Rodrigo Vázquez Rodríguez (born 20 November 1987) is a Galician journalist and television presenter. Since 2022, Vázquez hosts ''El cazador'', the Spanish adaptation of ''The Chase'', and the game show ''Todos contra 1'', both for

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(TVE).

Biography

After graduating in journalism at the

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, in 2008, Vázquez began his professional career at

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(TVG). He gained experience in the ''Telexornal'' news broadcast, especially in sports and agriculture content. He also worked for Radio Galega. In 2014, Vázquez debuted as a television presenter on the regional program ''Aquí Galicia''. Shortly after he hosted the music competition show ''Oh Happy Day'', also on TVG. In the following years, he continued hosting mainly entertainment shows like ''Verbenalia'' or ''O País máis grande do mundo'' for TVG, and in 2018 he conducted the

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special from the

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. In 2022, Vázquez jumped to national television as he was hired by

(TVE) to host ''El cazador'', the Spanish adaptation of the British game show ''The Chase''. Since January 2023, Vázquez, also hosts the game show ''Todos contra 1'', the Spanish adaptation of Danish format ''Alle mod 1'', alongside Raúl Gómez. In January and February 2023, along with

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and Inés Hernand, he hosted the second edition of

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, a song competition to determine 's entry for the

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