Zuriñe Hidalgo

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| birth_name = Zuriñe Hidalgo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|19}}

| birth_place = Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

| citizenship = Spain

| education = Public University of Navarre

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| occupation = TV presenter, singer, teacher

| years active = 2000–present

| known_for = Betizu
Hesian

| notable_works = Betizu
Hesian

| television = Betizu
Kanturgiro
Bago!az

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Zuriñe Hidalgo (born October 19, 1990) is a Spanish singer, musician and TV presenter.

She made her debut at the age of ten in Betizu on the ETB 1 channel, being one of several Betizu artists (a former Betizu Star).{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Maialen |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo, an adolescence under the spotlight: "It took me a while to be aware of the violence I was receiving" |url=https://www.eldiario.es/euskadi/referentes-en-femenino/zurine-hidalgo-adolescencia-focos-tarde-consciente-violencias-recibiendo_128_9774202.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=elDiario.es |language=es}}

Early life

Zuriñe Hidalgo was born in 1990, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country (Spain).

Career

Hidalgo received a bachelor's degree in early childhood education at the Public University of Navarre and worked as a teacher for several years. She was also trained in sex education and female menstruation, organizing workshops for women.{{Cite web |last=ERRASTI |first=Asier |date=May 24, 2020 |title=Elikadura ekologikoan eta ziklikotasunean bereizitako emakumeentzako erretiroa, Zuriñe Hidalgoren azken proiektua |url=https://irratia.naiz.eus/eu/info_irratia/20200525/elikadura-ekologikoan-eta-ziklikotasunean-bereizitako-emakumeentzako-erretiroa-zurine-hidalgoren-azken-proiektua |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=irratia.naiz.eus |language=eu}}{{Cite web |last=all_powerful_Oz |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo: "Nahiago dut plaza dantzan baino sentimenduz beterik kantatzen ikusi" |url=https://www.gaztezulo.eus/albisteak/zurine-hidalgo-quotnahiago-dut-plaza-dantzan-baino-sentimenduz-beterik-kantatzen-ikusiquot |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Gaztezulo |language=eu}}

She began her television career in 2000 on the Betizu program on the ETB 1 channel where she debuted at just 10 years of age. She has been a presenter, among others, of the programs Betizu and 3Txulo on ETB 1. She was a member of the music group Betizu Taldea, along with Telmo Idígoras and Elene Arandia, a music group that achieved great notoriety, especially for the hit song "Lokaleko leihotik" or also for the single "Esaidazu".{{Cite web |title=Elene Arandia, Telmo Idígoras and Zuriñe Hidalgo from Betizu Taldea (music group) |url=https://www.eitb.eus/eu/irratia/euskadi-irratia/programak/hirigorrian/audioak/osoa/2948884/betizu-taldea-euskadi-irratia-hidalgo-idigoras-arandia-hiri-gorrian--/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=EITB |language=eu}}{{Cite web |date=December 28, 2021 |title=Betizu Taldeko hainbat kide berriz elkartu eta hiru kontzertu emango dituzte |url=https://www.eitb.eus/eu/gaztea/osoa/8539915/betizu-taldeko-hainbat-kide-berriz-elkartu-eta-hiru-kontzertu-emango-dituzte/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=EITB |language=eu}}{{Cite news |last=Nieto |first=Marta |date=March 29, 2003 |title=El primer concierto de mi vida |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/03/30/paisvasco/1049056800_850215.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=1134-6582}}{{Cite web |last=SA |first=Baigorri Argitaletxea |date=November 21, 2018 |title="Año tras año, el grupo va cambiando y la música se va transformando" |url=https://www.naiz.eus/eu/hemeroteca/gara/editions/2018-11-22/hemeroteca_articles/ano-tras-ano-el-grupo-va-cambiando-y-la-musica-se-va-transformando |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=GARA |language=es}}

Her participation and roles in the hit TV shows Betizu and being member of Betizu Taldea brought her acclaimed success and made her a child star in the Basque Country, becoming well known among the children and the audience.

For several years (2006–2021) she was the singer and vocalist of the Navarrese ska music group Hesian. In 2014 she presented the Kantugiro program.{{Cite web |title='Kantugiro' une karaoke y fiestas, de lunes a jueves, en ETB1 |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/detalle/3314430/estreno-kantugiro--zurine-hidalgo-eta-xabin-fernandez/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=El programa 'Kantugiro' busca participantes. ¡Anímate! |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/detalle/3291892/el-nuevo-programa-kantugiro-etb1-busca-participantes-karaoke/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}} In 2017 she was the presenter of the musical contest Bago!az.

In 2022, she joined the cast of the Vikingak program, along with Amancay Gaztañaga and Erika Olaizola.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2022 |title=La importancia de la imagen y la apariencia, esta noche, en "Vikingak" |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/detalle/8953953/vikingak-analiza-este-miercoles-importancia-de-imagen-y-apariencia/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2022 |title=ETB1 estrena su nuevo programa "Vikingak |url=https://www.neeo.es/2022/07/19/etb1-estrena-su-nuevo-programa-vikingak/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Neeo {{!}} Todo sobre medios de comunicación en España |language=es}}

Activism

Hidalgo is a feminist and women's rights activist.{{Cite web |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo: 'Hay que contar y denunciar cada agresión sexista' |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/sociedad/detalle/4885828/zurine-hidalgo-hay-contar-denunciar-agresion-sexista/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}} She has also advocated for the precariousness of women in relation to menstruation and female sexuality. She has also spoken out for the precariousness of cultural workers.{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2020 |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo: "Es frustrante la precariedad que hay en el sector de la cultura" |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-vitoria/programas/radio-vitoria-gaur-magazine/audios/detalle/7179152/audio-zurine-hidalgo-es-frustrante-precariedad-sector-cultural/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}}

= Controversies =

Due to her social activism, she has sometimes been involved in small controversies. In 2017, it was included in the so-called "EITB controversy" by a television program, in which, according to some media, Hidalgo would have stated that the Spanish are dedicated to "compliment with women" and treat them "as if they were cattle". statements that were not liked in some sectors.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Los protagonistas de la polémica de EiTB y sus frases sobre los españoles |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/cultura/2017-03-06/eitb-miren-gaztanaga-espanoles-protagonistas-guardian-invisible_1342912/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=El Confidencial |language=es}}

Zuriñe Hidalgo was one of the many child stars in Betizu (a former Betizu Star), where she had been since she was 11 years old. In 2022, as an adult, she recognized that it was not easy to be part of Betizu being so young and she criticized the program and ETB 1 channel for certain facts, declaring that "she suffered discrimination in situations ranging from the way they dressed her, to the way in which they treated her".

Private life

She lives in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Filmography

= Television =

Betizu, ETB 1
3Txulo, ETB 1
A ze banda!, ETB 1
Gure Kasa, ETB 1{{Cite web |title=Zuriñe Hidalgo será la invitada de esta noche en 'Gure Kasa' |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/television/detalle/5844685/zurine-hidalgo-estara-este-miercoles-12-septiembre-gure-kasa/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}}
Kantugiro, ETB 1
Bago!az, ETB 1
Adinberri, ETB 1{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2020 |title=Salud física y bienestar emocional |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/vivirparaver/detalle/7226672/zurine-hidalgo-adinberri-salud-fisica-bienestar-emocional/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EITB |language=es}}
Vikingak, ETB 1