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Grand Prix: Christmas 2024/25
Spanish Domestic Series
Presenter / Commentator:
Ramón García
Co-Presenters:
Cristina López (Cristinini)
Miguel Bernal (Mikecrack)
Referees:
Asun Langa
Eduardo Vicente
Referees' Assistants:
Cristian Canadell
José Manuel Fole
Javier Gallego
Victor González
Gabriel Peinado
Roberto Rodríguez
Dancer / Comedian:
Víctor Ortiz (Wilbur)
Vachette Performer:
Miguel Del Pozo
Dinosaur Performer:
Nicolás Greco
Music:
Federico Vaona
Production Credits:
Creator:
Francesco Boserman; Production Advisor: Amato Pennasilico;
Management Team: Desireé Anaya, Daniel Martín, Marta Ruiz, Paula
Torregrosa, Lara Vico; Specialists Team: Bungy System, Pau Costa;
Editorial Office: Mafer Jimenez; Set Design: Punto Per Punto;
Games Production: France Andreu, Jesús Chacón, Jorge López, Sara Muñoz;
Technical Direction: José Manuel Espada;
Art Direction: Laura Lostale; Script: Javier Pilar, Carlos Soria;
Wardrobe: Sandra Sáez; Costumes: David Arranz, Adrián Brito,
Laura Cambero, Cristian Camilo, Carolina Ortiz, Ariadna Paniagua, Francisco
Platero, Joaquín Santiago, Marta Ureña; Spider Condor Fly: System Grip;
Photography: Iñaki Irastorza; Art: Ana Cobos, Oliver Hernán, Rubén
Manso, Kisko Martínez, Paola Toledano, Regina Yébenes; Graphics:
Melania Ibeas, MOA Studio; Graphics Direction: MSL; Co-ordination of
Guests: Laura Fernández, Elena Machi; Human Resources: Elena
Francés, María José Miñano, José Manuel Peña, Marina Redrejo, María Torrero;
Catering: La Diligencia; Waiters: Perseo; Cleaning Services:
Elizabeth Peña, Grupo 4; Public and Hostess Co-ordination: Juanjo
Barriga, Yoli Benito, Marcelo Cortazzo, Edgar R. García, Juan Carlos Meneses,
José Carlos Nieto; Digital Communication: Susan Abad, Claudia Albarrán,
Cristina Fernández, Supersonic; Systems: Guillermo Asenjo, Adrián
González, Javier Mateos; Lighting Direction: Cinelux; Set
Construction: Arrendamenti Allegrini, Iluminate; Games Construction:
Crea de Lua, Hartelo, Palomares; Production Co-ordination: Maria
Laspiur, Amparo Mollá, Alicia Rodríguez; Production: Paula Aguado,
Mayte Bernal, Andrea Cano, Sara Carballo, Nacho Fernández, Marta Gabilondo,
Alicia Jakovleva, Cristina López, Camelo Mejías, Irene Merín, Eva Nieto,
Estafanía Quishpe, Beatriz Requena, Claudia Sabroso, Ignacio Zaballa; Producer: Aurora Triguero-Lizana;
Production Team: Gema Bercial, Adrián García del Castillo, Alejandra Cela,
Nicolás Morillo, Sara Palomar, Óscar Rubio; Edition: Francisco Álamo,
Javi Cortés, Miriam Duarte, Sergio Ga Forneiro; Technicians:
Adrián González, David de la Horra; Technical Services: Proima
Zebrastur; Programme Control: Ana Belén Carrasco, Judith Carrasco,
Bárbara Díez, Antonio García, Pedro Pérez, Bárbara Rodríguez, José Rosales;
Cameras: Santiago Antiga, Enrique Barbero, Jaime Llorente, Juan José
Luque, Alfonso Pazos, Eloy Puertas, Remigio Rescalvo, Daniel Sanz, Simón
Soler, Alberto Tarancón, Pablo Vargas; Editing: Sergio Ampuero, Ángel
Iglesias, Jorge Mesa, Daniel Pérez, Alicia Vega; Sound: SBA; VTR
Towns: Antonio Jesús Barrantes, Mónica González, Javier Linares, Héctor
Montaño, Delia Postigo; Assembly: Elena
F. Granados, Juan Antonio Mechor; Realisation: Dolores de Reyes;
Editor: María San Juan;
Director: María Escario
Co-produced by:
Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE - E) and EuroTV Producciones
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Key:
Grand Prix
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= Heat Winner
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= Qualified for Final
Final
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=
Gold Trophy /
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=
Silver Trophy
▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ =
Demoted to Position |
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E |
Grand Prix: Christmas 2024/25 |
Semi-Final 1 |
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Event Staged: July 2024
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 23rd December, 10.50pm-1.05am
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 753,000 viewers / 8.7% share (19% share in Kids & Teens) |
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Teams:
Alfacar v. Binissalem |
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Team
Members included:
Alfacar - Pepe Rodríguez, chef and Masterchef host (Team
Patron), Hugo Camacho (Junior Mayor), Fátima Gómez Abad (Mayor), Miguel Lopez;
Binissalem - Eva Soriano, comedian (Team Patron),
Pilar Torrens (Junior Mayor), Victor Martí (Mayor). |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): The Northless Elf, Shoot the Penguinduck, Mission: Carrot,
Too Velcroed, Operation: Meow Meow, Hot Potato, Crazy Bees, The Musical
Penguins, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
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A |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
X |
X |
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B |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
-3 |
-3 |
X |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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A |
4 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
25 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
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B |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
18 |
20 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Alfacar
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Binissalem |
28
14 |
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The Host
Town |
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Fuenlabrada, Spain
Fuenlabrada is a city and municipality of Spain located
in the Community of Madrid. As of 2018, it had a population of 193,586, making
it the region's fourth most populated municipality. Its name derives from the
contraction of 'fuente labrada', Spanish for 'carved fountain'.
