Julia Varela

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varela and the second or maternal family name is Ruano.

Julia Varela Ruano (born 30 June 1981) is a Spanish television and radio presenter, newsreader, reporter and director.

Julia Varela
Varela in 2015
Born	Julia Varela Ruano (1981-06-30) June 30, 1981 (age 41) Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Alma mater	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupations	Journalist presenter
Years active	2005–present
Employer	RTVE

Biography

After graduating in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid, Varela began her professional career at RTVE in 2005 in RNE's news department as a newsreader for Radio Exterior de España. In 2008, she moved to RNE Radio 3 to work as a presenter and editor in music programmes like Siglo 21, 180 Grados or Los Conciertos de Radio 3, and in the broadcast of different music festivals.

Since 2013, Varela has worked as a TV reporter for TVE in shows like Comando Actualidad and La mañana de La 1; in the latter she was also the commentator of the show business section. From July 2019 to March 2020, Varela co-directed the daytime talk show A partir de hoy.^[1]

Since 2015, Varela is TVE's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest: in 2015, 2016 and 2017 alongside José María Íñigo, and in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 alongside Tony Aguilar. Varela and Íñigo also provided the Spanish commentary for Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits, the show that commemorated the Eurovision Song Contest's 60th anniversary, and Varela and Aguilar provided the commentary for the 2019 and 2021 Junior contests.^[2] In 2016, Varela was the green room host during Objetivo Eurovisión, the national final that selected the Spanish entry for the 2016 Contest.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

In 2019, Varela authored her first novel, titled ¿Por qué me pido un gin tonic si no me gusta?.^[10]

References

1. "TVE recupera el espíritu de 'Amigas y conocidas' por las mañanas con Máximo Huerta". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
2. David, José (22 October 2019). "TVE emitirá el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2019 por La 1 y TVE internacional". escplus.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
3. "Julia Varela acompañará a José María Íñigo como comentarista de TVE para Eurovisión 2015". RTVE.es. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
4. "José María Íñigo y Julia Varela serán los comentaristas del Festival de Eurovisión 2015". RTVE.es. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
5. "Ver cantar a España en Eurovisión debería ser como ver jugar a la selección de fútbol". Diario de Pontevedra. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
6. "José María Iñigo y Julia Varela repiten como comentaristas de Eurovisión 2016 para TVE". RTVE.es. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
7. "Julia Varela, la nueva voz de TVE para Eurovisión: "No llego a la categoría de expertísima eurofan"". ABC.es. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
8. "Eurovisión es un festival moderno". La Voz de Galicia. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
9. "Tony Aguilar y Julia Varela comentarán Eurovisión 2019 y Nieves Álvarez será la portavoz del jurado español" (in Spanish). RTVE. 25 March 2019.
10. López, Belén (8 April 2019). "A mí sí que me gustan los gin tonics" (in Spanish). Diario de Pontevedra. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

External links

• Julia Varela at IMDb

 

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