El Puente (TV series)

El Puente (The Bridge) is a Spanish reality television series in which a group of contestants is challenged to work together as a team in order to build a bridge.[1][2]

El Puente
TV series poster
GenreReality television
Presented byPaula Vázquez
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16
Production
ProducerZeppelin TV
Running time50 minutes
Release
Original network#0
Original release29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) –
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)

Created and produced by Zeppelin TV (part of Endemol Shine Iberia), the first season aired on #0 from 29 May 2017 to 17 July 2017.[3] It was filmed in the Argentinian Patagonia. The series was renewed for a second season, which was filmed in Vietnam, and all of its episodes were made available on VOD on 23 September 2018.[4][5] The series was hosted by Paula Vázquez.

Format

In the first season, a group of fifteen strangers was brought together and challenged to build a bridge to an island 300 meters away in 30 days. If they were successful, each contestant had to vote on who deserved to receive the €100,000 prize that was kept there. The person with the most votes had then to decide whether to keep it for themselves or share it among the group.[6]

In the second season, two competing groups were introduced, among other twists. Each group consisted of seven people and had to build a bridge of 400 meters in 20 days.[7]

Series overview
List of seasons
Season Premiere date Finale date Location Prize Winner
1 29 May 2017 17 July 2017 Patagonia, Argentina €100,000 David
2 23 September 2018 Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam Equipo Sur
(South Team)

International adaptations

The French adaptation of the show, titled The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, premiered on M6 on 3 January 2019.[6][8] A British adaptation, titled The Bridge and narrated by James McAvoy, was produced by Workerbee for Channel 4 in 2020.[9] A Brazilian adaptation was produced for HBO Max in 2021.[10]

An Australian version was commissioned for Paramount+ in 2022, with the first episode also broadcast on sister free-to-air channel Network 10 as a preview. Ten months later, the full series was broadcast on Network 10 in primetime, in the place of the premiere week of the 15th season of MasterChef Australia, which was delayed a week following the death of judge Jock Zonfrillo.[11]

Country Name Broadcaster Premiere Finale Host(s) Winners
 Australia The Bridge Australia Paramount+ 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)[12] 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) Hugo Weaving (narrator) Season 1, 2022: Bardie
 Brazil A Ponte: The Bridge Brasil HBO Max 9 June 2022[13] 23 June 2022 Murilo Rosa Season 1, 2022: Suyane Moreira[lower-alpha 1]
 France The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie M6 3 January 2019 24 January 2019[lower-alpha 2][15] Stéphane Rotenberg Season 1, 2019: Jill
 Hungary A híd HBO Max 11 August 2023 25 August 2023 Magyarósi Csaba Season 1, 2023: Janka
 Lithuania Tiltas Telia Play 4 October 2023[16] Rytis Zemkauskas
(narrator)		 Season 1, 2023: Currently airing
 United Kingdom The Bridge (1)
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune (2)		 Channel 4 11 October 2020[17] 2022 James McAvoy (2020)
(narrator)
AJ Odudu (2022)
Aldo Kane (2022)[18]		 Series 1, 2020: Julie[lower-alpha 3][19]
Series 2, 2022: Kim Blackman[lower-alpha 4]

Notes
  1. Received BRL 400 thousand, kept BRL 175 thousand and divided the remainder among the other participants.
  2. Due to poor ratings, M6 cancelled airing episodes at 8:50 PM. Shows 3–5, which were initially to be aired on 17, 24, and 31 January were instead aired during the second part of the evening on 17 January and 24 January.[14]
  3. Gave half the money to fellow contestant Sly
  4. Gave half the money to Shaun Pelayo

References
  1. "'El puente', el primer 'reality' que parece cine". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 May 2017.
  2. Álvarez, Isra (24 May 2017). "'El Puente': un espectacular formato entre reality y documental con Paula Vázquez". 20 minutos (in Spanish).
  3. Rus, Óscar (19 July 2017). "David Adán, ganador de "El Puente" (#0): "Es una película con final feliz"". ABC (in Spanish).
  4. Hergar, Paula (7 June 2018). "Vuelve El Puente en Vietnam: primeras imágenes de la segunda temporada". eldiario.es (in Spanish).
  5. "La segunda edición de 'El Puente' se estrena al completo el 23 de septiembre". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 11 September 2018.
  6. Watson, Ryan (28 June 2018). "M6 builds its own Bridge with Endemol Shine". C21Media.
  7. Mingo, Alicia (19 September 2018). "Paula Vázquez regresa con 'El puente 2' a Movistar+ y nos habla de lo nuevo de '¡Fama!'". Teleprograma. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. "The Bridge : destination, règles… tout sur le nouveau jeu d'aventure de M6". programme-tv.net (in French). Télé-Loisirs. 15 February 2018.
  9. Wiseman, Andreas (24 August 2020). "James McAvoy To Narrate Channel 4 Reality Show 'The Bridge'". deadline.com. Deadline Hollywood.
  10. Viana, Victor (12 August 2021). "HBO Max anuncia "The Bridge Brasil" com Pepita e mais personalidades". portalpopline.com (in Portuguese).
  11. Knox, David (1 May 2023). "The Bridge to replace MasterChef | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  12. @ParamountPlusAU (31 July 2022). "330 metres. 17 days. 1 winner. Global reality phenomenon The Bridge Australia, narrated by Hugo Weaving, premieres…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "New survival reality show, "A PONTE: THE BRIDGE BRASIL", premieres june 9 on HBO Max". Benzinga. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  14. "Déprogrammation TV - Faute d'audience, M6 retire The Bridge et Les Reines des Enchères". www.programme-television.org. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  15. Telestar.fr (14 January 2019). "Déprogrammation de The Bridge : déçus, les candidats réagissen... - Télé Star". www.telestar.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  16. "Uždarame renginyje „Telia Play" pristatė lietuviams iki šiol nematyto formato serialą „Tiltas"". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  17. "The Bridge episode 1 viewers confused by lack of bridge-building". Digital Spy. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  18. "AJ Odudu hosts The Bridge for tropical second season". Radio Times. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  19. "Channel 4's The Bridge reveals winners in twist-filled finale". Digital Spy. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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