Jesús Vázquez is a presenter with a long career on Mediaset but with a sad taste for picking shows that really don't suit him. "Factor X" (The X Factor) just wasn't his thing and he seemed out of place on "La Voz" (The Voice). Even "Supervivientes" (Survivor) may not have suffered if he wasn't there.
So where did Vázquez rise to fame? On a little show that went out every weekday evening on Telecinco called "¡Allá tú!". Here, he was at his best: he's given the licence he needs to get to know the contestants and to talk to them. One person, one person only plays "Deal or No Deal"; and this is the person Vázquez makes us focus on. He makes the game seem speedy but still injecting small amounts of tension; a careful skill that many DOND hosts try, and fail, to do. Even if the set is a bit difficult to look at.
Come 2005 and it's got an energetic new theme tune ("Euros, euros, dúbidú; ¡si no los quieres allá tú!"). Vázquez, however, is no longer the king of evenings - Carlos Sobera has brought back Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The other side and is winning the timeslot. It got axed in 2008, by which time the novelty had sadly worn off.
But it remained popular. And when in 2021 Vázquez was asked, of all the shows he had presented on Mediaset, which he wanted to return, his wish was granted in the form of an "¡Allá tú!" reboot done fantastically two years later.
Over 20 years, the aesthetic of "¡Allá tú!" moved from 'bouncy' to 'slick', with much more tasteful graphics in the 2023 version. But, please Endemol, make it one player per episode.
