The first year Ibai decided to ring the bell for his audience on December 31, 2020, he did so from home and among his closest friends. Although forced by the pandemic, his impulse was the pure essence of the Twitch generation, where a bedroom becomes a neo-TV. Twelve months later, he took the plunge onto one of the Puerta del Sol balconies and became the Ramón García of centenarians, sharing a plane with the original Ramón García (that of millennials, their parents and grandparents). Along the way, he made the right bet on the resurrection of a Grand Prix that TVE ultimately saved this summer.
The Basque has received several offers this year to take the plunge into traditional television, but he has preferred to continue in his usual time slot and go to PortAventura together with one of his great rivals in streaming, as he assured these days before the bells Universe, called David Cánovas. His followers know him as TheGrefg. There are more than 11 million – together with those of Ibai there are 27, more than the population of most countries in the European Union. In recent months he has taken part in several television formats and for one night he resurrected another classic format on Twitch, although without much success: One, two, three… answer again. The Murcian resident gave a wink to the competition by hiding his New Year's Eve outfit under a cape until just before the all-important grape picking… dressed as a bunch of grapes. Not even 10 minutes have passed in 2024 and TheGrefg's clothing has already caused several stars of the virtual world to launch taunts on Twitter, which are likely to provoke a reaction in the coming days and report back the content of all of them. They were accompanied during the chimes of the amusement park by DjMariio, the leading YouTuber in the FIFA world, who chose to wear the Real Madrid jersey. It is clear that luxury does not suit them. The streamer Noe, who completed the quartet of presenters for these alternative chimes, opted for a sensible black color.
In 2021, Ibai has already tested its appeal in the amusement park. From there, he broadcast a tournament even more insane than those bells: a World Balloon Championship. It attracted peak numbers of 632,000 viewers and captivated audiences with the nearly six-hour live broadcast. A car brand, a cookie brand, a telephone company and a sports competition helped finance the event. The President of Peru congratulated the winner. In the absence of definitive data, today's broadcast appears to have reached less than half of those numbers.
RTVE Play attempts to provide a public service for those who do not use a television remote control. To open 2024, they have set up a show on Playz with La pija y la quinqui, the voice and image of the fashion podcast since Pedro Sánchez came to it to ask for the youth vote (and before him, Rosalía officially presented hers long-time voice). expected Motomami album).
In their New Year's Eve special they promoted new musical talent. The memes of the year were also demonstrated in Spain. And with them they remembered that 2023 was once again a year of job insecurity for young people, with the intervention of Rayo McQueer, the twenty-year-old who went viral on TikTok and denounced, with great irony, her working conditions in a coffee shop chain. (Bonbón Boss), who eventually fired them and rehired them. The singer María José Llergo revealed to you that this year, at 29 years old, she managed to get a mortgage to buy a two-story apartment. “Mythological animal!” is the ironic expression of amazement expressed by the evening’s two moderators. “I am the first person in my family to be able to buy an apartment, so I am happy to be able to share it with others,” revealed the woman from Pozoblanco.
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