Eládio Taboas Clímaco (born 27 October 1941, in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

) is a Portuguese television presenter best known for hosting '' Festival da Canção'', '' Jeux Sans Frontières'', commentating on the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

for RTP viewers, and providing voice narration for many television documentaries.

Career

After several years of training in theatre and cinema, Clímaco joint RTP in 1972 and began hosting the entertainment show ''Domingo à Noite'' which was broadcast from Teatro Maria Matos. In 1976 Clímaco began hosting '' Festival da Canção'' (Portuguese hits for the Eurovision Song Contest), he also presented '' Jeux Sans Frontières'' for Portuguese viewers from 1979 until 1997 and commented on the

for RTP viewers between 1976 and 2006 on 14 occasions, during the presentation of the Dutch televote in the ''

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song "My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...

'', Clímaco didn't translate properly the gay remarks televote presenter Paul de Leeuw gave to presenter Sakis Rouvas and said "he was saying that they really look like Greeks". In recent years Clímaco has still remained associate with RTP, in 2006 he participated in ''Dança Comigo'' (Portuguese counterpart of the UK's ''

Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 ...

'') and in 2007 he participated in the Golden Anniversary programme to celebrate 50 Years of RTP. Currently he is a presenter on RTP Memória.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Climaco, Eladio 1941 births Living people Portuguese agnostics Portuguese television presenters Portuguese game show hosts Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest