Desafío (TV series)
| Desafío | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by |
Margarita Rosa (2004– 2006, 2008, 2011 – present) Victor Mallarino (2004 – 2005, 2009 – 2010) Lina Marulanda & Juan Pablo Llano (2007) Taliana Vargas (2009) Toya Montoya (2010) Juan Ignacio Velásquez (2011) Catalina Aristizábal (2017) |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Caracol TV |
| Original release | 2004 – present (2017) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Expredición Robinson Other versions |
| External links | |
| Website | desafio |
Desafío is a Colombian reality television game show produced by Caracol TV. In the show, contestants are isolated in an island and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other members until only one final contestant remains and wins a cash prize.
Although the show has been mostly produced by Caracol TV, other versions have been produced by GenTV and Univision. These two versions were produced in Florida and aimed to the Latin American audience in the United States.
Contestants are split in different groups of usually six to eight people each. The criteria for the division might vary from season to season. Some criteria used have been age, social hierarchy, or where they came from.
Each group is given a unique name and an identifying color. These are used on flags, challenge courses, on-screen text and various other items. Each player is given an assortment of clothes with their respective colors and symbols. Players are required to wear the color of their group in a visible location at all times, allowing the audience to identify their affiliation. Upon switching groups (due to a merge or dissolution), players are required to give up their old clothes and obtain new ones in the new group's color.
Each group is assigned a different beach to stay. Each beach has different qualities and benefits:
During each show, the groups have to compete in a challenge ("Desafío territorial") to decide which group will stay on each beach.
As the show progresses and contestants are eliminated, the teams are merged into a single group and they are taken to Playa Fusión, which features commodities slightly better than Playa Media.
During each show, teams will play three separate challenges. The challenges are:
Challenges vary from obstacle courses, to races, swimming matches, building puzzles, among many others.
"El Juicio" (or "The Judgment") is held at the end of each episode. Here, the group that lost the "Desafío Final" vote one person out of their team. Present at the judgment is the team that won the "Desafío de Salvación", who will serve as the judges. After a brief discussion of the events that led to that moment, each member of the losing team walks up to a table and secretly votes to eliminate a member of his team. After all members of the team have voted, the host counts the votes.
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