Showmatch
| Showmatch | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Variety show, reality show |
| Presented by | Marcelo Tinelli |
| Opening theme | "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles |
| Country of origin |
 Argentina
|
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Federico Hoppe Pablo Prada |
| Producer(s) | Ideas del Sur |
| Running time | approx. 120 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Canal 9 (2005-2006) El Trece (2006-2012, 2014-present) |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | April 4, 2005 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Videomatch |
Showmatch is a popular Argentine television program, currently broadcast by Channel 13. It replaced the comedy show Videomatch in 2004, and from 2006 has produced the dancing contest Bailando por un Sueño ("Dancing for a Dream"), along with similar contests such as Cantando por un Sueño ("Singing for a Dream"), Patinando por un Sueño ("Skating for a Dream"), and El Musical de tus Sueños ("The Musical of your Dreams"). In 2009, it presented "Gran Cuñado" ("Big Brother-in-Law"), a parody of the reality show Big Brother.
Showmatch is one of Argentina's most-watched programs, and scored as the country's highest-rated TV show in 2010 and 2011.
It has played host to a number of celebrity guests from around the world, including former boxer Mike Tyson and footballer Ronaldinho. However, the show has also been an ongoing source of controversy, and has been accused of sexual discrimination and the objectification of women.
Showmatch is the new name of the program presented by Marcelo Tinelli, succeeding Videomatch, a sports and comedy show.
On September 2, 2005, Tinelli signs a major contract with Artear, operator of eltrece, thus opting to move to the channel of the solcito (little sun), where he eventually would set the program since 19 September 2005. The negotiations between the two companies had begun in April, at the initiative of Adrian Suar, director of programming of the station. As background, Suar and Tinelli already had preliminary negotiations in an attempt to passing during 1997.
"This is a bet that transcends economics, I feel it is a path of long - term tends to insert the program into a broader platform, which will open more possibilities to Argentine production and international expansion," Tinelli said when closing the contract. Meanwhile, Federico Hoppe and Pablo Prada became the main producers of the program. Since its inception, the program eight seasons remained to be issued consecutively until the end of the cycle in 2012, where the program stopped being broadcast until 2014, the year in which the program retakes its emissions.
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