This Tuesday, August 29, the program 25 words broadcast on Telecinco will reach the historic figure of one million euros in prize, upon completing 180 broadcasts since December 2022. Of the 101 contestants who have gone through the show, no one has yet managed to win the prize that every day adds 5,000 euros to the pot. Of all the candidates, Álex Calleja is one of the few who has managed to stay just two hits away from achieving it and will compete again tomorrow to reach the final.
As explained by Mediaset in a statement, this will be a “special edition”, since the presenter Christian Gálvez will be accompanied by the presenter and economist Marta Flich, and the actors Secun de la Rosa, María Barranco and Daniel Pérez Prada.
Álex Calleja has the record for permanence in the program after attending as a contestant for 40 consecutive programs. The 34-year-old chemical engineer has accumulated 34,000 euros.
“The most difficult words have been linotype, pith helmet and boots. None knew what it was previously. Although there are more common words that are equally difficult to express with clues,” Calleja acknowledged in a press release.
The role of the guests will consist of helping the two contestants to overcome the different tests that the program presents: The bet, One against one, The clue pyramid, Everything can change and the last of all, The last 10, in the that the pot is put into play.
Calleja will compete tomorrow against Haby Sagna, a contestant from Madrid who will have a second chance on the program after her first participation in December 2022.
The engineer has advanced that, in case of obtaining the boat, “a million euros is a lot of money, so I would probably give the down payment to a house, I would send my parents on a good trip, I would arrange a getaway to the beach for the whole family, with my grandparents, with all the facilities for them”.
The combinations are endless, which is why Calleja has also thought about investing it in “a very long trip with my partner and another with my brother and I would find time to go to Green Bay to see a Packers game, in addition to thinking about the development of any professional ideas.
Mediaset has advanced that the television space, produced in collaboration with Fénix Media, accumulates an average of 9.1% share and around 752,000 viewers since its premiere. It has also stressed that “it is the preferred option for all the public under 55 years of age”, which represents 10.4% of the total, just ahead of viewers between 22 and 44 years of age, who are 11.5%.
It has also had an impact on the fact that 25 words is the leading program in its commercial target broadcast slot with an 11% share. In addition, he has highlighted the presence on Tiktok of the space that so far has 140 videos online. The corporation celebrates that the contest accumulates close to 150 million views, “which means an average of more than one million views per video.”
