Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez

The idea was to revive the classic show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez for a new young audience on Twitch with a twitch streamer as a host and a crew of people all related with TikTok to appeal to the new generations who didn't grow up with the original show. And for these generations, truth is, the show wasn't a too bad experience.

It didn't happen the same for the old generations who expected to find the old Un, dos, tres as it was 20 years ago. That was an expectation impossible to accomplish as 20 years ago society and television were vastly different and it's impossible to make any kind of show the same it was back then. It was mandatory to make changes to the format, even if it was at the cost of losing the old audience, or else the show would appeal to no one at all.

The big problem was the direction took with the changes, there were lots of problems of execution and lots of poor choices. For starters, a show like Un, dos, tres cannot be done live and it showed. Multiple problems of rythm, lots of errors and mistakes even in the basic rules of the game, a bunch of contestants that may have connected with the audience but found it hard to connect with the game itself.

All these mistakes turned the show into a long, at many times boring program that at times failed to capture the basic essence of the original, where every shot was studied milimetrically with a lot of care for the detail. In exchange for this, the show also looked more natural and less constrained than the original, but something should've been done about the excessive length of the show. Not to mention some of the comedic numbers were of a really bad taste, when not utterly rude and cringy.

Not everything was bad, though, the host, David Canovas, better known as theGrefg on Twitch, was an excelent comunicator, especially in the third part of the show, the Auction, which was the part that managed to capture more faithfully the essence of the original show. He carried with a lot of dignity the tradition of confusing the contestants while they were deciding which prizes to drop and which to keep and had nothing to envy from his predecessors in that sense. Carla Pulpón as co-host and accountant secretary as well as leader of the first mixed-genre team of secretaries was a pleasant addition, and a surprise to see her dance skills in the traditional choreography with the secretaries.

It's not clear if the show will ever continue or if it will return after this one-off entry, but if it does, there's hope for it to succeed if they make a series of important changes. First off, at the very least the first part of the show, the question round, should be pre-recorded, because it takes time to check the answers and it's impossible to do it right live as it showed. Second, the elimination round should be shorter, reduced to a single test and no more. Five tests were excessive and made the show unnecessary long. The auction needs very few touches as it went relatively well, but more care should be put in the comedians invited to the show, and avoid cringy, rude acts that do not match with a show that should be at the very least family friendly. Personally I'd love to see themed episodes as it was classic, I understand that building new sets each show is expensive, but still, the theme should be brought back, even if they always do it in the same set. With some minimum props and a background of LED screens, musical numbers could also work very well and bring back the magic of Broadway like the original used to do. One final thing, please try to make the ads less invasive, they were plaguing everything in this show and they were really annoying. I know they pay the show, but even them should know that less is more.

All in all, it wasn't a perfect show by any means, it had good moments, but there were a lot of mistakes, but these mistakes are fixable and if they manage to fix them, they can make a better show than what we finally got. A trademark like Un, dos tres deserves to go on living and it's just a matter of finding an updated recipee that appeals to new and old audiences akin. It's difficult, but it's not impossible.