There is evidence of human settlement in the area dating back to the
Paleolithic (La Cantueña) and the Bronze Age (Casas del Cerro). Other
settlements in the current municipal area, including Loranca, Albas and
Fregacedos, existed during the Upper Middle Ages.
The
founding of the village of Fuenlabrada can be traced to the late 14th century,
when it was populated by former inhabitants of the nearby settlements of
Loranca, Albas and Fregacedos. The first mention of Fuenlabrada, which by the
early 16th century was part of the Land of Madrid, was recorded later in the
century, during the reign of Philip II, in the so-called Topographic Relations
of Philip II.
While the agricultural sector of the economy remained dominant, the making of
rosquillas and buns in the municipality became renowned among the surrounding
towns by the end of the 19th century. Following the end of the 1936–1939 Civil
War, in which some parts of Fuenlabrada endured serious damage, the Dirección
General de Regiones Devastadas undertook some building works in the
municipality during the 1940s and 1950s.
Fuenlabrada witnessed a dramatic population explosion in the 1970s and 1980s,
due to large scale immigration of young workers coming from the capital city
and other agrarian regions (chiefly Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia
and Galicia) seeking affordable prices in housing. Going from 7,369
inhabitants in 1970, the municipality reached a population of 18,442 by 1975,
and 65,181 in 1980, credited as the biggest relative population increase in
Spain during that decade. Foreign workers have also settled in the city, most
of them coming from Latin America, Africa, the Maghreb, China and Romania. The
demographic growth has continued in the ensuing decades.
The
city is home to basketball team Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. Their home games are
played at Fernando Martín sports centre, which has a capacity of 5,700.
CF
Fuenlabrada is the local football team, playing in Segunda División (second
tier in Spanish league). They play as home team at the Estadio Fernando
Torres, inaugurated by the footballer's parents on 1st September 2011. The
stadium has a capacity of 7,500.
Since 1979, the municipality has been a stronghold of the Spanish Socialist
Workers' Party (PSOE) and has been part of the so-called "red belt" of the
Community of Madrid. |
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Additional
Information |
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Despite the Christmas topic, this programme and the two that followed it were
recorded in the days following the 2024 Grand Prix summer final. This
was a budgetary consideration, meaning that the studio set did not have to be
struck, stored and later re-erected - and so that the recording block included
all 2024 Grand Prix episodes. A similar decision in 1994 lead to the
Jeux Sans Frontières International Final and Christmas special being recorded
at the same venue (Caerdydd/Cardiff, Cymru/Wales) days apart.Something similar
happened during the 1994 christmas Jeux Saans Frontieres episode, which was
recorded right after the final.
Together with Cristinini, another co-host, famous Spanish
YouTuber Mikecrack (real name: Miguel Bernal), commented on the games for this
edition.
Mayors did not take part in the Christmas Grand Prix
programmes in quite the same way as in the standard series. Instead, a
youngster from each town filled this role, being presented as Jr. Mayors from
each team. The real mayors were still in the show as members of the public,
which consisted mostly of kids and teens from the towns. Both Junior and
Senior Mayors took part in 'The Dictionary'.
Instead of winning the Jokers in the first game, patrons had to
select gifts from Santa's Sack to see how many Jokers they were awarded.
Alfacar got 2 and Binissalem 1.
Alfacar's player lost the blind goggles during the game. He
stopped while referee Asun Langa put them back on.
For the first time in Grand Prix history, a musical
interlude was played before the final game, with the group Los Cocodrilos
performing their hit Voy a pasarmelo bien (I'm going to have a good
time).
