Luján Argüelles

{{Infobox person

| name = Luján Argüelles

| image = Luján Argüelles en la inauguración de la tienda de Hispanitas en Madrid (2016) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Luján Argüelles in 2016

| birth_name = María Luján Argüelles Álvarez

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|1|26}}{{Cite web |title=Carlota Boza|url=https://www.formulatv.com/personas/lujan-arguelles/|website=FórmulaTV |language=es}}

| birth_place = Salas, Spain

| occupation = Television presenter

| years active = 2000–present

}}

María Luján Argüelles Álvarez (Salas, Asturias, Spain; January 26, 1977) is a Spanish radio broadcaster and television presenter.

Biography

She began her professional career at the age of 19, while studying history and playing the piano.{{Cite web |date=3 April 2022 |title=La pianista que soñaba con ser comunicadora |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/oviedo/pianista-sonaba-comunicadora-20220403000722-ntvo.html |website=ElComercio |language=es}} After working for Radio Vetusta,{{Cite web |date=26 January 2022 |title=Luján Argüelles cumple 45 años: todo sobre la vida de la presentadora |url=https://www.pronto.es/noticias-del-corazon/famosos/lujan-arguelles-cumple-45-anos-todo-sobre-vida-presentadora-sd-332379102.html |website=Pronto |language=es}} she decided to move to Madrid and signed up for Onda Cero. She did both radio and TV work from 2001 to 2002. She started her career on May 3, 2001, on Canal 7 in Madrid, where she hosted the show E-Misión Glamourosa until June 29, 2001.{{Cite web |date=13 November 2021 |title=Qué fue de Luján Argüelles, la presentadora de 'Password' y 'Granjero busca esposa' |url=https://as.com/tikitakas/2021/11/13/portada/1636792502_412639.html |website=AS |language=es}}

In 2002, she signed with Antena 3, where she worked as a reporter in several programs,{{Cite web |date=29 September 2020 |title=Atresmedia prepara 'Divididos', un innovador concurso presentado por Luján Argüelles |url=https://www.antena3.com/objetivotv/series/atresmedia-prepara-divididos-innovador-concurso-presentado-lujan-arguelles_202009295f7316391a2cb80001adcb37.html |website=Antena3 |language=es}} a moment in which her name began to be known to viewers and that led her to combine it with the presentation of the summer magazine La orilla on TeleAsturias and Asturias in RTPA.

In 2008, she began a new stage in Cuatro. A year later, she signed a 4-year contract with the same channel. During this period, she was in charge of Password{{Cite web |date=10 December 2009 |title=Luján Argüelles deja Password |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/584763/0/lujan/arguelles/password/ |website=20 Minutos |language=es}} and Lo que diga la rubia,{{Cite web |date=14 December 2020 |title=El homenaje de Luján Argüelles a 'Password' en laSexta: "Abril... Cerral" |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20201214/homenaje-lujan-arguelles-password-lasexta-11391385 |website=El Periódico |language=es}} among other programs.

In 2010, the merger between Sogecuatro and Gestevisión Telecinco, took place, thus creating the Mediaset España group, with which the presenter renewed her long-term contract with Cuatro in 2014.{{Cite web |date=3 December 2010 |title=Luján Argüelles presentará un nuevo «reality» en Cuatro |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2010/12/03/lujan-arguelles-presentara-nuevo-reality-cuatro/0003_8886782.htm |website=La Voz de Galicia |language=es}}

During this stage, she was in charge of several contests, but what really catapulted her to fame was her role as a matchmaker in several dating shows. In April 2018, after almost a year without new projects in the group, it was announced that she would not renew her contract with Mediaset España after 10 years in Cuatro and 8 years in the group.{{Cite web |date=18 April 2018 |title=El incierto futuro televisivo de Luján Argüelles |url=https://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/tv/lujan-arguelles-contrato-exclusividad-mediaset-20180418221655-nt.html |website=El Comercio |language=es}} She worked with the group and did a radio show for Agencia EFE at the same time.

Although she did not renew her contract with Mediaset Españaas a presenter, she remained linked to the media group as a collaborator, first in El programa de Ana Rosa on Telecinco{{Cite web |date=26 February 2018 |title=Luján Argüelles, fichaje estrella de 'El programa de Ana Rosa' |url=https://www.diezminutos.es/famosos-corazon/famosos-espanoles/news/a10314/lujan-arguelles-fichaje-estrella-programa-ana-rosa/ |website=Diez Minutos |language=es}} and later in Cuatro al día in the afternoons on Cuatro.

Simultaneously, she signs with Telemadrid and presents La báscula from September 2018 to 2020,{{Cite web |date=10 March 2020 |title=Luján Argüelles lucha contra la obesidad en 'La Báscula' |url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programas-tv/a31334000/lujan-arguelles-la-bascula-programa-obesidad/ |website=Diez Minutos |language=es}} and since 2019, she has collaborated in Está pasando,{{Cite web |date=29 March 2021 |title=Luján Argüelles, presentadora por sorpresa de 'Está pasando' en Telemadrid |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20210329/lujan-arguelles-presentadora-sorpresa-esta-pasando-telemadrid-11624924 |website=El Periódico |language=es}} which she also presents when its presenter is absent. During this stage, she continues to lead the radio program of Agencia EFE.

In December 2020, she will present the contest Divididos in La Sexta, despite her commitments with Telemadrid and EFE radio.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-10 |title=Luján Argüelles estrena 'Divididos' en La Sexta: lo que ocurrirá el próximo 15 de diciembre |url=https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/television/20201210/lujan-arguelles-estrena-divididos-sexta-ocurrira-diciembre/542446793_0.html |access-date=2021-05-13 |website=El Español |language=es}}

= Private life =

On July 13, 2015, Luján gives birth to her first daughter with businessman Carlos Sánchez Arenas, whom she named Miranda.{{Cite web |website=Hola |title=Luján Argüelles se convierte en mamá: 'Miranda ya está aquí' |url=https://www.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/14-07-2015/116500 |language=es}}