Jordi Wild

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Jordi Wild
Personal information
Born
Jorge Carrillo de Albornoz Torres

(1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 (age 39)
EducationUniversity of Barcelona
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • podcaster
Websitejordiwild.com
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013–present
Genre(s)True crime, Let's Play, black humor, podcast
Subscribers4.94 million (The Wild Project)[1]

249 thousand (DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament)[2]

11.8 million (El Rincón de Giorgio)[5]
(16 February 2024)
Total views2.55 billion (The Wild Project)[3]

11.15 million (DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament)[4]

1.7 billion (El Rincón de Giorgio)[5]
(16 February 2024)
Associated actsWismichu
AuronPlay
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2015
10,000,000 subscribers2020

Jorge Carrillo de Albornoz Torres (pronounced [ˈɟʝoɾði kaˈriʎo ðe alβoɾˈnoθ ˈtores], born 28 August 1984), better known as Jordi Wild, is a Spanish YouTuber and podcaster. His YouTube channel, El Rincón de Giorgio, was created in March 2013, and reached 7 million subscribers in 2017;[6][7] he currently has more than 12 million subscribers.[8][9]

He published three books entitled "Sueños de Acero y Neón", "Jorgemyte, agente de la PEM", and "Así es la puta vida". Jordi Wild currently runs a series of podcasts known as "The Wild Project", for which he won the 2022 ESLAND award for the Best Talk Show. The podcast has also received multiple positive reviews,[10][11] interviewing numerous well-known people in different fields, including: Oriol Junqueras, Iker Jiménez, Gervasio Deferr, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Ibai Llanos, Nacho Vidal, Cristina Gutiérrez, El Rubius, A-Kid, Frank Cuesta, Brandon Moreno, Alejandro Cao de Benós, Jordi ENP, Josep Pedrerol, Willyrex, Juan Espino, Dross, Siro López and Antoni Daimiel.

Biography[edit]

Jordi Carrillo de Albornoz Torres[12][13] was born on 28 August 1984[14] in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain.[15][16] Jordi created his YouTube channel, El Rincón de Giorgio in March 2013,[17] however, his oldest video dates back to August of that same year. During his career as a YouTuber he has collaborated with other YouTubers such as Luzuvlogs, Zorman and AuronPlay.[18] In 2016, he published a short film entitled Wild: la pelicula (Wild: the movie),[19] and in 2017, he left YouTube during a while. Later he returned with a gangsta rap video clip known as "YouTube: Estado Crítico" (YouTube: Critical State), in collaboration with rapper Dante.[20]

In 2018, he made the script and participated in the casting of VENDETTA: La Película (VENDETTA: The Movie),[21] and in October 2019 he participated in the cast of a short film called Ella llevaba una diadema azul (She was wearing a Blue Diadem).[22] In 2020 he started an interview podcast series known as The Wild Project. In an interview on the RockZone website, he stated that he was inspired by the Joe Rogan podcasts, and was flattered that they called him the "Spanish Joe Rogan".[23] The Wild Project has almost always been in the fourth position of the list of the most listened to Spanish podcasts on Spotify in 2021,[24][25] and on 28 December he top the list of Spotify.[26][27] In January 2022, Jordi Wild's The Wild Project won the Best Talk Show of the year category from Esland Awards,[28][29] at Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.[30][31] In June 2022, he celebrated his 150th episode of his podcast with a special episode that lasted 25 hours.[32] In 2022 he released his first fragrance under the name of 'Olvidona'.

Personal life[edit]

In 2014, Jordi began a relationship with Natalipa,[20] who was chosen in a contest known as "Novia del Canal" (Bride of the Channel), in which Jordi chose the girl who seemed most beautiful to him.[33] They separated in 2019, and as of 2021, Jordi is in a relationship with another girl.[34]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 ESLAND Awards Talk Show of the Year The Wild Project Won [35]
2023 Won [36]
2024 Event of the year Dogfight Wild Tournament Nominated [37][38]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role
2016 Wild: la pelicula
2018 VENDETTA: La Película Tommaso Marino
2019 Ella llevaba una diadema azul Detective

