Monchi_Balestra

Monchi Balestra

Monchi Balestra

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Ramón Marcelo Balestra (born October 8, 1967 in Casilda, Santa Fe), better known by his stage name Monchi Balestra, is an Argentine radio personality and television host.

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Life and career

1967–2000: Early life

Ramón Marcelo Balestra was born on October 8, 1967, in Casilda, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.[1] He's worked for several radio stations since he was thirteen. When he was eighteen he got his own radio station called FM TOP. At the age of 20 he went to California, United States, where he worked for many Latin radio stations. Then he came back to Santa Fe Province where he became a local celebrity. At this stage of his career he received his first nominations for Broadcasting and Martín Fierro Awards.

2001–2011: Mainstream success

In 2001, Balestra hosted the new version of Azul TV's Versus. He also hosted Yo te avisé in 2002, Lo mejor de la semana from 2002–2003 and worked for the cable channels Fox Sports Latinoamérica and Movie City. In 2005, he was the host of the Argentine version of Family Feud called 100 argentinos dicen, broadcast by Canal 13.[2] From 2006 to 2009, Balestra co-hosted Latin American Idol (the Latin American version of American Idol) with Erika de La Vega. On November 2, 2009 he came back as the host of the new game show Quinceañeras.[3] The show was suddenly canceled on May 22, 2010.

2012–present: Recent years

After a two-year hiatus, he came back as the host of Real o no Real,[4] a TV show where Internet videos were shown in order to identify which were real and which were fake. It was shown on El Trece in 2012. In 2013 he went back to Santa Fe to be the host of Rejugados, a local game show.[5] In 2013 he started hosting a radio show called En Acción. On 1 October 2014 this radio show began being shown on Canal 5 de Rosario.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    Extrañaba la televisión de aire, es una adicción Archived January 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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    Crítico por un día (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Niñas bonitas que compiten entre sí (in Spanish)
  4. [4]
    Monchi Balestra llega a El Trece con Real o no Real (in Spanish)
  5. [5]
    Llega "Rejugados" con Monchi Balestra, por El Tres Archived January 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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    "¡Llega en Acción, en dúplex por Canal Cinco y LT3! - Telefe Interior". Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014. (in Spanish)
  7. [7]
    "Versus" volvió con su estilo habitual (in Spanish)
  8. [8]
    Una trasnoche que atrasa (in Spanish)
  9. [9]
    Pantalla chica (in Spanish)
  10. [10]
    Breves (in Spanish)
  11. [11]
    Mustia versión latina de un éxito (in Spanish)
  12. [12]
    360 TV lanza su programación (in Spanish)
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