Since the sad news of the suicide of Veronica Forqué, the ‘realities’ have come to be in the spotlight, judging whether the security mechanisms of the programs when selecting their participants were being as effective as required. The debate is being intense. While the producer of ‘Masterchef celebrity’, the ‘talent show’ which was the last television work of the actress, assures that the protagonist of ‘Pepa y Pepe’ affirmed on many occasions “to feel happy and grateful” during the filming and months after, there are viewers who have reproached that the contest did not value enough the Forqué’s state of mind, who on previous occasions had confessed his depressions. Others see even more dangerous public mockery and derision to which social networks submit to participants in this type of ‘shows’. Psychologists, in any case, highlight “the importance of considering the emotional stability of a person when including them in a program that we know will be, albeit positively, a stressor”.
In the midst of this storm and crossing of opinions, the coincidences of life have led to its debut on the platform this Thursday, December 16 Amazon Prime Video a contest that has many similarities with that of the ‘vips’ cooks: ‘Celebrity bake off España’. The ingredients are, at the starting point, similar. It is about taking a group of celebrities and putting their aprons on them, although in this case to challenge them to prepare only desserts, from elaborate cakes, biscuits and cupcakes to succulent cookies, chocolates and macarons. The pressure of time will also always be very present, forcing them to give the best of themselves in a race against time so that their creations are as worthy as possible.
But nevertheless Paula Vazquez, master of ceremonies of the contest together with Brays Efe, the protagonist of ‘Paquita Salas’, stands out from the TVE-1 program. “Although we are formats that coincide on the culinary issue, I think that we do not approach. With this I am not criticizing ‘Masterchef’, but I believe that we have many differences”, highlights the presenter, who regrets “deeply” what happened with For what. “I hope it helps us all to reflect,” he says.
Harassment in the networks
She herself is aware of the pressure and harassment that social networks can exert, as she reported in ‘Saved’ speaking of the insults she received. “There you realize that normally there is someone frustrated who is pouring out his anger by hiding in anonymity and it is difficult to stay distant from that. But I am not going to enter into evaluations of what happened to Verónica because I did not know her personally nor do I know what has happened. It is a very sensitive issue, “he emphasizes.
One of the most obvious differences between ‘Celebrity bake off’ and ‘Masterchef’ is the duration. As Amazon launches this Thursday at once the 10 episodes of which the contest consists, has chosen not to lengthen the length of each chapter too much. They stay in 50-minute programs, made up of two tests that are used by the judges to decide which participant has to leave the competition in each episode. “What I hope is that people do not make ‘spoilers'”, begs the presenter.
The contest is an adaptation of ‘The Great British Bake Off’, which premiered more than 10 years ago on the British BBC and has been covered in 35 territories around the world, including countries such as Italy, France, Germany and Australia. In fact, here it already had an edition with anonymous participants in Cuatro in 2019, which was presented by Jesús Vázquez and which ended with a not too buoyant audience.
The Espe-Esty duo
Filmed for six weeks in the cloisters of Ayllón (Segovia), in the middle of a green valley, the contest has 12 ‘vips’ that are the most varied. There are singersChenoa, Soraya); actors (Adriana Torrebejano, Pablo Rivero, Yolanda Ramos and he is also a model Andrés Velencoso); the British nationalized Spanish pianist James Rhodes; the former referee Iturralde González; the ex-soccer player who won the World Cup Joan Capdevila; the former minister and former president of the Community of Madrid Hope Aguirre; ‘influence’ her Paula Gonu, and the ‘youtuber’ Esty Quesada, better known in the networks as I am a pringada.
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Precisely the program knows how to take advantage of this diversity of personalities and characters, especially the atypical tandem formed by Aguirre and Quesada, who have become almost a comedic duo in their constant interactions. “It seems to me that it is an ideal moment to show that, even having different ways of thinking or being, you can coexist and interact in a positive way,” says the presenter. “We were going to do a cooking show and we had a comedy show,” he values.
The judges in charge of tasting and scoring the pastry creations are Frédéric Bau (maestro chocolatero, reputado pastelero, director of L’École du Grand Chocolat y author of ‘Au coeur des saveurs’) y Clara Villalon (chef, gastronomic consultant and author of ‘El Club del Cupcake). She, by the way, already knows what it is to face the pressure of a program of these characteristics, because she was a contestant on the first season of ‘Masterchef’.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com