Radio shock jock Javier Ceriani is on an on going battle with the former Sabado Gigante model Barbie Simmons. The premise: Barbie Simmons began her carreer doing morning traffic reports in a Miami local radio station and also as a model on Univision hit show Sabado Gigante. After two years, decides to leave her gigs and return to Argentina for what she says "for personal reason". While in Argentina, she did several interviews claiming that she co-hosted Sabado Gigante with Don Franciso and that she had a four hour daily radio show.
Fellow Argentinian Javier Ceriani, who knows both media markets in Miami and Buenos Aires, got access to the interviews and he cant believe how Barbie Simmons inflated her success to her fellow countrymen. In ZONA CERO radio show this morning, it went down like this:
Javier Ceriani: "How can you lie to your country, and tell people you had a radio show and co-hosted Sabado Gigante with Don Francisco...you did traffic reports and you were a model on the show"
Barbie Simmons: "Call it what you want, even if I did traffic reports on the radio, it was a daily job which I did with alot of honor and define it as you want, as a model I did co-present with Don Francisco as did other models...I can't believe that you being a fellow Argentinian are attacking me, when all I've done is struggled like you to have what I have."
Can't we all just get along?
(PHOTO COURTESY OF MHPIXS.com)
Univision is revamping Sábado Gigante. On average, the show delivers 2.4 million Viewers 2+ and 1.2 million Adults 18-49 and reaches more than five million viewers each week. The longest-running weekly TV variety show in the world is now more GIGANTIC than ever, featuring a fresh, new, completely redesigned state-of-the-art set that comes to life with new digital features that offer viewers greater excitement, bigger prizes and more opportunities to participate.
We’ve always made the studio audience an integral part of ‘Sábado Gigante.’ Now, with all new technology, we can finally bring the viewers at home into the excitement as well, said Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco), “Sábado Gigante’s” host, founder and creator. We are now able to give families an opportunity to be fully involved in all the fun of ‘Sábado Gigante’ and truly make them feel that I am right in their living room.
•A completely redesigned state-of-the-art set
•Univision.com is revamping the “Sábado Gigante” microsite, which will include unprecedented levels of fan engagement to both, the site and the show, video clips from each episode, behind-the-scenes extras, exclusive interviews with the “Artist of the Week.” and access to fully-loaded bios from the “Sábado” models and will be able submit show ideas on the “Usted lo Pidió” (You Asked for It) section
•Digital upgrades of its wide variety of games, interactive opportunities to play and win from home (via phone, mobile or online)
•Enhanced in-studio electronic interaction system for increased audience participation in voting and volunteering for comedy skits and other features.
EXCLUSIVO--Mario Kreutzberger better known as Don Francisco with his wife Temmy shopping at Bal Harbour shops in Miami this past weekend. Temmy, who has been married to Mario for 50 years, looks great and happy since her scare with cancer. The couple shopped for over two hours. Beautiful to see!!!
(images courtesy of Manny Hernandez/MHPIXS.com)
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