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Grand Prix 2026
Spanish Domestic Series
Presenter / Commentator:
Ramón García
Co-Presenter:
Lalachus
Gorka Rodríguez
Referees:
Asun Langa
Eduardo Vicente
Referees' Assistants:
Daniel Bravo
Cristian Canadell
Javier Gallego
Víctor Guerrero
Raúl López
Roberto Rodríguez
Dancer / Comedian:
Víctor Ortiz (Wilbur)
Vachette Performer:
Miguel Del Pozo
Dinosaur Performer:
Nicolás Greco
Music and Sound Effects:
Federico Vaona
Production Credits:
Creator:
Francesco Boserman; Executive Producers - Euro TV Producciones:
Carlo Boserman, Jose Luis Vicente, Amato Pennasilico; Entertainment
Management RTVE: Miriam García Corrales; Production Executive RTVE:
Toñi Prieto; Production Direction: Aranza Sánchez; Production
Manager: Patricia de Orive; Production
Management: Cristina Benevente, Cinta Méniz, Guillermo Moreno;
Management Team: Elena Argota, Virginia Barral, Marta Ruiz, Paula
Torregrosa, Lara Vico, Eduardo Vicente; Specialists Team: Bungy System;
Editorial Office:
Mafer Jiménez; Set Design: Punto Per Punto;
Games Production: Bárbara González, Jesús Chacón, Adriana González;
Technical Direction: Adrián Rodríguez;
Art Direction: Laura Lostalé; Script: Virginia Barral, Cristina
López, Carlos Soria;
Writing: Jaime Acero, Lorena Galiani, Ana Gracia, Jorge Mesa;
Wardrobe: Sandra Sáez; Costumes: Alba Borregón, Tamara
Caballero, Laura Expósito, María Fernández, Carla Grau, Emma Izquierdo,
Marcelo Rodríguez, Joaquín Santiago; Wilbur's Costumes: J'Hayber; Lalachus'
Costumes: Luxenter, Papiroga, Primark; Gorka Rodríguez's
Costumes: Rod Almayate, Victoria; Make-up: Milagritos Makeup; Spider Condor Fly: System Grip;
Directors of
Photography: Iñaki Irastorza, Javier
Vergara; Stills Photography: Pablo Estrada; Art: Rubén Manso,
Francisco Martínez, Adría Stax, Christel Zöger; Documentalist: Roberto
Gonzalo; Graphics:
Melania Ibeas, MOA Studio; Graphics Direction: MSL; Co-ordination of
Guests: Elena Machi, Fernanda Palomino;
Extras and Stagehands: Grupo 4; Administration:
Elena Francés, María José Miñano, José Manuel Peña; Human Resources (RRHH): María
Piñeiro, Marina Redrejo, María
Torrero;
Counsellors: Sara Hernando, Cándido Sánchez;
Catering: La Diligencia, Marpicón; Cleaning: Erika Martínez; Public and Hostess Co-ordination: Yoli Benito,
Marcelo Cortazzo, Edgar Ricardo García, Jesús Alberto García, Berta Diana
Lago, Juan Carlos Meneses; Digital Communication: Susana Abad, Antonio
Arrebola; Systems: Guillermo Asenjo, Adrián González, Javier Mateos; Lighting Direction:
True Light; Set
Construction: Arrendamenti Allegrini, Iluminate; Games Construction:
Creadelua, Hartelo, Pablo Marugán; Equipment: Joma; Production Co-ordination:
Beatriz Cuerpo, Maria Laspiur; Production: Iván Beltrán, Andrea Cano,
Iria Cassinello, Nacho Fernández, Amalia Hermosa Gandía, Õscar González, Santi
Juan, Laura López, Talía Mercadal, Carmen Muñoz, Víctor Pastor, Estafanía Quishpe,
Carla Satrűstegui, Víctor Úbeda;
Production Team: Ángela Angulo, Gema Bercial, Aarón Falcón, Bárbara
García, Valentín Jiménez; Edition:
Francisco Álamo, Pablo Gómez, Vicente Nieto, Javier Roig; Technician:
David de la Horra; Technical Services: Proima
Zebrastu, Toboggan; Programme Control: Iria Cagigao, Judith Carrasco,
Bárbara Díez, Bárbara Rodríguez, José Rosales;
Cameras: Santiago Antiga, Iria Martínez, José Manuel Núñez, Alfonso Pazos,
Eloy Puertas, Remigio Rescalvo, David Sánchez; Steady
Cam: Antonio García, Jesús Ronquillo; Sound: SBA; VTR
Towns: Inés Almirón, Álvaro Barco, Antonio Jesús Barrantes (Chusky),
Víctor Forniels, David Ignacio Lozano, Fernando Ramírez, Christian O. Reyes,
Omar Romero; Realisation:
Valerio Boserman;
Director: Gabriela Ventura
Co-produced by:
Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE - E) and Euro TV Producciones
in collaboration with Amazon Prime
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Key:
Grand Prix
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= Heat Winner
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= Qualified for Semi-Final / Final
Final
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=
Gold Trophy /
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=
Silver Trophy
▲ = Promoted to Position / ▼ =
