Aitor Albizua

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Aitor Albizua
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Aitor Albizua Meabe

(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 32)
Alma mater Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter

Aitor Albizua Meabe (born 8 January 1992) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Raised in his native town of Arrigorriaga in Bilbao metropolitan area, Albizua graduated in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid. He began his professional career as an intern at Cadena SER, where he would spend eight years working in shows like Hora 25 and De buenas a primeras. Albizua later joined Basque media group EITB, where he hosted television programs like the magazine show Nos echamos a la calle and the quiz show Lingo, [1] and conducted the 2021–2022 New Year's Eve special alongside Ane Ibarzabal. [2] During his time in ETB, he also collaborated with Àngels Barceló at Cadena SER. [1]

In 2022, Albizua was hired by Televisión Española (TVE) to host El comodín de La 1, the Spanish adaptation of the Turkish game show Joker. [1] In January and February 2023, Albizua, alongside Miki Núñez, hosted La Noche del Benidorm Fest, the side show of the television song contest Benidorm Fest 2023 . [3] He would go on to host La noche del Benidorm for Benidorm Fest 2024 alongside Inés Hernand. [4]

Since 2024, Albizua hosts the game show Cifras y letras , which returned to La 2. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "TODO LO QUE DEBES SABER SOBRE AITOR ALBIZUA, EL NUEVO PRESENTADOR DE 'EL COMODÍN DE LA 1' DE TVE" (in Spanish). Los 40. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "EITB retransmitirá las campanadas desde la Plaza Nueva de Vitoria-Gasteiz" (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. "RTVE apuesta por 'La Noche del Benidorm Fest', con Miki Núñez y Aitor Albizua". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. Mancheño, José Miguel (2024-01-23). "Descubre la agenda de la gran semana del Benidorm Fest 2024" [Find out the schedule of the grand week of Benidorm Fest 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  5. "TVE enseña y da detalles de su nuevo 'Cifras y letras' con Aitor Albizua y presenta a sus dos expertos". verTele! (in European Spanish). 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023 via eldiario.es.