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Grand Prix 2025

Heat 2

Event Staged: June 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 14th July 2025, 10.55pm-1.10am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 909,000 viewers / 12.5% share

Teams: L'Ollería (Valencia) v. Urdúliz (Vizcaya)

Team Members included:
L'Ollería - Rozalén, singer (Team Patron), Ramón Vidal (Mayor);
Urdúliz - Fernando Gil, actor (Team Patron), Itziar Iratzagorria (Mayor).

Games (Official Titles - Translated): The Ki-monos, The Pilot-Puppy, Gone with the Velcro, Hamsters to the Race, The Penguinducks, Hot Potato, Crazy Logs, The Mathematician Penguins, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Urdúliz ● ●
 L'Olleria

28
21

Ranking

 Team

Points

Rankings Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
-
-
-
-
-
-

 Urdúliz
 L'Olleria
 Celanova
 Huelma
 Alagón
 Cubas de la Sagra
 Herencia
 L'Arboç

 Peñaranda de Bracamonte
 San Sebastián de la Gomera

28
21
16
13
-
-
-
-
-
-

Additional Information

For the second week running, the team leading going into the first round of 'The Dictionary' (last week Huelma, this week L'Olleria) undid all their good work on the physical games, squandering thier lead in the intellectual rounds. In this case, L'Olleria answered just one of three questions correctly, whereas their rivals from Urdúliz gave correct answers to all three of theirs.

Despite this disastrous conclusion to their performance, the L'Olleria team would have taken some solace when they saw the league table rankings as their score of 21pts installed them in 2nd place of the four teams that had to this point participated in Grand Prix 2025. This was because the first heat had been a low-scoring affair and the winning team of Celanova had amassed a mere 16pts - and were in imminent danger of being eliminated from the semi-finals (which would comprise the four highest ranked teams) as six teams were still to post their scores.

The game 'Gone with the Velcro' ws a variation of the game '2 Velcroed', which was seen in the 2024 Christmas Grand Prix specials and had become a fan favourite. In the first iteration, the players just had to copy a single image, but here the players were asked to do the same and would only recieve a point if the Team Patron could identify the scene they were representing (i.e. playing football).

The city council of Urdúliz spoiled the outcome of this heat by publicly inviting its citizens to attend another recording, either on the 4th or 7th July. This announcement was subsequently removed, but by that time even the newspapers had taken account of the call and everyone knew that Urdúliz had won the heat.

The viewing figures for Grand Prix at this point in its 2025 series were still holding their own, comfortably ahead of the competition in the same timeslot.

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Grand Prix 2025

Heat 3

Event Staged: June 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 21st July 2025, 10.25pm-1.05am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 986,000 viewers / 12.0% share

Teams: Alagón (Zaragoza) v.
San Sebastián de la Gomera (Isla la Gomera - Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Team Members included:
Alagón - Lydia Valentín, weightlifter (Team Patron), Jesús Gustrán (Mayor);
San Sebastián de la Gomera (Full Squad) - J. J. Vaquero, comedian (Team Patron), Angélica Padilla (Mayor), Santiago Sánchez (Team Captain), Lourdes Armas (Cultural Assistant for 'The Dictionary'), Judith Esther Álvarez, Alicia Candelaria Arteaga, Carlos Eduardo Ayala, Lumila de los Ángeles Cañete, Carmen Castilla, Sebastián Castilla, Ángel Joram Chávez, Jonás Chávez, Andrea Chinea, Gabriela Coello, Almudena Curbelo, Rania Curbelo, Lucía Darias, Sebastián Daniel Darias, Antonio Manuel Febles, María Eugenia Ileana Figueroa, Andrea García, Eloy García, Gerardo García, Kisbel María García, Abraham González, Hugo González, Javier González, Aday Herrera, Ignacio Jesús Herrera, Kevin Román Herrera, Noemí Herrera, Besay Luzardo, Évelyn Marichal, Francisco Javier Mendoza, Mar Mendoza, Raúl Mesa, Alicia Molina, Nauzet Mora, Candelaria Marlene Morales, Aberbequere Xerach Padilla, Rosa Adelia Padilla, Carlos Padrón, Denise Padrón, Marcos Padrón, Isis Pereda, Luciana Paola Pereyra, Víctor Pérez, Daniel Práxedes, Jorge Práxedes, Jésyka Inés Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, Ilse Tinoco, Javier Valeiras, Yaiza María Vizcaíno.

