'Know and Win' completes 4,000 programs

The contest created by Sergi Schaaff reaches a historical record this Friday with 4,000 programs, 17 years of broadcast, 2,280 contestants, 2,826 hours of broadcast and 295,000 questions asked.

17 years on the air, 2,280 contestants, 2,826 hours of broadcast, 295,000 questions asked... Know and Win This Friday it reaches 4,000 programs, a record number in the history of Spanish television. The contest is being celebrated with three special editions in which the current contestants receive a visit from the most significant participants of the last thousand broadcasts, from the youngest and oldest contestants, and also from a great follower of the program.

Know and Win once again has three emblematic 'Magnificents': Víctor Castro, resident in Móstoles and graduate in German and Romance Philology, is the only contestant in history who has reached 100 programs in one go, without any repechage; Mercè Gil, from Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Barcelona), owner of a computer company, returns to the set in which she had already participated for 52 editions; and Jerónimo Hernández, from Salamanca with a degree in Teaching and Pedagogy, who competed in 51 programs in 2011.

Additionally, in the 4,000 program, two contestants representing the youngest and oldest of the last 1,000 programs will visit the set: Hortensia Rivera, from Madrid, participated for the first time in Know and Win at 69 years old thanks to the letter her daughter sent asking her mother to compete; and Diego Machetti, an Aeronautical Engineering student from Madrid who, at just 19 years old, stepped onto the set last January and became one of the youngest contestants.

Know and Win He has also invited a viewer to visit the program on Friday, when the 4,000 broadcasts are reached. Pilar Palacín, from Salou (Tarragona), sent a congratulatory letter in which she said that she had followed the program since its inception. Now you have the opportunity to get to know it inside out, and also the team that makes it possible every day.