Manel Fuentes will direct and present the 2014 Goya Awards

The journalist and showman debuts as master of the ceremony, which will be held on February 9 at the Príncipe Felipe Congress Center.

The 28th edition of the Goya Awards already has a presenter. The Catalan journalist and showman Manel Fuentes will direct and host the Goya 2014, awards that will be presented on February 9 at the Príncipe Felipe Congress Center. The well-known communicator will debut as host of the ceremony, in which he will pick up the witness from Eva Hache, face of the two previous calls.

Manel Fuentes (Barcelona, ​​1971) will be at the forefront of the night in which Spanish cinematography dresses up by accepting the proposal of the Film Academy to conduct and animate the delivery of these 29 awards, including the Honor, which this year has gone to the veteran director and screenwriter Jaime de Arminán. "Presenting the Goya Awards must be an act of love. I am facing a major challenge that I am going to face with humility, enthusiasm and great respect for my predecessors," said the journalist, who was accompanied by the president and general director of the institution, Enrique González Macho and Emilio A. Pina, respectively.

Fuentes, who will also sign the script for the gala, will once again show his talent as a showman and his handling of irony and humor in this show that in recent years has surpassed 4 million viewers on TVE. Attracted by challenges, Fuentes is one of the best-known faces on television, where the third season of the musical competition is about to begin. Your face sounds familiar to me (Antenna 3). The one who was one of the star presenters of Telecinco, the network where he began his media career with Javier Sardá (Martian Chronicles), then took charge of The night… with Fuentes and company, and several deliveries of Whoever falls falls, among other spaces. Throughout his career, he has been recognized with two Ondas Awards for his work in radio, a medium that he has combined on numerous occasions with television and dubbing – he has provided voice in animated films. El Cid, Finding Nemo and the two deliveries of Magadascar–.