Rigo’s triumphant return: this is how RCN production fared with the start of the new season

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Colombian actor Juan Pablo Urrego plays Rigo in the athlete’s bionovela – credit @juanpurrego/Instagram

The successful series Rigo, inspired by the career and life of the well-known cyclist Rigoberto Urán, resumed its broadcast on the RCN Channel on January 29, 2024, achieving a shocking return in terms of audience.

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After an extended break for the Christmas festivities, the new episodes of the series starring Juan Pablo Urrego and Ana María Estupiñán have managed to outperform highly relevant programs such as La Voz Kids and the second season of Arelys Henao. This fact places Rigo at the top of television preferences in Colombia.

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Rigo surpassed the rating of La Voz kids – credit Carlos Ochoa/ Instagram

According to data provided by Kantar Ibope Media, a firm specializing in television audience measurements, which were published by journalist Carlos Ochoa, the series reached first place in tune with 9.03 points on January 29, above other television programs.

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“And Rigo won on his return from vacation to La Voz Kids,” wrote the renowned entertainment journalist through the social network Instagram, where he has more than 90 thousand followers.

Despite the fact that during the last Christmas and New Year holidays, the RCN Channel chose to pause the series of the athlete known as El Toro de Urrao and retransmit previous episodes of the series, extending until the end of January, a decision that initially caused discontent among the audience. However, the broadcast of the new episodes resulted in a resounding success for the channel.

The series inspired by the life of cyclist Rigoberto Urán surpassed the rating of La Voz Kids, despite having been on hiatus for the Christmas festivities – credit Carlos Ochoa/Instagram

Followers of the series expressed their enthusiasm on different digital platforms, celebrating the premiere of the new episodes and expressing their satisfaction for the return of the Colombian production: “How good for Rigo 👏👏👏 “no more kids”; “He has already beaten 2 reality shows 👏🏻❤️”; “I enjoy the best of the nights and The House of the Famous is coming 💪”; “Rigo, the best, all of Colombia was waiting for you,” are some comments in journalist Ochoa’s publication.

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These positive reactions reflect not only the affection of Rigoberto Urán’s character within Colombian culture but also the high expectations of viewers about the life of the Antioquia athlete, who did not expect the great reception from the Colombian audience.

“I think that the novel has been very special because it was able to inspire many children, we are on the right path and what we wanted was to be able to inspire children and we are achieving it and that gives me a lot of happiness,” said the Colombian cyclist. in an interview for Infobae Colombia.

The Colombian runner assured that he is happy with the reception that the soap opera has had – credit Infobae Colombia

In summary, Rigo has marked a growing increase in numbers in terms of audience for Canal RCN and, in addition, has demonstrated the growing public preference for authentically Colombian stories such as that of the outstanding athlete for participating in important sporting events such as the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España.

Rigoberto Urán explained that the series does not show all aspects of his life, however, he did keep in mind one of the most difficult moments of his life, such as the death of his parents: “I have never talked about my life.” with my father, the violence that I experienced in Urrao was very strong and, obviously, many things were omitted in the novel, but well, all Colombians have been touched, many people identify with my story, they have been worse than to me and I think that’s why a lot of people identify with it. What is the idea of ​​this: to be able to get ahead, little by little, to be able to go out again and be an inspiration for other people,” added the Colombian for this medium.