Anne Igartiburu presented her latest book on November 26, ‘Life begins every day’, and in a statement to ‘Europa Press’, she assured that she did not yet know if she was going to give the bells this year: “Well, I don’t know, I imagine that they will tell us at the end of November. If you count on me, happy and delighted, but it’s been almost 20 years now, huh? It’s been many years and if there’s someone else, I’ll see him from home,” he said.
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The Basque communicator seemed satisfied with any decision made by RTVE. “Whatever will be fine, we’ll see. I can’t say anything because I don’t know,” she concluded.
Perhaps she was a bit evasive because she already suspected that she would be replaced, Well, less than two weeks later, when there are barely 23 days left until New Year’s Eve, it has been known that, for the first time in 17 years, The presenter of ‘Corazón’ will not ring the bell to say goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023 from Madrid’s Plaza del Sol.RTVE has decided to do without Igartiburu on this occasion and instead has signed Ana Obregón -who last year had to resign at the last moment when she tested positive for covid and was replaced by the climatologist Jacob Petrus- and the humorist duo Los Morancos. However, after the surprise that this unexpected change of television course has brought about for the last night of the year, it should be noted that The presenter has a long and extensive professional career behind her that goes beyond the bells.
The first job was in a small engineering company in Mondragón, but soon He realized that his thing was communication and not numbers.
He started little by little and enrolled in Dramatic Art at the University of the Basque Country. At first she collaborated with Arraste Telebista, Mondragón’s local television, until in 1993 she was hired by ETB. For several years, she combined her facet as a presenter on a children’s program and interviewing personalities of Basque politics and cultural life, with that of actress in series like ‘My family and other animals’.
HIS JUMP FROM TELE 5 TO RTVE
It didn’t take long for him to rise on Euskal Telebista, the Basque regional channel, where he presented ‘Boulevard’. After a while, yesHer name began to sound in 1995, when Tele 5 signed her to present the contests ‘A star is born’ and ‘A happy couple’, with Antonio Hidalgo.
Two years later, in 1997, he became the new signing of ‘Summer Heart’, a pink press space, seasonal, but which ended up adapting its format to all times of the year, and which it presented until 2012.
However, it was not his only job in the public network. Since he presented the magazine of La 2 ‘El imperdible’; ‘Look who is dancing!’; ‘+People’ and He became the usual face of the galas in which the Eurovision song is chosen. Also, since 2005 it has continuously broadcast the year-end chimes for TVE.
COVER OF ‘INTERVIÚ’, WEDDING, DIVORCE AND SOUNDED ROMANCES
Igartiburu starred on the cover of ‘Interviú’ in 2002, and after living well-known romances with well-known men such as businessman Alberto Cortina and former basketball player Antonio Martín, she got engaged to dancer Igor Yebra, a childhood friend whom she married on September 10, 2004, but a year and a half later the couple decided to end their love story. They were not even joined by Noa, the Indian girl whose adoption procedures she began as a single woman.
already separated, The Basque began dating Álvaro Fuster, but the relationship ended in 2007. A year later, he had an affair with the bullfighter Israel Lancho, although it lasted longer. her courtship with businessman Daniel Alcaraz, which lasted until 2012, year in which he received the Ondas Award. A few months later, he adopted his second daughter, Carmen, born in Vietnam in 2011.
Her passion for classical music led her to interview the conductor Pablo Heras-Casado. It was love at first sight and the couple began their courtship in 2014. After a very discreet relationship marked by distance, due to the musician’s multiple work commitments, the couple welcomed their common child, Nicholas, in June 2016. A year later, in September 2017, Igartiburu and Heras-Casado said ‘yes, I want, in the most absolute privacy. However, four years later, the couple decided to go their separate ways and signed their divorce in February 2021. Since then, the presenter has focused on her three children and her work.
TVE ELIMINATES ‘CORAZÓN’ FROM ITS GRILL
Last July, RTVE withdrew the broadcast of the program ‘Corazón’ from its grid (Monday to Friday), but still keeps its weekend formatSaturdays and Sundays.
This classic format had been on the air since July 1997, but the public channel then announced the premiere of a new magazine, ‘Hablando claro’, which occupies the space that belonged to the mythical current affairs program of the tabloids. Despite the cancellation of the daily version of the program, Igartiburu continues to lead ‘Corazón’ on weekendsFrom this moment on, your future began to falter in the public entity.
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER CHAINS
YoGartiburu sees how his figure on TVE is weakening. In fact, his on-screen time has decreased considerably throughout this season. After cancel the daily broadcast of ‘Corazón’, the communicator has had no choice but to seek opportunities in other chains, signing for Telemadrid to host the space ’10 moments’, and has become the surprise signing of ‘Tu cara me suena’, donde will compete in the tenth edition of the Atresmedia format.
It will not be the first time that the journalist has participated in a maximum audience program of the competition. He has previously participated in the ‘Mask Singer’ contest, although on that occasion his face had a specific appearance in which he took off his disguise and revealed his identity.