Orestes Barbero was once again very close to completing the Pasapalabra rosco in his delivery issued on Tuesday, February 28. He and Rafa Castaño are still in the Antena 3 space and played for a jackpot that amounted to 2,200,000 euros.

The Sevillian, who had 159 seconds left for the test, did not start off on the right foot. He made a mistake on his first turn with “decline”. For his part, the man from Burgos started with 150 seconds and put four letters in green before skipping the definition that was in the e.

Barbero subsequently surprised everyone with a great feat, as he hit 20 consecutive answers on his second turn. He reached the end of his first round of the rosco with 24 on the scoreboard. The public and his rival applauded him, while Roberto Leal exclaimed: “There have been 20 hits in one go!”

The contestant remained serious and thinking about the only definition that prevented him from winning the jackpot: “Name of the queen consort of Aragon belonging to the house of Moncada who married King James II in 1322.”

After letting his opponent advance several turns, he decided to try his luck with Eulalia. However, the presenter told her that the name she was looking for was Elisenda. The participant blurted out upon hearing it: “The mother who… I have studied her, she has crossed my mind.”

Castaño had 14 correct answers when his opponent missed, so he needed to add another 10 to tie. “I already have not been successful, I am …”, he pointed out with a laugh. “Most likely I won’t take them out, but I’m calm now. It’s a little the joy of the poor, but it is what it is. Today Orestes has been brilliant,” he admitted. The Andalusian reached 19 hits, but stumbled again in the zeta with “zoanthropy”. Therefore, he could no longer go ahead and must go through the blue chair in the program on Wednesday, March 1.

Rafa almost won the prize in the Pasapalabra delivery on Monday, February 27, the day the program surpassed the largest jackpot in its history and he was only one answer away from getting 2,194,000 euros. “I always say the same. As my father would say: ‘Almost everything is missing’. It’s the same to get 24 as 18,” he explained the next day at the format table.

The contestant pointed out that he came from a bad streak and said about the definition that he failed: “I had a look at it, but what’s the use if you don’t remember? So you don’t have to study, but study again, which is more complicated.”

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