Ion Aramendi

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

Ion Aramendi Urrestarazu (born 11 February 1977) is a Spanish journalist, television presenter and former basketball player.

Ion Aramendi
Born	Ion Aramendi Urrestarazu (1977-02-11) 11 February 1977 (age 47) San Sebastián, Spain
Occupation(s)	Journalist, television presenter, basketball player

Biography

Born in San Sebastián in the Basque Country, Aramendi moved to Salamanca in Castile and León in 1996 to play basketball for CB Tormes and CB Avenida. During his time there, he also studied journalism at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.^[1] In 2002, he returned home to play for Santurtzi CB.^[2]

He began in television in 2009 as a reporter on the tabloid television programme Sálvame on Telecinco. In 2016, he moved to ETB 2 in his native region to present the current affairs programme ¡Qué me estás contando!, as well as New Year's Eve programmes on EITB.^[1]

In December 2019, Aramendi returned to national television as the host of El cazador on La 1, the Spanish adaptation of the British game show The Chase.^[1] In March and April of the following year, he presented Todos en casa, a variety show at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. It was broadcast from his home, with his family.^[3]

In February 2021, Aramendi was announced as the co-presenter of The Dancer with Sandra Cervera, an adaptation of The Greatest Dancer on La 1.^[4]

In 2022, Aramendi returned to Telecinco to present the debate show of Survivor Spain.^[5] Later in the year, Aramendi was tipped to host a new daily show titled El ático, but after the project failed to make it past the pilot stage,^[6] in November he was announced as the presenter of Reacción en cadena, the Spanish adaptation of the American game show Chain Reaction.^[7][8]

In 2023, he became the host of the nightly "debate" episodes of the Gran Hermano VIP reality show reboot.

In February 2024, he was announced as the host for the upcoming fourth season of the relaunched Factor X.^[9]

Personal life

Aramendi married María in Salamanca in 2011. As of 2020, they had two sons.^[1] He is the third of four brothers, who were all teammates at CB Avenida in 2000–01.^[10]

References

1. "'El cazador' "donostiarra salmantino" está de vuelta" [The "half from San Sebastián, half from Salamanca" chaser is back]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
2. "Aramendi Urrestarazu, Ion" (in Spanish). Baloncesto en Vivo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
3. "TVE no renueva 'Todos en casa', el programa que daba visibilidad al confinamiento" [TVE is not renewing 'Todos en casa', the programme that gave visibility to lockdown]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
4. "Ion Aramendi y Sandra Cervera serán los presentadores de 'The Dancer'" [Ion Aramendi and Sandra Cervera will be the presenters of 'The Dancer']. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
5. "Ion Aramendi regresa a Mediaset y se pone al frente del debate de 'Supervivientes'" (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
6. Lizana, Almudena M. (8 September 2022). "Mediaset desecha 'El ático', el programa de Ion Aramendi que pretendía plantar cara a 'Pasapalabra'". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
7. Guzmán, Noé (7 November 2022). "Ion Aramendi presentará el concurso diario 'Reacción en cadena' en Mediaset". Bluper (in Spanish). El Español. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
8. Medianoche, Mike (2 December 2022). "Telecinco enfrentará '25 palabras' y 'Reacción en cadena' contra Sonsoles y 'Pasapalabra'". Bluper (in Spanish). El Español. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
9. Parra, Daniel (2 February 2024). "Ion Aramendi presentará la nueva edición de 'Factor X' en Telecinco". FormulaTV. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
10. "Maderas Peralta EBA 2000/2001" (in Spanish). Baloncesto en Vivo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.