Marcelo Hugo Tinelli (born April 1, 1960, in Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province), is an Argentine TV host, media producer and businessman, best known as the host of the TV show ShowMatch broadcast on Argentina's El Trece. He is one of the most iconic figures in Argentina's television. Besides Pope Francis, Tinelli is one of the most famous supporters of the San Lorenzo de Almagro football club of all time. He is the current Vice-President of the Boedo's side.Tinelli was working on Radio Rivadavia as football sportscaster before Juan Alberto Badía brought him to TV to Badía y Compañía. In 1990, after several years as sports commentator, he created the light-content Videomatch, based on sport results, easy jokes, hidden cameras and bloopers. Around 1996 the program left the lightest contents and included musical shows and guests. In 1999 he received the Golden Martín Fierro Award for Videomatch. The show is still aired, but under the name of Showmatch.He created the TV production company Ideas del Sur (Ideas from the South), which has produced many TV shows including Okupas, Buenos Vecinos, Tumberos, Fugitivos and Los Roldán. He also bought Radio Uno FM station, and the Spanish Segunda División football club CD Badajoz. In 2002, he helped found the volleyball team Club Ciudad de Bolívar, based in his native San Carlos de Bolívar. The team came to be the most successful of the Argentine league.He has two daughters, Micaela and Candelaria, with ex-wife María Soledad Aquino(married May 1986 to March 1993), a son and a daughter, Francisco and Juanita, with his second wife Paula Robles (married November 1997), and a son, Lorenzo, with model Guillermina Valdés, his current partner.
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Parents
Dino Hugo Tinelli, María Esther Domeño
TV Shows
Showmatch, Bailando por un Sueño, Videomatch, Patito Feo, Atracción x4, Bailando Kids, El Musical de tus Sueños, Bailando por un Sueño 2007, Bailando 2014, Bailando 2010
Star Sign
Aries
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Trademark
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Opens his show by saying "Goodnight America"
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Fact
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He is the vice-president of San Lorenzo de Almagro. One of the biggest Argentine soccer clubs.
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Has two children: son Francisco (b. 1998) and daughter Juana (b. 2003) from his marriage with Paula Robles.
$40 Million