Games (Official Titles - Translated): Crazy Logs, Champions Prix, The Rascal Squirrels, The Mathematician Penguins, Hot Potato, Jurassic Prix, Basketball in Nappies, The Angry Seagulls, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 San Sebastián de la Gomera ● ●
 Alagón

27
12

Ranking

 Team

Points

Rankings Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
-
-

-
-

 Urdúliz
 San Sebastián de la Gomera
 L'Olleria
 Celanova
 Huelma
 Alagón
 Cubas de la Sagra
 Herencia
 L'Arboç

 Peñaranda de Bracamonte

28
27
21
16
13
12
-
-
-
-
-

Additional Information

On the night of transmission, a 40-minute behind-the-scenes programme was screened from 9.45pm called Grand Prix: The Pre-Show, revealing how a programme of the series was brought to the screens. Grand Prix Heat 3 followed afterwards, starting at 10.25pm.

The Alagón team planned to use their prize money from this heat, should they have won it, to relocate the town's bull run to a larger venue.

The island of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, is notable in the sense of its inhabitants' unique way of communicating: the Gomeran whistle, a fully-fledged language based on whistles that has been used for many centuries. Natives used to communicate with these whistles due to the difficult, mountainous terrain of the island with big altitudinal differences from town to town. The whistles can be heard from distances as great as 2500 to 3000 metres. This was, of course, aknowledged during the show. San Sebastian de la Gomera is the biggest town in the island, with 9,584 habitants (2023 census), accounting for almost half of the island's total population of 22,361 (also 2023).

The fourth game - 'The Mathematician Penguins' - was a closely-fought race, so much so that a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decision was required to determine the victor!

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Grand Prix 2025

Heat 4

Event Staged: Summer 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 28th July 2025, 10.25pm-1.05am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 910,000 viewers / 11.5% share

Teams: Herencia (Cuidad Real) v. Peñaranda de Bracamonte (Salamanca)

Team Members included:
Herencia - Inés Hernand, TV host (Team Patron), Sergio García-Navas (Mayor);
Peñaranda de Bracamonte - Patxi Salinas, ex-football player (Team Patron), Carmen Ávila (Mayor).

Games (Official Titles - Translated): The Coconut Retrievers, Mission: Carrot, Shoot the Penguinduck, Hamsters to the Race, Hot Potato, The Pilot Puppy, Crazy Logs, The Mathematician Penguins, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Herencia ● ●
 Peñaranda de Bracamonte

32
15

Ranking

 Team

Points

Rankings Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
-
-

 Herencia ●
 Urdúliz ●
 San Sebastián de la Gomera ●
 L'Olleria
 Celanova
 Peñaranda de Bracamonte
 Huelma
 Alagón
 Cubas de la Sagra
 L'Arboç

32
28
27
21
16
15
13
12
-
-

Additional Information

Usually the patrons only play in simple games or by giving directions. However, this time, both patrons played in 'The Mathematician Penguins' game, putting the costume on and doing a nice job. Inés Hernand, the Herencia patron, survived half of the game and Peñaranda de Bracamonte patron Patxi Salinas reached the final. In the final, the referee had to check the video playback as it appeared that Herencia's player had pushed Patxi, which is against the rules. In the end, it was judged that no offence had been committed and the result stood. The performance of the last man standing from the Herencia players was quite remarkable, since at first three Peñaranda competitors were still playing and he was alone.

Despite proving himself an excellent player of 'The Mathematician Penguins' game, Patxi Salinas put in a disastrous performance in 'The Super Bowling Pins', directing the player to shoot both host Ramón Garcia and Salinas himself instead of the bowling pins, and leaving the player lost in the game for over a minute. Still, he managed to recompose himself and do a decent job by scoring 4pts. He still was no match to one of the best performances of the season in the game by Herencia, with Inés Hernand giving very precise directions and scoring 6pts. This was aknowledged by Ramón García, who congratulated her after the game.

