Marcelo Tinelli

Marcelo Hugo Tinelli (San Carlos de Bolívar; April 1, 1960) is an Argentine driver, businessman, sports journalist, radio host, sports leader and television producer.

He is the former president of the Professional League and current 4th vice president of the Argentine Football Association. He was 3rd vice president of this association and secretary of Argentine soccer teams.He was also marketing manager, then vice president, and later, president of the San Lorenzo de Almagro club.

During his years of television career, he hosted and produced several comedy, talent and entertainment programs such as Ritmo de la noche, Sing with me now and the remembered and unforgettable Videomatch and Showmatch. Likewise, he began his career in radio at a very young age, being a cadet on a sports program at the time.

In addition, he is also one of the main audiovisual producers on several television channels in his country along with his production companies, Ideas del Sur (1996-2017) and LaFlia Contents (2018-present), of which he is the founder.. Since 2023 he is the new host, artistic director and programming manager of the América TV channel.

Biography

Early years

Marcelo Hugo Tinelli was born on April 1, 1960, in the city of San Carlos de Bolívar, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since he was little he was forced to work as an ice cream seller and shoe shiner to help his family after the death of his father, the sports journalist Dino Tinelli (1932-1971).

When he was already a teenager, Marcelo and his mother moved to the capital of the country, Buenos Aires, there he finished his primary studies at a Catholic school, later, he studied secondary school at the Manuel Belgrano school and also, in his time free, he was a lower division soccer player for Buenos Aires soccer clubs such as Defensores de Belgrano and San Telmo.

According to himself, he spent his free time afternoons listening to a well-known sports radio program at that time called La oral deporte, a program that is broadcast to this day on the Argentine radio station. Radio Rivadavia in Buenos Aires, where, years later, he would begin to work as a cadet at that radio station.

Beginnings in radio and television (1975-1989)

In 1975, at the age of 15, Marcelo began his communications career starting on the radio, being a cadet and making sports notes for La oral deporte, on Radio Rivadavia, with the help of his godfather of radio, the remembered sports journalist and radio host José María Muñoz. Two years later, he made his professional debut as a radio host, and from there he worked as a field correspondent in this and other sports and football radio programs.

Some time later, in 1983, he received the opportunity to make his debut on television as a sports journalist and panelist of the remembered miscellaneous and variety program Badía y Compañía, which was broadcast on the television channel El Trece and was hosted by his great friend and television godfather, the renowned and remembered television presenter and also radio host Juan Alberto Badía, both met on the FM radio program, Piedra Libre.

Then, after the end of this program, he would do some continuity work on this channel until the beginning of 1990, the year in which his daughter, the singer, fashion designer and also businesswoman Lelé, was born.

The phenomenon of Videomatch and Ritmo de la Noche (1990-2004)

It was at the beginning of that year, when he was working on the sports magazine El Grafico; He received an offer from the well-known television producer and programming manager of the then new television channel Telefe, Gustavo Yankelevich; who summoned him to host a new sports program type "ESPN sports newscast" for this channel, which is 100% dedicated to sports topics, which is broadcast at midnight every day and which would be called Videomatch.

This offer was made some time after radio host Gustavo Lutteral also refused to host it, as it was a sports program that was broadcast at midnight; and one day before its premiere, on March 1, 1990, Marcelo accepted this proposal and resigned from El Trece after staying there for seven years.

Over time, this sports program at that time began to broadcast first, videos of various sports and sports analysis; and then, when it was a failure, Gustavo appointed Marcelo as his new general producer in addition to being the presenter; and from there, a humorous direction was sought. It began with videos of sports accidents, which were popularly known as bloopers or jokes, and then turned towards humor from 1991 to 2004 with a series of sketches, indiscreet cameras, various parodies, joke sections, humorous musicals and competitions. humor, imitation, hidden talents and animal dexterity, among many others. This change was favorable, becoming a resounding success on television nights in his country during his 15 seasons and 14 years on television, obtaining the public's preference and having won more than 20 Martín Fierro awards in different categories; in addition to a nomination for the International Emmy Awards in 2000.

