It must have been Javier Caballé, historic director of Programs and Entertainment at TVE, who around 1990 created the Public Corporation, then chaired by Jordi García Candau, the invention of getting the big stars of what was then the only network or at least the most watched one out of their boxes. To get him out of his funk was to make him do unusual things, like singing and dancing instead of presenting, Julia Otero, to the weather man or woman, or to other characters in the network. But at that time they were so well known, due to the audiences they scored, that it was shocking to see them in those tasks with costumes and choreographies that surprised.
In 2023, there are few recognizable faces left on TVE. And, of those that remain, many were not there this Christmas Eve Sunday. Therefore, except for a group of faithful viewers of the novel The Promise, and few others, we saw people that most of us did not know. And that was the backbone of this Christmas invention for television. In recent years, TVE had to import faces that were not its own, like Ana Obregón, now distraught after becoming a mother through surrogacy and does not stop despising the policy of this Government.
For reasons unknown to us, there was a lack Ramon Garcia, which is the emblem of TVE, and will be in the Campanadas. Nor did one of the most famous faces, even today, on TVE, the chef from Masterchef Jordi Cruz Thank goodness Pepe Rodríguez and Samantha Vallejo-Nágera were there.
Was Anne Igartiburu or an imported one Patricia Conde, hired by the production company in charge of carrying out the space (Europroducciones, by the historic Carlo Bosserman, those of Gran Prix). The ex of I know what you did She was super cute dressed up from the musical Chicago and dancing to versions of the fabulous music by John Kander and Bob Fosse.
“No one is perfect”, the phrase at the end of Con Faldas ya lo loco, was the title chosen for this year's gala that featured the aforementioned Patricia Conde and other presenters unknown to the vast majority (Rodrigo Vázquez and Aitor Albizua). Fortunately, we had the pleasure of having very well-known 'house brand' people, such as the aforementioned Igartiburu, Jordi Hurtado (Saber y Ganar), Jaime Cantizano (Mañaneros), Inés Ballester (Cine de Barrio), Jacob Petrus ( Here the Earth) or Cayetana Guillén Cuervo (Spanish version) or Elena Sánchez (Film Days).
The star was, as we said, Patricia Conde, a transcript of that extraordinary Catherine Zeta-Jones who fascinated with her All That Jazz in the film adaptation directed by Rob Marshall in 2002, along with Renée Zellweger and Richard Gere. The actors and actresses of the series 4 stars y The promise. They tried hard to do it well, and they succeeded. It's a shame that many people don't know who they are; Even so, his version of 'I want to dance all night' worked. Yes, we were familiar with the Grand Prix heifer (the special is produced by those who do it) or songs like 'Nochentera' by Vicco.
The tribute to Nino Bravo on the 50th anniversary of his death, with the unrepeatable version of Libre as an anthem of the night. It's a shame that it was performed by people from a program that the vast majority of the 47 million Spaniards do not watch, such as The Conqueror (Julian Iantzi, Joana, Cesc and Patxi).