Carmen Alcayde Ballesteros (

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, 9 April 1973) is a Spanish

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and

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Career

TV presenter

She made the career of journalism and started making reports in local stations of Valencia and

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. She was editor of the program ''Todo Madrid'' in 2002. On March 24, 2003, along with

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she began to present in

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the program that would take her to stardom, ''

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'', focusing on gossip. The program lasted until 1 February 2008 with a lot of audience but criticism of

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. She tried to repeat the success with another gossip program that year, ''Las gafas de Angelino'', but it only lasted one month. On 28 December 2008, she presented ''¡Guaypaut!'', the Spanish version of ''Wipeout'' as well as 10 editions of the ''Guinness World Récords'' (focusing on people who had won or tried to win a Guinness) in 2009. She also collaborated in debates of some ''reality shows'' of Telecinco (''Gran Hermano'', ''Supervivientes''). In summer of 2011 she replaced Ana Rosa Quintana in her program. 2020 Colaboradora programa en Zapeando en la Sexta TV

Other

She made the cover of ''

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'' magazine on Juny, 2005.

Personal life

Alcayde got married in 2003 and has two children: Carmen Lucía (born 2009) and Eduardo (born 2010).

Works

TV

* 2003–2008,

(TV presenter) * 2004,

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in Telecinco (Actress, 1 episode) * 2004–2005, Special New Year's Eve Telecinco (Presenter) * 2005–2007, 2009–2010 in Gran Hermano: El Debate (Collaboration) * 2008, Las gafas de Angelino en Telecinco (Presenter) * 2008–2009, ¡Guaypaut! in Telecinco (Presenter) * 2008–2009, Guinness World Records in Telecinco (Presenter) * 2009, Sexo en Chueca in

LaSiete LaSiete ''( en, The Seven)'', formerly known as ''Telecinco 2'', was a Spanish digital terrestrial television channel, operated by Mediaset España. It began its broadcasts on 18 February 2008, replacing Telecinco Sport. On 18 May 2009, Telecinco ...

, Telecinco.es (Actriz) * 2009–2010, Escenas de matrimonio 2 in Telecinco (Actress) * 2010, Gran Hermano: El Reencuentro in Telecinco (Colaboradora) * 2010, Fresa ácida en Telecinco (Presenter) * 2010, Supervivientes: El Debate in Telecinco (Colaboradora) * 2011, El programa de Ana Rosa in Telecinco (Collaboration) * 2011, El Reencuentro: El Debate in Telecinco (Collaboration) * 2011, El programa del verano in Telecinco (Presenter)

Books

* 2005 Treintañeras. * 2009, Sobre Vivir en Pareja

References

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