After that success in its first season in 1990, Gustavo chose him to host and produce, apart from Videomatch, the entertainment, music and concert program Ritmo de la noche i>, which would lead him to popularity. This program also became another of the most watched programs, being released in January 1991, with the participation of the same members of the cast of Marcelo's first program at that time; musicals performed by the program's ballet, "Las Tinellis"; and there were also jokes and indiscreet cameras, as well as live music with renowned artists of the time as guests. During its four seasons, Ritmo de la Noche also obtained the audience's preference as with Videomatch and won a Martín Fierro award in the 'Best Program' category. of music and varieties". It ended in December 1994, in the middle of Christmas; That same year, Marcelo suffered another blow that also marked his life completely, the death of his mother.

Between 1993 and 2001, Marcelo became director of the FM radio station Radio Uno, FM radio station of Radio Rivadavia. After the end of Ritmo de la Noche and the reinvention of Videomatch , in 1996, he founded his first own television production company Ideas del Sur, which made and produced all the programs authored by him until 2017.

Between 2001 and 2004, the radio station RadioShow 100.7 (today Blue 100.7) was on air, and Videomatch also moved to radio; since during his first year, Marcelo hosted the two radio versions of his successful television program, Radiomatch and Discomatch , and he did it together with his cast mates of this program.

In 2003, Marcelo bought the renowned AM radio station, Radio Del Plata; and later returned to take charge of Radio Uno until 2007. In the first he hosted first the weekly interview program Mano a mano and then the general interest program Dulce Condena .

On December 27, 2004, Videomatch broadcast its last episode, thus marking its end after 15 seasons and 14 years on Telefe and on television, coinciding with his drastic and fateful departure from the channel along with his team from his production company Ideas del Sur. Tinelli obtained his first two private recognitions, the two Martín Fierro awards: Gold (in 1997) and Platinum (in 2011).

Showmatch, his retirement from the radio and the end of Ideas del Sur (2005-2017)

In 2005, and after the end of Videomatch, Marcelo and his team from his production company moved to the television channel El Nueve, which at that time was managed by media entrepreneur and journalist Daniel Hadad. There, he decided to send all of his programs to that channel. That same year, he began production on a new entertainment program, a spin-off type continuation of Videomatch and with a different style, which would both be hosted and produced by himself. This program would be called Showmatch, and would premiere on April 5, with its first and only season on El Nueve. Between that same year and 2007, he teamed up with producer, manager and also businessman Daniel Grinbank and converted Radio Uno into Radio Spika until its end that year.

In September of that same year, he signed an alliance with the actor and producer Adrián Suar, and moved all the Ideas del Sur programs to another channel, El Trece, where Marcelo began his career on television some time ago as a panelist. sports from Badía y Compañía and that, after 16 years, he would return to this channel. A week later, the remembered former soccer player and soccer coach Diego Armando Maradona, in his late night show La noche del 10, received it on behalf of the channel days after the official announcement of his contract, this has possibilities of automatic renewal every certain indefinite number of years during your stay there. From then until his farewell in 2022, Tinelli was considered the top figure on that channel.

On the other hand, Showmatch also moved there after leaving El Nueve, its second season premiered in March of that year and remained during its 15 years of broadcast on this channel with 14 seasons ending its run. I spent there in December 2021. In addition, Marcelo, the team and his executives from his production company Ideas del Sur had to change the format of this program, turning it into a kind of "star program" controversial and controversial, which is why they acquired the rights to successful artistic reality shows of dance, singing, musicals and talents belonging to the renowned Mexican network and company Televisa that were a success in their country of origin, Mexico, and began to produce their controversial Argentine versions as their main sections, such as Bailando por un Sueño Argentina (also known as Bailando and Súper Bailando), Singing for a dream Argentina, Skating for a dream Argentina (fusion of Skating with the Stars and Dancing for a dream), The musical of your dreams (Argentine version of The dream show) and Dancing for a dream Argentina Kids (version of Dancing for a dream Argentinafor children), are the controversial segments that gave a lot of talk until their break in 2019.

