El Puente (TV series)

El Puente (The Bridge) is a Spanish reality television series in which a group of contestants is challenged to work together as a team in order to build a bridge.^[1][2]

El Puente
TV series poster
Genre	Reality television
Presented by	Paula Vázquez
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Zeppelin TV
Original release
Network	#0
Release	29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) – 23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)

Created and produced by Zeppelin TV (part of Endemol Shine Iberia), the first season aired on #0 from 29 May 2017 to 17 July 2017.^[3] It was filmed in the Argentinian Patagonia. The series was renewed for a second season, which was filmed in Vietnam, and all of its episodes were made available on VOD on 23 September 2018.^[4][5] The series was hosted by Paula Vázquez.

Format

In the first season, a group of fifteen strangers was brought together and challenged to build a bridge to an island 300 meters away in 30 days. If they were successful, each contestant had to vote on who deserved to receive the €100,000 prize that was kept there. The person with the most votes had then to decide whether to keep it for themselves or share it among the group.^[6]

In the second season, two competing groups were introduced, among other twists. Each group consisted of seven people and had to build a bridge of 400 meters in 20 days.^[7]

Series overview

List of seasons

Season	Premiere date	Finale date	Location	Prize	Winner
1	29 May 2017	17 July 2017	Patagonia, Argentina	€100,000	David
2	23 September 2018		Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam		Equipo Sur (South Team)

International adaptations

The French adaptation of the show, titled The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, premiered on M6 on 3 January 2019.^[6][8] A British adaptation, titled The Bridge and narrated by James McAvoy, was produced by Workerbee for Channel 4 in 2020.^[9] A Brazilian adaptation was produced for HBO Max in 2021.^[10]

An Australian version was commissioned for Paramount+ in 2022, with the first episode also broadcast on sister free-to-air channel Network 10 as a preview. Ten months later, the full series was broadcast on Network 10 in primetime, in the place of the premiere week of the 15th season of MasterChef Australia, which was delayed a week following the death of judge Jock Zonfrillo.^[11]

Country	Name	Broadcaster	Premiere	Finale	Host(s)	Winners
Australia	The Bridge Australia	Paramount+	19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)[12]	9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)	Hugo Weaving (narrator)	Season 1, 2022: Bardie Somerville
Brazil	A Ponte: The Bridge Brasil [pt]	HBO Max	9 June 2022[13]	23 June 2022	Murilo Rosa	Season 1, 2022: Suyane Moreira [pt][a]
Denmark	The Bridge Danmark	Amazon Prime Video	4 November 2022[14]	2 December 2022	Mads Steffensen [da]	Season 1, 2022: TBC
Finland	The Bridge Suomi	Amazon Prime Video	4 November 2022[15]	25 November 2022	Antti Reini	Season 1, 2022: Marju Kauppinen
France	The Bridge : Le Trésor de Patagonie	M6	3 January 2019	24 January 2019[b][17]	Stéphane Rotenberg	Season 1, 2019: Elian Casini
Hungary	A híd	HBO Max	11 August 2023	25 August 2023	Magyarósi Csaba [hu]	Season 1, 2023: Janka Sára Molnár
Lithuania	Tiltas	Telia Play	Season 1: 4 October 2023[18] Season 2: 3 October 2024	Season 1: 6 December 2023 Season 2: 5 December 2024	Rytis Zemkauskas (narrator)	Season 1, 2023: Ignas Jomantas Season 2, 2024: Algimantas Žadeikis
Norway	The Bridge	Amazon Prime Video	4 November 2022[19]	9 December 2022	Jakob Oftebro	Season 1, 2022: Thomas Klungland Stange
South Africa	Die Brug	kykNET	Season 1: 26 October 2023[20] Season 2: 8 May 2025	Season 2: 4 January 2024 Season 2: Summer 2025	Neil Sandilands (narrator)	Season 1, 2023-24: Robert Kruger Season 2, 2025: Upcoming season
Sweden	The Bridge	Amazon Prime Video	4 November 2022[21]	27 November 2022	Jens Hultén	Season 1, 2022: Robert Vrabac
United Kingdom	The Bridge (1) The Bridge: Race to a Fortune (2)	Channel 4	11 October 2020[22]	29 June 2022	James McAvoy (2020) (narrator) AJ Odudu (2022) Aldo Kane (2022)[23]	Series 1, 2020: Julie Nguyen[c][24] Series 2, 2022: Kim Blackman[d]

Notes

1. Received BRL 400 thousand, kept BRL 175 thousand and divided the remainder among the other participants.
2. Due to poor ratings, M6 cancelled airing episodes at 8:50 PM. Shows 3–5, which were initially to be aired on 17, 24, and 31 January were instead aired during the second part of the evening on 17 January and 24 January.^[16]
3. Gave half the money to fellow contestant Sly
4. Gave half the money to Shaun Pelayo