The emotion was present until the last second in the grand finale of the Grand Prize that last night the towns of Alfacar (Granada) and Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia) disputed. The first edition of the format since Televisión Española recovered it The Andalusian municipality has finally taken her away, but not before going from joy to sorrow to later explode with happiness when Ramón García pronounced the last ‘yes’ in the dictionary test.
The residents of Alfacar had reached the decisive test with many points ahead on the scoreboard thanks to their good work in challenges such as ‘Troncos locos’ or ‘Los bolos’, as well as keeping their distance in ‘La patata caliente’. However, the far-fetched words, so feared by the participants since the 90s, altered the scores and made Aguilar de Campoo come back and take the lead.
The mayoress of Alfacar and her two advisors, among whom was the actor and director Eduardo Casanova, faced the last question with a 50% probability of success: “If you fail, Aguilar de Campoo wins. If you guess correctly, you win this edition of the Summer Grand Prix”, Ramón García reminded them, increasing the tension. The definition, the following: “Remade: cheap, worth little”. Alfacar’s representatives said yes, Ramón García confirmed that the answer was correct and all the residents burst out in the stands celebrating a historic victory.
How much does Alfacar take from the prize?
He Grand Prize It premiered on July 24 and catapulted La 1 de Televisión Española to a 26.1% audience share, a figure from another time. In the weeks that followed, the format lost steam, but the grand final brought an enviable 16.3% share on television, confirming that the return of the format has been a success. More than 1.5 million people saw the triumph of Alfacar, a victory that helps the municipality of Granada to take the 30,000 euros of the prize.
