Nagore Ugarte Ruiz will be the companion who will have the honor to set fire to the sucking that marks the beginning of Aste Nagusia. He is a member of Txinbotarrak, a 40-year-old bilbaíno, who, as his comparison, belongs to the district of Zorroza, and a professor of profession. Nagore is also an alpinist and, whenever he can, takes up pies to climb the mountain, although, as he has confessed, since he had two children "I have very little time for me". Her priorities are family and friends: "I am one of those who spend time and enjoy with them, enjoying the moments they stay forever," he said.

Since the creation of the Txinbotarras in the Comparsa, try to be making turns, assemble the txosna, paint the panels, prepare meals... "What I love most about Aste Nagusia are the tertulias that are made around the table after eating. We have formed a family in the comparsa Txinbotarrak (we laugh together, we cry, we get drunk, we get angry and we hug …) and it will be an honor to be txinbotxupinera,” explains Nagore.

The actress Itziar Ituño Martínez will be this year’s premiere at the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao. In his words, "a medium basauritarra naparra, a timid in his salsa on the stage, therefore, contradictory in his marrow". He likes red and purple, enjoys music, dancing and singing, and he likes cats. "Raised and educated by working fathers and mothers, you may know me as an actor, but I'm also a lot of other things," he advances us, asking for it to be presented.

Sociologist of studies, he specialized in industrial and political urban sociology at the University of the Basque Country, but as he has stated himself, he is known as an actor, as he has had a fruitful and successful career since he dedicated himself to "dishonoring" in the Basauri Theatre School. The pioneering Goenkale series became a milestone for the Basques from 1994 to 2012. He has subsequently worked on several films and television series and, in recent years, has gained great popularity outside Euskal Herria, having participated in the series La Casa de papel. In addition, we've been able to watch movies like LOREAK, Errementari, Ilargi guztiak and Irati, and detective Alarde, Intimacy or Touré.

Each year, it is chosen by drawing lots among the comparsas that have not had Txupinera in recent times, to which type of pacifier corresponds. She then chooses a woman in her womb to play that role. The pregonero is elected by the Mixed Party Commission.