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

Biography

After graduating in journalism at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

, Varela began her professional career at

RTVE The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española (''Spanish Radio and Television'', RTVE), is the Spanish national public Broadcasting, television and radio broadcaster. It is a state-owned enterprise f ...

in 2005 in RNE's news department as a newsreader for

Radio Exterior de España Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connecte ...

. In 2008, she moved to

RNE Radio 3 Radio 3 is a Spanish free-to-air radio station owned and operated by Radio Nacional de España (RNE), the radio division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's third radio station, and is kno ...

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''. Since 2015, Varela has been TVE's co-commentator for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

: until 2017 alongside

José María Íñigo José María Íñigo Gómez (4 June 1942 – 5 May 2018) was a Spanish journalist, radio and television presenter, and stage and screen actor. Biography Career Born in Bilbao, Íñigo began his professional career in his hometown as he was hi ...

, and from 2018 alongside Tony Aguilar. Varela and Íñigo also provided the Spanish commentary for ''

Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits ''Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits'' (also known as ''Eurovision's Greatest Hits'') was a live television concert programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and produced by the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation (BB ...

'', the show that commemorated the

's 60th anniversary, and Varela and Aguilar provided the commentary for the 2019 and 2021 Junior contests. In 2016, Varela was the green room host during ''Objetivo Eurovisión'', the national final that selected the Spanish entry for the 2016 Contest. In 2019, Varela authored her first novel, titled ''¿Por qué me pido un gin tonic si no me gusta?''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Varela, Julia 1981 births Living people People from Pontevedra Spanish television presenters Spanish radio presenters Spanish journalists Spanish women journalists Spanish women radio presenters Spanish women television presenters Complutense University of Madrid alumni