the main cast of the series, in addition to Candela Saitta (Maxima, Last first day) And Hugo Arbues (Through my window, the long shadows) as supporting actors, among other names to be announced soon.
At the press conference (magnificent, like all those organized by AMC), in addition to encouraging us with the presence of some zombiesWe have been informed that the production of the third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is based in Madrid, with an extensive shoot that includes locations in Galicia, Aragon, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, which will offer a new and unique for the post-apocalyptic world. The second season of the series will air in Spain on October 4 on AMC+.
The third season follows Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) as they continue their journey home and reunite with their loved ones. In their struggle to find their way, the journey leads them further astray, taking them to distant lands with adverse and ever-changing conditions, witnessing the various effects of the walker apocalypse.
The third season, which will premiere in 2025, is produced by Scott M. Gimplethe showrunner David Zabel, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Greg Nicotero, Brian Bockrath, Angela Kang, Jason Richman, Dan Percival and Steve Squillantein addition to Silvia Araez and J.esús de la Vega de Ánima Stillking who are also executive producers of this season. Peregrinos SP24 is providing production services in Spain for the third season
A daily soap opera for Disney+
Back to Las Sabinas It’s an experiment. It’s the first daily series broadcast on a streaming platform. Starting October 11, Disney+ will put the first five episodes online and then broadcast one per day (out of a total of 70). A formula that imitates traditional television but offers “more freedom” in creation, as the managers explained to us during the press conference in the presence of the actors. Andrés Velencoso, Celia Freijeiro, Natalia Sánchez, María Casal, Miquel Fernández as well as the director Jordi Fradeyes, the creator Eulàlia Carrillo And Sofia Fabregas, Vice President of Original Production at Disney+ in Spain.
During the presentation, both some actors and the director himself could not hold back their tears after the gigantic work accomplished. Six months of filming plus a year of editing to produce these 70 chapters that can represent a before and after in the consumption of streaming.
Is the series worth it? Yes. After watching the first five chapters (thanks to sieves provided by Disney+), we can say that Back to Las SabinaIt is a step forward in the genre of the soap opera. Nothing new is discovered, the plots are archetypal but there is a greater audiovisual luxury; there are no sets, everything is natural, which the photography benefits a lot from. We warn, yes, that the series starts gently but that it is from the fifth episode that things get crazy (for the best).
