Feijóo's El Hormiguero interview draws 19% share, trailing La Revuelta

A 19% share and a clear lead

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the Partido Popular leader and candidate for the presidency of the government, was interviewed by Pablo Motos on Antena 3's El Hormiguero on Wednesday, 11 November. The programme averaged 2,455,000 viewers and a 19% share, leading its slot outright. El Periódico called it the second most-watched episode of the year, while ABC reported that it was the programme's best result of the season, based on audited data from Dos30'. For Antena 3 as a channel, ABC reported its best day of the season, with a 15% share.

A Barlovento Comunicación report, built on Fifty5Blue data, put unique viewers at 4,905,000, or 10.3% of the Spanish population who watched at least one minute. The strongest shares came from younger viewers: those aged 13 to 24 gave the interview a 27.1% share and children aged 4 to 12 a 25.9% share. Women registered 19.5% against 18.5% for men, and the average viewer was 56 years old, according to LaVanguardia.

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8.3 %

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19 %

Data from the article text

How it compares with earlier visits

Feijóo's previous appearance on the programme, in June 2026, drew about 1.63 million viewers and a 13.1% share, El Mundo reported. This interview added 5.9 points and 825,000 viewers on that figure. The first visit, on 28 June 2023, came less than a month before the 23 July general election and reached a 25.9% share and 3,079,000 viewers, which El Mundo described as the format's share record. Wednesday's result left Feijóo 6.9 points and 624,000 viewers short of that peak.

The programme's run that week also varied sharply. El Confidencial's figures show 8.3% and 1,242,000 viewers for the Monday, 9 November edition with Macarena Gómez, and 11.4% with 1,530,000 viewers on Tuesday, 10 November, with Can Yaman. Sources differ on Feijóo's Tuesday appearance on Cuatro's Horizonte: EL PAÍS gave an average of 1,725,000 viewers and a 12.8% share, while El Confidencial cited 2,927,000 viewers and 14% for the 22:00 to 22:40 slot.

Competition with La Revuelta

The interview finished behind several political interviews on La Revuelta, according to LaVanguardia's comparison. Pedro Sánchez drew 4,387,000 viewers and a 33.9% share, and Santiago Abascal drew 4,815,000 viewers and 33.6%. Ada Colau's interview reached 3,050,000 viewers and a 22.9% share, while the joint appearance of Irene Montero and Gabriel Rufián drew 2,654,000 viewers and 21.7%. The programme opened with Motos complaining that Pedro Sánchez had declined to be interviewed on El Hormiguero.

Pedro Sánchez (La Revuelta)33.9%

Santiago Abascal (La Revuelta)33.6%

Ada Colau (La Revuelta)22.9%

Irene Montero and Gabriel Rufián (La Revuelta)21.7%

Alberto Núñez Feijóo (El Hormiguero)19%

Pedro Sánchez (La Revuelta)

33.9 %

Santiago Abascal (La Revuelta)

33.6 %

Ada Colau (La Revuelta)

22.9 %

Irene Montero and Gabriel Rufián (La Revuelta)

21.7 %

Alberto Núñez Feijóo (El Hormiguero)

19 %

Data from the article text

What Feijóo said on Vox and the budget

The conversation covered the general strike, immigration and the management of Pedro Sánchez, according to ABC. Feijóo also addressed his relationship with Santiago Abascal and Vox after a Senate pact that the right has agreed to run jointly in 23 provinces. El Confidencial reported that the PP has agreed for the first time to withdraw its lists in Guipúzcoa, Tarragona and Girona. Asked about the first regional governments the two parties shared, he said:

“The experience of the first legislature in the regional governments was not good, because they left the governments all on the same day.”

He argued the current arrangement is working, saying Vox was meeting its commitments, budgets were being approved and there was stability. On the budget, he set a clear limit for any future government.

“An honest head of government knows that the Constitution allows only one budget extension. If, once the extension ends, the budget is not approved, elections must be called.”

He said his priority is a very solid government able to pass two budgets in 2027. He also recounted that a recent WhatsApp message to Pedro Sánchez never showed a double check, which made him think Sánchez was somewhere without coverage.