Confirmed: GH VIP returns to Telecinco, but returns with a surprise and a capital letter. The co-host of Risto Mejide in Everything is a lie will be the new host of the reality show, which will premiere in the fall.
As reported by Mediaset, Marta Flich will soon assume “the most important challenge of her career in television with this new challenge.”
In this way, Telecinco is once again committed to the reality of reality shows after the last edition that was broadcast in 2019. An unprecedented crisis caused by the massive withdrawal of advertisers after the sexual abuse suffered by Carlota Prado in GH Revolution was the straw that It led Mediaset to rule out a new edition of the reality show. Since then, there have been many followers of the program who have clamored for the return of GH.
However, the surprise is who will be in charge of GH VIP 8. Mediaset has ruled out Jorge Javier Vázquez, who has been on temporary medical leave for several weeks, and trusts Marta Flich, one of the faces of Cuatro who It has never been in charge of a format of this type and of any reality show on the chain.
Flich’s rise to fame came to him in 2016 with a video blog that was published in the Huffington Post where he explained economic news in a simple way. As a result of his success, in 2018 he began to collaborate on the radio and presented the La 2 program Ese program del qe usted habla. Until in 2019, the same year as the last edition of GH VIP, he joined the Risto Mejide program in Cuatro Todo es lie.
Produced in collaboration with Zeppelin (Banijay Iberia), the new edition of the reality show will once again open the doors of the emblematic house in Guadalix de la Sierra to host the coexistence of a group of famous participants with a great objective: “to surprise, maintaining the essence of the format, both to its protagonists and to the spectators with twists in its dynamics and novelties in its mechanics”.
The new edition of GH VIP will mean the return of the format that changed the history of television in full transition to the 21st century and that brought with it the birth of an entire genre, that of the reality show, which has resulted in countless international versions and adaptations. .
Since it ended in 2019, Telecinco has tried to recover the format with substitutes that in no case were as successful as GH: A Nightmare in Paradise, The Strong House or Secret Story, all of them with Jorge Javier Vázquez at the helm, after being the substitute for Mercedes Mila. According to Mediaset, work is already underway on the new edition in which a group of famous contestants will have to try to live together for a succulent prize
With 66 adaptations and 550 issues produced around the world since its premiere in 1999, Big Brother continues to be a global television phenomenon and in 2022 it recorded its most internationally successful year with the release of 33 issues in 26 different markets.
In addition, the VIP version was also recognized in 2022 as ‘Spin-off of the year’ by the international consultancy K7 Media after its development in 17 territories.
Kosovo is the latest market that Big Brother has reached, which will also land for the first time in Chile and will return with a new edition to the United Kingdom. Lastly, the format’s social media accounts accumulate 90 million followers worldwide.
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