El Hormiguero

El Hormiguero
Logo of El Hormiguero
Genre Talk show
Comedy
Variety
Presented by Pablo Motos
Country of origin Spain
Original language(s) Spanish
Production
Producer(s) Gestmusic (2006–2008)
7 y Acción (2008–present)
Production location(s) Madrid, Spain
Running time 120 minutes (2006–2007)
50 minutes (2007–present)
Release
Original network Cuatro (2006–2011)
Antena 3 (2011–present)
Original release September 24, 2006 – Present
Chronology
Related shows Peliculeros
External links
Website

El Hormiguero (Spanish for "The Anthill") is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and guest interviews running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3.[1] Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & El Hombre de Negro ("The Man in Black") (the scientists), and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas (from the Spanish expression "a trancas y barrancas," which means "in fits and starts"). It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007.[2][3][4] The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.[5]

Format

The show is based on an earlier radio program, broadcast on M80 Radio, called No Somos Nadie ("We Are Nobody"). This show continued until June 2007, when Pablo Motos announced that he would be leaving the program to allow the daily production of El Hormiguero.[6] No Somos Nadie returned in September 2007 with new on-air talent, since most of the old show's talent were part of the television show.[7]

Barrancas (left) and Trancas (right) sing along with the show's rap

Segments on the show included scientific experiments, like a car running on vegetable oil, hangover cures, a superconductivity demonstration, and various chemical reaction demonstrations. Each episode features a satirical rap, commentary on current events, and humorous phrases as spoken by children. Other segments include pitches for viewers to plant trees and "El Kiosco", a section of magazine reviews. The show also airs parodies of other media, which have included Back to the Future, Pop Idol, House M.D., and Mission: Impossible. Each episode feature a celebrity guest, including Boris Izaguirre, David Bisbal,[8] Alejandro Sanz,[9] Paulina Rubio, and numerous international celebrities such as Miley Cyrus, Sergio Dalma, Ashley Tisdale or Hugh Jackman. Special guests on the show are sometimes involved throughout the episode, including taking part in the various stunts and science experiments. A number of changes to the show, including new segments such as a webcam call-in portion from viewers, were planned for the upcoming format change in the third season, however this segment and some others like training of wild monkeys were removed, the first one due to the amount of time needed and the second one due to low popularity among the audience.

A very popular segment that was later introduced is "Extreme Survival", that features "El maestro empanao" (which roughly translates as "Master Dumbass") Marron and the host Pablo Motos testing out tips and hints on how to survive extreme situations or conditions (such as how to survive being overrun by a car, trapped in a falling lift, attacked by a pack of wolves, etc.). Another popular segment includes Trancas and Barrancas making fun of the day's news.[10] A satirical news show in which puppets read the news, Las noticias del guiñol, formerly aired on Cuatro.

International attention

Pablo Motos presenting at El Hormiguero

The show first received international attention in 2006 for having people walk across a swimming pool filled with a non-Newtonian fluid, a suspension of cornstarch and water called oobleck, that was mixed in a cement truck.[11] This experiment was performed in an October 2006 episode of the show and was repeated with a new batch of oobleck on the Christmas Eve special episode due to its popularity.[12] In 2007, Cuatro signed an agreement with YouTube that allows clips from Cuatro programs, including El Hormiguero, to be showcased on the site.[13] In 2009, El Hormiguero was awarded as the best entertainment program in the international Rose d'Or awards.[14] The win was the fourth time a Spanish program has received the award, the first since 1994.[15]

Since 2008, the show has received a large number of appearances from international celebrities.[note 1][16][17][18]

In addition, sometimes, Pablo Motos moved to other countries for interviewing notable people in them. This was the case of the interviews conducted by Motos to Hugh Laurie (in Los Angeles), to Rey Misterio (in United States) or Will Smith and Jaden Smith (in his fourth and second interview with Motos, respectively, in London). Also interview Will Smith with Margot Robbie.[19]

In 2009, Siete y Acción licensed the show's format to Grundy Italy, an Italian production company, to produce a local version of the show.[20] Also in 2009, a Chilean and a Brazilian versions were produced only to meet bad reviews in both countries.

A Portuguese version (on SIC) also premiered in the same year, but only with two pilot broadcasts. The show revived in December 2013 on Saturday afternons instead of weekday nights.

After Jesse Eisenberg spoke negatively about his experience as guest on El Hormiguero, in an interview with Conan O'Brien on TBS's Conan,[21] Pablo Motos gave a humorous retort to the actor and the American talk-show host from the Spanish program.[22]

In 2011, El Hormiguero was nominated to an International Emmy Award in the Non-scripted entertainment category, but didn't win.

