Despite the rise of reality shows, the changes in the grids and other swerves that the channels give in search of the rating,
The 8 steps of the two million
remains with its head held high on its podium as
the most watched of ElTrece
.
Averaging 6 rating points, the program hosted by Guido Kaczka, from Monday to Friday in
prime time
(from 9:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.) continues to be the great workhorse of the channel hosted by Adrián Suar.
So much so that, this Monday, the question-and-answer cycle beat one of the premieres with the most production and deployment, such as
El hotel de los famosos
, and prevailed as the most watched on that screen, leaving the reality show driven by Pampita Ardohain and Chino Leunis in third place.
Jorge Jasán, one of the big winners of The 8 million steps.
Photo: Capture TV
Your own style
At this point, and on
a screen where fiction is scarce
-which, on the other hand, are all foreign- and reality seems to prevail as the king of programming,
The 8 Steps...
generated its own phenomenon, with an audience that He is loyal to the format, a rare bird on the current grid.
Since its premiere, on July 26, 2021, recently, Guido Kaczka's program slightly changed its name to
The 8 steps of two million
(before it was one million)
, according to the new amount that can be earned by participants who achieve the goal of answering the series of questions correctly.
And in all this time, in addition to awarding the prize, moving life stories were released through the cycle
that ended up being as interesting as the general culture questions
posed by the production.
Until Monday, January 9,
Pablo De Vita
is the participant who earned the most money in the program, accumulating eight million pesos, throughout successive broadcasts.
Awards, life stories, topics of general culture, some of the pillars of the phenomenon Los 8 escalones.
Photo: Lucia Merle
They followed him on the list, Jorge Jasán who won six million;
Hernán Parada, who managed to win eight million, but withdrew and kept six million,
giving two million to Georgina, the participant whom he had surpassed in his last final
De ella.
Gestures like that abound in the Kaczka cycle and the driver knows how to take advantage of each story, in the best sense.
A lot of money
In total, since the debut of
The 8 Steps.
.., the program
has already delivered 602 million pesos
(this figure counts until Friday, January 6, inclusive), which were allocated to people with very different dreams and needs.
In the life stories, the most varied situations appeared for which the participants expected to earn a million or now two million (or more in a few cases): from finishing their house, giving their parents a trip or helping their children. with the study, going through setting up his own business, paying debts and also taking care of health problems.
Last month, Dario, a participant who had already won two million, surprised everyone when he decided to give his place to another participant who had revealed his brother's mental health problem for which he planned to use the money if he won.
"
It seems to me that the dream of all of us is equally valid
, and they also deserve the possibility of participating for the million", Darío clarified.
The night version of the program offers two million pesos.
Photo Lucia Merle.
Like these, there were several stories that surprised and moved the driver, the jury and the public, almost always linked to attitudes of solidarity among the participants.
This is what happened with Jorge, the man who won six million and who also decided to drop out to give his rival an opportunity: "He needs it too. I
had the opportunity and I want him to take advantage of it too
."
many
participants
Since the program's debut, more than a year and a half ago, 5,000 participants
without distinctions of gender, age or social status
have passed , as well as people in wheelchairs, blind or with different physical conditions (which television does not usually include) , offering the same possibilities to everyone, which makes it one of the most inclusive on television today.
The cycle also has, among other characteristics, a generational crossing that allows many children and adolescents to share it with their parents and even more so, with their grandparents.
For older generations,
The 8 steps.
.. brings back to the screen the classic questions and answers that, in addition to entertaining, contributed to knowledge about general culture, challenging viewers.
Kaczka, who
in addition to being a conductor, is one of the producers of the cycle
, risks some idea about the phenomenon generated by
The 8 Steps...
: "I think that what happens with the program and that it has been sustained for a long time is that, in addition From being very entertaining,
it is interactive and familiar
. It is attractive both for the prizes and for the stories that the participants bring, added to the curiosity about the topics".
Guido Kaczka, a conductor with the right sensitivity for "The Eight Steps".
The boys, the World Cup and the jury
On the other hand, in the
Kids
specials , where the youngest participated together with their mothers or fathers, the prize was a trip to Disney and there were 40, corresponding to as many small winners.
Last year, in full World Cup fever, the program also acknowledged receipt of the theme and added other specials in the World Cup category and there
nine trips to Qatar were delivered to see the Argentine National Team
.
The jury is another of the successes of the cycle
, since the heterogeneity of those who sit at their podiums to ask questions cover almost all areas.
There are always four fixed jurors and one guest per night.
But throughout the program, different personalities were also added: from Carmen Barbieri to Martín Liberman and Nicole Neumann, passing through Jimena Monteverde.
They were joined by Ingrid Grudke, Soledad Solaro, Carolina Pampita Ardohain, Luli Fernández, Sebastián "Coco" Carreño, Santiago Do Rego, Gino Tubaro, among many more.
Shows, Science, History, Music, Sports, Technology, Art, about which the participants must answer.
The following also participated in the jury, at different times: Walter Nelson, Marina Calabró, Teresa Calandra, Marcela Tauro, Iliana Calabró, Esther Goris, Barbie Simons, Guillermo Coppola, Alejandro Fabbri and José Chatruc.
With a trade and a high capacity for improvisation, Kaczka became one of the best conductors on TV.
Photo Lucia Merle
For Kaczka, the participation of the juries, in roles other than those that the public is used to seeing them, is part of the attractiveness of the cycle.
"They propose very different topics and that adds up a lot," she says.
And he adds: "The cycle has a spirit that is very welcome by the public and I celebrate it. This is a great program in my life that continues to give me a lot of happiness."
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