Spanish journalist and television presenter
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Leal and the second or maternal family name is
Guillén .
Roberto Leal
Born Roberto José Leal Guillén
(1979-06-28 ) 28 June 1979 (age 44) Nationality
Spanish Occupation(s) Television presenter, reporter, journalist Parents Pepe Leal (father) Mercedes Guillén (mother) Website
http://www.robertoleal.es
Roberto José Leal Guillén (born 28 June 1979) is a Spanish television presenter, reporter and journalist.
Biography
Roberto Leal was born in
Alcalá de Guadaíra ,
Seville on 28 June 1979.
[1] Leal graduated in Journalism at the
University of Seville .
[2] He was a journalist of the newspaper La Voz de Alcalá , and the conductor of the radio program La Resaca , on Sevilla FM.
[3]
His father Pepe Leal died on 27 December 2019.
[4]
Career
In 2001 at 21 he began his television career working for
Telecinco 's news department.
[5] After working in
Canal Sur and as a news reporter with
María Teresa Campos in
Antena 3 , from 2005 to 2010 Leal was a reporter in the infotainment show España directo , on
La 1 .
[6] In 2010 he co-hosted the short-lived infotainment show 3D alongside Gloria Serra on Antena 3.
[7] In the following four years, Leal continued in Antena 3 co-hosting the morning television show Espejo público , alongside
Susanna Griso .
[8] On 15 September 2014, he returned to España directo , as the anchor.
[9]
From 2017 to 2020, Leal hosted the talent show
Operación Triunfo on its
ninth ,
tenth and
eleventh seasons.
[10] In 2018, Leal hosted Bailando con las estrellas , the Spanish adaptation of
Dancing with the Stars , alongside Rocío Muñoz Morales.
[11] On 31 December 2018, Leal presented the annual
New Year's Eve celebration broadcast for TVE live from
Madrid 's
Puerta del Sol , alongside
Anne Igartiburu .
[12] In 2019, Leal hosted the music show La mejor canción jamás cantada and the game show Vaya crack .
[13]
[14]
In 2020, Leal was hired by Antena 3 to host game shows
Pasapalabra and El desafío .
[15] He left the show temporarily on 31 August 2020 after testing positive for
COVID-19 during the pandemic.
[16] Since 2021, he also hosts the Spanish version of
Lego Masters .
[17]
Awards and honors
In July 2018 he received the Premio Andalucía del Turismo.
[18]
In 2019, a street in his hometown of
Alcalá de Guadaíra was named after him.
[19]
References
^ Lora, M. J. (31 October 2017).
"El presentador de moda de la TV, Roberto Leal, es sevillano" .
ABC (in Spanish). Madrid:
Vocento . Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
^
"Roberto Leal, estudiante de periodismo (2003)" .
Canal Sur (in Spanish). 13 January 2003. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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"Roberto Leal, reportero de España Directo" .
Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (in Spanish). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
^ Bustamante, Elena (27 December 2019).
"Muere el padre de Roberto Leal a escasos días de que presente las Campanadas" .
El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2019 .
^
"Roberto Leal: El presentador de moda que no olvida sus raíces" .
ABC (in Spanish). 20 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
^ Milagro, Iñaki (26 August 2014).
"Roberto Leal, de reportero a presentador de 'España Directo' " .
El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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"El cambiazo de Roberto Leal: así era el presentador hace 10 años" .
El Economista (in Spanish). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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"Roberto Leal presentará 'Espejo público' junto a Alicia Senovilla este verano" . La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
^
"Roberto Leal, presentador de España Directo" .
RTVE.es (in Spanish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2018 .
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"Roberto Leal presentará 'Operación Triunfo' 2017" .
RTVE.es (in Spanish). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018 .
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" 'Bailando con las estrellas': Roberto Leal y Rocío Muñoz Morales presentarán el programa en La 1" . Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Noxvo. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018 .
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"Especial "OT", humor con José Mota y campanadas con Igartiburu y Leal en TVE" (in Spanish).
EFE . 17 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018 .
^ HerGar, Paula (18 December 2018).
"TVE ANUNCIA UN NUEVO PROGRAMA CON CANTANTES FAMOSOS Y 'TRIUNFITOS' DE TODAS LAS ÉPOCAS" (in Spanish).
Los 40 . Retrieved 21 December 2018 .
^
"Así fue el estreno de 'Vaya crack', un carrusel de retos intelectuales que convenció al público de TVE" .
eldiario.es (in Spanish). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019 .
^ Tom C. Avendaño (14 April 2020).
"Roberto Leal presentará el 'Pasapalabra' de Antena 3" [Roberto Leal will present the ‘Pasapalabra’ of Antena 3].
El País (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2020 .
^ Tom C. Avendaño (31 August 2020).
"Roberto Leal aparca 'Pasapalabra' tras dar positivo en Covid-19" [Roberto Leal parks ‘Pasapalabra’ after testing positive for Covid-19]. La Vanguardia (in European Spanish).
^
"Atresmedia premia a Roberto Leal: presentará el concurso 'Lego Masters' " .
El Español (in European Spanish). June 25, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021 .
^ Consejería de Turismo y Deporte (21 July 2018).
"Roberto Leal y la empresa City Sightseeing, Premios Andalucía del Turismo 2018" .
Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
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"Roberto Leal tendrá una calle con su nombre en Alcalá de Guadaíra, su ciudad natal" .
Hola! (in Spanish): 12. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019 .
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Winners / finalists
Other contestants Hosts Related articles Note: Finalists shown in order of final ranking from first to sixth. In italics , the winner of each series.