Pequeños Gigantes ( Little Giants )

Posted on 13 November 2015 at 08:37

Pequeños Gigantes ( Little Giants )

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Introduction

Pequeños Gigantes is a child multitalent TV show produced by Competencia Producciones and broadcast on Telecinco since 9 September 2014. This programe is presented by Jesus Vazquez, Participants compete in several catagories, such as singing, dancing and charisma (Magic tricks, Parody and Humorous scenes). It is the Spanish adaptation of the similar format Mexican show broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas.

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Format.

The program is developed in a talent competition format among five teams, each consisting of a celebrity as mentor and as a captain of the team and four participants aged between 4 and 12 years. All have to face weekly challenges (of dancing, singing, magic tricks and parodies) improving their performance in order to get best scores for their team. Low scorers are eliminated until only to teams remain in competition who fight for victory. One of them will win the champions trophy and a scholarship for four members of the wining team.

Before the start of the competition, five teams are formed, they are given a name and are lead by a celebrity (team's Captain). Every team is presented to their captains, duels between two participants are made for each group in each category for a performance and judges choose the winners who become part of the team.

Finally, it presents the four children of the team and their mentor.

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Once the competition starts, teams are presented in weekly galas to demonstrate their skills being evaluated by the three judges who mark their performance score of 0 to 10. In addition, also they get extra points through testing charisma of his captains or special duels song and / or dance. Subsequently, the averages of the scores are added, resulting in the final score of each team, which will accumulate after every gala.

At the end of the gala, the team which is in last place in the standings, is eliminated from the competition to get less votes from the jury. Finally, they will have two teams in the end, of which only two will meet in a final challenge and public decides which team should win. Its has 2 seasons. Season 1 which was broadcasted in 2014 has ened and season 2 is now being broadcast on channal Telecino. I'll be only writing about season 1.

Presenter or Host of the show.

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Jesús Vázquez Martínez

Jesús Vázquez Martínez (born 9 September 1965) is a Spanish television presenter. In 2008 he became the first spaniard to be selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. Vázquez was born in Ferrol, Galicia. He moved to Melilla, where he joined as an undergraduate at the local Veterinary School; however, before he could complete his studies he moved to Madrid. In this period he worked as model.

Vázquez rose to fame in the early 1990s as the host of two television shows aimed at the teenage audience aired on Telecinco: La quinta marcha (1990-1991), which he hosted alongside Penélope Cruz, and Hablando se entience la basca (1991-1993).

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Season 2014

Jury team for 1st season of Pequeños Gigantes...

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Angy Fernández

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Ángela María Fernández González known as Angy (Palma, Majorca, September 5, 1990) is a Spanish singer and actress.

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Jorge Cadaval Pérez

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Cadaval Jorge Perez (October 8, 1960) is a Spanish humorist, member of the duo Los Morancos.

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Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez

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Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez (born October 12, 1990 in Dos Hermanas, Spain), better known in the Spanish music world as Melody, is an international pop singer.

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Mentor or Captains of the teams

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Adrián Rodríguez Moya

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Adrián Rodríguez Moya (born 28 November 1988) is a Spanish actor and singer from Catalonia. He is perhaps the best known for his roles in television series Los Serrano and Física o Química, and as a former member of Santa Justa Klan.

Lili Hergueta

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Lili Hergueta is a Dancer, choreographer and actress.

Marbelys Zamora

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Marbelys Zamora (22 March 1976; Matanzas, Cuba) is a professional dancer and choreographer.

Lucas González

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Lucas González is a popular Spanish Flamenco-inspired pop duo originally from the province of Cádiz in Spain.

Joaquín Prat Sandberg

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Joaquín Prat Sandberg (Denmark; 17 April 1975) is a journalist and presenter of Spanish television and radio.

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