Demoted to Position |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 1 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 13th July 2026, 9.45pm-10.15pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 13th July 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 1,427,000 viewers / 16.8% share
(Grand Prix Presents: 1,171,000 viewers / 12.0% share) |
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Teams:
Cantalejo (Segovia) v. Polinyà (Cataluña) |
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Team
Members included:
Cantalejo - Boris Izaguirre, journalist and TV
presenter (Team Patron), Ana Rosa Zamarro San Atanasio (Mayor), Adrian Casla
(Team Captain);
Polinyà - Valeria Ros, comedian and TV presenter (Team Patron),
Javier Silva Perez (Mayor), Gerard (Team Captain, surname unknown), David Soto. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): Captain's Passion (non-scoring, in Grand Prix Presents),
The Greased Pole, The Ki-monos, Alice in Fallsland, The Mathematician
Penguins, Ants Forever, Hot Potato, Mission: Carrot, Basketball in Nappies,
Crazy Logs, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
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C |
✗ |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
-3 |
3 |
-4 |
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P |
✓ |
6 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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C |
0 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
14 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
23 |
20 |
23 |
19 |
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P |
0 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
21 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
29 |
32 |
36 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Polinyà
●
Cantalejo |
36
19 |
 |
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Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
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1st
2nd
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
Polinyà
Cantalejo
Altura
Balanegra
Blanca
Muros
Pradejón
Pravia
Quintanar del Rey
San Juan de la Rambla
Serranillos del Valle
Zumárraga |
36
19
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The Host
Town |
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Fuenlabrada, Spain
Fuenlabrada is a city and municipality of Spain located
in the Community of Madrid. As of 2018, it had a population of 193,586, making
it the region's fourth most populated municipality. Its name derives from the
contraction of 'fuente labrada', Spanish for 'carved fountain'.
There is evidence of human settlement in the area dating back to the
Paleolithic (La Cantueña) and the Bronze Age (Casas del Cerro). Other
settlements in the current municipal area, including Loranca, Albas and
Fregacedos, existed during the Upper Middle Ages.
The
founding of the village of Fuenlabrada can be traced to the late 14th century,
when it was populated by former inhabitants of the nearby settlements of
Loranca, Albas and Fregacedos. The first mention of Fuenlabrada, which by the
early 16th century was part of the Land of Madrid, was recorded later in the
century, during the reign of Philip II, in the so-called Topographic Relations
of Philip II.
While the agricultural sector of the economy remained dominant, the making of
rosquillas and buns in the municipality became renowned among the surrounding
towns by the end of the 19th century. Following the end of the 1936–1939 Civil
War, in which some parts of Fuenlabrada endured serious damage, the Dirección
General de Regiones Devastadas undertook some building works in the
municipality during the 1940s and 1950s.
Fuenlabrada witnessed a dramatic population explosion in the 1970s and 1980s,
due to large scale immigration of young workers coming from the capital city
and other agrarian regions (chiefly Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia
and Galicia) seeking affordable prices in housing. Going from 7,369
inhabitants in 1970, the municipality reached a population of 18,442 by 1975,
and 65,181 in 1980, credited as the biggest relative population increase in
Spain during that decade. Foreign workers have also settled in the city, most
of them coming from Latin America, Africa, the Maghreb, China and Romania. The
demographic growth has continued in the ensuing decades.
