El Puente (TV series)

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El Puente
El Puente poster.jpeg
TV series poster
Genre Reality television
Presented by Paula Vázquez
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16
Production
ProducerZeppelin TV
Running time50 minutes
Original release
Network #0
Release29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) –
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)

El Puente (The Bridge) is a Spanish reality television series in which a group of contestants is challenged to work together as a team in order to build a bridge. [1] [2]

Contents

Created and produced by Zeppelin TV (part of Endemol Shine Iberia), the first season aired on #0 from 29 May 2017 to 17 July 2017. [3] It was filmed in the Argentinian Patagonia. The series was renewed for a second season, which was filmed in Vietnam, and all of its episodes were made available on VOD on 23 September 2018. [4] [5] The series was hosted by Paula Vázquez.

Format

In the first season, a group of fifteen strangers was brought together and challenged to build a bridge to an island 300 meters away in 30 days. If they were successful, each contestant had to vote on who deserved to receive the €100,000 prize that was kept there. The person with the most votes had then to decide whether to keep it for themselves or share it among the group. [6]

In the second season, two competing groups were introduced, among other twists. Each group consisted of seven people and had to build a bridge of 400 meters in 20 days. [7]

Series overview

List of seasons
SeasonPremiere dateFinale dateLocationPrizeWinner
129 May 201717 July 2017 Patagonia, Argentina €100,000David
223 September 2018 Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam Equipo Sur
(South Team)

International adaptations

The French adaptation of the show, titled The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, premiered on M6 on 3 January 2019. [6] [8] A British adaptation, titled The Bridge and narrated by James McAvoy, was produced by Workerbee for Channel 4 in 2020. [9] A Brazilian adaptation was produced for HBO Max in 2021. [10]

An Australian version was commissioned for Paramount+ in 2022, with the first episode also broadcast on sister free-to-air channel Network 10 as a preview. Ten months later, the full series was broadcast on Network 10 in primetime, in the place of the premiere week of the 15th season of MasterChef Australia , which was delayed a week following the death of judge Jock Zonfrillo. [11]

CountryNameBroadcasterPremiereFinaleHost(s)Winners
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia The Bridge Australia Paramount+ 19 August 2022 [12] 9 September 2022 Hugo Weaving (narrator)Season 1, 2022: Bardie Somerville
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil A Ponte: The Bridge Brasil  [ pt ] HBO Max 9 June 2022 [13] 23 June 2022 Murilo Rosa Season 1, 2022: Suyane Moreira  [ pt ] [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The Bridge Danmark Amazon Prime Video 4 November 2022 [14] December 2022 Mads Steffensen  [ da ]Season 1, 2022: TBC
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland The Bridge Suomi Amazon Prime Video 4 November 2022 [15] 25 November 2022 Antti Reini Season 1, 2022: Marju Kauppinen
Flag of France.svg  France The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie M6 3 January 201924 January 2019 [lower-alpha 2] [17] Stéphane Rotenberg Season 1, 2019: Elian Casini
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary A híd HBO Max 11 August 202325 August 2023 Magyarósi Csaba  [ hu ]Season 1, 2023: Janka Sára Molnár
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Tiltas Telia Play 4 October 2023 [18] 6 December 2023 Rytis Zemkauskas
(narrator)		Season 1, 2023: Ignas Jomantas
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway The Bridge Amazon Prime Video 4 November 2022 [19] 9 December 2022 Jakob Oftebro Season 1, 2022: TBC
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Die Brug kykNET 26 October 2023 [20] 4 January 2024 Neil Sandilands
(narrator)		Season 1, 2023-24: Robert Kruger
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The Bridge Amazon Prime Video 4 November 2022 [21] 27 November 2022 Jens Hultén Season 1, 2022: Robert Vrabac
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Bridge (1)
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune (2)		 Channel 4 11 October 2020 [22] 2022 James McAvoy (2020)
(narrator)
AJ Odudu (2022)
Aldo Kane (2022) [23] 		Series 1, 2020: Julie Nguyen [lower-alpha 3] [24]
Series 2, 2022: Kim Blackman [lower-alpha 4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Received BRL 400 thousand, kept BRL 175 thousand and divided the remainder among the other participants.
  2. ↑ Due to poor ratings, M6 cancelled airing episodes at 8:50 PM. Shows 3–5, which were initially to be aired on 17, 24, and 31 January were instead aired during the second part of the evening on 17 January and 24 January. [16]
  3. ↑ Gave half the money to fellow contestant Sly
  4. ↑ Gave half the money to Shaun Pelayo

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