El Puente (TV series)

Spanish TV series or program

El Puente

TV series poster

Genre| Reality television
Presented by| Paula Vázquez
Country of origin| Spain
Original language| Spanish
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 16
Production
Producer| Zeppelin TV
Running time| 50 minutes
Original release
Network| #0
Release| 29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) –
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)

El Puente (The Bridge) is a Spanish reality television series in which a group of contestants is challenged to work together as a team in order to build a bridge.[1][2]

Created and produced by Zeppelin TV (part of Endemol Shine Iberia), the first season aired on #0 from 29 May 2017 to 17 July 2017.[3] It was filmed in the Argentinian Patagonia. The series was renewed for a second season, which was filmed in Vietnam, and all of its episodes were made available on VOD on 23 September 2018.[4][5] The series was hosted by Paula Vázquez.

## Format[edit]

In the first season, a group of fifteen strangers was brought together and challenged to build a bridge to an island 300 meters away in 30 days. If they were successful, each contestant had to vote on who deserved to receive the €100,000 prize that was kept there. The person with the most votes had then to decide whether to keep it for themselves or share it among the group.[6]

In the second season, two competing groups were introduced, among other twists. Each group consisted of seven people and had to build a bridge of 400 meters in 20 days.[7]

## Series overview[edit]

List of seasons  Season  | Premiere date  | Finale date  | Location  | Prize  | Winner

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1  | 29 May 2017  | 17 July 2017  | Patagonia, Argentina | €100,000  | David
2  | 23 September 2018  | Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam | Equipo Sur
(South Team)

## International adaptations[edit]

The French adaptation of the show, titled The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, premiered on M6 on 3 January 2019.[6][8] A British adaptation, titled The Bridge and narrated by James McAvoy, was produced by Workerbee for Channel 4 in 2020.[9] A Brazilian adaptation was produced for HBO Max in 2021.[10]

An Australian version was commissioned for Paramount+ in 2022, with the first episode also broadcast on sister free-to-air channel Network 10 as a preview. Ten months later, the full series was broadcast on Network 10 in primetime, in the place of the premiere week of the 15th season of MasterChef Australia, which was delayed a week following the death of judge Jock Zonfrillo.[11]

Country  | Name  | Broadcaster  | Premiere  | Finale  | Host(s)  | Winners

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Australia | The Bridge Australia | Paramount+ | 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)[12] | 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) | Hugo Weaving (narrator) | Season 1, 2022: Bardie Somerville
Brazil | A Ponte: The Bridge Brasil [pt] | HBO Max | 9 June 2022[13] | 23 June 2022  | Murilo Rosa | Season 1, 2022: Suyane Moreira [pt][a]
Denmark | The Bridge Danmark | Amazon Prime | 4 November 2022[14] | December 2022  | Mads Steffensen [da] | Season 1, 2022:
Finland | The Bridge Suomi | Amazon Prime | 4 November 2022[15] | 25 November 2022  | Antti Reini | Season 1, 2022: Marju Kauppinen
France | The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie | M6 | 3 January 2019  | 24 January 2019[b][17] | Stéphane Rotenberg | Season 1, 2019: Elian Casini
Hungary | A híd | HBO Max | 11 August 2023  | 25 August 2023  | Magyarósi Csaba [hu] | Season 1, 2023: Janka Sára Molnár
Lithuania | Tiltas | Telia Play | 4 October 2023[18] | 6 December 2023  | Rytis Zemkauskas
(narrator) | Season 1, 2023: Ignas Jomantas
Norway | The Bridge | Amazon Prime | 4 November 2022[19] | 9 December 2022  | Jakob Oftebro | Season 1, 2022:
Sweden | The Bridge | Amazon Prime | 4 November 2022[20] | 27 November 2022  | Jens Hultén | Season 1, 2022: Robert Vrabac
United Kingdom | The Bridge (1)
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune (2)  | Channel 4 | 11 October 2020[21] | 2022  | James McAvoy (2020)
(narrator)
AJ Odudu (2022)
Aldo Kane (2022)[22] | Series 1, 2020: Julie Nguyen[c][23]
Series 2, 2022: Kim Blackman[d]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Received BRL 400 thousand, kept BRL 175 thousand and divided the remainder among the other participants.
2. ^ Due to poor ratings, M6 cancelled airing episodes at 8:50 PM. Shows 3–5, which were initially to be aired on 17, 24, and 31 January were instead aired during the second part of the evening on 17 January and 24 January.[16]
3. ^ Gave half the money to fellow contestant Sly
4. ^ Gave half the money to Shaun Pelayo