As told in the January 16th broadcast, Pablo Motos was offered Santiago Segura's Spanish character on Jack & Jill by Adam Sandler himself, who has been a guest on El Hormiguero on several occasions. Motos couldn't speak English, so the offer flustered him, but when he was ready to decline it, some of the show producers spoke with Sandler about the idea, reaching an agreement: They would send a screen test with Pablo performing his lines, learned by phonetic sounds. Jorge Ventosa, one of the producers, performed Sandler's female role. Motos and Segura (who is a frequent collaborator) decided to broadcast the audition during an interview on the programme, promoting the release of the movie.

Cast

  • Pablo Motos – Himself – Host
  • Juan Ibáñez Pérez – Himself – Trancas
  • Damián Molla Herman – Himself – Barrancas
  • Pablo Ibáñez Pérez – El Hombre de Negro (The Man in Black). He left the program on March 2017.[23]
  • Enrique Pérez Vergara – "Flipy", El científico loco (The Mad Scientist) (Until 5th season)
  • Jandro – Super-Fan, El experto en todo (The expert in everything) and Contador de chistes con carteles (Jokes with posters) (5th season)
  • Mario Vaquerizo – Himself
  • Raquel Martos González – Herself
  • Luis Piedrahita – El rey de las cosas pequeñas (The King of Little Things) and "Mago que revela sus propios trucos" (Magician that reveals his own tricks) (5th season)
  • Jorge Marrón Martín – El Maestro Empanao (The Dumbass Master), "El efecto mariposa" (The Butterfly effect), "El científico" (5th Season, The Scientist)
  • Yibing: She first appeared on January 24, 2017,[24] and she shows the curiosities of China.[25] She replaces Anna Simon after her absence due to she was bussy.[26]
  • Mónica Cruz: She participates in the 12th edition of the programme.[27][28] Her section is called Mónica cool, where she teach how survive in the last trends.[29]
  • Miguel Ángel Revilla[29]
  • Cristina Pardo: His section is called Podría ser peor, where she analyze the hot news.[29]
  • Joaquín Sánchez[29]

Episodes

Season Channel Episodes Release Final Audience
ViewersShare
1 Cuatro 35 September 24, 2006 June 3, 2007 1,127,000 9.7%
2 152 September 17, 2007 June 9, 2008 1,747,000 9.7%
3 201 September 1, 2008 June 29, 2009 1,988,000 11%
4 169 August 31, 2009 July 7, 2010 1,610,000 8.7%
5 164 August 26, 2010 June 30, 2011 1,517,000 8.1%
6 Antena 3 180 September 5, 2011 July 12, 2012 2,199,000 11.3%
7 185 September 3, 2012 July 4, 2013 2,254,000 11.2%
8 160 September 2, 2013 July 17, 2014 2,451,000 12.8%
9 162 September 1, 2014 July 9, 2015 2,609,000 13.5%
10 157 August 31, 2015 July 11, 2016 2,887,000 15.4%
11 154 September 5, 2016 July 5, 2017 2,696,000 14.8%
12 150 approx. September 4, 2017[30] July 2018
13 150 approx. September 3, 2018 July 2019
Total 1,642 2006

