Pasapalabra is one of the most memorable television contests in Spain, both in format and participants, as well as its presenters. Since it premiered in 2000 with Sílvia Jato at the helm, the program has gone through a multitude of stages and memorable moments, whether with Christian Gálvez or Roberto Leal. From the eliminatory tests to the great final Rosco, which has given prizes of millions of euros. Or, at least, that’s how it turns out in theory.
In practice, there are many who have fallen at the last hurdle, missing one of the many definitions that end up being given when trying to complete the 26 answers to the alphabet. There are even very negative opinions on this matter, ensuring that the most complicated questions are chosen to avoid distributing the grand prize. This has been stated by one of his oldest and most remembered contestants, Orestes Barbero, now a member of El Cazador on La 1.
“At Pasapalabra they ask things to make sure the boat doesn’t fall every day, things that aren’t even difficult, they are downright absurd. Not in The Hunter, they are all questions of knowledge, they all end up being more or less accessible,” the man from Burgos responded in an interview for El País. Orestes participated in a total of 360 programs, thus breaking the contest’s longevity record. His last attempt occurred six months before signing for RTVE.
It was in that March 16 edition where he was defeated in the Rosco by Rafa Castaño, who ended up taking the largest Jackpot in the history of Pasapalabra: 2,272,000 euros. By the rules of the contest, if the circle was completed in the final duel, the other contestant had to say goodbye to his participation. Even so, Orestes does not have any type of bad memories with him after having started a new stage with a new format.
“If you give me a choice between having the jackpot or not having it, I would tell you that for the joy of adventure, and for the beautiful continuity that this has, I would tell you not to win it, but I’ll choose to come to The Hunter.” , he explained to El País. In his current role, Orestes is one of the hunters in the contest presented by Rodrigo Vázquez. His objective is to catch the participants correctly answering the questions they get wrong, whether in the individual round or in the final phase.
“It has been good for me to regain my composure, recover my normal life and now combine it with The Hunter, which is much easier than with Pasapalabra,” he noted. Likewise, she ruled out returning to the contest that brought her fame, but she did not leave the door completely closed: “I don’t know whether to say closed because I will never say I will not drink this water nor is this priest not my father. But come on, she is postponed until they can have it in The Hunter, yes.”
