Raquel Sánchez Silva (born 13 January 1973 in Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain) is a Spanish television presenter and writer. After studying journalism, she started working for a local television in Plasencia. After that, she was a news anchor on

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and she started working for Canal+ (''Noche de los Oscars'', ''La hora wiki'') and Cuatro (''Soy lo que como'', ''Noche Cuatro'', ''Idénticos'', ''Noche Manga'', ''Oído cocina'', a special episode of ''Supernanny'', and special shows about series such as ''

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'' and '' Grey’s Anatomy''). When Cuatro was merged into the Mediaset España group, she started working in reality shows on Telecinco. In 2015, she was hired by subscription platform Movistar+ to host, beginning in 2016, a daily talk show titled ''Likes'' on the platform's new flagship channel #0. In 2017, she was announced as the presenter of ''Maestros de la Costura'', the Spanish version of ''

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'', on

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. On 29 October 2018, she began hosting the daily talk show ''Lo siguiente'', also on TVE.

TV programs

*''Lo siguiente'' TVE (''The Next Thing''), (2018-2019) *''Maestros de la Costura'', TVE (2018–present) (Spanish version of ''

'') *''Likes'', (2016-2017) *''

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'', (2015) (Spanish version of ''Celebrity Big Brother'') *''Deja sitio para el postre'', (2013) *'' Expedición Imposible'', (2013) (Spanish version of '' Expedition Impossible'') *'' Perdidos en la ciudad'', (2012)-(2013) (Spanish version of '' The Tribes Are Coming'') *'' Perdidos en la Tribu'', (2012) (Spanish version of '' Ticket To The Tribes'') *'' El Cubo'', (2012) (Spanish version of ''

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'', (2011) (Spanish version of '' The Farm'') *'' Supervivientes'', (2011)-(2014)-(2015) (Spanish version of ''

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'') *'' Pekín Express'', (2009-2010) (Spanish version of ''Peking Express'') *'' Sanfermines'', (2009) *'' Visto y Oído'' (''Seen and Heard''), (2008) *'' Ajuste de cuentas'' (''Score Settling''), (2008) *'' S.O.S. Adolescentes'', (''S.O.S Teenagers''), (2007)-(2008) *'' ¡Qué desperdicio!'' (''What a Waste!''), (2007) *'' Soy lo que como'' (''I am what I eat''), (2007) *'' Supernanny'', (2006) (Spanish version, special episode) *'' Oído cocina'' (''Gotcha in the Kitchen''), (2006) *'' Noche Cuatro'' (''Cuatro Night''), (2005) *''

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'', (2005) *'' La hora wiki'' (''The Wiki Hour), (2004–2005) *'' Telediario'', (1998)

Books

* ''Selección y tratamiento de la información en los telediarios: estudio sobre los telediarios de máxima audiencia de TVE y A3'', (1995) * '' Cambio príncipe por lobo feroz'' (''I Exchange a Prince for a Bad Wolf''), (2008) * ''Mañana, a las seis'' (''Tomorrow, at six''), (2014)

Personal life

In 2012 she married the Italian cameraman Mario Biondo, who died after less than a year; the death was ruled as unintentional suicide by three coroners and after the Spanish and Italian judiciary investigated the case. Since 2014, Sánchez-Silva has been in a relationship with

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audiovisual producer Matías Dumont. Together they have two children: Sánchez-Silva gave birth to twins Bruno and Mateo on 21 September 2015.Matías Dumont, novio de Raquel Sánchez Silva, presenta a sus mellizos, Bruno y Mateo. Vanitatis.com
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References

External links

Raquel Sánchez-Silva in IMDb

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