With just one heat to be played, Herencia had guaranteed themselves a semi-final spot, and Urduliz and Sebastián de la Gomera were also in positions whereby it was not possible for them to be eliminated. The team of L'Olleria were holding onto their semi-final placing by the skin of their teeth...

Grand Prix's ratings continued to hold up well and this week their 11.5% share meant that the programme ended up as the top-rated show of the night.

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Grand Prix 2025

Heat 5

Event Staged: Summer 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 4th August 2025, 10.25pm-1.05am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 928,000 viewers / 12.6% share

Teams: Cubas de la Sagra (Madrid) v. L'Arboç (Tarragona)

Team Members included:
Cubas de la Sagra - Gorka Rodríguez, TV host (Team Patron), Tania Sánchez (Deputy Mayor);
L'Arboç - Henar Álvarez, Spanish scriptwriter and comedian (Team Patron), Joan Sans (Mayor).

Games (Official Titles - Translated): Crazy Logs, The Mathematician Penguins, The Rascal Squirrels, Basketball in Nappies, The Super Chefs, Hot Potato, Champions Prix, The Ki-monos, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Cubas de la Sagra ● ●
 L'Arboç

28
25

Ranking

 Team

Points

Rankings Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th

 Herencia ●
 Cubas de la Sagra ●
 Urdúliz ●
 San Sebastián de la Gomera ●
 L'Alborç
 L'Olleria
 Celanova
 Peñaranda de Bracamonte
 Huelma
 Alagón

32
28
28
27
25
21
16
15
13
12

Additional Information

This was a very close heat which ended with both teams locked in a tight battle in the deciding rounds of 'The Dictionary'. With one question left to go, the scores were tied at 28-28, with Cubas de la Sagra having answered all three questions correctly. The L'Alborç team had matched their achievement on the first two questions and all they needed to do was answer correctly on their final Dictionary round and the victory was theirs. As it stood, were they to answer correctly, L'Alborç, Cubas de la Sagra, Herencia and Urdúliz would qualify for the semi-finals and San Sebastián de la Gomera would be eliminated. However, despite a fine performance throughout the contest, the L'Alborç team unfortunately answered incorrectly, losing rather than gaining 3pts. This left them in 2nd place and on 25pts, which allowed San Sebastián de la Gomera to squeeze into the semi-finals in their place. As the result of the contest was announced, the L'Alborç mayor Joan Sans was unable to hide his tears from the camera, such was his shock and disappointment at losing the competition and missing out on progression to the semi-finals. Audience members and competitors from both towns cheered his name and Ramón García made a point of giving him a big, conciliatory hug - a good example of the warmth and caring nature of the show.

The mayor of Cubas de la Sagra was not present at the recording of this Grand Prix heat, so he instead sent the deputy mayor, Tania Sánchez. No official explanation was given for his absence, but obviously it was a planned absence as the mayor featured in the town's postcard video, in which he was seen passing the baton to the deputy mayor and wishing her and the team well.

Viewing figures continued to be good, with Grand Prix being the most watched programme on Spanish television on the night of Monday 4th August 2025. It's nearest rival had a 10.7% share compared to Grand Prix's 12.6%.

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Grand Prix 2025

Semi-Final 1

Event Staged: Friday 4th July 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 11th August 2025, 10.25pm-1.05am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 735,000 viewers / 10.0% share

Teams: Cubas de la Sagra (Madrid) v. Urdúliz (Vizcaya)

Team Members included:
Cubas de la Sagra - Carolina Marín, badminton player (Team Patron), Tania Sánchez (Deputy Mayor);
Urdúliz - Sergio Bezos, comedian (Team Patron), Sonia Sánchez (Deputy Mayor).

Games (Official Titles - Translated): Crazy Logs, Champions Prix, Shoot the Penguinduck, Jurassic Prix, Hot Potato, The Pilot-Puppy, Angry Seagulls, The Mathematician Penguins, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 Cubas de la Sagra ● ●
 Urdúliz

29
14

Additional Information

This Grand Prix semi-final was unusual in the history of the programme in that both team's mayors were absent and were represented by their deputies - and both deputies were named Sánchez!

