[5] However, GH VIP 8 ended up being replaced by the Spanish adaptation of Secret Story[6] during the 2021–2022 season.
[9] This season comes after the longest hiatus the Spanish adaptation has ever endured in its history.
[10] The hiatus surged after Telecinco & production company Zeppelin faced backlash after the sexual assault incident that took place during the last civilian series,[11][12] which aired in 2017 and that went into trial while Gran Hermano VIP 7 was reaching its final weeks on the air.
[13] On that press release, both network and show's production company, made an agreement that a stricter protocol will be used when it comes to sexual assault situation that might happen while a season is taking place.
In the first Debate, at Day 4, Pedro García Aguado was announced as "a mole" instead of him being a real contestant.