Mario Vaquerizo

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Mario Vaquerizo Caro (born 5 July 1974 in Madrid, Spain) is a journalist, writer, singer, actor, manager and collaborator of radio and television. He became famous in Spain with the reality show Alaska y Mario of MTV Spain. The reality show depicted his life with his wife, the singer Alaska whom he married in Las Vegas. He is also known for his appearances on different radio programmes and TV programmes such as El Hormiguero, El programa de Ana Rosa, and Yu No Te Pierdas Nada. Besides, he has participate in the film Hotel Transylvania giving voice to Frankenstein.

Professional career

He has worked in the media, as a contributor to El País, Vanidad, Primera Línea, Rolling Stone, In Touch, Canal+ or La Razón. In 1999 he began to work in promotion at the record company Subterfuge.

He has been the press agent for various Spanish acts, including Fangoria, Dover, Merche and Silvia Superstar, as well as the actresses Elsa Pataki y Leonor Watling. In addition, under the stage name of Nancy Anoréxica, he is the lead singer of Nancys Rubias, a pop group specialising in covers. The groups other members are Susie Pop, Marta Vaquerizo, Juan Pedro and Miguel. They have released five albums with Warner Music, with their most famous songs being Peluquitas, Me Da Igual, Salvame, Corazón de Hielo o Di que si. In 2014 he published his book, Fabiografía, written in the first person but functioning as a biography of Fabio McNamara, an important figure in the La Movida Madrileña counterculture scene.

Mario

Mario (Japanese: マリオ, Hepburn: Mario, [ma.ɽi.o]) (English /ˈmɑːrioʊ/; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo]) is a fictional character in the Mario video game franchise, created by Nintendo's Japanese video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as the company's mascot and the eponymous protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center upon rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. His younger brother is Luigi.

The Mario franchise is the best-selling video game franchise of all time. Over 210 million units of the overall Mario series of games have been sold. Outside of the Super Mario platform series, other Mario genres include the Mario Kart racing series, sports games such as the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, role-playing games such as Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, and educational games such as Mario Is Missing! and Mario's Time Machine. The franchise has branched into several mediums, including television shows, film, comics and licensed merchandise. Since 1995, Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet.

El Hormiguero

El Hormiguero (Spanish for "The Anthill") is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and guest interviews running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & El Hombre de Negro ("The Man in Black") (the scientists), and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas (from the Spanish expression "a trancas y barrancas," which means "in fits and starts"). It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

Format

The show is based on an earlier radio program, broadcast on M80 Radio, called No Somos Nadie ("We Are Nobody"). This show continued until June 2007, when Pablo Motos announced that he would be leaving the program to allow the daily production of El Hormiguero.No Somos Nadie returned in September 2007 with new on-air talent, since most of the old show's talent were part of the television show.

Alaska y Mario

Alaska y Mario is a Spanish reality show based on the daily life of Alaska and her husband Mario Vaquerizo. It is produced by El Terrat and is broadcast on MTV Spain since 2011. The show was also carried on local Spanish-language MTV channels throughout Latin America.

Development

Alaska and Mario Vaquerizo have maintained a serious relationship for 10 years and live together in Madrid, on a street near the Gran Vía. Although they married in 1999 at a wedding chapel in Las Vegas, their marriage was not valid in Spain.

Twelve years later, the couple agreed to produce a reality show series for MTV Spain that would feature the preparations for their second wedding in Madrid. For a period of one month, the daily life of the couple was taped, including their work commitments, and their relationship with family and friends. The couple held two ceremonies: a civil ceremony followed by a family banquet for their relatives, and another ceremony for friends at the rooftop terrace of the Hotel Emperador on Gran Vía. The civil ceremony was held on Friday May 27, 2011. The second season featured their honeymoon in the United States, where they were accompanied by friends. The third season centered on Alaska's 50th birtday party preparations.