The
city is home to basketball team Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. Their home games are
played at Fernando Martín sports centre, which has a capacity of 5,700.
CF
Fuenlabrada is the local football team, playing in Segunda División (second
tier in Spanish league). They play as home team at the Estadio Fernando
Torres, inaugurated by the footballer's parents on 1st September 2011. The
stadium has a capacity of 7,500.
Since 1979, the municipality has been a stronghold of the Spanish Socialist
Workers' Party (PSOE) and has been part of the so-called "red belt" of the
Community of Madrid. |
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Additional
Information |
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This Grand Prix transmission was preceded by a 30-minute Grand Prix
Presents introductory programme - a practice that would be continued
throughout the 2026 series. This included 'Captain's Passion' - a
non-scoring game between the two teams which involved the team captains having
to stand with a tray above their shoulders while the patrons had to answer
questions about the towns they represented. If the patrons got the question
right, weight was added to the opponent's tray. However, if they got it wrong,
the additional weight went onto their own team's tray. The competitor who
dropped the tray first would lose the game. The winner - in this instance the
Polinyà team - carried the advantage of the Golden Vachette into the programme
proper - adding 2 pts to their score should they win the game on which they
presented it (a loss on that game would result in no bonus points being
added).
'The Greased Pole' (Game 1) was a game that had been played in Grand Prix
in the early 2000s but had been dropped due to security issues relating to its
organisation. It involved a greased 6m high pole, from the top of which joints
of ham were hung. The players, in turn, had to retrieve the joints. Polinya
played their Joker on the game and made it look easy by retrieving 8 compared
to Cantalejo's 2. This game is commonly played at many summer festivals around
Spain, either with a vertical or an horizontal pole.
During the game 'Alice in Fallsland', the main referee Asun Langa fell to the
floor whilst officiating on the game. Fortunately for her, since the players
were protected with safety equipment and she was not, the outcome was not
serious. She responded with a smile to a concerned Ramón García, confirming
that she was perfectly fine after the incident.
A
slight difference was made in the Dictionary game for 2026. While the first 2
questions gave the teams +/- 3 pts as before, the last one had a slightly
higher value (+/- 4 pts). While this was made with the intention of making the
last round more exciting, Polinya had already won the heat by a huge margin,
and it only served to deliver an even more devastating result for Cantalejo. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 2 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 27th July 2026, 9.45pm-10.15pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 27th July 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 1,284,000 viewers / 16.0% share
(Grand Prix Presents: 1,107,000 viewers / 11.6% share) |
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Teams:
Balanegra (Almería) v. Zumárraga (Guipuzkoa) |
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Team
Members included:
Balanegra - Quique Jiménez ('Torito'), TV reporter (Team
Patron), Nuria Rodriguez (Mayor), Álvaro (Team Captain, surname unknown),
Alejandro, Alfonso, Antonio, María Barranco, David, Juanvi (David’s twin),
Manolo, María, Martina, Miguel, Paula, Sheila, Yanina;
Zumárraga - Garbiñe Muguruza, former tennis player (Team
Patron), Mikel Serrano (Mayor), Joseba Angulo (Team Captain), Aitor, Alex,
Juan Antonio ('Pikachu'), Pilar Duque, Eneko, Iban, Iker, Irene, Jon, Nerea. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): Captain's Passion (non-scoring, in Grand Prix Presents),
Crazy Logs, High Beekeeping, The Mathematician Penguins, The Rascal Squirrels,
Hot Potato, The Coconut Retrievers, The Greased Pole, Shoot the Penguinduck,
Hamsters to the Race, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
|
Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
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B |
✓ |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
-3 |
3 |
-4 |
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Z |
✗ |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
-4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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B |
0 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
22 |
26 |
27 |
29 |
26 |
29 |
25 |
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Z |
0 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
16 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Balanegra
●
Zumárraga |
25
16 |
 |
|
Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
Polinyà
Balanegra
Cantalejo
Zumárraga
Altura
Blanca
Muros
Pradejón
Pravia
Quintanar del Rey
San Juan de la Rambla
Serranillos del Valle |
36
25
19
16
-
-
-
-
-
- |
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Additional
Information |
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This programme, originally scheduled to be broadcast on the
night of Monday 20th July 2026, was postponed. This was due to a special
transmission on TVE La 1 celebrating the Spanish victory in the 2026 FIFA
World Cup on the previous evening. The Spain team had
beaten Argentina 1-0, with a Spanish goal in the second-half of extra-time proving decisive.
