Raquel Sánchez-Silva

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Silva.

Raquel Sánchez-Silva (born 13 January 1973 in Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain) is a Spanish television presenter and writer.^[1]

Raquel Sánchez-Silva
Raquel Sánchez-Silva at Goya Awards 2020
Born	Raquel Sánchez-Silva (1973-01-13) 13 January 1973 (age 52) Plasencia (Cáceres), Spain
Website	http://www.raquelsanchezsilva.com

Career

After studying journalism, Sánchez-Silva started working for a local television in Plasencia. After that, she was a news anchor on Telemadrid, and started working for Canal+ (Noche de los Oscars, La hora wiki) and Cuatro (Soy lo que como, Noche Cuatro, Idénticos, Noche Manga, Oído cocina, a special episode of Supernanny, and special shows about series such as House and Grey's Anatomy). When Cuatro was merged into the Mediaset España group, Sánchez-Silva started working in reality television series on Telecinco. In 2015, she was hired by subscription platform Movistar+ to host, beginning in 2016, a daily talk show titled Likes on the platform's new flagship channel #0.

In 2017, Sánchez-Silva was announced as the presenter of Maestros de la Costura, the Spanish version of The Great British Sewing Bee, on TVE.^[2] On 29 October 2018, she began hosting the daily talk show Lo siguiente, also on TVE.^[3] In 2023, Sánchez-Silva was the host of the Spanish reality television series Deep Fake Love.^[4][5]

TV programs

• Deep Fake Love, host (2023)
• Lo siguiente TVE (The Next Thing), (2018–2019)
• Maestros de la Costura, TVE (2018–present) (Spanish version of The Great British Sewing Bee)
• Likes, (2016-2017)
• Gran Hermano VIP, (2015) (Spanish version of Celebrity Big Brother)
• Deja sitio para el postre, (2013)
• Expedición Imposible, (2013) (Spanish version of Expedition Impossible)
• Perdidos en la ciudad, (2012)-(2013) (Spanish version of The Tribes Are Coming)
• Perdidos en la Tribu, (2012) (Spanish version of Ticket To The Tribes)
• El Cubo, (2012) (Spanish version of The Cube)
• Acorralados, (2011) (Spanish version of The Farm)
• Supervivientes, (2011)-(2014)-(2015) (Spanish version of Survivor)
• Pekín Express, (2009-2010) (Spanish version of Peking Express)
• Sanfermines, (2009)
• Visto y Oído (Seen and Heard), (2008)
• Ajuste de cuentas (Score Settling), (2008)
• S.O.S. Adolescentes, (S.O.S Teenagers), (2007)-(2008)
• ¡Qué desperdicio! (What a Waste!), (2007)
• Soy lo que como (I am what I eat), (2007)
• Supernanny, (2006) (Spanish version, special episode)
• Oído cocina (Gotcha in the Kitchen), (2006)
• Noche Cuatro (Cuatro Night), (2005)
• Superhuman, (2005)
• La hora wiki (The Wiki Hour), (2004–2005)
• Telediario, (1998)

Books

• Selección y tratamiento de la información en los telediarios: estudio sobre los telediarios de máxima audiencia de TVE y A3, (1995)
• Cambio príncipe por lobo feroz (I Exchange a Prince for a Bad Wolf), (2008)
• Mañana, a las seis (Tomorrow, at six), (2014)

Personal life

In 2012, Sánchez-Silva married the Italian cameraman Mario Biondo, who died after less than a year. His death was ruled as suicide by the coroners, though the Biondo family has never accepted that ruling.^[6][7]

Since 2014, Sánchez-Silva has been in a relationship with Argentine audiovisual producer, Matías Dumont.^[8] Together, they have two children: Sánchez-Silva gave birth to twins, Bruno and Mateo, on 21 September 2015.^[9]