Notes

  1. ↑ Celebrities include: Batista (Rey Mysterio was interviewed by the El Hormiguero´s ants in USA) from WWE, sportsmen Dwight Howard, Rudy Fernández, Novak Djokovic, Fernando Alonso and Rafa Nadal, the models Cara Delevingne, Alessandra Ambrosio and Heidi Klum, the astronaut Charles Duke, the writer Dan Brown, the dog trainer Cesar Millan, actors and singers Hugh Jackman, Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Matt Dallas, Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Lawrence; Lost stars Matthew Fox and Jorge Garcia; Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jackie Chan, Hugh Grant, Michael C. Hall, Danny DeVito, Jean Reno, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Geraldine and Oona Castilla Chaplin, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Johnny Knoxville, Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella, Emily Blunt, Cameron Diaz, Gary Dourdan, Bradley Cooper, Frat Pack members Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Carell and Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Jennifer Connelly, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Clive Owen, Alec Baldwin, Ricardo Darín, Laura Natalia Esquivel, Robert Englund, Mark Wahlberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Richard Gere, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, the Phelps twins, Russell Crowe, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins, Jessica Chastain, Ed Harris, Jared Leto, Peter Coyote, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Stewart, Peter Dinklage, Alex Pettyfer and Teresa Palmer, Channing Tatum, House M.D. stars Olivia Wilde and Lisa Edelstein; Orlando Bloom, Vin Diesel, Elsa Pataky, Chris Hemsworth, Dakota Johnson, Jeremy Irons, Leo Bassi, Margot Robbie, Sigourney Weaver, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Mel Gibson, David Hasselhoff, William Dafoe, Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Richard Madden, Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Rowan Atkinson, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Ashley Tisdale, the Jonas Brothers, Enrique Iglesias, The Backstreet Boys, McFly, Tokio Hotel, One Direction, Kylie Minogue, Alejandro Sanz, Shakira, Alesha Dixon, Ke$ha, Iggy Pop, Anastacia, Chayanne, Emilia de Poret, Julieta Venegas, Eros Ramazzotti, Chris Isaak, Emeli Sandé, Michel Teló, Gloria Estefan, Lang Lang, Jason Derulo, Ricky Martin, Austin Mahone, Alicia Keys, Pitbull, David Guetta, James Blunt, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Juanes, Nelly Furtado, Lenny Kravitz, Duffy, Taylor Swift, Romeo Santos, Carlos Santana, Laura Pausini, Mika, Spandau Ballet, Craig David, Jamie Cullum, Paulina Rubio, Carly Rae Jepsen, young actors and singers Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

References

  1. ↑ "'El hormiguero' llega a Antena 3 con Pablo Motos como nuevo presentador de la cadena". Formulatv.com. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  2. ↑ El Hormiguero pasará a ser diario (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Trancas: "Hace falta que fichemos a una hormiga con un buen culo" (in Spanish) Archived November 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ El hormiguero bate récord de share y espectadores por segunda semana (in Spanish) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Rose d'Or 2009 Winners Archived May 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Se acabó No Somos Nadie (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Celia Montalbán sustituirá a Pablo Motos en la cadena M80 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ David Bisbal de promoción con "Premonición" Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Alejandro Sanz y las hormigas (video) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Las secciones de la nueva temporada (Pablo Motos's weblog) (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Videochat – Flipy (abc.es) Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ ¡Caminaron sobre el agua! (video) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Mayorga, Emilio (March 29, 2007). "Cuatro signs with YouTube: Antena 3 launches mobile service". Variety.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  14. ↑ El Hormiguero consigue el prestigioso Premio Rose D’Or 2009 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ El Hormiguero logra una Rosa de Oro (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ récord de audiencia con la visita de los Jonas Brothers (in Spanish)
  17. ↑ Leins, Jeff (April 17, 2009). "What is Hugh Jackman Doing?". Newsinfilm.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  18. ↑ Backstreet Boys visitan ‘El Hormiguero’(in Spanish)
  19. ↑ "Will Smith y Margot Robbie en El Hormiguero". Vertele!. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  20. ↑ 'El Hormiguero' se emitirá en Italia y contará con Trancas y Barrancas (in Spanish)
  21. ↑ ""El Hormiguero humilla y se ríe de los invitados americanos"". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  22. ↑ "Motos: "Conan, arrieritos we are. Y another thing te voy a decir…"". Vertele. November 23, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  23. ↑ Televisión (2 March 2017). "El Hombre de Negro abandona 'El Hormiguero'". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "Conoce a Yibing, la nueva colaboradora de 'El Hormiguero'". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  25. ↑ Redacción (16 January 2017). "De Usun Yoon a Yibing, la nueva colaboradora de 'El Hormiguero'". El Diario (in Spanish). Ver tele!. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "¿Es Yibing la sustituta de Anna Simon? 'El Hormiguero' responde". El Diario (in Spanish). Ver tele!. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  27. ↑ "Mónica Cruz, fichaje estrella de la nueva temporada de 'El hormiguero' en Antena 3". OK Diario (in Spanish). Yotele. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  28. ↑ Merenciano, Carlos (29 August 2017). "Mónica Cruz ficha como colaboradora de la nueva temporada de 'El Hormiguero'". Formula TV. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  29. 1 2 3 4 Redacción (31 August 2017). "'El hormiguero': Cristina Pardo, Miguel Ángel Revilla y Joaquín Sánchez, nuevos fichajes de la temporada". Formula TV. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  30. ↑ "El estreno de la nueva temporada de 'El Hormiguero 3.0' llega pisando fuerte con Fernando Alonso como invitado". Antena 3 Noticias (in Spanish). Madrid. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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