Desafío (TV series)
Desafío | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Presented by |
Margarita Rosa (2004 – 2006, 2008, 2011 – 2016) Victor Mallarino (2004 – 2005, 2009 – 2010) Lina Marulanda & Juan Pablo Llano (2007) Taliana Vargas (2009) Toya Montoya (2010) Juan Ignacio Velásquez (2011) Catalina Aristizábal (2017 – 2018) |
Country of origin | Colombia |
No. of seasons | 15 |
Production | |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Caracol TV |
Original release | 2004 – present (2018) |
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Expredición Robinson Other versions |
External links | |
Website |
Desafío is a Colombian reality television game show produced by Caracol TV. In the show, contestants are isolated in an island and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other members until only one final contestant remains and wins a cash prize.
Although the show has been mostly produced by Caracol TV, other versions have been produced by GenTV and Univision. These two versions were produced in Florida and aimed to the Latin American audience in the United States.
Format
Groups
Contestants are split in different groups of usually six to eight people each. The criteria for the division might vary from season to season. Some criteria used have been whether they had been in a previous season ("Sobrevivientes", and "Superhumanos"), if they were famous ("Celebridades"), age ("Cuchacos", "Pelados", and "Catanos"), social status ("Privilegiados", "Rebuscadores", and, "Llevados"), or where they came from ("Antioqueños", "Cachacos", "Cafeteros", "Costeños", "Emigrantes", "Santandereanos", and "Vallecaucanos")
Each group is given a unique name and an identifying color. These are used on flags, challenge courses, on-screen text and various other items. Each player is given an assortment of clothes with their respective colors and symbols. Players are required to wear the color of their group in a visible location at all times, allowing the audience to identify their affiliation. Upon switching groups (due to a merge or dissolution), players are required to give up their old clothes and obtain new ones in the new group's color.
Antioqueños
The ‘Antioqueños’ group consists of people from the Colombian department of Antioquia. They usually wear a green uniform which has included a stylized 'A' with the exception of their purple uniform in 2012. They have appeared in the last 3 seasons of the show and the 9th season of the show.
Year | Participants | ||||||
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2012 | Sergio Alejandro Arango 2nd Place |
Jennifer Alexa Caicedo 7th Place |
Diego Alejandro Alarcón Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Maximilliano Valderrama Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Catalina Londoño Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Ana María Correa Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
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2016 | Augusto "Tin" Castro 2nd Place Crossfit Champion |
Maria Clara Ceballos 4th Place Lawyer |
Sebastián "Tian" Buitrago 9th Place Fitness Model and Publicist |
Paola Usme 19th Place Rights Student |
Daniel Vanegas Eliminated 1st Day Volleyball Player |
Johanna Vargas Eliminated Before Phase 1 Nurse and Fitness Trainer |
Álvaro "El Mono" Vallejo Eliminated Before Phase 1 Model and Physical Trainer |
2017 | Mateo Carvajal Winner Physical Education Student |
Valentina Ortiz 10th Place Street Workout National Champion |
Esteban "Tebi" Bernal 9th Last Place Capoeira Expert |
Fausto Murillo 8th Last Place Trainer |
Juliana Jaramillo 4th Last Place Freestyle Football Player |
Luisa Hernández 3rd Last Place Social Communication Student |
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2018 | Diego Posada In Competition Speed Roller Skater |
David Trujillo 15th Place Sub-aquatic Rugby Player |
Jonathan "Beta" Betancur 18th Place National Cross-fit Champion |
Valeria Duque 9th Last Place Fitness Model |
Laura "Lau" Restrepo Retired due to injury Functional Training |
Shirley Atehortua 3rd Last Place Hockey Player |
Paisas
Before season 9, the ‘Antioqueños’ group was known as the 'Paisas'. The participants of the 'Paisa' group were from the Colombian department of Antioquia as well as the 'Eje Cafetero' (Colombian coffee growing axis), which become the 'Cafeteros' group in 2012.
Year | Participants | |||||
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2008 | Juan Pablo Londoño
Winner |
Lina Marìa Ramírez
18th Place |
Sergio Salazar Eliminated Before Phase 1 | María Teresa Botero Eliminated Before Phase 1 | Eliana María Zapata Eliminated Before Phase 1 | Efraín Rendón
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
2009 | Miguel Angel Urrea
11th Last Place |
Jennifer Morales Eliminated Before Phase 1 | Astrid Elena Velasquez
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Julie Osorio
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
José Luis Uribe
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Farid "Paisaman" Laverde Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
2010 | Leonardo Flórez
3rd Place |
Natalia Rueda
4th Place |
Gina de Daza
6th Place |
Carolina Jaramillo
12th Place |
Akemi Nakamura
13th Place |
Rambo Rueda
3rd Last Place |
2011 | Tatiana Arango
3rd Place |
Oscar "El Loco" Muñoz
4th Place |
Daniel Tirado
5th Place |
Deicy Cárdenas
8th Place |
Luis Fernando Cardona
4th Last Place |
Nalú Guerrero
Last Place |
Cachacos
The ‘Cachacos’ group consists of people from central Colombia. They have worn purple uniforms in the past with the word "CACHACOS". However, they wore a grey uniform in 2009 and 2011, and in the more recent seasons, they have worn a red uniform with an eagle within a triangle.
