El conquistador del fin del mundo

El conquistador del fin del mundo
The Faro Les Eclaireurs, also known as The lighthouse of the end of the world”.
Genre	Reality show
Directed by	Joxan Goñi Patxi Alonso
Presented by	Julian Iantzi Patxi Alonso (debate)
Country of origin	Spain
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Patxi Alonso Gonzalo Honigblum
Producer(s)	Víctor Martín Beronike Lopez Idoia Gainberri
Editor(s)	Verónica Vañek
Running time	150 minutes approx
Release
Original network	EITB
Original release	January 3, 2005
External links
Website

El conquistador del fin del mundo is an adventure reality TV show created by Euskal Telebista (ETB).^[1]

Its contestants are divided into teams that fight not only against the roughness of the land and the climate but also against the different events which they encounter. The living conditions are difficult, having to deal with the cold, the hunger and the thirst. Physical endurance as well as the capacity to live with strangers are essential to survive this adventure.^[2]

Program characteristics

Its contestants are divided in two groups that compete between them with different events apart from the climate, hunger, thirst and so on. The physical condition and the capability to live with strangers are also very important in order to win this competition. This program is based on other previous ones like Basetxea and Conqusitadores del fin del mundo. In its first shot in 2005, twelve out of its sixteen costestants where from the Basque Country and the other four from Argentina, but with basque roots. The goal is to bring the ikurriña (Basque flag), to the Les Éclaireus lighthouse in the Bahía de Ushuaia. Early in the year 2008, it was shot exclusively for Argentinian spectators. In 2014, the scene was the Iguazu waterfall's rainforest. In 2016 it took part in the Amazonas rainforest.

Repercussion

It was awarded as the Best Entertainment Autonomic Program of 2008 by the Academy of Spanish Television. It is usually considered one of the most extreme shows on television because of the conbination of extreme events, survival and cohabitation, and also because of the format of the reality, that changes every year surprising the contestants and the audience. For all of that, each edition gathers more followers, not only in the Basque Country, but also in other provinces, achieving assestments 25% higher than the average of the channel.

Controversies

Some groups pro animal rights reported that the program encourages animal mistreatment in some of its events by killing chickens, frogs, sworms and fish or even for feeding an animal until it threw up. The Aranzadi Science Society has also reported that an inoffensive protected species of snake was killed, as well as some other animals under the same circumstances.

List of Winners

Edition	Date	Winner	Second finalist	Third finalist
El conquistador del fin del mundo I	2005	Eneko Van Horenbeke	Javier Goikoetxea	Natxo Cebolla
El conquistador del fin del mundo II	2006	Raúl Arribas	Azucena Díez	Patxi Hernández
El conquistador del fin del mundo III	2007	Lourdes Zuriarrain	María José Sardon	Josu Rus, Ruso
El conquistador del fin del mundo IV	2008	Gorka Toraño	Iosu Vázquez	Eguzki Garmendia
El conquistador del fin del mundo V	2009	Gotzon Mantuliz	Josu Abrego	Ndiaga Ngam
El conquistador del fin del mundo VI	2010	Egoitz Ríos	Ohiane Jiménez	Koldo Pozueta
El conquistador del fin del mundo VII	2011	Nakor Márquez	Lur Ibarra	Helenka Gómez
El conquistador del fin del mundo VIII	2012	David Seco	Javier Adell, Lobo	Yeray González
El conquistador del fin del mundo IX	2013	Oskar Sanz	Iñaki Larrasolo	Diana Cantero
El conquistador del fin del mundo X	2014	Eneko Van Horenbeke	Irene Muruzabal	Sandra Barea, San
El conquistador del fin del mundo XI	2015	Eritz Egaña Beristain, Maixa	Sergio López	Andeka Rico
El conquistador del Amazonas	2016	¿¿??	¿¿??	¿¿??

Audience

References

Bibliography

• Página web oficial de El conquistador del fin del mundo
• Blog oficial de El conquistador del fin del mundo en EiTB