Pasapalabra

Pasapalabra is a Spanish television game show, adapted from the British format The Alphabet Game.

Not to be confused with Password (American game show).

Pasapalabra
Pasapalabra logo since 2020
GenreGame show[1]
Presented by
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
Production
Running time43 minutes
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original network
Original releaseAntena 3 (first run):
24 July 2000 (2000-07-24) – 16 June 2006
Telecinco:
16 July 2007 (2007-07-16) – 1 October 2019
Antena 3 (second run):
13 May 2020 (2020-05-13)–present
External links
Website

Gameplay

In each episode, two contestants team with celebrities to play various games. A team's correct responses in these games score seconds, extending their contestant's time limit in the final game, known as el rosco final or el rosco.

In the rosco, gameplay proceeds through letters of the Spanish alphabet. For each letter, the host reads a definition of a word starting with or containing that letter. A contestant responds with a word, or passes by saying "pasapalabra". Completing the rosco with every response correct wins the show's progressive jackpot.

History

Pasapalabra first aired on Antena 3 in 2000, with Silvia Jato as host. Constantino Romero substituted Jato in 2002. Jaime Cantizano replaced Jato as host in 2006.

In 2006, a Pasapalabra jackpot of 2,190,000 € became the largest prize ever awarded on a game show in Spain, and the third largest prize ever awarded on a game show in Europe.[2]

In 2007, Pasapalabra moved to Telecinco with Christian Gálvez as host.[3] Pasapalabra aired evenings on Telecinco, Monday through Friday.[1]

In 2014, Lilit Manukyan of Armenia became the first Pasapalabra jackpot winner whose native language was not Spanish.[4]

On 2 October 2019, the Supreme Court of Spain ordered Telecinco to cancel the broadcast of Pasapalabra after a legal battle with the format's intellectual property owners ITV Studios.[5][6]

On 19 December 2019, Antena 3 acquired the rights to air the format from ITV Studios.[7] Roberto Leal took on hosting duties,[8] with Manel Fuentes filling in for him for two episodes while he was quarantined after contracting COVID-19.[9]

In early 2021, a special twenty anniversary episode will air with former hosts Silvia Jato and Jaime Cantizano as guest contestants.[10]

References
  1. "PASAPALABRA". Telecinco (in Spanish). Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. Gómez, Rosario G. (May 9, 2006). "'Pasapalabra' da un premio de 2,1 millones, el mayor de un concurso" [Pasapalabra gives away a 2.1 million prize, the largest from a game show]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  3. "Christian Gálvez, próximo presentador de 'Pasapalabra' en Telecinco" [Christian Gálvez, the next host of Pasapalabra on Telecinco]. FormulaTV (in Spanish). May 11, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  4. "Cuando era pequeña soñaba con ser la primera astronauta armenia" [When I was little I dreamed of being the first Armenian astronaut]. El País (in Spanish). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. Europa Press (2 October 2019). "El Supremo obliga a Telecinco a suspender la emisión de Pasapalabra "inmediatamente"" [The Supreme Court obliges Telecinco to cancel the broadcast of Pasapalabra "immediately"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. Mucientes, Esther. "Con la D, perder Pasapalabra: desgracia" [With the D, losing Pasapalabra: disgrace]. El Mundo. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  7. Vertele (19 December 2019). "Antena 3 se queda con 'Pasapalabra' tras perderlo Telecinco" [Antena 3 gets 'Pasapalabra' after Telecinco loses it]. eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  8. Tom C. Avendaño (14 April 2020). "Roberto Leal presentará el 'Pasapalabra' de Antena 3" [Roberto Leal will present the ‘Pasapalabra’ of Antena 3]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. "Manel Fuentes, presentador visto y no visto de 'Pasapalabra'" [Manel Fuentes, blink-and-you-missed-him host of 'Pasapalabra']. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  10. "Silvia Jato y Jaime Cantizano vuelven a 'Pasapalabra' por su 20 aniversario" [Silvia Jato and Jaime Cantizano return to 'Pasapalabra' for its 20th anniversary]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 31 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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