The television contest Pass word appeared on our screens 23 years ago. he was the year 2000was broadcast for the first time on Antena 3 and featured it Silvia Jatowho would take the baton Constantino Romero and Jaime Cantizano. Later it passed to the afternoons of Telecinco at the hands of Christian Galvezthe presenter who hosted it the longest, from 2007 to 2019. Since then, Roberto Leal has been in charge of carrying the popular program that returned to Antena 3 after a court decision.
In all these years, there are many contestants who have participated every afternoon entertaining thousands and thousands of people with their tests that demonstrate their knowledge, skill and mental speed. However, there are few who have managed to win a millionaire jackpot like the one that Rafa Castaño, the 32-year-old journalist from Seville, has achieved this Thursday, who has taken home 2.272.000 euros when completing the thread of the pull. He left his eternal rival, Orestes Barbero, without options.
Other millionaire contestants thanks to ‘Pasapalabra’
This is the highest prize ever distributed in the contest, but not the only one. Eduardo Benito was the one who held, until now, the record. It was in 2006 and at that time, the 38-year-old merchant from Madrid took a whopping 2.190.000 euros by guessing the surname of the Spanish poet and Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Platero y Yo. ‘Jiménez’, he answered successfully.
By Xavier Miguel
They are followed by David Leo, one of the five scholars participating in The hunter, the La 1 program where Paz Herrera and Lilit Manukyan have also signed, who also took significant sums of money. The philologist was 27 years old when in 2016 managed to take 1.866.000 euros. For his part, Paz reached the 1.310.000 euros y wrap around los 318.000 euros.
The violinist from Tenerife Pablo Díaz, 24 years old, took 1.828.000 euros in 2021. Up to twelve times she had stayed one word away from completing the rosco. Díaz also recently managed to win the “Duel of Champions” that brought together the most beloved contestants of the program. on this occasion won another 50,000 euros.
David Leo, Paz Herrera and Lilit Manukyan obtained economic revenue, but also television
The engineer Juanpe Gómez 43 years old was made in 2013 con 1.674.000 euros after answering ‘Midnight’ to the question: “Time when the sun is exactly at the opposite point of noon?”. But without a doubt, another of the most remembered contestants was Fran González, a 29-year-old biology student, who amassed 1.542.000 euros
The television contest Pass word appeared on our screens 23 years ago. he was the year 2000was broadcast for the first time on Antena 3 and featured it Silvia Jatowho would take the baton Constantino Romero and Jaime Cantizano. Later it passed to the afternoons of Telecinco at the hands of Christian Galvezthe presenter who hosted it the longest, from 2007 to 2019. Since then, Roberto Leal has been in charge of carrying the popular program that returned to Antena 3 after a court decision.