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About The Wild Project". YouTube.
  2. ^ "About DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament". YouTube.
  3. ^ "About The Wild Project". YouTube.
  4. ^ "About DWT - Dogfight Wild Tournament". YouTube.
  5. ^ a b "About El Rincón de Giorgio". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Un 'quemado' Jordi Wild se toma un descanso y hará menos vídeos en YouTube". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Jordi Wild (El Rincón de Giorgio): "Nunca imaginé que YouTube se convertiría en mi profesión"". Marketing 4 Ecommerce - Tu revista de marketing online para e-commerce (in Spanish). 2 November 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ Porras, Dario (22 October 2021). "Sopapo del youtuber catalán más famoso a los catalanófobos: esto dice sobre la lengua". El Nacional.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Jordi Wild, con más de 10 millones de seguidores en redes sociales, ficha por Divimove". Marketing Directo (in Spanish). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Jordi Wild, el 'Dios' de YouTube: "Si hubiera triunfado a los 20 habría sido el mayor gilipollas de España"" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Reviews of The Wild Project". Chartable. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Quién es Jordi Wild y por qué se ha hecho tan famoso". Okdiario (in Spanish). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Jordi Wild, la tendencia eterna: historia de Twitter y regreso triunfal a YouTube". Flooxer (in Spanish). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  14. ^ Urbaneja, Neydi (26 January 2020). "Jordi Wild, el youtuber español amante del heavy metal y las películas de terror". La Neta (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ Torra, Aina Font (15 June 2015). "Entrevista a Jordi Wild, el manresà que arrasa a Youtube". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Los 5 youtubers catalanes con más suscriptores". INITEC Marketing Digital (in European Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Jordi Wild". Semana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Jordi Wild, su carrera como YouTuber y las claves de su éxito". Flooxer (in Spanish). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Wild: la película. Cortometraje español de acción con Jordi Wild". Cortos de Metraje (in Spanish). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Jordi Wild, el youtuber de 33 años que vive una segunda adolescencia entre acusaciones de machismo". Magnet (in Spanish). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  21. ^ "VENDETTA: La Película. Cortometraje de acción de Jordi Wild". Cortos de Metraje (in Spanish). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Ella llevaba una diadema azul. Cortometraje de misterio de Raúl Malagás". Cortos de Metraje (in Spanish). 5 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Entrevista a Jordi Wild - Sonrisa salvaje". RockZone (in Spanish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  24. ^ Díaz, María Caba (2 December 2021). "Ya están aquí las canciones y los artistas más escuchados en 2021". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  25. ^ Baldi, Augusto (21 September 2021). "Los 5 podcasts más escuchados este año en Spotify España". Universo Digital Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  26. ^ "Ranking Spotify en España: Top 10 de los podcast más escuchados de hoy martes, 28 de diciembre". Infobae (in European Spanish). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  27. ^ Díaz, Alba (28 December 2021). "El podcast del manresà Jordi Wild es converteix en el més popular a Spotify Espanya". Regió7 (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  28. ^ "Premios Esland; resumen de la gala y todos los ganadores". Marca (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  29. ^ Pérez, Juan (17 January 2022). "Premios Esland: la lista completa de los 17 ganadores en cada categoría". Noticias eSports en El Desmarque (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  30. ^ "El youtuber manresà Jordi Wild guanya un premi Esland pel seu podcast «The Wild Project»". NacióManresa (in Catalan). 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  31. ^ Izquierdo, Andrea (18 January 2022). "El podcast del manresà Jordi Wild, guardonat als premis ESLAND per a streamers". Regió7 (in Catalan). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  32. ^ 20minutos (20 June 2022). "Jordi Wild triunfa tras estar 25 horas seguidas en directo con su pódcast 'The Wild Project' y su polémico debate sobre el comunismo". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ "Guerra fría entre Jordi Wild y Dalas". Chismes de famosos (in Spanish). 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  34. ^ "Jordi Wild, el "Jesucristo de YouTube" que resucita en visitas". Flooxer (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  35. ^ Redondo, Iñaki (17 January 2022). "Premios Esland; resumen de la gala y todos los ganadores". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  36. ^ Tejedor, Óscar (29 November 2022). "Jordi Wild: "Sería un escándalo que The Wild Project no esté ni nominado a los ESLAND"". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  37. ^ "Premios ESLAND 2024: Los mejores streamers serán galardonados en Andorra". RedBull (in Spanish). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  38. ^ Calvo, Daniel (16 February 2024). "ESLAND 2024: Todos los ganadores de la tercera edición del evento de TheGrefg". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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