These controversial sections of dance, singing, figure skating, musicals and mixed talents, which have caused more than one controversy during their years of transmission within this program, since they have received a million negative reviews from various debates on various television entertainment programs in your country, hundreds of complaints from various celebrities and thousands of complaints on social networks.

In addition, they made their own talent segments such as Baila Argentina (Dance), Genios de la Argentina (Singing) and Showmatch: La Academia (Mixed talents with celebrities), the latter, like Dancing for a Dream Argentina and other sections, also caused a lot of controversy and became a great television failure due to its low audience, meaning its first break in December 2021 after almost 16 years of broadcast and 15 seasons; and his final goodbye from El Trece after 15 years. In addition to the cancellation of its special humor edition with the members of the Videomatch cast in the midst of the global news about the coronavirus pandemic, after rumors about its supposed contagion by this disease, in 2020.

This television franchise, adding the years of broadcast of its two programs and 30 seasons in total, has become an important phenomenon with great audience results and maintenance for more than 30 years among the most watched television programs, in addition to the important impact throughout Latin America where the program had high recognition until its first break in 2021. In addition, it was brought into book format on its 20th anniversary under the name ofVideomatch & Showmatch: 20 years of history.

At the end of 2008, and after his departure from Radio Uno in the midst of the end of Radio Spika, Marcelo retired from the radio after selling the AM radio station Radio Del Plata to the Electroingeniería group, after almost five years.

Some time later, he was awarded as Outstanding Cultural Personality, in the Buenos Aires Legislature of Buenos Aires. In 2017, he was honored with another recognition, a Star on Corrientes Avenue in the capital.

That same year, the production company Ideas del Sur suffered several conflicts with Grupo Indalo (today Grupo Ceibo) due to economic problems and high costs. These reasons meant a break between the two; and the definitive breakup of the production company after 21 years.

Current News (2018-present)

In 2018, after this breakup and the subsequent breakup of Ideas del Sur, Marcelo founded his new television production company and the first digital content and services company LaFlia Contents, in February of that year, he announced it during the live broadcast on his official Facebook account. In it, they continued to produce the program Showmatch before its first break in 2021, and in addition, they produced several programs on various television networks in their country and on other international networks.

In addition, he made his film debut as an associate producer for the film Queen of Fear.

Four years later, he made his last television program as host and producer on El Trece before his final goodbye to the channel and his temporary retirement, the singing talent program Sing with me now, Argentine version of the British singing program All Together Now, which also had adaptations in countries such as Brazil and Colombia. Months later, Marcelo leaves El Trece for the second time after staying there for 17 years.

A year later, and after being away from television for several months, he is hired by another television channel, América TV, as its new artistic director, its new programming manager and its new television host. With this, he will prepare his most anticipated official return to television with big surprises.

Apart from his communications career, he is involved in other activities related to sports and football, including in his positions first as vice president, and later president of his favorite football team San Lorenzo de Almagro, in addition to being president of both the Soccer Super League during 2020 and the Professional Soccer League in his country, and being one of the current vice presidents of the Argentine Soccer Association since that year.

Football

Marcelo's other passion is football. Since he is a fan of San Lorenzo de Almagro, like his father, and he used to comment on the results of soccer matches on his programs Videomatch and Showmatch, facing one of its announcers and comedians, Raúl Biaggioni, better known as "Larry de Clay", who is a fan of Boca Juniors.

In 1998, he bought Club Deportivo Badajoz, a soccer team in Spain's Second Division, which he then sold in 2000 after failing to achieve promotion to the First Division.

His approach with San Lorenzo was a long time ago, first, he accompanied the players in two soccer games as a guest player, then, he worked as a marketing manager and later, he joined the board of directors. Thus, from 2012 to 2016, Marcelo ran with his lawyer Matías Lammens to be president and vice president of San Lorenzo de Almagro, and they won the three elections three consecutive times, one with 80.52%, another with 82.44%. % and another with 88.15% of the votes, leaving Matías as president and Marcelo as vice president until December 2019.

