Jorge Van Rankin

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name = Jorge van Rankin


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birthname = Jorge van Rankin Arellano
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location = Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
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Jorge Van Rankin, better known as "El Burro" (The Donkey), is one of the most famous radio and television hosts in Mexico. El Burro studied in Anáhuac University.

Biography

He started working back in 1987 in W FM 96.9 (a Mexican radio station) with his program "Fusión". He stayed there until 1990 when he moved as the manager of Televisa's Canal 5.

From 1991 to 1993 he worked at the music studio "Melody" and then he when back to W FM 96.9 with a new program and after that he moved to another radio station Vox FM 101.7 where he worked with Estaban Arce.

Finally in 1993 he debuts as a television host at Telehit's "El Calabozo" along with his good friend Estaban Arce. The program had huge success thanks to the crazyness and randomness of the show.

From there, El Burro became Vox FM's general director and the man responsable for Vox International.

He also hosted another of Telehit's great shows "Fresas con Chile" (Strawberries with Peppers) along with Paloma.

In 2003 he participated in the second edition of Televisa's reality show Big Brother VIP where he the sixth person to leave the house. Thanks to the public's support, in 2004 he goes back for the third edition of Big Brother where made it to the final but finnished in fourth place.

Currently Jorge hosts his new show "Hasta Adentro" transmited by Unicable which has also had a lot of success.

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References

* [http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/318176.html Jorge's Biography]