'Operación Triunfo 2017' will use fifty cameras, most of them robotic

Located in the Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya in Terrassa, the Academy of the space produced by RTVE in collaboration with Gestmusic Endemol will occupy 1,200 m².

Next Monday, October 23, the most anticipated talent show on television begins on La 1: Operation Triumph, RTVE production in collaboration with Gestmusic Endemol. The 1,200 m² Academy will be the epicenter of the program during the week, where the contestants will live and prepare for the Monday galas; and the set, of 1,300 m², will receive nearly 600 people in the audience who will vibrate with their live performances. Roberto Leal presents this long-awaited edition that, in addition to the weekly gala, will have a daily strip from Monday to Friday (8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) to follow the day-to-day life of the 16 contestants, as well as a 24-hour OT channel.

In the presentation, Toñi Prieto, Director of Entertainment at TVE, was very satisfied "by the impact, the interest and the reception it is receiving with the return of OT. That is an incentive that encourages us to work. We are going to put all our efforts into action." He also highlighted the return of the program on Mondays, “a day that gave us luck.” For his part, Carles González, director of RTVE in Catalonia, has said that Operación Triunfo “is a very important bet for our Corporation and everything has a moment to return.” Furthermore, he highlighted that RTVE in Catalonia “will participate in the best possible way”, with staff, cameras and the holding of the gala.

The director of Gestmusic Endemol Shine Group, Tinet Rubira, has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of the program, the teachers, the academy and the result of the casting. "There are very interesting people. We want the contestants to become stars and for the public to fall in love with these contestants. We detect talent and we want to make it shine."

“We are going to be very happy here,” said Noemí Galera, director of the Academy: “We have a very good vibe and I appreciate the desire and enthusiasm that everyone here has; we hope they last, because the work plan is going to be very intense.” "In the mornings there will be classes and in the afternoons there will be rehearsals. We are going to be very strict with schedules and concentration, but also taking into account that they are very young people and that for some it will be their first experience away from home," he explained.

Javier Ambrossi, professor of Interpretation, has said that he has been “number 1 fan” of Operación Triunfo and that during the castings “I became a fan of many of the contestants again.” For his part, Javier Calvo has said that “there is a lack of truth on television; the first edition was truth and innocence. That's why we're going to look for the truth, because it's engaging."

Roberto Leal takes charge of this new edition of 'Operación Triunfo'. He has said that “I am going to be the master of ceremonies and do it simply and truly, without masks.”

The jury, which will evaluate the performances of the contestants, is made up of Mónica Naranjo, Joe Pérez-Orive and Manuel Martos. Three professionals linked to the music and entertainment industry who will be joined weekly by a guest name.

In addition to the weekly gala, there will be a “daily strip” from 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on La 1 (broadcast at 10:00 p.m. on Clan) that will summarize the highlights of each day and will follow the training of the contestants at the Academy, as well as a 24 Hour OT Channel to follow everything that happens up to the minute.

The Academy: 1,200 m² and more than 50 chambers

The Academy is located in a three-story building: the upper floor houses the 1,200 m² Academy and the lower 1,000 m² floors house the production and technical departments. A team of 150 people, distributed in shifts, is responsible for its operation.

Piano room (taking tones and rehearsals), large room (physical activities, choreography rehearsal, distribution of themes, artist visits), classroom (gala review, musical culture, image and personal protocol), teachers' room (teacher meetings, tutorials), study room, living room (chat), 4 boxes (rehearsals), outdoor room (relaxation) and dining room are the main rooms where the Academy's activity will take place.

Everything that happens can be followed through the more than 50 cameras installed, many of which are robotic. The works began on July 10 and, for its construction, 17 km of electrical cable, 8 km of video cable and 9 km of network cable were used to supply the electrical and communications installation.

The lighting is designed with LED devices capable of providing great brightness with low consumption and allowing the color temperature of the light to be changed. 40 screens, 200 fluorescence tubes, 30 RGB projectors, 15 fresnels and 4 more “robotic” ones have been installed.

The set

If the Academy will be the epicenter of the program during the week, the 1,300 m² set will receive nearly 600 people in the audience who will vibrate with the live performances. The project will have 10 cameras – among them, 2 wireless, 2 traveling and 2 on cranes. In addition, it has 540 m² of LED screens and state-of-the-art lighting with 240 robotics, 180 RGB LED projectors, 10 low-consumption LED cutouts, 20 5000w fresnels and 260 m of structure. It can reach up to 800,000 w of electrical consumption between light and screens.

After touring Barcelona, ​​Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Santiago de Compostela, Bilbao, Granada and Seville, the castings closed in Madrid in July, to which 9,833 people showed up. More than 80 candidates went to the final casting, of which 18 were selected to participate in the first gala. Of them, only 16 will be able to enter the Academy.