Yesterday, Prime Video confirmed a news much awaited by the followers of Operación Triunfo: Amazon’s audiovisual platform will host its twelfth edition, which can be seen in Spain and in more than 30 countries and territories in Latin America at the end of this year. Thus, the vocal talent contest that began in 2001 on RTVE will become the first live weekly content after premiering on this platform in Spain.
In an event to present new Spanish productions, the platform revealed that this new edition will return with the production company Gestmusic, which launched the format, and will continue to include live weekly galas, as well as a 24-hour broadcast through YouTube and Prime Video .
“Fans of Operación Triunfo have enjoyed this format, which has filled the hearts of millions of viewers with joy, for more than 22 years. We are delighted that the show is back and making history with the first weekly content to be broadcast live on Prime Video in Spain,†said James Farrell, Vice President of Local Original Content at Prime Video. “During the 11 editions, Operación Triunfo has become a much-loved program and has seen contestants such as David Bisbal, Amaia or Aitana become global stars,” added MarÃa José RodrÃguez, Head of Original Content Prime Video at Spain
“The first season of Operación Triunfo became a social phenomenon”, said Tinet Rubira, director of Gestmusic (Banijay Iberia). “In 2017, Operación Triunfo began a digital revolution with its new broadcasting strategy to reach the young audience that had abandoned television. We’re excited to continue to innovate and enter the world of streaming, bringing great weekly live entertainment to Prime Video.â€
The last edition of the program that was broadcast on TVE was in 2020, on the same channel that saw it born on October 22, 2001 and where six different generations of artists came to pass, such as David Bisbal, Chenoa, David Bustamante, Manu Tenorio, Manuel Carrasco or Vega. The fourth edition was the first broadcast on Telecinco, from which other stars emerged, such as Pablo López, Edurne or Soraya, and, after suffering again in terms of audience, it resurfaced in 2017 to return to RTVE with Amaia Romero as winner and Aitana as second runner-up.
Prime Video announced more original productions, including the film Hildegart , based on true events and directed by Paula Ortiz; Apocalypse Z: The beginning of the end, film based on the book by Manel Loureiro; A hipster in empty Spain, comedy based on the book by David Gascón; the post-apocalyptic action comedy series En fin, with an original idea and script by David Sáinz and Enrique Lojo, and the docuseries El Circo de los Muchachos, written and directed by It was also revealed that Dani Rovira and Eva Soriano will accompany Jorge Ponce in the dubbing of the main characters and humorous comments of El castillo de Takeshi.
