''Pasapalabra'' is an Argentine television program that replicates the format of the Spanish program of the same name, which in turn is based on the British contest ''

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'', and has been broadcast in intervals since 2002. It began on 7 January 2002, on Azul TV with

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. In January 2016, 15 years later, the format returned to broadcast television with

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as host for

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, until the end of 2020. Months later, the network

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acquired the rights and revived the production, starting on 1 March 2021.

History

The program featured the hosting of

in January 2002 on Azul TV and then returned in 2016 completely renewed, on

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and hosted by

. Since then, it has broadcast four uninterrupted seasons. In April 2020, due to the

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, the cycle went off the air after several repetitions. In November 2020, it was confirmed that the program would return in the first quarter of 2021 but this time on

Format

The program consists of two teams (blue and orange) of three people, where the captain is the participant, who is accompanied by two famous guests. During the first stage of the chapter, the teams compete in different games whose objective is the sum of seconds for the final game, called "the rosco". In the latter only the captains play, who compete for the jackpot. The winner of the chapter that does not complete "the rosco" will be able to continue participating in the next one.

Hosts

Games

This is the list of games prior to the rosco. * ''Track'' * ''The Music Track'' * ''The Music Track (International)'' * ''One Of Four'' * ''Tutti Frutti'' * ''Spell the word'' * ''Where are they?'' * ''Crossing words'' * ''Alphabet soup'' * ''How is this written?'' * ''Acted Words'' * ''Weaponword'' * ''Who are they?'' * ''Vowels and consonants''

Winners

Since 2016, there have been six winners of the Roscoː Horacio Moavro, Diego Aira, Martina Barraza, Camilo Rubio,

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and Brian Parkinson. Below is a table with the amounts won in the rosco over the last four seasons. In some cases, an amount earned in Argentine pesos translates into a lower amount in dollars due to the devaluation suffered by Argentina in recent years. The champions faced each other five times. On two occasions, Diego Aira defeated Martina Barraza and on another Diego Aira defeated Camilo Rubio. On one occasion Brian Parkinson defeated Martina Barraza and on another Martina Barraza defeated Brian Parkinson.

Participants

Champions who did not win the Rosco

There were also other champions who stayed many programs but could not take the Roscoː * Ramiro Faríasː 68 programs (before his definitive defeat he lost twice but on both occasions he returned to the program the following day after winning the repechage). * Diego Pokorski: 47 programs * Ivanna Hrycː 31 programs * Carol Legnazzi: 26 programs * Sergio Rodríguez: 17 programs * Gabriel Estrany: 13 programs

References

External links

* – ''Pasapalabra'' (El Trece) * – ''Pasapalabra'' (Telefe) {{Authority control Telefe original programming