La Noria (Spanish for "The Ferris Wheel") was a Spanish talk show produced by the company La Fábrica de la Tele which aired on the Spanish television channel Telecinco from 2007 to 2012. The show was hosted by Jordi González and his special collaborator, Sandra Barneda, although it was Gloria Serra who helped him several years before. It aired weekly, every Saturday at 0:30 am. On 14 April 2012 its last episode was aired. After that the show El gran debateFormulaTV (25 April 2012). «'La noria' desaparece temporalmente de Telecinco y cede su espacio a 'El gran debate'». took its place.
Broadcasting milestones La Noria began broadcasting on 25 August 2007 during prime time. From then on, it would air weekly, hosted by Jordi González and Gloria Serra. The show was born to wash off the aggressive-hearted image that its predecessor, Sábado Dolce Vita (previously called Salsa Rosa), had left on the TV channel.
Since its beginning, La Noria gathered a historic average of 17.4% share rate and almost 1.9 million viewers,FormulaTV (25 April 2012). «'La noria' desaparece temporalmente de Telecinco y cede su espacio a 'El gran debate'». thus making it by far the most viewed TV show on the Saturday night slot, close to four points and over 400,000 viewers more than Antena 3's offer (13.8%).
On 24 April 2010, Gloria Serra, who had been the show's co-host from its start, left Telecinco to work for Antena 3 in an unsuccessful TV show called 3D.Gloria Serra deja 'La noria' para conducir el nuevo magacín de Antena 3 Sandra Barneda took her place on 1 May.
Something that caused many of the channel's advertisers to leave was the episode on 29 October 2011, during which they interviewed El Cucos mother. "El Cuco" had been accused for the murder of Marta del Castillo. That day, a great part of Mediaset España's advertising companies broke their contract, which caused the company to lose a huge amount of money, and Telecinco even considered cancelling the TV show, after over four years of broadcasting.FormulaTV (11 November 2011). «Telecinco valora la cancelación de 'La Noria' tras la fuga de anunciantes» However, to avoid that, Mediaset created a new TV show which was really similar genre-wise, although more serious: El gran debate (Spanish for "The great debate"), taking La Norias time slot. La Noria, consequently, would air during the late night slot, and so it did from 24 January onwards.Sergi Espí (16 January 2012). «¿'El Gran Debate' es una copia barata de 'La Noria'? ¿Le ha salido bien la jugada a T5?» Periodista Digital«'El Gran Debate' se estrena en Telecinco con un claro paredico a 'La Noria'». ecodiario.es from El Economista, 14 January 2012. In the end, the show was removed from the TV programming.Telecinco suspende La noria «Telecinco suspende 'La noria' ». El País, 25 April 2012.
Format
La Noria addressed social issues by interviewing celebrities and organising political and social debate tables, together with investigative reports.
Sections
The show was divided in three main sections:Así serán las secciones de 'La noria' de Jordi González
Interviews, where they interviewed two people who had been on the weekly national or Telecinco's spotlight. The interviewees were usually related to celebrity gossiping, but there were also politicians, athletes, artists, etc. Some of its guests were Jesús Vázquez, Jorge Javier Vázquez, Sonia Monroy, María Teresa Campos, Isabel Gemio, José María García, Kate and Gerry McCann, Mercedes Milá, Mario Conde, Luis Roldán, Ana Obregón, Bárbara Rey, Sara Montiel, Bertín Osborne, Lola Herrera, Al Bano, Pitita Ridruejo and Shaila Dúrcal among many others, including politicians like José Blanco López. Social issues: a debate table where a team of regular collaborators addressed the social issues that had caused controversy. "Debate de las dos Españas" (Spanish for "The two Spains debate"): a group of journalists who were related to the world of politics would discuss those political or social issues that had caused informative confrontation between ideologically opposing social media.
Former sections Nostalgia. A part of the show which recalled a year of the recent Spanish history from 1960 to 1990, using archive images and press reports of the time. Afterwards, a group of contributors of the programme reviewed on a debate table the events occurred on that particular year, from important socio-political questions to common life endearing anecdotes: traditional dancing music, athletes who filled Spanish homes with national pride, TV shows that captivated the audience, etc. This section was eliminated after several broadcasts, as it didn't fit with the dynamics and contents of the programme.
