Arantxa Isabel Álvarez Garri (born 17 November 1991) is a

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television presenter and singer. She grew up in

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and is since 2014 residing in

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Career

Alvarez participated in ''

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'' broadcast on

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and made it to the Top 20. She was then eliminated during the Semi Final Qualifyings. During the summer of 2014 she made her debut as a television presenter for the

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show Morgonpasset. And in the aid show

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broadcast both on

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and Sveriges Radio she was that years "public ambassador". In the summer of 2015 she was again presenter of Morgonpasset in Sveriges Radio P3, and during late 2015 she presented Idol Extra which was broadcast on TV4, she presented the show along with singer

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. In the summer of 2016 she again got to present her third summer of Morgonpasset, this time along with

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, Victor Linnér,

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och

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. In 2016, she will also present the children's show ''Morgonshowen'' on Barnkanalen. As well as being a reviewer of comical videos for the Swedish version of Ridiculousness which premiered on

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in August 2016. In 2021, she became a co-presenter of

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which is broadcast on

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. In 2023, Alvarez was a guest celebrity judge in the episode ''Snatch Game - Sverige Season 1'' of the Swedish language reality television series ''

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'' broadcast on

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and

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* Living people 1991 births Swedish television hosts Swedish women television presenters People from Norrköping {{Sweden-bio-stub