The runner Teo Lázaro was the expert voice in the San Fermín bull run on TVE, which has skyrocketed the public broadcaster’s audience
In the midst of breakfast with friends and family, before returning to his routine as a financial advisor, San Sebastian runner Teo Lázaro takes stock of the first year he left the streets of Pamplona to run the San Fermín bull runs. broadcast on TVE. He was proposed by his predecessors in this television report, Javier Solano and Elena S. Sánchez, as his successor, a decision he accepted after days of reflection. The public broadcaster yesterday fired the popular party, which returned after the two-year break due to the pandemic. And that with great public success: the running of the bulls has exceeded 60% of the screen share. Also presenters Julián Iantzi and Ana Prada have accompanied Lázaro in the broadcasts.
– Was the television experience as expected?
-When I took on this great challenge, I took on it with great responsibility and enthusiasm. Now taking stock I am very satisfied. I collect signs of affection on the street. We had set the bar very high and it was very difficult to live up to it. We are a team of more than a hundred people. TVE’s commitment is incredible and has rewarded human value. I am not a media man, eleven years ago I worked occasionally for television on Canal 4 de Navarra. Living the experience with the RTVE team was a true luxury.
-He has seen that he suffers from TV and that he wants to go to the running of the bulls…
-Surely. The first day there were mixed feelings as I had the privilege of telling the world what happened in those 848 magical meters of bull run, but at the same time I missed the sense of accomplishment as I have these years as a runner.
– Did it cost you to accept the RTVE proposal?
-It arrived on April 29. I was surprised by a phone call from Lara Robles, TVE’s magazine director, telling me that they wanted to talk to me and propose me to participate in the San Fermín broadcasts. It was like a kind of ‘shock’. An hour later, the show’s executive producer also called me to explain what the coverage was about. I replied that I needed a few days to think about it, because I wanted to talk about it with my parents, daughter and another neighbor.
-Have you received any advice from your predecessors?
-I spoke to Javier Solano and Elena S. Sánchez, who confirmed that they were the ones who introduced me. I have been friends with Elena for a long time and Javier is a reference, with whom I have also had a very good relationship. When I consulted them about RTVE’s proposal, of course they told me. Elena called me earlier to let me know that Javier had retired and that she had decided to shut down San Fermín completely. I am proud that the people who have gone before me think that you are the worthy successor.
-How do you organize the broadcast of an event with such an audience?
-It has been more than nine days, because on Sunday, July 3, my colleagues from Madrid arrived. I have lived in Pamplona for eleven years, although I was born in San Sebastián. When the whole RTVE unit arrived, we had an informal meeting and the following day the general rehearsals for the ‘chupinazo’ and the running of the bulls. On a daily basis, I got up at 5am to arrive at the mobile unit around 6am. My partner Ana Prada, for hairdressing and makeup, got up an hour earlier. Later I would go to Santo Domingo Hill and the broadcasts would start at 7:15 am and then I would return to the set. I have had the privilege of living on the streets and being with fellow runners from other years. I have not lost the connection. At 8.30 am we were done, and in ‘La hora de La 1’ we did another chronicle.
-What are you doing after San Fermin?
-Today I join my Seguros Bilbao office. I am a financial advisor and work in risk, life and health insurance. I also work with retirement and savings plans. Look how far my daily work has come in the past nine days at RTVE.
-What balance do you make after the festivals in Pamplona?
-Looking back now, I don’t feel like it was a busy bull run. There was a desire to party, to live, to feel. And the lockdown too. I don’t think there have been more people than in previous years. There have been days when participation has declined and it was noticed on the streets. They were very good at running the bulls, except for the one on the 11th, which was terrifying and could have ended in something dramatic.
-Should TVE pay more attention to the bulls for the rest of the year and offer a bullfight?
– It’s my personal opinion. I am a fan of bullfighting in all its manifestations, both in popular bullfighting and in bullfighting. The running of the bulls in Pamplona exists because the bulls are led to the point where they fight in the afternoon. One is a consequence of the other, that is clear. There is a law protecting it and they must be shown at the corresponding times. There is a point of absence to show what the world of the bull is.
Source: La Verdad
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