Technical team Producer: La Fábrica de la Tele
Host (2007–2012) Jordi González
Co-hosts (2007–2010) Gloria Serra (2010–2012) Sandra Barneda
Co-workers and reviewers (2007–2012) Kiko Matamoros (2007–2012) Lydia Lozano (2007–2012) Belén Rodríguez (2007–2012) Terelu Campos (2007–2012) Jimmy Giménez-Arnau (2007–2012) Karmele Marchante (2007–2012) Kiko Hernández (2007–2012) Luis Rollán (2007–2012) Marisa Martín Blázquez (2007–2012) Marta López (2007–2012) Miguel Ángel Nicolás (2007–2012) Paloma Barrientos (2007–2012) Pepe Calabuig (2007–2012) Raquel Bollo (2007–2012) Cristina Tàrrega (2007–2011) Mia Ximénez (2007–2011) Rosa Benito (2008–2009) Jorge Javier Vázquez (2008–2010) José Manuel Parada (2008–2011) Carlos Navarro (El Yoyas) (2009–2011) Belén Esteban (2009–2011) Pilar Eyre (2009–2012) Beatriz Cortázar (2009–2012) Paloma García-Pelayo (2010–2012) Tamara Gorro (2011–2012) Makoke (2011–2012) Chelo García-Cortés (2011–2012) María Patiño (2011) Jesús Mariñas (2011) Erica Alonso
Debate table Alfonso Rojo Enric Sopena Isabel Durán Jorge Verstrynge María Antonia Iglesias Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Bajón Pilar Rahola Melchor Miralles Carmelo Encinas Emilia Zaballos Cuca García de Vinuesa César Sinde
Current Affairs Bibiana Fernández Carla Antonelli Irma Soriano Nieves Herrero Jaime Peñafiel Jimmy Giménez-Arnau Paloma Gómez Borrero Paloma Zorrilla Rosa Llopis Terelu Campos Pilar Eyre
Special Shows Beyond the weekly broadcast on Saturdays, Telecinco put as well on air eleven special programmes: Special on Julián Muñoz: third degree (Especial Julián Muñoz: tercer grado), broadcast in prime time on Friday, 28 November 2008. Special on Real Madrid in check (Especial Jaque al Real Madrid), broadcast in late night on Wednesday, 21 January 2009. Special on Economic Crisis (Especial Crisis económica), broadcast in late night on Friday, 30 January 2009. Special on Patricide Youth (Especial Jóvenes Parricidas), broadcast in prime time on Friday, 13 February 2009. Special on Paquirri (Especial Paquirri), broadcast in prime time on Wednesday, 23 September 2009. Special on Isabel Pantoja Report (Especial El informe Pantoja), broadcast in prime time on Wednesday, 11 November 2009. Special on Isabel Pantoja: Story of an ambition (Especial Isabel Pantoja: crónica de una ambición), broadcast on Thursday afternoon, 6 April 2010. Special on Isabel Pantoja (Especial Isabel Pantoja), broadcast on Saturday afternoon, 11 April 2010. Special on Princess Diaries Club (Especial El club de las princesas por sorpresa), broadcast in prime time on Thursday, 26 April 2011. Special on Ylenia: case closed'? (Especial Ylenia: ¿caso cerrado?), broadcast in prime time on Wednesday, 29 June 2011.
Controversies 3 June 2007, doctor Gutiérrez Caracuel, from Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (Seville), sued the show as some images of his that were filmed by a hidden camera were published on a discussion devoted to football player Antonio Puerta20 Minutos – Expedientan a los médicos que hablaron sobre la muerte de Puerta en 'La noria' (03-10-2007)’s decease. In March 2008, Gestvision Telecinco was sentenced for manipulating an interview broadcast on La Noria to Carmen Flores,El País. «Tele 5 tendrá que que rectificar por manipular una entrevista a la defensora del paciente sobre el 'caso Leganés'». Retrieved on 19 March 2008. head of Asociación El Defensor del Paciente (Spanish for "The Patient's Defendant Association"). In September 2008, an argument between María Antonia Iglesias and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, both co-workers of the talk show, ended up with terrible insults and personal attacks.Diario Público – El debate de 'La Noria' acabó a insulto limpio
Interview to Rosalía García, mother of "El Cuco" This interview generated great controversy. It all began back on 29 October 2011, when the programme interviewed Rosalía García, mother of Francisco Javier García Marín (alias El Cuco), suspect of having murdered young Marta del Castillo. It seems that La Noria paid El Cuco's mother an approximate quantity of 10,000 euros.La Razón, ed. (28 October 2011). «La madre de «El Cuco» en «La Noria» por 9000 euros». Retrieved 7 November 2011. The fact that the programme paid such a quantity to this woman made Pablo Herrero, journalist and blogger, asking for the withdrawal of the programme advertisers.Blog – Pablo Herreros, ed. (30 October 2011). «Estas son las marcas que patrocinaron a la madre de un criminal». Retrieved 7 January 2012. This triggered an unprecedented chain reaction resulting in protests from the audience in social networks and the withdrawal of all the advertisers, as they disagreed with the interview.Vertele, ed. (4 November 2011). «Cuando David pudo con Goliat: el hombre que "paró" a 'La noria'». Retrieved 7 January 2012.Lainformacion.com, ed. (4 November 2011). «Pablo Herreros, el bloguero que puso en jaque a La Noria». Retrieved 7 January 2012. These were such well-known brands as Nestlé, Campofrío, Puleva, Bayer, Banco Sabadell, La Razón, Bimbo, Vodafone, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Ausonia, L’Oréal and El Corte Inglés.20minutos, ed. (6 November 2011). «Más marcas abandonan 'La Noria' por su entrevista a la madre de 'El Cuco'». Retrieved 7 November 2011.El País, ed. (7 November 2011). «La noria pierde la mitad de 'spots'». Retrieved 7 November 2011.La Vanguardia, ed. (8 November 2011). «El Corte inglés también retira su publicidad de 'La Noria'». Retrieved 9 November 2011.