El conquistador del fin del mundo

Its contestants are divided in two groups that compete between them with different events apart from the climate, hunger, thirst and so on. The physical condition and the capability to live with strangers are also very important in order to win this competition. This program is based on other previous ones like Basetxea and Conquistadores del fin del mundo. In its first shot in 2005, twelve out of its sixteen contestants where from the Basque Country and the other four from Argentina, but with basque roots. The goal is to bring the ikurriña (Basque flag), to the Les Éclaireus lighthouse in the Bahía de Ushuaia. Early in the year 2008, it was shot exclusively for Argentinian spectators. In 2014, the scene was the Iguazu waterfall's rainforest. In 2016 it took part in the Amazonas rainforest. The program does not only count with the participation of anonymous people; professional athletes also participate, as in the case of David Seco and Zuriñe Rodríguez.

It was awarded as the Best Entertainment Autonomic Program of 2008 by the Academy of Spanish Television. It is usually considered one of the most extreme shows on television because of the combination of extreme events, survival and cohabitation, and also because of the format of the reality, that changes every year surprising the contestants and the audience. For all of that, each edition gathers more followers, not only in the Basque Country, but also in other provinces, achieving assessments 25% higher than the average of the channel.

Some groups pro animal rights reported that the program encourages animal mistreatment in some of its events by killing chickens, frogs, worms and fish or even for feeding an animal until it threw up. The Aranzadi Science Society has also reported that an inoffensive protected species of snake was killed, as well as some other animals under the same circumstances.

• Annex: El conquistador del fin del mundo editions (Spanish)

Edition	Date	Winner	Second finalist	Third finalist
El conquistador del fin del mundo I	2005	Eneko Van Horenbeke	Javier Goikoetxea, Goiko	Ignacio Cebolla, Natxo
El conquistador del fin del mundo II	2006	Raúl Arribas	Azucena Díez	Patxi Hernández
El conquistador del fin del mundo III	2007	Lourdes Zuriarrain	María José Sardón	Josu Rus, Ruso
El conquistador del fin del mundo IV	2008	Gorka Toraño	Iosu Vázquez	Eguzki Garmendia
El conquistador del fin del mundo V	2009	Gotzon Mantuliz	Josu Abrego	Ndiaga Ngom
El conquistador del fin del mundo VI	2010	Egoitz Ríos	Oihane Jiménez	Koldo Pozueta
El conquistador del fin del mundo VII	2011	Nakor Márquez	Lur Ibarra	Helenka Gómez
El conquistador del fin del mundo VIII	2012	David Seco	Javier Adell, Lobo	Yeray González
El conquistador del fin del mundo IX	2013	Óskar Sanz	Iñaki Larrasolo	Diana Cantero
El conquistador del fin del mundo X	2014	Eneko Van Horenbeke	Irene Muruzábal	Sandra Barea
El conquistador del fin del mundo XI	2015	Eritz Egaña Beristain, Maixa	Sergio López	Andeka Rico
El conquistador del Amazonas	2016	Olga Erkuden Sola, Erku	Iñaki Lekuona, Leku	Nerea Arriaga, Txirrita
El conquistador del Caribe I	2017	Andoni Iruretagoyena, Izeta	Aiskander Jauregi	Isma Pereira
El conquistador del Caribe II	2018	Eider Alonso	Gotzon Burgos	Aiora Armendáriz
El conquistador del Pacífico	2019	Iker Babio	Ibai Vidal	Luisito Angulo
El conquistador del Caribe III	2020	Mikel Pérez	Jon Quel Sola	Isma Mateo
El conquistador del Caribe IV	2021	Nahia Valencia	Aitor Acebo	Jon Zabaleta, Beko

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