Miami – Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste celebrates its fifteenth anniversary of setting the news and entertainment agenda for the Latino community, with a week of special programming. The celebratory programming will kick off with an unplugged concert featuring Luis Fonsi, Nacho, Luis Coronel, Josh Favela, Regulo Caro and Ivy Queen on Monday.
The program will air from Times Square, the broadcast location of the show’s inaugural episode, with visits by a surprise group of Latino superstars. The State of New York will issue an official proclamation acknowledging the anniversary of Al Rojo Vivo and the show’s positive impact on Latino culture. María Celeste will offer a recap of some of the show’s best moments. Finally, on Friday, May 19, 15 quinceañeras will celebrate the 15th birthday party of their dreams with special celebrity guests at the Al Rojo Vivo studios.
Hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist María Celeste Arrarás, Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste offers stories that captivate Hispanic viewers, presented in an innovative format that highlights their human aspect. Al Rojo Vivo has a stellar team of collaborators across the country, including Azucena Cierco, Sofía Lachapelle, Gino Del Corte, Jessica Carrillo, Enrique Usales, Jorge Miramontes and Nicole Suárez.
María Celeste Arrarás is one of the best-known figures in Spanish-speaking television. She has been a guest anchor of NBC’s Today Show and a contributor to Dateline and NBC Nightly News. María Celeste has appeared on the cover of People en Español more than 14 times and graced the front of Newsweek’s special issue on Women and Leadership: The Next Generation in 2009. She has been profiled in numerous prestigious publications, among them The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post and The Miami Herald.
María Celeste began her television career as a local reporter for Puerto Rico’s Canal in 1986. She was hired by Telemundo’s New York affiliate and in 1994 went on to work for Primer Impacto on Univision, rejoining Telemundo as main anchor of Al Rojo Vivo in 2002.
