The launch of the promotional video of the reality show Esto Es Guerra where the voice of the host Raúl Romero is heard left the intrigue about what will happen on América Televisión in 2022. One of the doubts for the public is whether the popular ‘Cara de haba’ will be the next driver of EEG or will return with the remembered program Habacilar. That is why in this note we will remember the artists who were part of the cast.
The story goes that a few years ago, not so far away, young students from academies and universities separated the hours from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm to attend the Habacilar program, which was hosted by Raúl Romero. The particular driving style of the former singer of the band Los Nosequien and the Nosecuantos was the key for the show to run seven years on the air.
The rating numbers at that family time were extremely positive for Raúl Romero and company. As each season passed, the cast was renewed with young artists and models who were starting in the world of television. Among some names that went through the successful program, the following stand out: Roger Del Águila, Katia Palma, Carlos ‘Tomate’ Barraza, Melissa Loza and Tilsa Lozano.
Co-drivers of Habacilar
- Roger del Águila (2003–2006)
- Carlos ‘Tomate’ Barraza (2007–2010)
- Katia Palma (2007–2011)
Habacilar Models
- Tracy Freundt (2003-2006 / 2008-2011)
- Anahí de Cárdenas (2004-2006)7
- Maju Mantilla (2004)
- Pamela Pizarro (2005)
- Micaela Page (2005)
- Cinthya Tong (2005)
- Natalia Urrunaga (2005)
- Tilsa Lozano (2006)
- Elizabeth Aedo (2006)
- María Paz Gonzáles-Vigil (2006)
- Andrea Cárdenas (2006)
- Melissa Loza (2007-2011)
- Fiorella Flores (2007-2008)
- Emilia Drago (2007-2008)
- Melissa Garcia (2008)
- Melissa Huddleston (2008)
- Alessandra Zignago (2009)
- Maricris Rubio (2010)
- Giselle Patron (2010)
- Yoshadara López (2011)
- Korina Rivadeneira (2011)
Male models
- Rodrigo Fernandini (2011)
- Edgar Moreno (2011)
- Gino Pesaressi (2011)
- Yaco Eskenazi (2003)
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History of Habacilar
Before Habacilar was born, Raúl Romero and Roger del Águila debuted on Panamericana Televisión on November 27, 2000 under the name R with Erre, a youth game show. After a violent takeover by unpaid channel 5 workers in mid-2003, the television show and other productions that were on the air at that time were canceled.
After the event, directors of América TV took over and the show was broadcast again in December 2003 with a new name and under the production of Target TV, an alliance between Romero and the producers of ProTV.
In Habacilar, the modality of a youth contest program was used from the first years, where the participants played to obtain a prize of 200 dollars. A model announced the winner by way of counting. In addition, the television show had six sections sponsored by a brand per day.
Among the best known sequences, was the Sing and win, in which three contestants had to continue the lyrics of a song in front of the public. Once a week, the name changed to Sing and Win of the Stars and they invited actors and singers of the time.
In 2010 the dance sequence Amigos y rivales was announced, which paved the way for the reality show genre on Peruvian television. However, the producers of the chain recognized that they affected their institutional image, this generated by the competition between Romero and Gisela Valcárcel, producer of their also contest program The big show.
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The end of Habacilar
Habacilar went off the air in July 2011, after eight years on the screens, due to the loss of audience of young people for the program El Último pasajero, from Frequency Latina (name of the channel in that year) that were direct competition for the schedule family.
Back then, America launched two spin-offs based on Friends and rivals (Monday and Tuesday) and Sing if you can (Wednesday to Friday) to fill the space that was left until the end of 2011. After that, Target TV disappeared when it did not reach an agreement between its main shareholders, therefore, the program Lima Limon, which was broadcast at noon in the channel 4, also went off the air.
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