Ana Pastor debuts tonight in an unprecedented record for her to date: she takes charge of a contest with Generación TOP, in which in each edition three teams of celebrities of different ages face off to discover which is the best of all. generations. The contestants in this space produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Newtral must show who knows the most about cinema, music, politics, sports, television and social networks. The winner will get a cash prize that will be donated to a charity.
It is surprising to see Pastor hosting a contest, although she points out that the opportunity “arose in a very natural way.” A year ago the Newtral team was thinking about new formats that could continue Where were you then? . They came up with the idea of ??formatting this project into a contest and having it presented by Pastor, who saw it as good, although he left the decision in the hands of La Sexta. “And the network also found the surprise effect of me being the presenter fun,” he recalls. Furthermore, he says, his job doesn’t change that much either “because I dedicate myself to doing the same thing: asking questions, which is basically what I have been doing for many years, and scolding a little, although much less than politicians, to be honest.”
She confesses that she had “a lot of fun” and that the contestants have even made the usual joke that it turns out “that I am a human being and I can be nice.” She is proud that her name played a role in getting the guests to agree to participate when “normally, in the field of politics, it causes some rejection.”
The contestants are divided based on the generation to which they belong. The oldest, the ‘Yeyé’ generation, made up of those born between 1943 and 1967, the ‘Guay’, the intermediate, those born between 1968 and 1987, and the youngest, the ‘Like’, with contestants born between 1988 and 2005 Do you dare to define each generation with one word? “Well, I would define ‘Like’ as “fascinating”; to the ‘Yeyé’, “enriching” and to the ‘Guay’, the “bridge” generation.
Born in 1977, Pastor belongs to the latter group. Has she felt represented by members of this generation? “Yes, totally. It is a generation that tries to have one foot on each side; We have memories that perhaps younger people don’t have, but we don’t have the experience that older people have. Furthermore, I see being a bridge generation as something very positive.”
A total of 90 celebrities test their knowledge in the contest. Among them, María del Monte, Terelu Campos, Sonsoles Ónega, Cristinini, Joaquín Reyes, Cristina Pedroche, Mónica Carrillo, Boris Izaguirre, Eduardo Casanova or Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada. “Generation TOP is a great example of diversity and that very different people can have a good time; In this country it is necessary to show a little of what is, in addition, the daily life of many people,” the journalist highlights.
Pastor has been at the helm of El objective for more than ten years, which although it does not have a regular frequency now, is prepared to broadcast on screen when a current topic requires it. “The truth is that it works very well because one of the things in La Sexta’s DNA is agility and this format allows us to appear when current events demand it. And the audience data confirms this.”