2023-10-05 00:21:36
Once again, the family gets together to play and answer curious questions in the fifth season of ‘The House of Challenges’. Presenter David Moreno (Logroño, 1989) repeats at the helm of this Boing format (Monday to Thursday, 8:20 p.m.), Mediaset’s children’s channel, which has become an essential program for many children. In its previous edition, the space averaged a 15.8% screen share among viewers aged four to twelve.
–What new features does the fifth season bring?
–The most important novelty of ‘The House of Challenges’ are the contestants. They are the protagonists, but we have also been modifying things without changing the essence of the program. We are a family space full of fun. We bet more on humor and the bad jokes that I tell (laughs). We have renewed ourselves with new and bigger games, full of goo, and without forgetting the classics like ‘Huevo splash’.
–Do you notice that more and more families show up?
–What I notice, especially when I meet children on the street or with spectators at presentations of my book, is that they want to go compete in ‘The House of Challenges’. Everyone is very attentive to when the casting opens and the new season begins, and if they manage to go with their families to participate. It’s more like a collective dream.
–In these five seasons that the program has been broadcast, has the way in which children face the contest changed?
–The profile of the children is more or less the same, but it is true that they are becoming more and more familiar with the program. I have also realized that there are more children who are experts in ‘The House of Challenges’. They even go so far as to study the questions of the board game, just in case one falls to them. They know the mechanics and practically nothing has to be explained to them, because the important thing for them is that they have fun. The new ones who come forget more about the competition and see it as a unique and unrepeatable event that they will experience with their families. They don’t care if they win or lose.
–What is it like working with parents and their children on the set?
–They are great and they get very involved. You see a lot of family love. In the home program perhaps it is not so noticeable. I end up falling in love with their relationships and how well they get along, or how they support each other. There are all kinds of parents here, very shy about what they will say at work, but they forget when they are on set because they want to have a good time. They come without prejudices to enjoy it with their children and make them happy.
–You already know that in other competitions parents don’t get along so well…
–For us it is a priority that there is good vibes. The contestants forget that they are competing and focus on supporting their classmates. They make it easy for each other. The children are very good companions and many friendships are forged. They even meet up with each other outside of the program, as if it were a summer camp.
–What is the key to ‘The House of Challenges’ being one of the few self-produced contents that endure on DTT?
–The key is that everything we do is honest. Everything we do on the show is for real. There is healthy competition, family love. We are used to television that, at times, is all posturing and artifice, because ‘The House of Challenges’ is a true format.
–It is difficult to see a program similar to ‘The House of Challenges’ on television.
–Neither in children’s nor general chains. I am very sorry. I am delighted to be the leading voice of a family and children’s entertainment program, but I would like this type of television to be taken more seriously. I would love for Telecinco, for example, to repeat ‘The House of Challenges’ or offer the best moments on a Saturday morning. A program like this has a place outside of a children’s channel, without me knowing anything about programming (laughs).
–Would this program work on Telecinco?
–It would have a higher level of acceptance because there are many adults who do not go through Boing. Children and parents know which channel they have it saved on, although it is understood that it is a children’s program. Adults forget that there is content for children that adults can also enjoy. Of course it would work on Telecinco, because many viewers would find it zapping.
–The ‘Grand Prix’ on TVE showed that family entertainment can work on television.
–The ‘Grand Prix’ is a program that can be compared with ours. Adults play on TVE but it is intended for the whole family to watch. It has worked and it is a success. Of course, ‘The House of Challenges’ is more fun (laughs).
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