Twenty-eight years and seven days after its debut on RTVE, El Grand Prix del Verano begins today a new stage on La 1. On July 17, 1995, the space began to be broadcast, although with the name of Cuando caliente el Sol, but the following year the name was changed to Grand Prix. In the summer of 2005, after eleven uninterrupted years of broadcasting, its last edition was broadcast on TVE.
Tonight he returns renewed and updated, and with a great novelty that especially worried his followers: the heifer, on this occasion, due to the Animal Welfare law and that society is increasingly aware of the treatment of animals, will be a person inside a cow-shaped suit in the “American NBA mascot style” that “will go out to bother the players when the mayors decide to use a wild card”, according to RTVE.
Ramón García will once again be the grand master of ceremonies for the program, produced by RTVE in collaboration with EuroTV Producciones (Grupo iZen), which will have established and representative tests, and other new ones. Alfacar (Granada) and Colmenarejo (Madrid) will be the first two towns invited and will have Miguel Ángel Muñoz and Lolita as godparents. They will be followed by Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia), Brión (Coruña), Cervelló (Barcelona), Los Montesinos (Alicante), Tineo (Asturias) and Yepes (Toledo).
In the presentation of the program, the director of Communication and Participation of RTVE, María Eizaguirre, explained that the return of El Grand Prix del Verano responds to a frequently repeated request: “RTVE has listened to it, and has made it a reality. RTVE wants to get closer to smaller towns again”.
“Many years. The program has changed little and I continue to have the same illusion or more. We have to do the same: a balance between the historical memory that the people of the Grand Prix have with the people of today. It is very nice to achieve that and pass it on to the new generations”, said Ramón García, who repeats as presenter of the space. “It was an exciting call, after many years working to make it happen; TVE is the television of all Spaniards and it is going to give visibility to some small towns. That is also the work of public television, ”he added.
For his part, the general director of EuroTV (iZen Group), Carlo Boserman, stated that it had been a challenge because they wanted to maintain the spirit of the program, but giving it a 2023 touch: “At first it was all led, and we didn’t like it. We have changed the whole part of the graphics: it reminds us of the past while being in the present. We’ve also changed the chords, but it’s the same tune. We keep the essence of the classic tests, but we have added new ones that will also be a lot of fun”.
Ramón García will be accompanied by the content creator Cristinini and the actress Michelle Calvó. Along with them, Wilbur, who will be in charge of showing the mechanics of the tests in a comical tone and through acrobatics.
