Mercedes Milá
Encyclopedia
María Mercedes Milá Mencos (born April 4, 1951) is a Spanish
television presenter and journalist
, most notable for her work on Spain's Telecinco
's Gran Hermano
, the Spanish version of the reality television series Big Brother.
, the daughter of José Luis Milá Sagnier, Count of Montseny
, and eldest of six brothers and sisters (including newscaster Lorenzo Milá
). She studied journalism and arts in Barcelona. Shortly afterwards she began working in the newsrooms of Spanish public broadcaster TVE. She joined the sports division, where she remained between 1974 and 1978, when she was selected to co-host, along with Isabel Tenaille, the talk show Dos por Dos ("Two by Two"). After the show was cancelled, Milá returned to radio. She worked with Iñaki Gabilondo
in Cadena SER
.
Milá's TV comeback came in 1982 with the program Buenas Noches ("Goodnight"), which became one of the hits of the season and lasted until 1984. Her personal style and directness with her guests helped her turn into one of the most popular Spanish TV personalities of the 1980s. After a brief stint with the Catalan
television station TV3
, and then back in TVE in 1990, she moved over to new private TV network Antena 3
in the early nineties, where she stayed until moving to private broadcaster Telecinco
in 2000.
In 2000 she found renewed success as the host of the Spanish franchise of hit reality show Gran Hermano, earning poor critical reviews but massive ratings. As of 2010, Milá has hosted or co-hosted eleven of the fourteen seasons of the show (all except for season 3 in 2002, which was hosted by Pepe Navarro).
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
television presenter and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, most notable for her work on Spain's Telecinco
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...
's Gran Hermano
Gran Hermano (Spain)
Gran Hermano is a reality television series broadcast in Spain on Telecinco and the channel formerly known as La Siete now called La Siete produced by Endemol...
, the Spanish version of the reality television series Big Brother.
Biography
Mercedes Milá was born in Esplugues de LlobregatEsplugues de Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It belongs to the comarca of Baix Llobregat, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has some schools, such as the German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona, which attract rich families, thus increasing...
, the daughter of José Luis Milá Sagnier, Count of Montseny
Montseny
Montseny is a mountain range west of the coastal hills north of Barcelona. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range.-Features:The Montseny massif is located within a triangle formed by the AP-7, C-17 and C-25 roads. It has the highest mountains in the area south of the Pyrenees and dominates...
, and eldest of six brothers and sisters (including newscaster Lorenzo Milá
Lorenzo Milá
Lorenzo Milá Mencos is a Spanish newscaster and journalist. He is the son of José Luis Milá Sagnier, count of Montseny; younger brother of Mercedes Milá ; and married to Sagrario Ruiz de Apodaca , with three children.Milá obtained his Information Sciences degree in 1978 at the...
). She studied journalism and arts in Barcelona. Shortly afterwards she began working in the newsrooms of Spanish public broadcaster TVE. She joined the sports division, where she remained between 1974 and 1978, when she was selected to co-host, along with Isabel Tenaille, the talk show Dos por Dos ("Two by Two"). After the show was cancelled, Milá returned to radio. She worked with Iñaki Gabilondo
Iñaki Gabilondo
José Ignacio Gabilondo Pujol is a Spanish journalist, and TV news anchor. Gabilondo started his career at 21 in Radio Popular until 1969, when he became the director of Radio San Sebastián...
in Cadena SER
Cadena SER
La Cadena SER is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority and audience share...
.
Milá's TV comeback came in 1982 with the program Buenas Noches ("Goodnight"), which became one of the hits of the season and lasted until 1984. Her personal style and directness with her guests helped her turn into one of the most popular Spanish TV personalities of the 1980s. After a brief stint with the Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
television station TV3
TV3 (Catalonia)
TV3 is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...
, and then back in TVE in 1990, she moved over to new private TV network Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)
Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....
in the early nineties, where she stayed until moving to private broadcaster Telecinco
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...
in 2000.
In 2000 she found renewed success as the host of the Spanish franchise of hit reality show Gran Hermano, earning poor critical reviews but massive ratings. As of 2010, Milá has hosted or co-hosted eleven of the fourteen seasons of the show (all except for season 3 in 2002, which was hosted by Pepe Navarro).
TVE
- Polideportivo (1974–1978).
- Dos por dos (1978).
- Buenas noches (1982–1984).
- De jueves a jueves (1986).
- El martes que viene (1990).
Antena 3
- Queremos saber (1992–1993).
- Más que palabras (1995).
- Sin límites (1998).
- Queremos saber más (2002).
Telecinco
- Gran HermanoGran Hermano (Spain)Gran Hermano is a reality television series broadcast in Spain on Telecinco and the channel formerly known as La Siete now called La Siete produced by Endemol...
(2000- ) (except the 3rd regular season & the two VIP seasons) - Diario de... (2004 - )
- La tribu (2009) - With Javier Sardá.