{{Short description|Spanish radio and television journalist}} {{family name hatnote|Varela|Ruano|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Julia Varela | image = Julia Varela 2026.jpg | caption = Varela in 2026 | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|06|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain | birth_name = Julia Varela Ruano | occupation = {{flatlist| *Journalist *presenter}} | alma_mater = Complutense University of Madrid | employer = RTVE | years_active = 2005–present | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Julia Varela Ruano''' (born 30 June 1981) is a Spanish television and radio presenter, newsreader, reporter and director.
== Biography == After graduating in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid, Varela began her professional career at RTVE in 2005 in RNE's news department as a newsreader for Radio Exterior de España. In 2008, she moved to RNE Radio 3 to work as a presenter and editor in music programmes like ''Siglo 21'', ''180 Grados'' or ''Los Conciertos de Radio 3'', and in the broadcast of different music festivals.
Since 2013, Varela has worked as a TV reporter for TVE in shows like ''Comando Actualidad'' and ''La mañana de La 1''; in the latter she was also the commentator of the show business section. From July 2019 to March 2020, Varela co-directed the daytime talk show ''A partir de hoy''.<ref name="apartirdehoy">{{Cite news |title=TVE recupera el espíritu de 'Amigas y conocidas' por las mañanas con Máximo Huerta |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20160908/teletodo-entrevista-maxim-huerta-destinos-de-pelicula-5364476 |access-date=11 June 2019 |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |language=es |date=11 June 2019 }}</ref>
Since 2015, Varela has been TVE's co-commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest: until 2017 alongside José María Íñigo, and from 2018 alongside Tony Aguilar. Varela and Íñigo also provided the Spanish commentary for ''Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits'', the show that commemorated the Eurovision Song Contest's 60th anniversary, and Varela and Aguilar provided the commentary for the 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Junior contests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escplus.es/tve-emitira-el-festival-de-eurovision-junior-2019-por-la-1-y-tve-internacional/|title=TVE emitirá el Festival de Eurovisión Junior 2019 por La 1 y TVE internacional|last=David|first=José|language=es|date=22 October 2019|accessdate=23 October 2019|website=escplus.es|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022121821/https://www.escplus.es/tve-emitira-el-festival-de-eurovision-junior-2019-por-la-1-y-tve-internacional/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, Varela was the green room host during ''Objetivo Eurovisión'', the national final that selected the Spanish entry for the 2016 Contest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Julia Varela acompañará a José María Íñigo como comentarista de TVE para Eurovisión 2015|url=http://www.rtve.es/television/20150428/julia-varela-acompanara-jose-maria-inigo-como-comentarista-tve-para-eurovision-2015/1135950.shtml|publisher=RTVE.es|date=28 April 2015|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=José María Íñigo y Julia Varela serán los comentaristas del Festival de Eurovisión 2015|url=http://www.formulatv.com/noticias/45794/jose-maria-inigo-julia-varela-comentaristas-festival-eurovision-2015/|publisher=RTVE.es|date=28 April 2015|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ver cantar a España en Eurovisión debería ser como ver jugar a la selección de fútbol|url=http://diariodepontevedra.galiciae.com/noticia/385367/ver-cantar-espana-en-eurovision-deberia-ser-como-ver-jugar-la-seleccion-de-futbol/|publisher=Diario de Pontevedra|date=5 May 2015|accessdate=6 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=José María Iñigo y Julia Varela repiten como comentaristas de Eurovisión 2016 para TVE|url=http://www.rtve.es/television/20160413/jose-maria-inigo-julia-varela-repiten-como-comentaristas-eurovision-2016-para-tve/1336582.shtml|publisher=RTVE.es|date=13 April 2016|accessdate=13 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Julia Varela, la nueva voz de TVE para Eurovisión: "No llego a la categoría de expertísima eurofan"|url=http://www.abc.es/cultura/eurovision/abci-julia-varela-nueva-para-eurovision-no-llego-categoria-expertisima-eurofan-201605110636_noticia.html|publisher=ABC.es|date=11 May 2016|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eurovisión es un festival moderno|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2016/05/05/eurovision-festival-moderno/0003_201605G5P56993.htm|publisher=La Voz de Galicia|date=5 May 2016|access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="2019ESC">{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/television/20190325/eurovision-2019-tony-aguilar-julia-varela-comentaran-eurovision-nieves-alvarez-sera-portavoz-del-jurado/1909609.shtml|title=Tony Aguilar y Julia Varela comentarán Eurovisión 2019 y Nieves Álvarez será la portavoz del jurado español|date=25 March 2019|publisher=RTVE|language=Spanish}}</ref>
In 2019, Varela authored her first novel, titled ''¿Por qué me pido un gin tonic si no me gusta?''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=López|first1=Belén|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/cultura/julia-varela-gustan-gin-tonics/201904081453531030146.html|title=A mí sí que me gustan los gin tonics|date=8 April 2019|publisher=Diario de Pontevedra|language=Spanish|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>
==Works== ===Novels=== *''¿Por qué me pido un gin tonic si no me gusta?'' (2019). Madrid: Ediciones B, Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-8466665575 *''Todo por hacer'' (2026). Madrid: Ediciones B. ISBN 9788466682855.
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{IMDb name|id=6951081|name=Julia Varela}}
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