''Caiga Quien Caiga'' (''Whoever May Fall''), also known as ''CQC'', is an

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show. Under the format of the production company

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, ''CQC'' has also been adapted in

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and briefly in

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and the

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. It won an

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for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment in 2010.

Overview

''CQC'' is a weekly news roundup that takes a

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ous and

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approach to reporting

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and

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. ''CQCs

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s are known for asking

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questions to

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, which in some cases leads to visible discomfort in the interviewees. One of the trademarks of the show is the heavy editing of the interviews to add

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and

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with the goal of highlighting (by ridicule) the interviewee's reactions.

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s sometimes give controversial gifts to celebrities. Hosts and

s all dress in black suits and wear black glasses, inspired by the characters in

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’s movie ''

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''. The name of the show in Spanish is a commonly used phrase meaning "whatever it takes" (literally: "whoever might fall"), as a reference to the unorthodox interviewing methodology. A recurring segment is "Proteste Ya" ("Protest Now"), which involves the people of a certain neighborhood or home area sending an e-mail to an e-mail address especially reserved for "Proteste Ya", complaining about government negligence in their neighborhood. The ''CQC'' journalists then go to that neighborhood, find out about the problem and try to force the person responsible to make a commitment to improve the situation, often taking something from their office as a "collateral".

International versions

Argentina

The Argentine edition of ''CQC'' was hosted by

Mario Pergolini Mario Daniel Pergolini (born July 3, 1964, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine journalist, media producer and businessman, best known as the former main host of the television show '' Caiga Quien Caiga'' (''CQC'') broadcast on Argentina's Telefe. H ...

, Eduardo de la Puente and Juan di Natale until 2009. The new anchor is

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. It started broadcasting in Canal 2 (currently known as

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), in 1995. This first stage ended in 1999, with a special show transmitted

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from the

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. In 2001, there was a special show (made in the same theatre) to announce the new season of the show for the next year, this time in Canal 13. In 2005, Canal 13 hired

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, who is frequently argumented in the programme and has been a longtime rival of

. This resulted in ''CQC'' (and all of the shows produced by

) moving to

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. The show went on the air every Monday at 10:30 pm (local hour). On 15 December 2008, Pergolini officially retired from the show. The journalist cast in Canal 2 were Clemente Cancela,

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, Guillermo López,

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, Gonzalo Rodríguez and Daniel Tognetti. The cast in Canal 13 were Clemente Cancela, Diego Della Salla, Guillermo López, Daniel Malnatti and Gonzalo Rodríguez.

Chile

The

an edition started broadcasting in 2002 on Mega every Sunday at 10:00 pm. The hosts are

Nicolás Larraín Nicolás Enrique Larraín de Toro (born 19 May 1965) is a Chilean television personality. Larraín stood out when he was the television host the political satire program, '' Caiga Quien Caiga'' (CQC), from 2002 to 2011. Currently, he is one of ...

Gonzalo Feito Gonzalo Enrique Feito Rosse (born 4 March 1976) is a Chilean journalist. He currently hosts the political debate show, ''Sin filtros''. Feito began working at Chilevisión, but he became famous as a reporter for Caiga Quien Caiga (CQC) –then ...

and

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. The journalist cast is composed of Sebastián Eyzaguirre, Jean Philippe Cretton and Pamela Le Roy, as well as the hosts Feito and Guerrero. Previously in the show were reporter

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and hosts Felipe Bianchi and Pablo Mackenna. With the show being broadcast on a Christian channel, they are restricted from talking to people related to the church. The show is produced with the support of the Chilean production company Edu. Some of their most popular memes is ''El Hombre de Trabajo Trabajo y Trabajo'' and

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. The last season on Mega was produced on 2011. After that, the Chilean edition has had sporadic special episodes on

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and YouTube sponsored by the mobile carrier WOM.

Spain

The Spanish version was broadcast by

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from 1996 to 2008 (except in 2003 and 2004 when the show was cancelled), by

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from May 2008 to December 2008, and by

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in 2010. The first period (1996 to 2002) was produced by GloboMedia, while Cuatro Cabezas was in charge from 2002 to 2010. In their first stage, the show was hosted by

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. Some of the

s (like Pablo Carbonell) were already experienced TV journalists, while the rest started their television careers in ''CQC'' such as Javier Martin and

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. During this first run, the show featured a

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led by Wyoming's longtime collaborator Maestro Reverendo. Despite enjoying a high rating and the numerous awards given to the programme and its presenter, Telecinco decided to cancel the show at the end of 2002 alleging business reasons. On the weeks after the cancellation was announced, the program experienced a rise in its audience rating. The announcement was made after the reporters suggested to include a section about