In 2017, after remaining the vice president of his favorite soccer team, he requested leave due to health problems, then he would dedicate himself to the sport of basketball until 2019. Months later, he would return to his position until that said date.

On December 14, 2019, Marcelo was elected as the new president of San Lorenzo de Almagro with a percentage of 80.38% of the votes, this time, accompanied by union member Horacio Arreceygor as his new vice president. On December 18 of that year, both assumed their positions, Marcelo held this position away from television until April 2022, being replaced by Horacio.

His fame and prestige as a leader led him to be a candidate for president of the renowned Argentine Football Association (AFA). Marcelo thus became the favorite to be the successor of the late and controversial leader Julio Grondona in office, and after his death, the leader Luis Segura was also in charge of this association. That year, Marcelo was appointed as Secretary of Press and Communication within this association, he was also Secretary of soccer teams there.

In the elections of December 4, 2015, there were 75 assembly members who would decide between the two, but an impossible 38 to 38 destroyed the election due to two votes stuck inside the same envelope, so the vote remained postponed.

On April 17, 2017, Marcelo resigned from his position as Secretary of selections in this association.

On March 10, 2020, due to the resignation of leader Mariano Elizondo, Marcelo was unanimously elected as the new president of the Argentine soccer Super League until its end in May of that year.

Months later, he was elected as the president of the Professional Football League in his country, in addition to being one of the new vice presidents of the AFA.

Electoral history in San Lorenzo

Elections President and Vice President San Lorenzo 2012

President and Vice San Lorenzo Elections 2013

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President and Vice San Lorenzo Elections 2016

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President and Vice San Lorenzo Elections 2019

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Other sports

In the 1990s, Marcelo began participating in athletics races such as the New York Marathon and the Los Angeles Marathon, in the United States. Since 1998 he organizes annually in his native Bolívar, the Dino Hugo Tinelli International Marathon, in honor of his own father, where funds are raised and contributed to the city hospital.

In 2002, in addition to soccer and marathons, he founded the Ciudad de Bolívar Club, a professional volleyball team that won the Volleyball League on several occasions. His grandfather, José Domeño, father of his mother, was honored with a sports complex named after him.

Personal life

Marcelo is the only child of the marriage that was formed by María Esther Domeño (teacher, died in 1994) and Dino Tinelli (sports journalist, died in 1971); In addition, he is the cousin of the musician and percussionist Luciano & # 34; Tirri & # 34; Giugno; and grandson of José Domeño, who owned two newspapers.

In the '80s, he met his first wife, Soledad Aquino, on the program Badía y Compañía, where he was a sports panelist and made the sports notes, while she worked for the production, with the audience in what, at that time, was the largest studio of the El Trece channel at that time. Soledad comes from one of the most traditional families in San Isidro. In 1986, Marcelo and Soledad married; and two years later, they had their first two daughters, Micaela (1988) and Candelaria ("Lelé") (1990). In 1993, the couple separated after seven years of marriage.

In 1991, Marcelo met his second wife, the dancer and actress Paula Robles, during the recordings of the program Ritmo de la noche, where he hosted and produced, while she was one of the members of the “Las Tinellis” dance group. In 1997, they married and had their other two children, Francisco (1998) and Juana (2002). 12 years later, Marcelo and Paula separated, and signed their divorce in 2009. Currently, both showed their closeness after years apart.

Some time later, Tinelli met his third partner, the model, actress and also businesswoman Guillermina Valdés, with whom he had a very controversial dating relationship for almost ten years and they had their first and only child (fifth for him), Lorenzo (2014). Years later, in May 2022, they permanently separate after almost ten years as a couple.

Social assistance

While he was doing the Dino Hugo Tinelli International Marathon, in his native Bolívar, Marcelo founded his first social aid foundation called Fundación Ideas del Sur, where this marathon was organized.