The pre-emption meant that Heat 2 was rescheduled for Monday
27th July. This had previously occurred during the 2024
season when again the second programme of the Grand Prix season was
pre-empted for a similar celebration to mark Spain's victory in the UEFA
European Championships.
Whereas in 2024 all subsequent programmes ran a week behind
their original planned schedule, TVE chose to screen Heat 3 on Sunday 2nd
August, with the planned schedule resumed with Heat 4 on Monday 3rd August.
By featuring in this broadcast, Zumárraga became the first town
from the province of Guipuzkoa to take part in Grand Prix. Before this
occasion, Guipuzkoa was the only Spanish province that had not been
represented in any edition of the series.
Despite losing the Golden Vachette game in Grand Prix
Presents, Zumárraga’s captain deserved praise as he was able to withstand
weights up to 5kg on his tray without tumbling. The team lost out due to the
incorrect answers given by his Team Patron.
Despite having put two grains in the beecomb in Game 2 - 'High
Beekeeping' - Balanegra were judged only to have scored with their first as
the second one fell off and was not considered to have been placed correctly.
Both Grand Prix programmes shown on the night of Monday
27th August won big in the overnight TV ratings. The main programme (with a
16% share of the watching audience) almost doubled the score of the
second-best rival programme (9.2%). |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 3 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Sunday 2nd August 2026, 10.00-10.30pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Sunday 2nd August 2026, 10.30pm-1.15am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 776,000 viewers / 11.1% share
(Grand Prix Presents: 785,000 viewers / 8.7% share) |
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Teams:
Quintanar del Rey (Cuenca) v. San Juan de la Rambla (Tenerife) |
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Team
Members included:
Quintanar del Rey - Secun de la Rosa, actor (Team Patron),
Joaquina Saiz (Mayor), Elisa (Team Captain, surname unknown), María Teresa
Saez;
San Juan de la Rambla - Desiree Vila, Paralympian athlete (Team
Patron), Juan Ramos (Mayor), María García (Team Captain), Elena Hernandez. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): Captain's Passion (non-scoring, in Grand Prix Presents),
Badass Seagulls, The Greased Pole, Shoot the Penguinduck, Champions Prix, The
Super Chefs, Hot Potato, Alice in Basketland, The Mathematician Penguins,
Crazy Logs, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
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Q |
✓ |
4 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
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S |
✗ |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
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Q |
0 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
16 |
20 |
21 |
24 |
26 |
30 |
32 |
35 |
38 |
42 |
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S |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
20 |
17 |
21 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Quintanar del Rey
●
San Juan de la Rambla |
42
21 |
 |
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Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
-
- -
-
-
- |
Quintanar del Rey
Polinyà
Balanegra
San Juan de la Rambla
Cantalejo
Zumárraga
Altura
Blanca
Muros
Pradejón
Pravia
Serranillos del Valle |
42
36
25
21
19
16
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-
-
-
-
- |
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Additional
Information |
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For the first time in the history of Grand Prix, both
team captains were women.
Desiree Vila, appearing as the patron of San Juan de la Rambla,
became the first physically handicapped person to take part in Grand Prix.
Due to a very serious injury that she sustained while already a professional
athlete, her right leg had to be amputated in 2015. Desiree refused to allow
this tragic setback to impede her athletic career, developing great success in
Paralympic athletics, achieving a 6th place at long jump in Tokyo’s 2021
Paralympiad.
