The long-awaited reunion between Esther Aranda and Risto Mejide 15 years after 'Operación Triunfo': "Why were you such a jerk?"

Traveling with Chester, he arrives at Cuatro this Tuesday with an expected reunion: the face to face of Esther Aranda, a former contestant on Operación Triunfo, with his worst enemy in the contest, Risto Mejide. Let’s remember that the publicist was part of the cast of judges of the talent show during his time on Telecinco, whose assessments were very critical of the winners and also highly criticized by the audience due to his harshness.

Fifteen years after that moment, both protagonists meet again before the television cameras to settle pending accounts, clarify the motivations of those assessments, apart from launching more than one reproach.

Esther Aranda was one of the contestants of Operación Triunfo 2008, during its broadcast on Telecinco, a step that left a bad taste in her mouth, and all as a result of the harsh assessment of Risto Mejide, one of the members of the jury at that time. .

Of her, he not only said that she gave the “worst and most regrettable performance” in the history of the program, but added: “There is no sound capable of describing your performance tonight, and if there is, it is not a sound that would come out from the mouth”.

A very harsh assessment that led both to have several live clashes. In fact, at that first gala, Risto assured her that if he could, he would have thrown her out of it. Soon after, her companions saved her.

Fifteen years after these moments, Esther and Risto will meet again this Tuesday in Viajando con Chester to clear things up and settle pending accounts about this conflict. Although, it will be mainly the ex-trumpeter who asks the publicist for explanations for the tone and comments made towards her person at that stage.

“I didn’t see the show,” says Esther Aranda during the first preview of the Cuatro program, which has quickly gone viral. “I just said: ‘This guy why is he such a jerk with me? Why with me, man? Because?'”. And she adds: “Was it your job or your role?” To which Risto Mejide replied: “Do you want me to tell you about my motivation? Why did I do that?”