The communicator takes charge of the second edition of ‘Love Island’ on Neox and returns to the Canary Islands to match singles
For another year, he moved to the Canary Islands to help others find a mate. Cristina Pedroche (Madrid, 33 years old) is once again in charge of ‘Love Island’, the daily format with which the Neox chain will premiere its second edition this Sunday at 9 p.m. The show will once again bring together a group of single islanders determined to find love in a villa. It is an adaptation of a British match where the only requirement to not be knocked out is that the participants are always paired. A “dating show” Pedroche would go to if she was single: “They’re like a vacation on TV,” says the “Zapeando” employee, who has been married to chef Dabid Muñoz for seven years.
–What were your impressions on your return to the Canary Islands?
I’m really looking forward to the second season. This second year I’m more excited because I already know the format and there are a lot of new things that are not yet known so I’m even more excited. The islanders coming in now already know the format and have seen the show, but we still need to surprise them, do other things and change the mechanics to surprise them. And we’re also going to surprise the viewers. Last year I really wanted to start too, because I didn’t know where I was going, but in this second season I already know that I’m going to have an incredible time. What am I going to enjoy?
– Did you notice that the new participants join the lesson of the first edition?
– That’s what I imagine. I did not participate in the ‘casting’ and have not been to them in person. But I understand that if you enter a format like this, with a previous season, you’ve seen it and know what it’s about. Be careful, people who haven’t seen the show before may surprise us and come to ‘Love Island’ to be surprised one more time. But I insist that everything will change and not be the same as the first edition.
– Can the program responsible parties help you to think about the format?
-Basically, the format already exists and we brought it to Spain. I am an important part of the program. I propose things all the time and try to surprise the viewer. I won’t shut up, but ‘Love Island’ is what it is. The tests are already planned. It is a format that requires a lot of work, because what is recorded on Sunday will be broadcast on Monday. I am part of the program because I also consume it.
–How do you maintain a distance relationship with the participants?
– It is very difficult for me. Very much. When I open the door of the house, I say, ‘Don’t talk, if you know it won’t be recorded’. I am transparent and things get noticed. I try to be as neutral as possible, but it’s hard for me because they’re great people. Last year they were super normal profiles, people who could perfectly be my friends. In fact, we follow and see each other through social networks.
– What do you think have been improved by the presentation of this second edition?
–Maybe it sounds bad, but I think I did really well in the first one. I had a great time. It has brought me many things. There’s a lot of intros where I’m alone and studying a script, more acting, and I looked really good. The truth. This year I’m going with more desire because I think I’m going to do better.
Do you think there is love for life?
– Does love exist for life? Yes or no. And nothing happens. The main thing is self love. The couple’s love is very good and can be for life or not. It is also not something that characterizes the happiness of a person. To say that if I have this partner forever, I will be happier than if I have two partners or children… Happiness must be sought in yourself, and then try to give it a more beautiful varnish with people who give us positive things can bring. In ‘Love Island’, which the couples are still with a year later, it means the format is working. Besides a ‘dating’ or a competition, the aim of the program is to come to the end together with a partner. But when they suddenly fall in love, and a year later they’re still together, that’s pretty cool. I believe in love at first sight and that it lasts forever.
–If you were single, would you like to find love through this format?
–Obviously, when I was 20, I would have signed up for Love Island. Sounds like a plan to me. It’s like a vacation on television. It’s an incredibly white format, where we don’t harm anyone and we’re not going to harm anyone. The participants are young people who want to have fun, seek love and that’s all. If they find it, then it’s perfect. Hunky-dory.
– Sometimes these formats are criticized for selecting normative participants. How do you convey these opinions?
I generally don’t read many reviews. I like those who are constructive. If it’s anything that tells me how to get better, yes. And especially if it comes from someone with a bit of validity. But criticizing this for the sake of criticizing and that comes from the typical person who has an avatar egg on social networks… Well, I don’t care about your opinion, really, said with all due respect. This is a format for young people having a good time. We don’t tell anyone how to dress, whether to put on makeup, whether to wear heels, or the length of the swimsuit, or whatever. They are in the Canary Islands and in the sun. We should not give greater importance to criticism that is unfounded. Seems silly to me.
Source: La Verdad
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