Last night Telecinco experienced one of the most emotional moments in its history: the farewell of Pedro Piqueras. The legendary Mediaset presenter said goodbye to all viewers after more than 17 years at the helm of the evening news programs and was ready to begin a new stage in his life away from the small screen.
''I leave with the best memories of having been with you for so many years. I wish you times of less tension, more justice and more happiness. "Very good night and see you always," said Piqueras during his last news report.
His replacement will be Carlos Franganillo, who was in charge of Spanish Television news for five years, and to whom he wanted to dedicate a few words of welcome. ''My place is going to be taken by a journalist with whom I have been lucky enough to share coverage of elections, investitures, volcanoes, earthquakes... his name is Carlos Franganillo and he comes from that great school that is public television and that joins this Telecinco team where you will also find great colleagues,'' the presenter confessed.
After Pedro Piqueras' emotional farewell, Telecinco viewers once again experienced another painful farewell this Friday. And with the news of the presenter's retirement, the board of directors of the audiovisual group decided to give a radical change to the entire team of its news programs, with a renewed decoration and a new graphic line.
In this way, Carlos Franganillo will be in charge of the 9:00 p.m. edition, Isabel Jiménez and Ángeles Blanco will form a new duo in charge of the midday news program and David Cantero, Pepe Ribagorda and Leticia Iglesias will host the weekend editions. . This decision has caused this Friday, December 22, to be the last joint news report by David Cantero and Isabel Jiménez after thirteen years together.
For this reason, the end of the program has been one of the hardest moments for the presenter, who could not contain her tears when having to say goodbye to her partner. ''Well, Lottery day is a day that I especially like because it is a day to smile from the beginning. Today we both have a knot in our stomach,' she began by saying.
''Yeah. These are days of emotions here, at Informativos Telecinco. Last night we said goodbye to Pedro Piqueras and today we have to say goodbye. "This is our last news report together after many years," said Cantero.
''After almost 13 years. I also want to thank Agustín, Esther...'' she responded. ''It's a drama, nothing happens. Maybe, you never know, we will meet again. It has been a pleasure to work with this woman, an immense professional,'' the presenter stressed. ''You have been the best companion,'' the presenter concluded, while they both shook hands very excitedly.
