Why is Blindfold one of the longest running shows on open TV and the most watched on Elnueve?

One two Three….seventeen seasons aired blessed, the cycle that brings (from Monday to Friday at 20:30) Beto Casella of Elnueve. Slowly, with a low profile and a lot of identity, the program managed to settle comfortably in the early evening of open television and today – as the most viewed on that channel – it has become his workhorse.

From 2006 to todaythe magazine was characterized by the permanent renewal of its speakers, with the exception of the historian Edith Ermida, but without changing its essence for this. With a daily average of 4.5 rating points, well above the average of the canal (which does not exceed 2.5), usually ranks third, behind Telefe and El Trece.

The program has several things to do, including the fact of “not marrying anyone” and exploit all the material that television in general makes available, day by day, to keep an eye on scandal, controversy or the unusual, always attractive for humor and avoiding sensitive issues such as politics. A balm at the end of the day in the midst of an overwhelming reality.

The driver, his trademark

Beto Casella found, in the format of blessedyour last shoe. Leading the cycle from day one, he knows how to give the right timing to every topic and every block. His journalistic flair allows him to discover totally different characters from each other and to give them a space on his panel.

conductor style, allows everyone to contribute on their own, but without losing control of the team at any time. If one speaker doesn’t perform, another comes along. With very few exceptions, no one slams the door, on the contrary they go quietly and give their place to someone new.

With a very particular style of humor, Casella constantly appeals to irony, but, if necessary, he can get serious and score a position. For several seasons, Casella He is accompanied by one of his sons, Franco, who has gone from playing songs on the piano to being behind the camera and even now, in one segment of the cycle, “Blessed prize”.

Speakers of all colors

During these seventeen seasons, blessed added dozens of speakers, of different personalities, professions and completely different opinions, famous and anonymous. Many had in the cycle of Elnueve your platform to start making yourself known.

Currently Beto is accompanied, interspersed throughout the week, by Edith Hermida, who acts as a pilot when Casella is absent; the journalists Horacio Pagani, Any Ventura and Lola Cordero, and the model and lawyer Alejandra Maglietti.

Also the psychologist Gabriel Cartañá, the actress Tamara Pettinato, the non-verbal communication specialist Hugo Lescano, the actor Ezequiel Campa, the producer “Tano” Nieto and the Italian hostess Laura “La Tana” Grassi.

But in all these years, from the panel of blessed they went from Jorge Lafauci and Fabián Doman to Santiago del Moro and Analía Franchín.

Among many others, Toti Ciliberto, Teto Medina, Rodrigo Lussich, Evelyn Von Brocke, Aníbal Pachano, Gastón Recondo, Mauricio D’Alessandro, Tom Lupo, José María Muscari, Mariela Fernández, Claudio Pérez Walter Queijeiro, Florencia de the V, Nacho Goano Tití Fernández, Mercedes Ninci, Carla Czudnowsky, Nancy Pazos, Ivana Nadal and Victoria “Juariu” Braier.

Casella’s farewell phrase from the air every night refers to the technical team: “The best is behind the camera”says the driver. For this reason, the cast also includes announcers who, unlike other programs, come together as an extra speaker. Mario de Candia, Pablo Molinari, Carla Bonfante and, currently, Mariano Flax passed the microphone.

deluxe edition

Another feature that, at this point, already works as a registered trademark of blessed is the edition which, on a daily basis, allows a screenshot of everything that happened on the rest of the televisionMainly, and also on social networks.

Nobility obliges, the work done by the editorial staff of the Casella program it is unique in Argentine television. It has archival material, news, humor, opinion, and a precise pace. In the hands of publishers, any topic becomes brilliant and, many times, hilarious. In fact, many of the phrases used as separators They are already a genre in themselves.

Classic dividers

The sentences that act as separators and accompany the edition of each report have already become famous, beyond the characters who uttered them and who today identify the program, and They also circulate outside the television sphere.

Some of them are: Come on, put it on (Jacob Winograd), stop for a while, crazy! (Carmen Barbieri), but what he says?‘(Matías Ale); ‘Nacho, take your pants … (Ricardo Canaletti); ‘Do not even think about it! (Anibal Pachano); Enough guys! (Fort Ricardo); If you have balls, say it! (Graciela Alfano); Well, what do you want me to answer you? (Karina Jelineck).

And also, Why so bad? (Silvio Soldan); This is a huge sentence‘(José Pablo Feinmann); I think he was wrong, I think (Santiago Bal); They have full balls (Luisa Albinoni), Please stop! (Nazarena Velez).

There are so many that the list is immense, but we mustn’t forget a few like: There will be a quilombo … a qui-lom-bo! (Guido Suller),How are you? (Carlos Salvador Bilardo); It’s unbearable !!! ‘ (Susana Giménez) and the girl with the cell phone Chronicle in a park: How was it for you, huh?

Most famous (and not so much) who have also contributed their catchphrase to this list of phrases are Oscar Mediavilla, Chiche Gelblung, Diego Maradona (with several), Moria Casán, Mirtha Legrand, José Sanfilippo, Mónica Farro, Sofía Gala Castiglione, Sergio “Kun” Agüero, Verónica Castro, Luis Brandoni and the fan of Wanda Nara.

Some these pipes became so popular that they have been restored and, also, on special request for the cycle, on the lips of other celebrities, like Mike Amigorenao Federico Bal. The most repeated, no doubt: ‘!hold on, blessed! ‘.