Year | Participants | ||||||
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2008 | Andrés Alarcón
3rd Place |
Carolina Trujillo
4th Place |
Jorge Ivan Giraldo
5th Place |
María Julieth Ávila
10th Place |
Mauricio González
7th Last Place |
Sonia Vanegas
2nd Last Place |
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2009 | Hebert Fabian Guzmán
3rd Place |
Andres Gaitan
8th Place |
Aydee Patricia Glavis
9th Last Place |
Arlex Eduardo Avila
7th Last Place |
Sofia Blanchet
4th Last Place |
Shirley Lorena Bermúdez
Last Place | |
2010 | Oscar Mahecha
12th Place |
Karen Jiménez
2nd Last Place Place |
Tymothy Michael Janssen
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Sandra Bravo
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Manuel Revilla
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Juliana Páez
Eliminated Before Phase 1 | |
2011 | Yorlady Moreno
8th Place |
Andres Nieto
7th Last Place |
Freddy Escobar
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Jonathan Posada
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Ilona Visser
Eliminated Before Phase 1 |
Lorena Ángel
Eliminated Before Phase 1 | |
2012 | Jenny Leidy "Perla" Moreno
Winner |
Mauricio Iragorry
4th Place |
Adriana Vargas
13th Place |
Julián David Agudelo
6th Last Place |
Sandra Milena "Sammy" Rojas
5th Last Place |
Ronald Villegas
4th Last Place | |
2016 | Julián Duarte
3rd Place |
Milena Salcedo
5th Place Professional Cyclist |
Jeyson "Jey" Monroy
6th Place |
Karoline Rodríguez
8th Place Trainer |
Eduar "Ninja" Salas
Retired due to aggressive behaviour Taekwondo Proffesional |
Angie "Japón" Hernández
2nd Last Place Sports Teacher |
Miguel Ángel "Lemure" Sierra
Last Place |
2017 | Daniel Méndez
7th Place Officer of the National Army |
Leidy Martínez
13th Place Public Accountant |
Jhonnatan "Tatán"Bulla
Retired due to injury Stunt Double |
Camila Celemín
13th Last Place Medicine Student |
Dúmar Roa
11th Last Place |
Victoria Sierra
Last Place Fitness Model |
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2018 | Witsmar Lucumí
In Competition |
Shadi Harb
In Competition Football Player |
David "Gato" Bedoya
10th Place Cheerleader |
Marisol Chaparro
10th Place |
Marcela "Marcé" Rozo
16th Place |
Laura Sin
17th Last Place Football Player |
Locations and beaches
Each group is assigned a different beach to stay. Each beach has different qualities and benefits:
- Playa Alta/Oro has a luxurious cabin with beds, showers, bathrooms and a fully equipped kitchen. In some occasions, there are employees that prepare the meals for each contestant.
- Playa Media/Plata features the bare necessities for living. Contestants have a wooden roof with hammocks to sleep. They are given pots and pans, knives, some food and tools to hunt and cook.
- Playa Baja/Bronce features the worst conditions for the contestants to live in. Contestants have to build their own shelter or sleep in a cave. There is no food and the contestants have to eat fruits or try to hunt or fish what they can.
During each show, the groups have to compete in a challenge ("Desafío territorial") to decide which group will stay on each beach. As the show progresses and contestants are eliminated, the teams are merged into a single group and they are taken to Playa Fusión, which features commodities slightly better than Playa Media.
Challenges
During each show, teams will play three separate challenges. The challenges are:
- Desafío Territorial where the winning group receives the "keys" to "Playa Alta". The second and third place teams get the "keys" to "Playa Media" and "Playa Baja" respectively.
- Desafío de Salvación
- Desafío de Salvacion where the winning team gains immunity from elimination, plus, in some seasons, the chance to be judges at the final "juicio" or judgment.
- Desafío a Muerte where the losing team is sent to "Juicio" to have one of their members eliminated.
Challenges vary from obstacle courses, to races, swimming matches, building puzzles, among many others.
El Juicio
"Juicio" (or "Judgment") is held after the ‘Desafío de Salvación’. Here, the group that lost the "Desafío Final" vote one person out of their team. Present at the judgment is the team that won the "Desafío de Salvación", who will serve as the judges. After a brief discussion of the events that led to that moment, each member of the losing team walks up to a table and secretly votes to eliminate a member of his team. After all members of the team have voted, the host counts the votes.
Originally, the judges voted to save a member of the other team. The strategy usually was to try to anticipate who the losing team would want to eliminate and save him/her. The next member with the most votes would then be eliminated. In 2008, the rules were changed and the judges were given the option to veto the choice of the other team to eliminate a member. If they veto, the losing team is forced to vote publicly for a second member to be eliminated. This is referred to as the "bloody vote". In 2009, a new rule was made. The losing team voted to eliminate a member of their team. Then, a second voting has to be done to choose a second member to be eliminated. Then, the judges decide which of the two "sentenced" members was eliminated.
In the event of ties, sometimes the judges get to choose which of the members of the losing team that are involved in the tie, is eliminated. Also, the members that are chosen to be eliminated are sometimes given a chance to vouch in front of the judges for their safety.
End of the game and prizes
When there are two contestants left in the game, they return to Colombia for one last show, along with the eliminated contestants. Here, the audience votes for the contestant they want to win the game. In 2008, the system was changed and it was the other contestants who voted for the winner. The winning contestant usually gets a prize in cash whereas the second place contestant gets a new car.
Seasons
The Colombian version is produced by Caracol TV and has been hosted by several celebrities. Each competition has a unique name, and lasts from 13 to 15 episodes.
Other versions
Although the main version of Desafío is produced by Caracol TV for Colombian television, two other versions have been produced in the United States.
Show name | Produced by | Grand Prize | Broadcast years | Seasons |
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Desafío 2006 | GenTV | $100,000 | 2006 | 1 |
Desafío: La Gran Batalla | Univision | $100,000 | 2010 | 1 |
Notes
References
- ↑ "¡Qué nervios! Se acerca el momento de conocer al ganador del #DesafíoSúperHumanos, ¿por quién votaste? | El Desafío on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ↑ "¿Final del 'Desafío súper humanos' ya estaba grabada?". Publimetro Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved September 18, 2018.