Marcelo Tinelli

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Marcelo Tinelli

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 Canal 13 (Argentina) (formerly Videomatch broadcast on Telefe).

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.

He has two daughters with ex-wife María Soledad Aquino (married May 1986 to March 1993), and a son and a daughter with current wife Paula Robles (married November 1997).

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He became popular as the presenter of Argentina's high-rated show Videomatch on the Argentine network Telefe. The variety show had sketches, musical guests, contests, and introduced bloopers to the Argentine audience.

Tinelli caused controversy in 2005, when he announced plans to switch to Canal 9, the third highest rated network.^{[citation needed]} His show increased the average audience of Canal 9 by giving the network the highest-rated show in the country.

In 2006 Tinelli announced a switch to Canal 13, Telefe's largest competitor. Tinelli now works at Canal 13 and produces TV dramas with his own production company.

The show title changed from Videomatch to Showmatch since the Videomatch name was owned by Telefe. Showmatch is also the name of a short-lived version of Videomatch that aired in Spain.^{[citation needed]}