User:AlexiTR/El Audaz (tv show)

El Audaz (the bold) is a tv entertainment show that airs every Saturday night on Paraguayan tv channel Canal Trece at 22.00 (prime time). The show was created by German businessman Carsten Pfau and Paraguayan tv producer Hernán Rodriguez. It premiered in June 2021. Rodriguez developed the overall concept of the show as well as the main script based on an idea from Pfau (who owns the commercial rights to the show).

Concept
The show, always hosted by Carsten Pfau, is divided into several different segments. In the first segment, Pfau interviews a successful business person in Paraguay, focussing especially on the early days of his interview partners, how they started the business, which obstacles they had to overcome, etc.

In the Global Player segment, the show portraits and internationally successful business person, focussing on self-made billionaire entrepreneurs who started their respective businesses from scratch.

A short clip called Financial Education gives viewers some advise regarding financial and monetary topics.

In the segment Business Rescue, Carsten Pfau visits small businesses all over the country that are in financial trouble, sometimes even on the brink of bankruptcy. Pfau proposes a business transaction or other sort of deal to the business owner that is suited to help the small business to get afloat again. In the very first episode, Pfau bought all the meat and meat products available at a small town´s butcher shop in order to provide funding for new equipment. In another episode, he pre-paid a large order for business uniforms for his company in order to provide funding for a suburban taylor.

The most acclaimed segment of the show consists in aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for funding or a strategic partner for their respective business idea. In each episode, three candidates present their business ideas to a jury consiting of host Carsten Pfau and his wife, former model and Miss Paraguay (2017) Ariela Machado, who now also serves as an executive at Agri Terra Group (the multinational investment company owned by Carsten and Michael Pfau). As a third juror, the show usually invites the sucessfull business person that was interviewed for the episode, or a celebrity from the world of business, entertainment or sports as a guest judge.

One out of three candidates wins the episode, based on a decision by the jury. Each month, all winners of the respective months meet again to battle out the winner of the month, who then advences to the season finale.

In the final episode of the season, Carsten Pfau negotiates investment deals with the finalists. A panel of experts crowns the best candidate.

Show Intro
The intro to each show shows Carsten Pfau climbing out of a Cessna Citation VII private jet, jumping into a red Ferrari 458. While seen driving towards the Asuncion city skyline, Pfau (in off) tells the viewers how he created his company with an intial capital of only fifty US Dollars and a dream, only to later become one of Paraguay´s strongest investors. The intro also shows brief impressions of Pfau at home with his famliy, on the phone and in meetings in his office, as well as outdoor scenes with Pfau horseback riding in midst a cattle herd, walking through an orange plantation and into the EcoVita Country Club (all businesses owned by Pfau). The intro ends with Pfau climbing out of a chauffeur driven Mercdes S-Class, entering the tv studio.

Reception
The show has been received very well by Paraguayan viewers and is rated one of the top prime time shows in Paraguayan television.