Mario Lopez is an event-only character in Candy Crush Saga. He appears in a special edition of Fairy Fairevent named It's Candy Show Time. This coincides with the Candy Crush Saga TV show that premiered on Sunday July 9th, 2017, and aired every Sunday in the United States on CBS. It was expected that this event would be active on each Sunday as long as the show was running.
The game show received negative reception and was cancelled after the first season.
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This is the second character based on a real-life person, and the third event-only character.
This is the first character introduced after the removal of Dreamworld.
Mario Lopez is the host for the Candy Crush Saga TV show.
For privacy reasons, this character might never ever appear in a regular episode.
After the April Fool's Day (2020) map change, the chances that he appears in a regular episode are practically zero.
Due to April Fools 2020, almost all episode characters (but eight) have been absent from the game. A few other characters make occasional appearances in events.