Aplauso = Applause

Aplauso was a weekly music series on RTVE, which ran from 7 June 1978 to 1 January 1983 on Saturday evenings of 2 hours duration and included 210 Episodes.

The programme intended to fill a gap in the TVE schedules, highlighing current popular trends for the majority of the public and especially the young.

Frida performed three songs (in three different outfits) from her solo album:

1. I Know There's Something Going On (broadcast on Episode 200 - see below)
2. To Turn The Stone (broadcast on Episode 209 - see below)
3. Tell Me It's Over (broadcast on Episode 209 - see below)
   
   

Episode 200.

Running order of the show, hosted by María Casal, José Luis Fradejas and Adriana Ozores: 

1. Mocedades - ?
2. Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
3. Joan Baptista Humet - Y tu disimulando
4. Frida - congratulatory message to Aplauso for their 200th programme with Nacho Dogan, then she performed I Know There's Something Going On
5. Lime II - Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight (VIDEO)
6. Chicago - Hard to say I'm sorry (VIDEO)
7. José Luis Perales - Por amor
8. The Ritchie Family - I'll do my best
9. Julio Iglesias - interview, Sono un Vagabondo, Nathalie, Se l'Amore se ne va and Momenti

Click here for a newspaper cutting from ABC (Madrid) - 16 October 1982, p.93.
Click here for a TV listing from ABC (Madrid) - 16 October 1982, p.94.


Episode 209.

While in the Aplauso studio, Frida recorded two other songs To Turn The Stone and Tell Me It's Over and these were broadcast on Saturday 25 December 1982, 18:10-20:00.

Running order of the show, hosted by Nacho Dogan:

1. Greetings and Christmas message from The Ritchie Family
2. Richard Cocciante - ?
3. Dionne Warwick - ?
4. Frida - To Turn The Stone and Tell Me It's Over
5. Phil Collins - ?
6. Jean Michael Jarre - ?
7. Kiss - ?
8. Camilo Sesto - ?
9. Cristina and Tobías (for children)
10. Teresa Rabal - ?

Click here for a TV listing from ABC (Madrid) - 24 December 1982, p.86.


At the same time, Frida also recorded a Christmas Greeting in Spanish (see final picture) which was broadcast on Christmas Day (25 December) 1982 as part of the Aplauso Christmas Special.  See it here (at 2:22, but not sure how long the link will be available for).

Broadcast information:
Saturday 16 October 1982, 18:05-20:00, RTVE, Spain
Repeated, 2004, Canal Nostalgia, Spain

Aplauso (Does Your Mother Know, Chiquitita (Spanish) and Voulez Vous), 1979;
Aplauso #100 (Dame! Dame! Dame!), 1980; 
Aplauso (Björn), 1980; 
Aplauso, 1982, 
Aplauso #200 (Frida), 1982;

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