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In Mexico, the most watched programs are reality shows, followed by Comedy programs and Telenovelas.
In this context, the television stations are once again engaged in a battle for the largest audience record in their Sunday programming offer and for the umpteenth time they do so with broadcasts under the reality show format.
Cesia won first place in one of the most watched reality shows this season: La Academia.
The reality shows have become one of the public’s preferred formats when it comes to consuming content, reason why television stations and producers seek to release more and more of these formats . Within the television offer, aztec tv It is without a doubt the television station that bets the most on this content. After several weekends of concerts, today sunday 14 of August took place the great final of The Academy 20 years and Cesia was crowned the winner.
However, the interesting thing here is to know that apparently the reality shows they are, once again, the most reliable content for Mexican television to stay alive and Twitter constitutes it tonight.
According to El Universal; “La Academia”, “La voz México”, and now “Survivor” the TV Azteca signal three reality shows almost simultaneously, this almost a few days after having finished two projects of the same format “Masterchef Jr” Y “I’m famous! Get me out of here!” . This peculiar decision of the television station has attracted the opinion of the experts, who see a dependency on the part of the brand to this type of content to guarantee the permanence of its audience.
Academy History
La Academia is a musical reality show created in Mexico by Italian television producer Giorgio Aresu, it was launched as a joint production of TV Azteca and Nostromo Productions . The television program seeks to train professional singers, in which the selected students, after having completed the casting stage, demonstrate their talent through weekly concerts that take place every Sunday; and in which the public votes for their favorite student so that he is not the one with the lowest score and leaves the reality show; Through phone calls and/or text messages, the public decides who is the winner.
The reality show began on June 30, 2002 with the First Generation and with the final of the TV Azteca program it reinforced the highest rating for the television station in its history, after achieving up to 45 points.The Academy has generated from 2002 to 2019 more than 300 former students, such as Yuridia who became one of the top record sellers, Myriam Montemayor, Víctor García, Yahir, Carlos Rivera and Nadia who has so far been the only graduate who has been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Reality Shows, the most watched in Mexico
According to this, we can say that according to a study presented by the company nielson , in Mexico the programs that are seen the most are reality shows, followed by programs Comedy and soap operas. This is because television in Mexican homes it stays on for an average of four hours and 52 minutes . However, the television is on for eight hours and 23 minutes per day.
The reality show are the most watched programs by Mexicans, according to shared data, 5.3 million people watch their episodes . On the other hand, people have seen 1.6 million ads only from January to October 2021.
Furthermore, it must be remembered that the reality show shows are highly marketable : a telenovela obtains most of its resources by marketing itself, that is, it reduces the advertising space within it or by reselling the signal to other stations. the reality show United Nations has a business model where you can sell the televoting service, loyalty programs (ie special cards), commemorative souvenirs, clothing lines, videos with “best scenes”, posters, books and other products.
In this case, for the first time in 20 years of history, the reality show Mexican The academy It ran for two days. The finalists of this edition, this Rubí, are joined by Cesia, Nelson, Mar and Andres Encinas the latter next to Rubí representing Mexico.
However, the grand finale crowned Cesia as the winner.