The contest Discovering Canary Islands returns this Friday with its second edition to Rakuten TV with the presenter Pilar Rubio at the controls: "We have done everything in a big way," says the presenter about the adventures through the islands to find the mythical "San Borondón".
The contestants will begin their journey in Lanzarote to finish in El Hierro after having explored the local traditions of each of the islands through the legends as a common thread in this free and exclusive program of Rakuten TV and by the hand of Tourism of the Canary Islands.
Eight influencers from different countries - Spain is not among them - must use their strategic skills to search for this wandering island that is part of the Canary Islands legends. "They all have a very contrasting and defined personality, they are very well-known people in their country," says Pilar Rubio to EFE in an interview about the contest.
Giuseppe Revisato from Italy, Kim Wallin from Sweden, Dylan Evans from the United Kingdom, Deborah Vanlingen from Belgium, the Dutch Jane Karto, the Irish Laura Nolan, the German Sam Dylan and the French Cindy Miranda, with ages ranging from 25 to 56 years old, are the contestants of this edition.
"They are people with a lot of notoriety in their countries, and that generates a link from there to the program and also to learn about the Canary Islands culture," Rubio highlighted about the contestants, with disparate jobs ranging from model to former member of the armed forces, nurse, 'tiktoker' or cruise entertainer.
During six episodes, all of them will learn about the gastronomy and also the popular legends of each of the islands, "natural sets that contribute a lot with their richness to the format", willing to be crowned as a white contest to watch as a family.
After the first edition, seen in 42 countries, in the second and as explained by its presenter "a lot has been bet because it can compete with any program in prime time", Pilar Rubio highlighted about this program that brings together contestants from different countries and cultures.
"Cultural variety is always rich, because we learn from each other, each with their accent and their particularities of coming from different places, always knowing that they are in a contest and sharing those codes," Rubio explained, for whom the heterogeneity of profiles and cultures adds to the format.
In her opinion, "there is no barrier between the contestants, because everything that has to do with the human being is reflected there through how they feel things", says the presenter, for whom this human component makes it easy to empathize and "feel part" of the contest.
"Each contestant evolves and changes throughout the contest, they themselves discover parts of their personality that they did not know," explains the presenter. "We all have prejudices when thinking that one or the other can win, and then you learn that being strong does not make you win a contest, but there are more qualities that influence".
For Rubio, the key to success in this program lies in mental strength above the physical: "It is the one that gives you freshness at the level of strategy and pulls your body, in addition to giving clues about when to do team strategy," she indicates.
