Vox leader Abascal appears on Spanish TV show La Revuelta amid audience controversy

Santiago Abascal appeared on the Televisión Española programme La Revuelta hosted by David Broncano on Monday, 9 November 2026. The interview was one of several meetings with candidates for the presidency of the government, following earlier appearances by Pedro Sánchez and by Gabriel Rufián and Irene Montero together.

The usual studio audience did not attend the recording at the Teatro Albéniz. The programme’s producer, El Terrat, cited special circumstances and said the expected spectators were replaced by agency-hired viewers. Broncano explained at the start of the broadcast that Abascal’s own team had requested to manage the audience selection, apparently through an agency, and that the programme agreed.

“Our public would have received you with boos.”

Broncano opened the show with humour, comparing the audience swap to a partner exchange between viewers of La Revuelta and rival programme El Hormiguero. He said he was pleased to welcome people who had never seen the show live.

Abascal told Broncano that the programme’s usual audience would have booed him. Broncano replied that they did not want Abascal to be able to excuse himself by claiming he had been whistled or booed. The comedian Grison joked that his people were at El Hormiguero, and Abascal said presenter Pablo Motos had not invited him, adding that he had his pride and might not go even if invited late.

Abascal gave Broncano a Ceuta flag and asked him to display it. Broncano said he was committed to all territories. When Abascal referred to the situation in Ceuta as an invasion, Broncano said he did not share that terminology.

Broncano described the conversation as a serious debate rather than a typical light-hearted interview, noting that Abascal had requested fewer jokes. He also said he was tired of political interviews in general, though not of that day’s conversation, and joked that Alberto Núñez Feijóo was maintaining a cordon sanitaire against the programme.

Only Abascal had accepted the public broadcaster’s invitation from the right-wing side. Broncano said one interview remained unconfirmed.