Jorge Javier Vázquez Morales (born 25 July 1970) is a Spanish television presenter, writer and actor.

Early life and beginnings

Vázquez was born in the Sant Roc district of

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, Catalonia, Spain. His mother María Morales Martínez hails from

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, Castilla-La Mancha, and his father from Cieza,

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. He has two sisters, Ana and Esther. Vázquez graduated in Spanish language and literature from the

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. At the age of 25 he moved to

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, where he worked as an editor for

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''Super Pop'' and celebrity and women's magazine ''

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''.

Career and other

Television

In 1997, Vázquez began appearing in the Antena 3 show ''Extra Rosa'', hosted by Rosa Villacastín and

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. The following year he joined talk show ''Sabor a ti'' and its summer version ''Sabor a verano'' as a celebrity news commentator. In 2001 he debuted as television host alongside Francine Gálvez in ''Rumore, rumore''. Vázquez left Antena 3 and moved to

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, where he began to appear as a panelist in the morning television show ''Día a día'', hosted by

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. On 24 March 2003 he began to present, alongside Carmen Alcayde, the show that took him to stardom, ''

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'', which focused on tabloid stories and the world of celebrities. The daily show lasted until 1 February 2008 with high ratings but it drew criticism for

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. In 2007 he also hosted ''Hormigas blancas'', a show that revised the personal trajectory of a celebrity each episode. After a hiatus of some months, Vázquez reinstated to Telecinco in September 2008 as the presenter of the daily highlights and the weekly debate show of the tenth season of '' Gran Hermano'' ('' Big Brother''). In March 2009, he began to host late night show ''Sálvame'', a side show of '' Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras'' (sixth season of '' Survivor Spain'') where the highlights of the reality show were debated. Due to its high ratings, it became a daily afternoon show titled ''Sálvame diario'', converted into a talk show that focuses in the world of celebrities: the private lives of the television personalities cast in the show as panelists, or ''colaboradores'' to use the Spanish term, are often discussed. The show that has been characterised as or

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attracts a large audience. Jorge Javier Vázquez and Paz Padilla alternate as hosts. A weekly late-night version of the show, ''Sálvame Golfo'', was created, shortly after moved to prime time as ''Sálvame Deluxe''. On 16 October 2009, Vázquez received the Ondas Award for Best Television Presenter, according to the jury "for renovating with brilliance and sense the role of the presenter in a controversial genre". The award generated controversy, and Carles Francino, who had the duty of handing out the award in the ceremony, refused to do so and was replaced by Arturo Valls. On 31 December 2009, Vázquez hosted the

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special broadcast for Telecinco from

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, along with Belén Esteban. Two years later, Vázquez repeated as host along with singer

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and her son Kiko Rivera. In May 2011, Vázquez became the main host of '' Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras'' (eighth season of ''Survivor Spain''). It was the most watched season of the series in Spain. Vázquez repeated as host in the

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(2014), tenth (2015),

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(2016), twelfth (2017),

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(2018) and fourteenth (2019) seasons. Due to the success of ''Supervivientes'', Vázquez hosted '' Acorralados'' (Spanish third season of '' The Farm'') in 2011. From April 2012 to March 2014, Vázquez hosted the first three seasons of ''Hay una cosa que te quiero decir'', as well as the fifth season from November 2014 to February 2015. In September 2015, he hosted makeover show ''Cámbiame Premium'', which was cancelled after three weeks due to poor ratings. In 2016, Vázquez joined ''

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'' as one of the four judges, and was part of the panel for three seasons. In September 2016, Vázquez became the main host of '' Gran Hermano'' on its seventeenth season. He was likewise the host of its eighteenth regular season (2017), the sixth season of '' Gran Hermano VIP'' (2018), and the first season of '' Gran Hermano Dúo'' (2019). In 2023, after the cancellation of ''Sálvame'' and ''Deluxe'', Vázquez was announced as the host of new weeknight chat show ''Cuentos chinos'', widely perceived to be Telecinco's response to ''

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''.

Other media

As of 2018, Vázquez has written two novels. On 8 November 2012, he published an autobiographical novel titled ''La vida iba en serio''. On 22 September 2015, a second autobiographical novel, titled ''Último verano de juventud'', was released. In 2014 Vázquez ventured into theatre production with the musical ''Miguel de Molina al desnudo'', which premiered at the Teatro Echegaray in

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on 3 October 2014. In 2015, Vázquez debuted as a theatre actor as the lead in ''Iba en serio'', the musical adaptation of his first autobiographical novel, which premiered at the Teatro Cervantes in

on 4 September 2015. In 2018, he starred in the musical ''Grandes éxitos''. In film, Vázquez was one of the producers of the 2017 musical comedy film '' Holy Camp!''.

Personal life

Vázquez is

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References

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