After the traditional one (9:00 p.m.), Christmas Eve on television enters a wormhole that allows the viewer to live in a curious space-time loop. The special programming of the main channels responds so much to traditions and customs that it is difficult to distinguish the proposals of one year from those of another. After all, television tonight is just a background accompaniment: the important thing will be at the table and in the diners. Those who venture to turn on the television will find a lot of compilations, musical performances, some humor, Clint Eastwood and, of course, On telepathy.
On La 1, ‘Telepasión’, Estopa and Rosario
A lot of tradition and a bit of renewal are the ingredients of TVE’s proposals for Christmas Eve. Special programming starts with On telepathywhich has Patricia Conde and Aitor Albizua as hosts (they repeat from last year, when they were accompanied by Rodrigo Vázquez). With this, it will be 34 years that the public channel has been betting on this format in which many of the faces of the Corporation’s main programs (and many who do not usually appear in front of the camera) participate in musical numbers with versions of very popular songs. known. This year’s edition has the subtitle The big lie and it will be the edition with the most participants in history, more than 120. The plot is the least important thing, but it also has: Patricia Conde and Aitor Albizua gather their families for dinner and watch On telepathy together, but the dinner gets complicated until the big lie is discovered in a crazy dinner full of humor and surreal situations.
Next, the traditional musical galas recorded for the occasion will be scheduled. The first will have as protagonists to celebrate the 25 years of the Cornellá duo on stage. They will review their greatest hits with other singers such as Dani Martín, Paul Thin, Lola Índigo, Manuel Carrasco, Amaran, Los Chicos or El Momo. The next gala will have at the center , who has just released an album, I tell you everything and I don’t tell you anything, and will share the stage with Malú, Lolita, Sebastián Yatra, Carlinhos Brown or Alaska, among others, to sing rumbas, ballads, reaggaeflamenco and blues. When the musical galas are over, the night will be completed with the tour of the RTVE Archive proposed by Journey to the center of television with a karaoke that will review the most important artists who have appeared in the Christmas specials.
Humor and ‘Late Xou’ on La 2
The second TVE network will also have special programming for Christmas Eve this year. After the King’s Message, the night begins with a classic, how we laughwith a special that will feature the collaboration of Jordi Hurtado, who will propose a game of intrigue to review performances by the great names of Spanish humor. At 11:00 p.m. it will start Late Xou with Marc Giró. Christmas Special. This Christmas delivery of late show It will feature Ana Belén and Karla Sofía Gascón as guests and a performance by Rigoberta Bandini. The night will close with a marathon of more than five hours of how we laugh. And for the night of December 25, La 2 has saved a one-hour special (starting at 10:00 p.m.) with Joaquín Reyes and Eva Soriano as guests. After him, he will schedule the premiere of the BBC series frozen planet.
Compilations on Antena 3
If we talk about Christmas traditions, Antena 3 cannot miss its own, which is to fill the Christmas Eve programming with canned compilations. They call the first one The best of each house, and they describe it as “a selection with the most fun, shocking and surprising images of the group’s networks in 2024.” It will be followed by the also traditional review of different performances of Your face sounds familiar to me. Little complication and less originality.
A winter ‘First Dates’ in Cuatro
Shall we continue with traditions? In Cuatro you cannot miss the special Fist Dates of Christmas Eve. On this occasion, Carlos Sobera and his team meet on the restaurant terrace, converted for the occasion into a winter cabin full of gifts where, every time they open one, they will evoke an iconic moment in the history of the program. That is to say, under the guise of a special there is one more compilation.
Another musical gala on Telecinco
Christian Gálvez and Verónica Dulanto repeat as the presenters of the musical gala that the Mediaset channel will offer, which does not even change its name compared to last year, Christmas Eve with you. Singers and groups such as Fangoria, Nena Daconte, Carlos Baute, Dani Fernández and Omar Montes will pass through it. Before, TardeAR will broadcast a musical duel between the program’s collaborators that will end with one of them winning.
Clint Eastwood in The Sixth
The Atresmedia channel has chosen to fill the nights of Christmas week with movies. For the endearing Christmas Eve they have chosen Fromstarring and directed by Clint Eastwood, in which an octogenarian unknowingly becomes a drug trafficker for a Mexican cartel. But first, just after the King’s speech, he will broadcast a compilation of the best moments of The Intermission.
Alternative options on platforms and DTT
Whoever prefers to escape the television loop that is Christmas Eve on the main channels, now has plenty of options. For example, you can re-watch Bruce Willis and Cybill Sheperd fall in love while investigating cases at their detective agency. Filmin recovers available on the platform from this Tuesday, December 24. Whoever prefers something more biblical, the fourth season of Movistar Plus+ will be available this Tuesday. The Chosenthe series that reviews the life of Jesus of Nazareth. If they opt for national comedy production, Factoría de Ficción will broadcast Christmas episodes of The one that is coming y Aida. Outside of fiction, Movistar Plus+ premieres two proposals on December 24: Illustrious Ignorants: Christmas Special It was recorded at Espacio Movistar, in the Telefónica Building, and has two surprise guests; and Tonight it’s Leo Harlem dresses up the popular comedian to take the Florida Park stage and compile the best jokes from his repertoire.
