El Gen Argentino
El Gen Argentino
-The Argentine Gene- |
El Gen Argentino title screen |
| Genre |
Cultural spreading |
| Directed by |
Fernando Emiliozzi [1] |
| Creative director(s) |
Cune Molinero [1] |
| Presented by |
Daniel Pergolini [1] |
| Country of origin |
Argentina |
| Production |
| Executive producer(s) |
Daniel Pergolini and Diego Guebel [1] |
| Producer(s) |
Cuatro Cabezas |
| Broadcast |
| Original run |
27 August 2007 – 15 October 2007 |
| External links |
| Website |
El Gen Argentino (in Spanish, "The Argentine Gene") was the Argentine spin-off of the 2002 Greatest Britons programme produced by the BBC. Launched on 27 August 2007, it was a television program series by Telefe, to determine which historical personality best represents Argentina, and who possesses the Argentine Gene. The Top 10 were announced in the first programme, with almost 350,000 votes cast. In following shows, there were chosen pairs of candidates in each category of history, art, science, politics and entertainment.
Winner
The Argentine Gene finalist list
There were five lists, depending on the activities of the great Argentines. They were: Politics in the XIX Century, Politics in the XX Century, Pop Culture, Arts and Science and finally, Sports.
20th century politics
- Eva Perón (1919–1952), Women revolutionary and popular hero.
19th century politics
Pop culture, journalism
Art and science and humanism
Sport
Shortlists of Non-finalist
19th century politics: non-finalists
20th century politics: non-finalists
Pop culture, journalism: non-finalists
Arts and Science: non-finalists
Sports: non-finalists
Facts
- Nominees by area:
- Political Figures: 25
- Sports: 19
- National Presidents: 13
- Music: 10
- Literature: 8
- Science: 7
- Television, Cinema and Radio: 7
- painters and sculptors: 5
- Military: 4
- Religion: 2
- First Ladies: 1
- Aviators: 1
- Business and Industry: –
See also
Other editions
- Other countries have produced similar shows, see also: Greatest Britons spin-offs
- Germany ran their version on ZDF and called it Unsere Besten (Our Best).
- The CBC ran The Greatest Canadian in 2004.
- KRO (part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting) ran the De Grootste Nederlander (The Greatest Dutchman).
- The Discovery Channel (in conjunction with AOL) ran The Greatest American in May 2005 [2].
- The South African Broadcasting Corporation ran the Great South Africans.
- In Finland, YLE ran Suuret Suomalaiset (Great Finns).[3].
- In France Le Plus Grand Français (The Greatest Frenchman) ran on France 2.
- In Belgium.: De Grootste Belg and Le plus grand belge.
- A Czech version called The Greatest Czech (Největší Čech) aired in June 2005.
- 100 Welsh Heroes was the result of an on-line poll carried out in 2003-4.
- A Bulgarian version, The Great Bulgarians (Великите българи), finished in February 2007.
- In Romania, the show called "Mari Români" (Great Romanians) started in May 2006; on 8 July, Televiziunea Română (TVR) presented the 100 Greatest Romanians, and on 21 October the Greatest Romanian of all the times.
- In Portugal, RTP chose dictator António de Oliveira Salazar as the Greatest Portuguese.
- In Spain, Antena 3 chose the current head of state, King Juan Carlos I, as The Most Important Spaniard in History, on 22 May 2007.[4]
- Ukraine ran their version on Inter (TV channel) and called it Великі українці (The Great Ukrainians). To broadcast 2007–2008 season, 2007.[1]
- A Chilean version, called "Great Chileans" (Grandes Chilenos), aired in 2008 and the chosen winner was Salvador Allende (former socialist president).
References
External links