Game 7 - 'Alice in Basketland' - was a tremendous mess. The
game involved a revolving platform in the shape of a clock with its hands
attached. The players had to do whole laps - in an anti-clockwise direction -
in the clock and try to score a basket, helped by their patrons. Problems
arose early on since the hands of the clock quickly broke down due to the
falls of the participants, with one of them completely falling over and the
other one very scarcely maintaining itself on the clock. Despite that, both
legs of the game were considered valid with one basket for each team. This was
unfortunate for Quintanar del Rey who tried many times but could only get one
right, whereas San Juan de la Rambla got one in only two tries.
This heat witnesszed the biggest runaway victory in the history
of Grand Prix. Other than losing 'Hot Potato' and tying 'Alice in
Basketland', Quintanar del Rey won every other game and answered all the
Dictionary questions right. This meant that they achieved an incredible score
of 42 out of 44 points available (95.45% of the maximum possible). It must be
noted that due to different scoring systems, teams in the 2001 series
registered more points, but none came close to the percentage.
While there is no argument that the team of San Juan de la
Rambla were well-beaten on the night, it should be pointed out that they
scored more points than either of the losing teams in Heats 1 and 2. This
meant that - at least temporarily - they were in one of the semi-final
qualifying positions at the end of play. This very small glint of light would
only last 24 hours in Grand Prix's broadcasting history, since Heat 4 would be
transmitted on the following night! |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 4 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 3rd August 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 3rd August 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 958,000 viewers / 12.3% share
(Grand Prix Presents: 821,000 viewers / 8.9% share) |
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Teams:
Altura (Castellón) v. Pradejón (La Rioja) |
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Team
Members included:
Altura - Fonsi Nieto (former motorcycle road racer, Team
Patron), Rocío Ibañez (Mayor), Diego (Team Captain, surname unknown), Jose
Manuel López;
Pradejón - Soraya Arnelas, singer and actress (Team Patron),
Alfonso Posada (Mayor), Iva (Team Captain, surname unknown), Julio Heras. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): Captain's Passion (non-scoring, in Grand Prix Presents),
The Ki-monos, Mission: Carrot, The Mathematician Penguins, Alice in Fallsland,
Hot Potato, Ants Forever, Basketball in Nappies, Welcome to Piepolis, Crazy
Logs, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
|
Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
A |
✗ |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
P |
✓ |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
-3 |
3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
A |
0 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
19 |
22 |
25 |
29 |
|
P |
0 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
20 |
24 |
28 |
28 |
25 |
28 |
32 |
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|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd |
Pradejón
●
Altura |
32
29 |
 |
|
Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
-
-
-
- |
Quintanar del Rey
Polinyà
Pradejón
Altura
Balanegra
San Juan de la Rambla
Cantalejo
Zumárraga
Blanca
Muros
Pravia
Serranillos del Valle |
42
36
32
29
25
21
19
16
-
-
-
- |
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Additional
Information |
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For the first time in Grand Prix 2026, the relative
scores of the two competing teams were close enough prior to the final round
of The Dictionary that either one could have won through. However, once again,
the increased value of + or - 4pts for the final question given made no
material difference. In the first three heats, the scores were not close
enough for a sudden death climax, and here the outcome would have been the
same under 2025 rules (+ or - 3pts on the last question). Regardless, this
heat built up to a nailbiting conclusion!
