Pablo Motos

Pablo Motos Burgos (born 31 August 1965) is a Spanish comedian, scriptwriter and broadcaster who is best known for producing and presenting El Hormiguero, a popular Spanish television show. He is the son of Amelia Burgos, who often appeared on El Hormiguero and who died on 11 December 2018. He did his military service in Ceuta, where he also worked as a receptionist in a military residence.

Motos began his media career as a radio host, working at Radio Nacional in Utiel and then Onda Cero Valencia. Between September 2002 and 22 June 2007, he presented No somos nadie on M80 Radio. On television, he presented Megacine on Canal Nou and was one of the creators of El club de la comedia, writing the scripts for the first three years. From September 2006 until May 2011, he presented and directed El Hormiguero on Cuatro, and in 2011 it moved to Antena 3 as El Hormiguero 3.0. In 2008 he created his own production company, 7yAcción, together with the producer Jorge Salvador, and in 2021 the two created the game show El desafío for Antena 3.

Motos has also worked in music, composing the Benidorm Song Festival 1993 entry "Sabed amigos", performed by Romero y sus amigos, which won. He has made forays into advertising and dubbed the voice of a doll for the Spanish version of Toy Story 3. He and El Hormiguero have been criticised as misogynist for their treatment of women, and according to the magazine FHM he was considered the worst comedian on the national scene in 2011. He later remarried to Laura Llopis, after they met on Valencian radio.