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La Granja VIP Debuts With 24/7 Feed as Day-One Memes, Backlash and a Censorship Blunder Dominate

Host Adal Ramones vowed the cameras would not shut off or favorites get special treatment, a line widely read as a swipe at Televisa’s rival format.

Overview

  • TV Azteca launched the celebrity farm reality on October 12 on Azteca Uno with a continuous Disney+ feed that outlets say is also available free for two weeks via YouTube, the TV Azteca app and the network’s website.
  • The 16-person cast includes surprise entrant Lola Cortés alongside Alfredo Adame, Eleazar Gómez, Sergio Mayer Mori and others, with media citing unverified leaks that Cortés negotiated about 500,000 pesos weekly.
  • Opening-night dynamics sent Alfredo Adame, Manola Díez, Tania “La Bea” González and César Doroteo “Teo” to the granero, and Teo was named the first nominee.
  • A production error during the 24/7 feed cut to a cow while Kim Shantal’s graphic crime story continued on audio, drawing criticism of the show’s censorship and live-ops.
  • Social media flooded with memes and comparisons to La Casa de los Famosos, and Eleazar Gómez’s inclusion triggered backlash tied to his 2020 domestic-violence case.