that Andreu Buenafuente (the future of Future imperfect is still on the air) and that, RTVE fills gaps by signing another comedian with his own voice: Manu Sánchez, as announced by the public corporation this Wednesday with a press release in which it highlights his “versatility, brilliance, culture and a personal seal with which he elevates entertainment with reflection, humor and his own perspective.”
The 40-year-old Andalusian comedian and presenter does not yet have any specific assignment, however, and the network limits itself to saying that “he will create different projects” that they will announce soon. He warns that this signing “is a bet with identity and ambition, with a clear vision: ‘From Andalusia to the world.”
Sánchez presents on Canal Sur Don’t stop dreaming with Pastora Soler. The Andalusian network has precisely given him a large part of his successes, where he began his career creating and directing programs such as From the hand of Manu, Colga2 with Manu, The longest week, Vuelta y Vuelta by Manu Sánchez, Tierra de Talento y We are Music. In addition, he has collaborated on national television in zapping o Your face sounds familiar to me and in La 1, specifically, in better with you and in the contest, where he was a finalist, although in 2015 La Sexta, which only lasted eight programs. In 2019, TVE also presented the summer contest Do you play or what?with Adriana Abenia. In addition, he has collaborated on radio, developed a theatrical career and produced documentaries.
A few weeks ago he went viral when defending public health: “I believed in the distribution of wealth before these last two years. I could say that I paid half of what I earn in an act of generosity. Do you know what I say now? That I am incapable of accounting for what I have cost the system in these last two years,” explained this comedian who in 2023 was diagnosed with testicular germinal cancer with metastasis to the lymph nodes.
The Andalusian defended before Évole “a yacht and chalet socialism.” “I work a lot, I pay the maximum in taxes and with what I have left I buy whatever I want,” he explained, while remembering that he does not vote for the left out of self-interest, since it is a vote that does not suit him personally. “If it doesn’t cost you money, they aren’t principles,” he argued. “We all have to have the right to shrimp, there are people on the right who believe that shrimp are only for them.”
Throughout his career he has been recognized with the Iris Award for the best regional presenter, in 2025 he received the Medal of Andalusia and this same year he was named Favorite Son and Gold Medal of Dos Hermanas, his hometown. He is also a member of the Academy of Television and Audiovisual Sciences and Arts of Spain. In La 1 it remains to be seen where he will fit, after the Thursday gap left by Dani Rovira will be covered.
