One of the first reality shows in the history of TV was “The farm”which had an exciting final in which Álex Gerhard lost to Gonzalo Egas, who won $50 million.
After the 2005 competition, Egas remained always present on Chilean television and is currently participating in another reality show.
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However, little and nothing was known about Gerhard apart from brief appearances on TV, although he still took home $10 million and a motorcycle.
How old is Álex Gerhard and what does he do?
Álex Gerhard participated in “La Granja” in 2005 when he was 37 years old. This man was born on October 14, 1967, so currently he is 56 years old.
Gerhard had some brief appearances on Chilean television, but over the years he completely distanced himself from the cameras and maintained his professional life as YoPrevention Engineer of Risksa career he studied after the reality show at the Diego Portales Institute, although he had already practiced this profession before TV.
Over the years he acquired more experience in the field and according to his LinkedIn he participated in important projects such as risk preventionistas in the construction of the Costanera Center and in Esachs Transports.
He also served as pprofessor of Industrial Hygiene at the University of Los Lagos in 2012, and between 2017 and 2019 he taught classes in Emergency Management and Fire Control at the IPP (Providencia Professional Institute).
He currently works at the Chilean Security Association (ACHS)an institution where he has been head of Preventive Services – Construction since 2019.
Is Álex Gerhard married or have children?
Currently Álex Gerhard is married and he has two children from his current marriage with Daniela, in addition to two older children from a past relationship, so in total He has been a father four times.
“I even have a granddaughter and a son who just left university. There are some older ones and some smaller ones,” he revealed in an interview with Página 7 in 2023.
Yes indeed, Álex had separated when he was on the reality show and he had been living alone for a long time, so he took advantage of the opportunity to be on TV.
After the reality show, he got married again and recently moved house. “My wife and I had a project to have a house. It is a condominium in Puente Alto. “We are happy with the children, each one with their bedroom,” he assured the aforementioned media.
Did Álex Gerhard ask Gonzalo Egas to let himself be lost in the final of “La Granja”?
For years It was rumored that Álex Gerhard asked Gonzalo Egas to let himself be lost in the final of “La Granja”especially considering that he was dominated in that strength competition, although he lasted for long minutes standing.
However, years later Gerhard told a Channel 13 program what he really said to Egas: “It goes very fast… after I told him to ask for water, I was very dry there. I needed water”.
A somewhat different version is that of Egas, who revealed that: “He tells me: ‘Gonza, give me water. Let me get a flag.’ He doesn’t tell me ‘let me win’. I told: ‘Alex, I knew it was a lot of moneyyou can’t ask me for that.’”
Gerhard admitted to Página 7 that “it would be entertaining to return to a reality show, but today I am happily married and Daniela (his wife) would not allow me to lock myself up. Furthermore, I have a job that I love and that I would not leave aside. They would have to be very good Lucas to be able to accept”.
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