Ana Rosa Quintana

Ana Rosa Quintana Hortal (born 12 January 1956) is a Spanish journalist and television presenter. Having originally started out in radio, she rose to fame on Antena 3's daytime chat show Sabor a ti. She later jumped ship to Telecinco to host El programa de Ana Rosa, which frequently led the ratings from 2005 until it was axed in 2023.

In 2005, Quintana interviewed Ramona Maneiro, who admitted on Sabor a ti (es) to having assisted Ramón Sampedro in taking his own life. She left Antena 3 that year for Telecinco, where she presented her most famous show, El programa de Ana Rosa, until a schedule update in 2023 saw her move to the afternoon slot with the show TardeAR. After her new show failed to beat Sonsoles Ónega's show Y ahora, Sonsoles in the ratings, Telecinco revived El programa de Ana Rosa in 2025, which has been daily defeated by its competition.

Biography

Ana Rosa was born and grew up in Usera, Madrid. Her parents were José Antonio Quintana and Carmen Hortal Prados, and she has one older brother, Enrique.

She began her career at RNE. She later moved to Radio Internacional, where she was one of the so-called "chicas de la Inter", a group of female presenters on the channel.

In 1982 she moved to television to host the primetime Telediario bulletin with Alberto Delgado. She later moved with her husband Alfonso Rojo to New York, working as a correspondent for Cadena COPE and the Tiempo de Hoy magazine. She had one son with Alberto in 1986.