After the first two games which resulted respectively in a tie and a win for Urdúliz, this contest developed in a very one-sided fashion. Other than 'The Super Bowling Pins', Cubas de la Sagra won all the remaining games. Such was the chasm between the points scored by the rival teams that only a single round of 'The Dictionary' was needed in order to determine the winner of this semi-final. Even if Cubas de la Sagra had answered the second and third rounds incorrectly and Urdúliz had answed correctly, the score would have been 23-21 to Cubas de la Sagra, and therefore those rounds were not played.

During the shoot the third game - 'Shoot the Penguinduck' - one of the disturbers from the Urdúliz team was injured and had to skip most of the game. This situation helped Cubas de la Sagra win the game.

This semi-final witnessed Grand Prix's first week in 2025 where it was not the top rated show on its night of broadcast, slipping to 735,000 viewers and a 10.0% share. The top programme on the night rated slightly higher and recorded a 10.8% share. By way of comparison the first five heats of Grand Prix 2025 had been seen by an average of 929,600 viewers with a 12.8% share.

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Grand Prix 2025

Semi-Final 2

Event Staged: Monday 7th July 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 18th August 2025, 10.25pm-1.05am

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 912,000 viewers / 12.6% share

Teams: Herencia (Cuidad Real) v.
San Sebastián de la Gomera (Isla la Gomera - Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Team Members included:
Herencia (Cuidad Real) - Dulceida, influencer (Team Patron), Sergio García-Navas (Mayor);
San Sebastián de la Gomera - Angélica Padilla (Team Patron), Edu Soto, comedian (Mayor), Santiago Sánchez (Team Captain), Lourdes Armas (Cultural Assistant for 'The Dictionary'), Judith Esther Álvarez, Alicia Candelaria Arteaga, Carlos Eduardo Ayala, Lumila de los Ángeles Cañete, Carmen Castilla, Sebastián Castilla, Ángel Joram Chávez, Jonás Chávez, Andrea Chinea, Gabriela Coello, Almudena Curbelo, Rania Curbelo, Lucía Darias, Sebastián Daniel Darias, Antonio Manuel Febles, María Eugenia Ileana Figueroa, Andrea García, Eloy García, Gerardo García, Kisbel María García, Abraham González, Hugo González, Javier González, Aday Herrera, Ignacio Jesús Herrera, Kevin Román Herrera, Noemí Herrera, Besay Luzardo, Évelyn Marichal, Francisco Javier Mendoza, Mar Mendoza, Raúl Mesa, Alicia Molina, Nauzet Mora, Candelaria Marlene Morales, Aberbequere Xerach Padilla, Rosa Adelia Padilla, Carlos Padrón, Denise Padrón, Marcos Padrón, Isis Pereda, Luciana Paola Pereyra, Víctor Pérez, Daniel Práxedes, Jorge Práxedes, Jésyka Inés Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, Ilse Tinoco, Javier Valeiras, Yaiza María Vizcaíno.

Games (Official Titles - Translated): The Ki-monos, Mission: Carrot, The Mathematician Penguins, The Super Chefs, Hot Potato, Basketball in Nappies, Gone with the Velcro, Crazy Logs, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 San Sebastián de la Gomera ● ●
 Herencia

29
23

Additional Information

This was a contest won and lost in the three climactic rounds of 'The Dictionary'. Herencia were leading by a healthy 6 pts at the end of the physical games, 26-20, but answered their last two questions incorrectly and the tables were turned as San Sebastián de la Gomera did not put a foot wrong on the game, answering all three questions correctly. In doing so, they turned a 6 pts deficit into a 6pts lead!