Alfacar stormed this semi-final by winning five of the seven
first games and drawing the other two. Despite this, Binissalem narrowly won
games 8 and 9 which provided a welcome boost to their score. However, their
performance in 'The Dictionary' only cemented their failure, dropping six
points across the first two rounds. This meant that they were mathematically
unable to beat Alfacar's worst possible score and therefore no further
dictionary rounds were played. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix: Christmas 2024/25 |
Semi-Final 2 |
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Event Staged: July 2024
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 30th December, 11.00pm-1.20am
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 664,000 viewers / 8.5% share |
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Teams:
Aguilar de Campoo v. Olvera |
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Team
Members included:
Aguilar de Campoo - Elia Pacho (Junior Mayor), Colate (real
name: Nicolas Vallejo-Nájera, businessman and celebrity, Team Patron), María
José Ortega (Mayor), Luis Fernando (Team Captain);
Olvera - Jose Antonio Escot (Junior Mayor), Melody (real name:
Melodía Ruiz, singer, Team Patron), Ramón Nuñez (Deputy Mayor). |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): The Great Christmas Eve Dinner, Basketball in Nappies, The
Mathematician Penguins, Too Velcroed, Jurassic Prix, Hot Potato, Shortbread
Cookie Express, Penguins and Ice Hockey, The Super Bowling Pins, The
Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
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A |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
-3 |
3 |
3 |
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O |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
-3 |
3 |
3 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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A |
4 |
6 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
21 |
24 |
24 |
21 |
24 |
27 |
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O |
2 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
19 |
21 |
18 |
21 |
24 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Aguilar de Campoo
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Olvera |
27
24 |
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Additional
Information |
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In
Game 1, Aguilar de Campoo lost one of the plates since they got it from the
Olvera competitor's table. They still won the game.
The mayor of Olvera could not attend this programme, so the
town's deputy mayor took her place.
In the first round of 'The Mathematician Penguins', one of
Olvera's players was initially eliminated. However, after a series of replays,
referee Asun Langa decided that the Olvera player had touched with the hand
first and Aguilar's player was finally eliminated. Even with a very short
replay, it was quite difficult to tell which competitor touched first.
Ramón García asked to play 'Too Velcroed' himself during the
first and second programmes. After the game was played normally by the two
teams, both Wilbur and Ramón played it for fun. This was easy for Wilbur,
being a circus acrobat, but still Ramón managed to get velcroed too in his
first try!
This heat's best worst answer in 'Hot Potato' goes to 1700 as
the year that the Spongebob Squarepants television series started!
Game 7 was based on a famous Christmas party game in Spain, in which a person
has to say or sing something while eating a shortbread cookie. Here it was a
version of the broken telephone game, with the patron having to guess what the
elves tried to communicate to each other and to the patron while eating
shortbread cookies. During Aguilar's game, one of the players forgot to don
the headphones, and one of the presents was deleted from the team's tally.
Aguilar still won 2-1.
Despite having 2 Jokers, Aguilar only played one. This was aknowledged by host
Ramón García, but no further explanation was given. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix: Christmas 2024/25 |
Final |
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Event Staged: July 2024
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Friday 3rd January 2025, 10.00pm-12.20am
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 720,000 viewers / 6.7% share |
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Teams:
Aguilar de Campoo v. Alfacar |
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Team
Members included:
Aguilar de Campoo - (TV host, Team Patron), Elia Pacho (Junior
Mayor), Aitor Albizua María José Ortega (Mayor), Luis Fernando (Team Captain);
Alfacar - Lara Álvarez (TV host, Team Patron),
Hugo Camacho (Junior Mayor), Fátima Gómez Abad (Mayor), Miguel Lopez. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): The Northless Elf, The Nursery, Penguindisco, Too Velcroed,
Operation: Meow Meow, Hot Potato, The Rascal Squirrels, Penguins and Hockey,
The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Joker games shown in red) |
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AG |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
X |
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AL |
2 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
-3 |
-3 |
X |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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AG |
4 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
22 |
25 |
28 |
28 |
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AL |
2 |
6 |
10 |
13 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
23 |
23 |
20 |
17 |
17 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Aguilar de Campoo
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Alfacar |
28
17 |
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Additional
Information |
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Alfacar Team Patron Lara Álvarez was one of the Spanish hosts of Eurogames
(2019), together with Joaquín Prat. Previously connected to the Mediaset
group, Lara signed to work for the public broadcaster and was thus invited to
take part in Grand Prix.
Aguilar de Campoo made an incredible comeback. After winning
the first game, they lost five games in a row and it seemed that Alfacar would
win again as they had done in the 2023 summer final. On the contrary, Aguilar
won the next three games, entering 'The Dictionary' rounds just a single point
behind their rivals at 22-23. From here on it went their way, with Aguilar de
Campoo getting both their words right and Alfacar getting their two wrong.
This meant that at 28-17, Aguilar de Campoo's lead was unassailable so the
third round was not played and the Aguilar de Campoo won the Christmas
competition and its 30,000 euro prize. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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JSFnetGB Series Guide pages researched by
Neil Storer and
Alan Hayes
with Ischa Bijl, Julien Dessy, Sébastien Dias, David Hamilton, Denis Kirsanov, Paul Leaver, Philippe Minet,
Christos Moustakas, David Laich Ruiz, Marko Voštan and JSFnet Websites |
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