Òscar Andreu i Fernández

Òscar Andreu
Òscar Andreu at the XIV Gaudí Awards (2022)
Born (1975-04-07) April 7, 1975
Terrassa, Catalonia
Alma materPompeu Fabra University
OccupationsBroadcaster, comedian, writer, singer
Years active2000–present

Òscar Andreu[1] is a broadcaster, comedian, writer and singer from Catalonia. He is co-director and scriptwriter of the programmes La competència on RAC1 and La nit dels Òscars on TV3, together with Òscar Dalmau, forming a creative duo since meeting while studying Audiovisual communication at Pompeu Fabra University.[2] He is also the lead singer of the group La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte.[3]

Biography

The son of a textile worker father from a town in the Sierra Morena and a self-employed mother from Fraga who raised three children,[4] Òscar Andreu was born in Terrassa and studied at the high school of the Mancomunitat de Sabadell i Terrassa.[5] He studied Audiovisual Communication at Pompeu Fabra University together with Òscar Dalmau, forming a prominent comic duo. He has been a screenwriter for the TV3 programmes Polònia, Crackòvia and Vinagre, and a collaborator on the radio programme Minoria absoluta on RAC1, all except Vinagre produced by Minoria Absoluta.

Since September 2009, he has been co-director and scriptwriter of La competència, a midday humour programme on RAC1. He voices fictional characters such as Jean-Paul Desgrava, Mohamed Jordi,[6] Duque de Fire, L'Avi sense nom, en Martinet de Cal Pobre, Richard Serra, and el Primo, and performs satirical impressions of known figures like Justo Molinero and David Bisbal. The writing team included Òscar Dalmau, Natza Farré, Oriol de Balanzó and Tomàs Fuentes.[7]

Since 2024, the programme continues under his co-direction with a renewed team of scriptwriters: Oriol de Balanzó, Noelia Karanezi, and Manel Vidal.[8]

On television, he presented and directed La competència en color on 8tv, first aired on 30 September 2011.[9] On 16 October 2011, he premiered the animated series Jokebox, co-directed with Òscar Dalmau. He contributed to the satirical TV3 news show Està passant from its debut in September 2017 until October 2018,[10][11][12] returning in September 2020.[13]

He also presented Tot torna with Òscar Dalmau, premiered on 3Cat on 12 December 2024, reviewing the last 40 years with humour.[14]

On 4 March 2013, he published his first book, 17 maneres de matar un home amb un tovalló.[15][16] In 2017 he published his second book, Com es bull una granota i altres relats.[17]

At the end of 2018, Andreu and Dalmau made their first joint television appearance as a comic duo presenting the late-night show La nit dels Òscars on TV3, which was cancelled in April 2019.[18]

Recent activity and Catalan advocacy

In 2024, he premiered his first solo theatrical show, Crida als ocells de colors llampants, written, directed and performed by himself, combining humour and reflections on his linguistic biography and the situation of the Catalan language.[19][20] The play, described by the author as a "fun sociolinguistic show",[21] reflects on bilingualism in Catalonia and warns about its imposition.[22]

Awards and recognition

  • 2013: Ondas Award for Best Radio Programme for La competència (RAC1), presented by Òscar Andreu and Òscar Dalmau.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Òscar Andreu / Òscar Dalmau: "Hem après que per manar no s'ha de cridar"". Ara. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  2. ^ Gaggioli, Cristina (2023-10-29). "'La competència' va néixer en un pàrquing de l'Eroski a Formentera" (in Catalan). RAC1. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  3. ^ Duñó Aixerch, Borja (2014-04-04). "La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte: "Els 80 i els 90 sempre m'han semblat una merda, així, en general"". Ara. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  4. ^ Barnils, Ramon (2023-12-23). "Hi ha un punt d'esperança en la foscor" (in Catalan). Vilaweb. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  5. ^ "Òscar Andreu. Ressò radiofònic de les veus dels barris de Terrassa". Vallesos. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  6. ^ "¿Quién es Mohamed Jordi?" (in Spanish). 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  7. ^ "Òscar Andreu. El dia que m'espera". Diari Ara. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  8. ^ "La competència (RAC1) – Equip actual" (in Catalan). RAC1. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  9. ^ "La competència en color" (in Catalan). 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  10. ^ "Està Passant". Minoria Absoluta. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  11. ^ ""Està passant", l'informatiu satíric de Toni Soler". CCMA. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  12. ^ "Sobredosi d'ansietat en l'últim "Està passant" de l'Òscar Andreu". CCMA. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  13. ^ Porras, Darío (2020-09-05). "Fitxatge estrella a 'Està passant': l'home més desitjat, un cop per setmana". El Nacional. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  14. ^ "Òscar Andreu i Òscar Dalmau tornen a 3Cat amb Tot torna" (in Catalan). El Món. 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  15. ^ Bossio, Daniel. "17 maneres de matar un home amb un tovalló, d'Òscar Andreu". BCNcultura.cat.
  16. ^ Andreu, Òscar (2013). 17 maneres de matar un home amb un tovalló. Contra Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-940938-0-7.
  17. ^ Andreu, Òscar (2017-04-07). Com es bull una granota i altres relats (in Catalan). Contra.
  18. ^ Villanueva, Marc (2019-03-26). "Exclusiva: TV3 posa punt final a 'La nit dels Òscars'". El Nacional. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  19. ^ "Crida als ocells de colors llampants" (in Catalan). Surtdecasa.cat. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  20. ^ "Espectacle 'Crida als ocells de colors llampants' de Òscar Andreu" (in Catalan). Teatre de la Costa Brava Sud. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  21. ^ "La defensa aferrissada d'Òscar Andreu pel català" (in Catalan). El Món de la Tele. 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  22. ^ "Òscar Andreu: "El bilingüisme imposat és l'avantsala de la desaparició del català"" (in Catalan). RAC1. 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
  23. ^ "'La competència' de RAC1, premi Ondas 2013 al Millor Programa de Ràdio" (in Catalan). RAC1. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
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