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, wife of then-Prime Minister

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, although Telecinco claimed the cancellation's reasons were unrelated to that incident. In 2005 the programme returned to Telecinco, this time hosted by

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, Arturo Valls,

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and

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as the first woman in the cast. The good ratings made the show renew their contracts for a second season, hosted by Arturo Valls, Manel Fuentes and

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with the reporter cast of Toni Garrido,

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(Gonzo) and Christian Gálvez, having also Arturo Valls as reporter. In the third season, Toni Garrido was replaced by Eugeni Alemany and Francisco Rodríguez was introduced after winning a contests of reporters; later Christian Gálvez left the programme for another projects in Telecinco and Maldo made his appearance in the team of reporters. Fuentes and Bonet returned to host the fourth season, which began in Autumn 2007, with

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replacing Arturo Valls. In 2008,

bought the rights of the programme from rival channel Telecinco. This new period of the programme began on 14 May 2008 with many new faces, as some of the old hosts and reporters had a contract with Telecinco (like Manel Fuentes) or decided to leave for another projects (like Gonzo). The host in this period was

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, a radio presenter, accompanied by Juan Ramón Bonet and Toni Garrido, who come back to the show after two seasons.

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, the comical duo

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and were the new reporters. The show was cancelled in December 2008 after 17 episodes because of low ratings. In 2010, TV channel

decided to pick up the format with a female trio of presenters. The host in this new period were

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, Silvia Abril and Tània Sarrias. Premiering in April 2010, the show was canceled in August due to low ratings. In January 2025, Telecinco revived the show once again, with a new trio of presenters made up of

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, Lorena Castell and Pablo González Batista. Pablo Carbonell rejoined the show as a reporter on the second episode of this run. However, this run was canceled in February due to low ratings, its last episode scheduled to air on 2 March.

Italy

The

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version is called ''

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'', which is the Italian title of Tarantino's movie ''

''. It started in 1996, currently transmitting on

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France

There has been an edition of ''CQC'' as "

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" in

,called "Les Hyènes" and hosted by Caroline Diamen
"TV FOR EXPORT"
- Revista Nueva transmitting on

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Israel

The

i edition of ''CQC'' aired in 2001, but was cancelled after one season for low ratings. The lack of success is attributed to the heavy competition by other satirical shows already established.

Brazil

The

ian edition of ''CQC'' is called ''

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'' ("Whatever it Takes") and is aired on

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(Band) on Monday nights (10:15 PM, Brazilian time) and repeated on Saturdays (12:00 AM, same time zone) from March 17, 2008 to December 28, 2015. The show is hosted by

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, Marco Luque and

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(nicknamed the ''Pequeno Pônei'' ( Little Pony) of the team, due to his short stature), and its journalist crew is also comprised by

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, Rafael Cortez,

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(who won the contest ''Quem quer ser o 8º integrante do CQC?'' - "Who Wants To Be The 8th Member Of CQC?"), joined by

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in late 2011 and Ronald Rios in 2012. Meirelles and Rios entered the show as replacements to former co-host

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(who took a leave from the show after making an inappropriate joke about singer

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's pregnancy, being subsequently dismissed by Band following revile from the media; he would go on to present the short-lived Brazilian version of ''

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'' on

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, as well as his own show on cable channel FX) and

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(formerly known as "the unexperienced reporter"), who left to star on his own project in Band, the talk show ''

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'' ("Now It's Too Late"), which in its last year (2014) was helmed by Bastos while Gentili left for SBT, where he presents another talk show in the same mold, ''The Noite com Danilo Gentili'', which is still airing as of October 2024. In later years, as the reporters became bigger media figures and got scoped out by other networks, the show's turnover rate increased, with actor

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replacing Marcelo Tas in the show's final year.

United States

A pilot for an American version of the show was filmed in Argentina with

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and

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as hosts.Political comedy show 'CQC' has eye on U.S.
/ref> Clips of the pilot and interviews of the hosts (and Monaghan's girlfriend

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) were aired on the June 23, 2008 episode of the Argentine show.

Portugal

The Portuguese version of the show, ''Caia Quem Caia'', premiered on

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on October 25, 2008. The show was fronted by Pedro Fernandes, José Pedro Vasconcelos, and Joana Cruz. Additional field reporting was done by João Santos, Miguel Rocha, and Filipe Cardoso. The show's regular slot was Saturday nights, although it occasionally got bumped to the following evening. The first series ended on January 17, 2009, with no indication that it would come back in the future.

Netherlands

A Dutch adaptation of CQC was broadcast since August 2009 on Veronica, and was presented by Dutch TV presenters Beau van Erven Dorens, Pieter Jouke and Daan Nieber. It ended on April 5 of the following year.