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Mega Match by Gordon Pepper, GSNN

Air time: Saturdays Noon ET/11am CT on Telefutura
Hosts: Samir Bazi, Chiquinquirá Delgado & Daniel Somaro

We start the holiday show with the ladies wearing Santa Caps and the men wearing boxing gloves. The contestants are wearing big floppy feet, as we start with the gladiator show. The Green team wins it, 4-2, so they get the first win of the game.

And for the second game, we get...a mariachi band! Well, no we don't, but we do get a musical concert. It actually sounds nice, and a very nice departure from the usual rap. Keep bringing these groups on!

We also need to keep finding Mega Match logos - and no X's. Yellow starts first, and they go with #6 (LOGO), then #9 (LOGO), then 4 (LOGO). 12 (LOGO) is next, and they are on a roll - which ends when they select #1 (X). We go to Green who select #2...and get an X. That was quick. Back to Yellow, who turns it right over with #7 (X) and then Green turns it over right back with #10 (X). Yellow gets the 5th logo with 5 (LOGO) and only needs 1 more for the match. Do they get it with #8? Yes they do, and Yellow gets the shut-out win.

Next up - it's time to carry water across the bridge. The Green team...only gets 2 people over? The Yellow team may finally actually win this...but they only get ONE person over. Wha? Green wins, 2-1, and they win the round.

We get...another concert? Heck I like them, so by all means, lets have more of them. Whoo-hoo!

With Green leading, 4 minutes to 2 minutes, we go to the Trivia Round. Yellow only gets another 1:20, bringing them up to 3:20. That's certainly not enough, as the Green Team wins it and has a nice 6:20 to run the course in.

Can they get past the course? Not if Juan only moves at 20 MPH, they aren't. After getting yelled at a few times by the announcers, Juan finally completes the book room - in over a minute. Uh-oh. He may not even get to the bowling pin room at this pace, but he does get there with 90 seconds to go. The announcer keeps saying that it's not impossible, but Juan has the same luck as everyone else - zero. They really need to change that stunt. Juan wins appliances, a tv, a range/stove and a refrigerator - and probably a grief letter about that stupid balancing bowling pin room.

We start the second hour with some pugil stick action, as it's time to Joust. The Yellow team jousted better, as they got 21 (Vs. Green's 14) and they get first blood.

And the blood may be coming out of our ears as we get to singing Mega Match. The Green team as really awful - but they got there more often so they win 3-1 and tie the match up at 1 game apiece.

Can the Yellow Team break the tie with the Water Carriers? They usually can't do it when the Green Team doesn't do well - and they aren't going to do it when the Green Team scores 6. The Yellow team does get 4 on the board, but that's not enough and Green takes the lead.

But there's still enough time for a comeback in the Trivia Round. However, to get this, they have to get more time than the leading team - which they don't do. hence, Green, with a massive, 6:40 gets to go into the bonus room...

...and promptly screw up in the Bowling Pin room? We'll see...Robert is going much faster that Juan was in the first hour. He is also getting the keys very quickly, and completes the first 2 rooms with over 5 minutes to go. Robert is having MAJOR problems in the thread the needle room, but he gets it done with 3 minutes left to go. All of that time wasted in the Needle room comes back to bite him here, as he gets into the Bowling Pin room with under 60 seconds, and..he gets it? He does, but time runs out on him before he can start the motorcycle. Robert wins appliances, a TV, a range/stove, a refrigerator and a washer/dryer combo, but he could have won much more if he didn't have thread issues. We'll thread you all along next week for 2 more hours of Mega Match.