Radio Motos began his media career as a radio host. He later worked at
Radio Nacional in
Utiel, then
Onda Cero Valencia, where he presented and directed programs like
Aquí hay más de uno,
Mareando la perdiz or
Hacia el dos mil, where he has been part of the team as a contributor of
La Radio de
Julia Otero. Between September 2002 and 22 June 2007, he presented
No somos nadie on
M80 Radio in the mornings from Monday to Friday, filling the gap left by the program
Gomaespuma with great success. Motos and his team left to concentrate on
El Hormiguero, which was now airing episodes Monday through to Thursday.
Television On television, he has presented
Megacine on
Canal Nou, a Valencian regional channel, and was one of the creators of
El club de la comedia, writing the scripts for the first three years. At that time he created
La noche... con Fuentes y cia, on which he was scriptwriter and executive producer. He also appeared on
La hora de José Mota with an appearance as
Vincent van Gogh. From September 2006 until May 2011, he presented and directed
El Hormiguero on the general entertainment channel
Cuatro. During its first year it was a weekly program that aired on Sunday evening and from September 2007 it aired Monday through Thursday and Saturday night from approximately 21:30 to 22:30. In 2011 it hopped to
Antena 3 as
El Hormiguero 3.0 and now rarely drops out of the top rated programmes. In 2007,
El Hormiguero's rising popularity allowed him to present the traditional
New Year's Eve show on Cuatro together with his ants Trancas and Barrancas. He also appeared to premiere Cuatro's
UEFA Euro 2008 football coverage.
Music Pablo composed the
Benidorm Song Festival 1993 entry "Sabed amigos", performed by Romero y sus amigos, and won. He is credited as co-writer of the lyrics together with Fernando Romero. He also worked with Asturian singer
Melendi on his song
Marco, which discusses his son. The profits from the single were donated to the Spanish Federation for Cystic Fibrosis. Melendi also frequently appears as a guest on
El Hormiguero.
Theatre On stage he has been director of scripts and one of the writers of the
Cinco mujeres.com comedy and
La vida según San Francisco. He also worked on
Verónica Forqué's Spanish remake of
The Seven Year Itch, "La tentación vive arriba". He also starred with Enrique San Francisco in
Entre fuerte y flojo.
Advertising Pablo Motos has also made forays into the world of advertising. He performed in a TV ad for
Binaca about bad breath, has been the voice of
Coca-Cola, advertised
Visa's credit card and advertised
Fujitsu's air conditioning. In March 2010 he was the voice of the
McDonald's ad. In 2013 he agreed to star in a series of advertisements for
Jazztel.
Production In 2008, he created his own production company, 7yAcción, together with the producer
Jorge Salvador to produce
El Hormiguero for
Cuatro. In 2008 he created
Guerra de sesos for
Telecinco and in 2010 he created
Tonterias las Justas for Cuatro, in 2011
Otra movida for
Neox, and in 2013
Así nos va for
LaSexta. In 2021, he and Jorge Salvador created the successful game show
El desafío for
Antena 3, based on some of the stunts done on
El Hormiguero. Motos performed on the show in its first series, with a cover of
Nessun dorma.
Film Pablo Motos dubbed the voice of a doll that was stuck in a car for the Spanish version of
Toy Story 3. He made a cameo in the film
Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis, along with many other Spanish celebrities, and
Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas directed by his friend and frequent
El Hormiguero guest
Santiago Segura. == Controversies ==