David Trigo and Moisés Laguardia have identified the same weak point in AlaZ, the final challenge they face on Pasapalabra: starting the journey from the letter Z. The two contestants, who have already accumulated more than 40 shows competing for a prize well over a million euros, have also pointed to long words as one of the most challenging elements of the format.
Their coincidence does not refer to La Silla Azul, the test that decides whether participants must defend their place. Their fear appears in the very development of AlaZ, a dynamic that introduces several distinct conditions and requires confronting the alphabet from different starting points.
What exactly changes in AlaZ
The main novelty is that contestants must take into account how many letters the answer contains. Moreover, only a single exact word is valid, so it isn’t enough to provide a term related to the definition if it does not match the solution required by the show.
The order of participation is also part of the challenge. While one contestant starts the journey from the beginning of the alphabet, the other does so from the opposite end, placing the letter Z as the starting point for one of them.
- The length of the answer becomes information that contestants must consider.
- The solution must be a single concrete word, with no room to substitute it with another alternative.
- The direction of the journey is different: one player starts from the beginning and the other from the end of the alphabet.
With these changes, AlaZ is not limited to transferring a question from one alphabetic format to another. The mechanism adds information that must fit simultaneously with the definition and with the expected answer, a combination that explains why Trigo and Laguardia specifically mention long words.
The letter Z becomes the most feared point
For David Trigo and Moisés Laguardia, starting from the last letter of the alphabet is the scenario that causes them the most unease. They have not pointed to a different test nor to an external circumstance outside the game, but rather the moment AlaZ begins from the opposite end of the usual alphabetical order.
The statement helps identify which part of the new structure they perceive as more demanding, but it still does not offer an objective measure of its impact. A tally of correct answers, mistakes, or the duration of the games would be necessary to determine whether starting from Z creates a real disadvantage or if it is, for now, a concern shared by the contestants.
That nuance matters because the fear expressed on camera does not equal a rule that grants automatic advantage. The test does set the starting order and the conditions for the answers, but the outcome continues to depend on the solutions that appear and on each participant’s ability to solve them.
A rivalry that already surpasses 40 shows
The new dynamic unfolds in a stage marked by the ongoing rivalry between Trigo and Laguardia. Both have more than 40 programs under their belts in the competition, after the departure of Javier Alonso, and they have starred in a rivalry presented as cordial within the show.
So far, the balance of victories favors David Trigo, while Moisés Laguardia has suffered a few slips during his turns. Those data place the debate about AlaZ within a prolonged competition, not in a single episode, although by themselves they do not allow establishing a link between the new design of the test and each contestant’s overall result.
The other test that Moisés doesn’t want to encounter
Laguardia also distinguished between La Silla Azul and La Pista Musical. In the latter case, he explained that the outcome can depend on the guest who participates, and he humorously recalled an episode featuring Torito and Javier Alonso during the celebration of a victory.
The anecdote takes a back seat to the change in AlaZ. What matters to understand the current moment of Pasapalabra is that the final test incorporates rules recognizable to the viewer—the alphabet and the definitions—but adds constraints that contestants must handle simultaneously.
For now, the letter Z functions as the common fear expressed by the two contestants. The evolution of their games will allow us to verify whether that point in the route ends up having a decisive weight or whether it remains another difficulty within a test whose main novelty lies in combining the alphabetical order with the length and the accuracy of the answers.