As in Heat 3, the losing team - in this case, Altura - scored
sufficiently to register in the qualification places for the semi-finals, as
expected knocking the previous night's losing team San Juan de la Rambla out
of 4th place. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 5 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 10th August 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 10th August 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): 918,000 viewers / 12.2% share
(Grand Prix Presents: 924,000 viewers / 10.3% share) |
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Teams:
Pravia (Asturias) v. Serranillos del Valle (Madrid) |
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Team
Members included:
Pravia - Ivana Rodriguez, influencer (Team Patron), David
Álvarez (Mayor), Abel Suarez (Team Captain), Cristina Jerez;
Serranillos del Valle - Raúl Perez, comedian (Team Patron),
Ruben Fernández (Mayor), Yeray Jimenez 'Serraneitor' (Team Captain), Rodolfo
Cruz. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): Captain's Passion (non-scoring, in Grand Prix Presents),
The Greased Pole, The Coconut Retrievers, High Beekeeping, The Mathematician Penguins,
Hamsters to the Race,
Hot Potato, Shoot the Penguinduck, The Rascal Squirrels, Crazy
Logs, The Super Bowling Pins, The Dictionary (3 rounds). |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
P |
✗ |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
-3 |
-3 |
-4 |
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S |
✓ |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
-3 |
3 |
4 |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
P |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
22 |
24 |
25 |
22 |
19 |
15 |
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S |
0 |
6 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
19 |
23 |
24 |
21 |
24 |
28 |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
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1st
2nd |
Serranillos del Valle
●
Pravia |
28
15 |
 |
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Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th |
Quintanar del Rey
●
Polinyà
●
Pradejón
Altura
Serranillos del Valle
Balanegra
San Juan de la Rambla
Cantalejo
Zumárraga
Pravia
Blanca
Muros |
42
36
32
29
28
25
21
19
16
15
-
- |
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Additional
Information |
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The final score of this contest suggests a one-sided contest,
but this was anything but that with the two teams closely matched throughout.
There was a single point dividing the two teams at the end of the physical
games and it was the Pravia team's poor performance on the Dictionary rounds
that made the Serranillos del Valle victory appear to be something of a
landslide.
Despite the yawning chasm between the point scores of the two
teams, Serranillos del Valle fell short of a potential semi-final place by
failing to match the previous week's score of 29 by Altura, the team with the
fourth highest points total of Grand Prix 2026. What made this even
more galling for the Serranillos del Valle team was that Altura's score was
for a second place!
With only one further heat to play once this contest was
decided, the first two qualifiers for the semi-final were confirmed as
Quintanar del Rey and Polinyà. |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Heat 6 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 17th August 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 17th August 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): TBC viewers / TBC% share
(Grand Prix Presents: TBC viewers / TBC% share) |
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Teams:
Blanca (Murcia) v. Muros (La Coruña) |
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Team
Members included:
Blanca - TBC;
Muros - Mario Vaquerizo, comedian and singer (Team Patron). |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): TBC. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
|
Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
B |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
B |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd |
-
●
- |
-
- |
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Ranking |
Team |
Points |
Rankings Table |
|
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th |
-
●
-
●
-
●
-
●
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Semi-Final 1 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 24th August 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 24th August 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): TBC viewers / TBC% share
(Grand Prix Presents: TBC viewers / TBC% share) |
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Teams:
TBC v. TBC |
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Team
Members included:
TBC - TBC;
TBC - TBC. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): TBC. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd |
-
● ●
- |
-
- |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Semi-Final 2 |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 31st August 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 31st August 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): TBC viewers / TBC% share
(Grand Prix Presents: TBC viewers / TBC% share) |
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Teams:
TBC v. TBC |
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Team
Members included:
TBC - TBC;
TBC - TBC. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): TBC. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
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Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
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|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd |
-
● ●
- |
-
- |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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E |
Grand Prix 2026 |
Final |
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Event Staged: Summer 2026
Venue:
Studio 2, Elamedia Estudios (Elamedia Studios),
c/ Río Tormes, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
European Transmissions (Local Timings):
TVE La 1 (E): Monday 7th September 2026, 9.45pm (Grand Prix
Presents) /
Monday 7th September 2026, 10.15pm-1.00am (Main programme)
Audience Figures:
TVE La 1 (E): TBC viewers / TBC% share
(Grand Prix Presents: TBC viewers / TBC% share)
Winners' Trophy presented by: TBC |
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Teams:
TBC v. TBC |
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Team
Members included:
TBC - TBC;
TBC - TBC. |
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Games (Official Titles -
Translated): TBC. |
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Game
Results and Standings |
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Games |
|
Team /
Colour |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
D1 |
D2 |
D3 |
Points Scored
(Golden Vachette winner / play shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Running Totals
(Leading teams shown in red) |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
? |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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|
Result |
Team |
Points |
Final Scoreboard |
|
1st
2nd |
-
●
●
-
● |
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Made
in Colour • This programme exists in Spanish Archives |
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