María Luján Argüelles Álvarez (Salas, Asturias, Spain; January 26, 1977) is a Spanish radio broadcaster and television presenter.
Biography She began her professional career at the age of 19, while studying history and playing the piano. After working for Radio Vetusta, she decided to move to Madrid and signed up for Onda Cero. She did both radio and TV work from 2001 to 2002. She started her career on May 3, 2001, on Canal 7 in Madrid, where she hosted the show E-Misión Glamourosa until June 29, 2001.
In 2002, she signed with Antena 3, where she worked as a reporter in several programs, a moment in which her name began to be known to viewers and that led her to combine it with the presentation of the summer magazine La orilla on TeleAsturias and Asturias in RTPA.
In 2008, she began a new stage in Cuatro. A year later, she signed a 4-year contract with the same channel. During this period, she was in charge of Password and Lo que diga la rubia, among other programs.
In 2010, the merger between Sogecuatro and Gestevisión Telecinco, took place, thus creating the Mediaset España group, with which the presenter renewed her long-term contract with Cuatro in 2014.
During this stage, she was in charge of several contests, but what really catapulted her to fame was her role as a matchmaker in several dating shows. In April 2018, after almost a year without new projects in the group, it was announced that she would not renew her contract with Mediaset España after 10 years in Cuatro and 8 years in the group. She worked with the group and did a radio show for Agencia EFE at the same time.
Although she did not renew her contract with Mediaset Españaas a presenter, she remained linked to the media group as a collaborator, first in El programa de Ana Rosa on Telecinco and later in Cuatro al día in the afternoons on Cuatro.
Simultaneously, she signs with Telemadrid and presents La báscula from September 2018 to 2020, and since 2019, she has collaborated in Está pasando, which she also presents when its presenter is absent. During this stage, she continues to lead the radio program of Agencia EFE.
In December 2020, she will present the contest Divididos in La Sexta, despite her commitments with Telemadrid and EFE radio.
Private life On July 13, 2015, Luján gives birth to her first daughter with businessman Carlos Sánchez Arenas, whom she named Miranda.
Trajectory
Radio
YearProgramRadio channelNotes2000–2001ProtagonistasOnda CeroWith Luis del Olmo2001–2002La rosa de los vientosOnda CeroWith Juan Antonio Cebrián2002–2003Esta noche o nuncaOnda CeroWith José Luis Salas2003–2004Herrera en la ondaWith Carlos HerreraOnda Cero2004–2008A ver si te atrevesOnda CeroAlone2010–presentLa hora de LujánEFEWeekly
Television
YearSerieChannelRole2001E-Misión GlamourosaCanal 7Host2002–20077 días, 7 nochesAntena 3Reporter2003–2007La OrillaTeleAsturiasHost2006–2008Asturias en 25RTPAHost2007–2008Punto DocAntena 3Reporter2008–2010PasswordCuatroHost2009–2011Granjero busca esposaCuatroHost2010Lo que diga la rubiaCuatroHost2010Cuatro con la rojaCuatroCo-host2010–2011Dame una pistaCuatroHost2011Hijos de papáCuatroHost2011Tienes 1 minutoCuatroHost2011–2013Las mañanas de CuatroCuatroCollaborator2012–2017¿Quién quiere casarse con mi hijo?CuatroHost2013Money timeCuatroHost2013–2015Un príncipe para...CuatroHost2013¿Quién quiere casarse con mi madre?CuatroHost2013–2014Inteligencia artificialCuatroHost2015–2016La noche en PazTelecincoCo-host2017Tú, yo y mi avatarCuatroHost2018–2019El programa de Ana RosaTelecincoCollaborator2018–2020La BásculaTelemadridHost2019–2020Cuatro al díaCuatroCollaborator2019–2020Supervivientes: Tierra de nadieCuatroCollaborator2020Adivina qué hago esta nocheCuatroGuest2019–2021Está pasandoTelemadridCollaborator2020DivididosLa SextaHost2021Family Feud: La batalla de los famososAntena 3Contestant2022¿A quién le gusta mi follower?NetflixHost
Published books
Cenicienta llevaba tacones de 15 cm. Martínez Roca. 2014. Pages: 288. ISBN 9788427041042
Awards
Antena de Oro Award 2009 for best presenter for Password and Granjero busca esposa. Zapping Awards 2011 for best presenter for Dame una pista and Granjero busca esposa.
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