Alejandro Wiebe known by his stage name Marley (born 1 June 1970 in Carapachay, Buenos Aires Province,

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, comedian and producer. He is currently working for TV channel

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Early life

Wiebe and his older brother went to a

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. At one point, his mother had to ask for half a scholarship to keep Marley at that school. Marley repeated the second year of high school, because he failed in

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Career

In 2002 he worked at the

channel, with the program ''MundoShow.'' The show was about trips to different parts of the world, accompanied by celebrities from the country and ended in 2003. Throughout 2003 he hosted the program ''El show de la tarde'', together with

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. That same year, after having made the first season of his celebrity biographies program called ''Protagonistas únicos'', he was chosen to host the galas of the first season of the reality show ''Operación triunfo''. At the end of 2003, he began ''Por el mundo'', as a replacement to ''MundoShow'' and that would last until 2007. In 2004, he made ''Odisea, en busca del escarabajo dorado'', from Costa Rica, which would later have two more seasons: ''Odisea, en busca del tesoro perdido'' (2005) and ''Odisea, aventura argentina'' (2007). He was called to do three more seasons of ''Operación triunfo'': 2004–2005, 2005–2006 and 2009.

Personal life

On October 27, 2017, in

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, United States, his son Mirko Wiebe was born, through surrogacy. Marley chose the egg from a

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Television

Awards

Nominations

* 2013

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** Best male TV host (for '' Tu cara me suena'')

References

External links

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