Currently, he founded his new foundation, LaFlia Foundation, where in addition to organizing this charity marathon, he sponsors several cancer hospitals in cities and soup kitchens in various slums in his country for low-income people.

In addition, Marcelo is a collaborator of the solidarity initiative called Roundtable against Hunger, carried out by the Government of Argentina headed by the president of this country, Alberto Fernández.

Marcelo Tinelli in popular culture

Marcelo is among the iconic figures of Latin American popular culture, since he was mentioned on several occasions in television programs and soap operas from other countries, imitated by several comedians, invited to various television programs, and sent greetings to other presenters. television and even music bands created songs for him.

• In Peru, he was twice named in the humor program The mood specialIn the sketch-parody I am..
• In his native Argentina, the band of cumbia Karakol created a song-tribute based on him and his program Videomatch"He likes Tinelli."
• It was imitated by his colleagues VideomatchJosé María Listorti in the reality show Big brotherand Freddy Villarreal in a chapter There are 2 without 3.
• In Chile, Marcelo himself made a special appearance in the video of greetings in the television program Blame Viña to the Chilean television hosts María Luisa Godoy and Martín Cárcamo, who were preparing to re-engineer the 2020 edition of the International Festival of the Song of Viña del Mar.

Filmography

Television

Radio

Radio Rivadavia

• The sports oral

R FM 103.1

• Free stone

RadioShow FM 100.7

• Radiomatch
• Discomatch

Radio Del Plata

• Hand in hand
• Sweet conviction

Cinema

• The Queen of Fear - Associate producer

Companies

He is the creator and president of production companies, which generate unitary series, soap operas, and programs of general interest for television in his country and international television.

• South Ideas (1996-2017)
• LaFlia Contents (2018-present)

Awards and recognitions

Martin Fierro Award

• Best entertainment program for Videomatch (1992).
• Best male driving/animation (1994).
• Best entertainment program for Night Ritmo (1994).
• Best humor program for Videomatch Show (1996).
• Best humor program for Videomatch Show (1997).
• Better comprehensive production for Videomatch Show (1997).
• Best male driving/animation (1997).
• Martín Fierro de Oro (1997).
• Best humor program for Videomatch Show (1998).
• Better comprehensive production for Videomatch Show (1998).
• Best male driving/animation (1998).
• Best humor program for Videomatch Show (1999).
• Best male driving/animation (2000).
• Better comprehensive production for Videomatch Show (2001).
• Best male driving/animation (2006).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2006).
• Best male driving/animation (2007).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2007).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2007).
• Best male driving/animation (2008).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2008).
• Martin Fierro a la Trayectoria (2009).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2009).
• Best male driving/animation (2010).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2010).
• Martin Fierro de Platinum (2011).
• Best male driving/animation (2011).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2011).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2011).
• Best entertainment program for Showmatch (2012)
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2014).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2014).
• Best male driving (2014).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2015).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2016).
• Best male driving (2016).
• Better comprehensive production for Showmatch (2016).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2017).
• Better reality for Showmatch (2018).
• Martin Fierro a la Trayectoria (2019).

Other awards

• Featured Personality of the Culture of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• Best Television Conductor (3 times) - Tato Awards (Argentina)
• More Clicked Gold and More Clicked from History - The Most Clicked Awards, Ciudad Magazine (Argentina)
• Star on Avenida Corrientes de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• Punta del Este anniversary award (Uruguay)
• Recognition - American Business Forum (Uruguay)

Palmarés

As vice president of San Lorenzo de Almagro

Titles	Club	Country	Year
Initial Tournament	C.A. San Lorenzo De Almagro	Argentina	2013
Copa Libertadores de América	C.A. San Lorenzo De Almagro	Argentina	2014
Supercopa Argentina	C.A. San Lorenzo De Almagro	Argentina	2015
Women ' s Honor Division	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2015
National Basketball League	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2016
Women ' s Honor Division	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2016
Super Tournament 4	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2017
National Basketball League	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2017
Supercopa de La Liga	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2018
League of the Americas	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2018
National Basketball League	San Lorenzo	Argentina	2018