## References[edit]

1. ^ "'El puente', el primer 'reality' que parece cine". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
2. ^ Álvarez, Isra (24 May 2017). "'El Puente': un espectacular formato entre reality y documental con Paula Vázquez". 20 minutos (in Spanish).
3. ^ Rus, Óscar (19 July 2017). "David Adán, ganador de "El Puente" (#0): "Es una película con final feliz"". ABC (in Spanish).
4. ^ Hergar, Paula (7 June 2018). "Vuelve El Puente en Vietnam: primeras imágenes de la segunda temporada". eldiario.es (in Spanish).
5. ^ "La segunda edición de 'El Puente' se estrena al completo el 23 de septiembre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 11 September 2018.
6. ^ a b Watson, Ryan (28 June 2018). "M6 builds its own Bridge with Endemol Shine". C21Media.
7. ^ Mingo, Alicia (19 September 2018). "Paula Vázquez regresa con 'El puente 2' a Movistar+ y nos habla de lo nuevo de '¡Fama!'". Teleprograma. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
8. ^ "The Bridge : destination, règles… tout sur le nouveau jeu d'aventure de M6". programme-tv.net (in French). Télé-Loisirs. 15 February 2018.
9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (24 August 2020). "James McAvoy To Narrate Channel 4 Reality Show 'The Bridge'". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood.
10. ^ Viana, Victor (12 August 2021). "HBO Max anuncia "The Bridge Brasil" com Pepita e mais personalidades". portalpopline.com (in Portuguese).
11. ^ Knox, David (1 May 2023). "The Bridge to replace MasterChef | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
12. ^ @ParamountPlusAU (31 July 2022). "330 metres. 17 days. 1 winner. Global reality phenomenon The Bridge Australia, narrated by Hugo Weaving, premieres…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
13. ^ "New survival reality show, "A PONTE: THE BRIDGE BRASIL", premieres june 9 on HBO Max". Benzinga. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
14. ^ Dalby Kamper, Maria (20 October 2022). "Helt nyt overlevelsesprogram med Mads Steffensen som vært lander snart – skal du se med?". Woman.dk. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
15. ^ "Prime Video esitteli The Bridge -realitysarjan kilpailijat". Errori.net. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
16. ^ "Déprogrammation TV - Faute d'audience, M6 retire The Bridge et Les Reines des Enchères". www.programme-television.org. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
17. ^ Garin, Clément (14 January 2019). "Déprogrammation de The Bridge : déçus, les candidats réagissen... - Télé Star". www.telestar.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
18. ^ "Uždarame renginyje „Telia Play" pristatė lietuviams iki šiol nematyto formato serialą „Tiltas"". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
19. ^ "Prime Video lanserer første lokale, originale reality – med Jakob Oftebro i fortellerrolle". Trdby. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
20. ^ Landgren, Sofie (4 November 2022). "Premiär för The Bridge – så var första avsnittet". Filmtopp. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
21. ^ "The Bridge episode 1 viewers confused by lack of bridge-building". Digital Spy. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
22. ^ "AJ Odudu hosts The Bridge for tropical second season". Radio Times. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
23. ^ "Channel 4's The Bridge reveals winners in twist-filled finale". Digital Spy. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official website at #0 (in Spanish)
* Zeppelin TV website (in Spanish)

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