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Spanish version of The Newlywed Game, but played closer to the Italian version, ''which literally means "your orange half" but is more similar to "your other half" or similar. Went on from 1990 to 1996,

Hosted by Jesús Puente, a theatre actor who was poached by Telecinco in its early years to provide a familiar face for a new channel, this show was quite the surprise hit with a surprisingly good host. He quit in 1994, and was replaced by Crooner Tate Montoya, who was good but couldn't really keep the show going.

Tropes that appear on this show include:

  • Carried by the Host: Jesús Puente. Tate Montoya gave it a good go as well.
  • Catchphrase: "Maridos, fuera." Used when getting the men to leave.
  • Design Student's Orgasm: If you were told this was the Spanish The Newlywed Game, watched and you didn't know the Spanish idiom is "the orange half", you're going to be pretty confused by the title sequence.
  • Failure Is the Only Option: Notorious for this. Most of the questions on this show were deliberately designed to cause a fight.
  • Game Show Host: Jesús Puente, later Tate Montoya.
  • Hostile Weather: In a Noodle Incident from 1991, where one lady was asked what her husband's greatest fear was. She said that it was flying, due to his first flight being beset by snow and rain. It was only a half-hour flight.
  • Losing Horns: A three-note sting was played when the spouse answered incorrectly.
  • Readings Are Off the Scale: In one episode, when resetting the scores to 0 pesetas, the scoreboard kept trying to give the third couple 3.000.000 pesetas to start off. Jesús was less than impressed.

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