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Grand Prix 2025

Final

Event Staged: Summer 2025
Venue: Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 25th August 2025

Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 1,049,000 viewers / 13.8% share

Winners' Trophy presented by: Carlos Valle, Mayor of Cudillero (1995 Champions)

Teams: Cubas de la Sagra (Madrid) v.
San Sebastián de la Gomera (Isla la Gomera - Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Team Members included:
Cubas de la Sagra - Adriana Torrebejano, actress (Team Patron), Tania Sánchez (Deputy Mayor);
San Sebastián de la Gomera - Jorge Lorenzo, five-times Moto GP Champion (Team Patron), Angélica Padilla (Mayor), Santiago Sánchez (Team Captain), Lourdes Armas (Cultural Assistant for 'The Dictionary'), Judith Esther Álvarez, Alicia Candelaria Arteaga, Carlos Eduardo Ayala, Lumila de los Ángeles Cañete, Carmen Castilla, Sebastián Castilla, Ángel Joram Chávez, Jonás Chávez, Andrea Chinea, Gabriela Coello, Almudena Curbelo, Rania Curbelo, Lucía Darias, Sebastián Daniel Darias, Antonio Manuel Febles, María Eugenia Ileana Figueroa, Andrea García, Eloy García, Gerardo García, Kisbel María García, Abraham González, Hugo González, Javier González, Aday Herrera, Ignacio Jesús Herrera, Kevin Román Herrera, Noemí Herrera, Besay Luzardo, Évelyn Marichal, Francisco Javier Mendoza, Mar Mendoza, Raúl Mesa, Alicia Molina, Nauzet Mora, Candelaria Marlene Morales, Aberbequere Xerach Padilla, Rosa Adelia Padilla, Carlos Padrón, Denise Padrón, Marcos Padrón, Isis Pereda, Luciana Paola Pereyra, Víctor Pérez, Daniel Práxedes, Jorge Práxedes, Jésyka Inés Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, Ilse Tinoco, Javier Valeiras, Yaiza María Vizcaíno.

Games (Official Titles - Translated): The Coconut Retrievers, Basketball in Nappies, Mission: Carrot, Hamsters to the Race, Hot Potato, Champions Prix, Crazy Logs, The Mathematician Penguins, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary.

Game Results and Standings

Result

 Team

Points

Final Scoreboard

1st
2nd

 San Sebastián de la Gomera ● ●
 Cubas de la Sagra ●

22
15

Additional Information

The result of the 'Hot Potato' game was subject to a debate. During the second round, when San Sebastián de la Gomera had only its mayor alive in the game, Cubas de la Sagra's patron said the correct answer just one second before the balloon exploded. The rules about this have not been clear, with sometimes the player holding the balloon at the moment of the explosion being eliminated, and other times, as in this instance, it was the other player who got eliminated. Either way, this decision would not have altered the outcome of the final.

Before the eighth game - 'The Mathematician Penguins' - a "special round" was played with Ramón, Ángela, Wilbur and Lala for once participating in a game. The game itself ended in a very close race with several instant replays needed to determine the winner. In the end, both finalist players from each team of the game ended up in a hug and celebrating, which showed that Grand Prix is more a show about having fun together, and that the result is of secondary importance.

The contest was ended early when it was mathematically impossible for the Cubas de la Sagra team to match or beat their rivals' score. When San Sebastián de la Gomera answered their third question in 'The Dictionary' correctly, they opened up an unassailable 7pts lead and as such, Cubas de la Sagra were not required to answer their final question. The final score was not shown on screen and consequently our image above has been generated by JSFnetGB.

This was the first time that a team from the Canary Islands had won a Grand Prix final, and only the second time - after Haría took part in the first-ever final in 1995 - that a team from the region had reached the final. San Sebastián de la Gomera was the first Canarian team to take part in Grand Prix since 2005.

This year, the 30th anniversary of Grand Prix was celebrated. Despite having a different name for thet 1995 edition (Cuando Calienta el Sol), several clips of that year's final were shown during this programme. Carlos Valle, the present mayor of Cudillero (the 1995 winners) attended this final to award the 2025 Champions prize. It should be said that Ramón García was given honorary citizenship of Cudillero after the 1995 show.

The audience response to Grand Prix was again considered a success in 2025. It marginally bettered its 2024 performance, with an aggregate share of 12.3% of the viewing audience (0.1% up on the previous year). Seven of the eight editions topped the charts on their nights of broadcast, with the eighth placing second on the night by a small margin. Three years into its revival, Grand Prix remained in rude health.

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