Since he replaced the presenter Iñaki López at the head of ‘La Sexta Noche’, the journalistJosé Yélamowhich already had a long television career behind it, came to stay on the small screen nights of the Atresmedia network. Now as host of ‘La Sexta Xplica’ it is not unusual to see him fighting controversies and leading with authority the political debates that take place in the program. Well, if something defines Yélamo’s work, it is the ability that he has acquired throughout his life to deal with skills in any professional context he is worthy of.
For him, journalism is something that runs in the family. His father, Antonio Yélamohas spent a lifetime directing the SER channel in Andalusia, so his son knew from a young age what his vocation was. That “tedious child who always wanted to know the why of things” has been surpassing himself in a profession in which he has always wanted to explore new paths.
At the age of 20 he was already beginning to get into journalism from the Diario de Cádiz and asking people was where he felt most comfortable. After a short period of time as a reporter on Telecinco News and, after returning to the written press, his career took off. Viewers of Spanish Television, Gol TV and La Sexta have not lost sight of him since then.
At 40 years old, the fact that he has spent almost half of his life in front of the cameras has inevitably caused viewers to remember him for some of the viral moments he has experienced in his live connections. Although his tense moments with collaborators on set have been well-known, it was an unexpected intervention as a reporter that remained engraved in popular memory. While in a pharmacy covering a news story, the presenter of ‘España Directo’ at the time, Pilar García Muñiz He encouraged him to take a drug test and he didn’t know how to react. Although the test was negative, the images continue to be remembered. Far from his profession and reluctant to share details of his private life, he has not been able to prevent his past as a singer, his romantic relationship on television sets or his good friendship with a famous television presenter from appearing in the press.
Editor in love
It was working on a small screen program where Yélamo met the love of her life, whom she married in an intimate ceremony in 2017. The journalist Paula del Frailecurrent collaborator of ‘Aruseros’, coincided with José in the writing of La Sexta and little by little their relationship as colleagues became sentimental. As she confessed on one occasion, her love was “a slow burn”, because although from the beginning she only focused on José’s “intellect, which is what survives over the years”, the arrow of Cupid ended up making them fall in love.
After saying “yes, I want” in Coruña, the journalist sang to her ‘I want to die’, sealing their love, as a result of which their first daughter together was born at the end of 2021. Claudia and Iagoborn last year. «Totally confirmed that ‘Más Vale Tarde’ has a new viewer. She is asleep now, but as soon as the program starts she will surely wake up. Mamen, Hilario, don’t be angry, I love you very much, but I prefer her,” said the presenter to announce live that he had been the father of a girl, news that his partner also gave on his morning show.
What united a program
José and Paula’s wedding left a moment for all the guests to remember, starring the presenter and one of his best friends. Roberto Leal. Since they both met as two young reporters at ‘España Directo’, they became good friends and their good relationship crossed the screen. Later they would meet on several more occasions working in front of the cameras but since their paths parted they have not stopped sharing time over the years.
«Life brought the three of us together 12 years ago. Last night we were the ones who united our José Yélamo and Paula del Fraile in life. Masters of ceremonies of two friends of those who live in a very special corner of our hearts. Everything went well. Nothing could go wrong. “Long live the bride and groom!” Leal said on social media after uniting his friends in marriage. Currently, there are already numerous minutes that both presenters have shared together on the Atresmedia sets.
Your voice on the radio
His work, diving, or traveling to paradisiacal destinations with his wife are not the only things that stand out among his hobbies. The presenter has never hidden his passion for music and his past as a singer in New Zealand. On occasions he has shown this facet in public, both on social networks and on the sets of ‘El Chiringuito’ or ‘Más Vale Tarde’, however, the first time he showed it was twelve years ago. In 2012, the presenter appeared on Australian television and recounted his past as a singer at weddings and communions.
“I have always sung, I have really liked singing, very badly, although I have always liked it at fairs, baptisms, communions… And it is a hobby that I have always had,” he said in an interview. At the age of 27, he traveled alone to learn English and see the world, arriving in New Zealand to appear as a singer on television. While looking for work in the country, he met a Sevillian guitarist and they began singing at parties, restaurants and even on the radio and a national television program. Also linked to music, the presenter fulfilled one of his dreams in 2023, participating in a chirigota during the Cádiz Carnival, where he placed fourth with his group.
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