Luiz Fernando Elui Bacci, best known as Luiz Bacci (born March 12, 1984), is a Brazilian journalist and TV host.

Career

He debuted in 1995 as presenter of ''Show das Crianças'' on Rádio Diário from

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, his birthplace, doing interviews with local personalities. In 1998, aged thirteen, he presented the children's program ''Domingo no Palco'' on

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. Back in his birthplace, he presented the auditorium program ''Estação Mix'', on

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, an affiliate of

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, between 2001 and 2005. In 2006, with the end of the program and already graduated in journalism, he became a reporter for ''Bom Dia Diário'', on the same station. In 2007, he was hired by SBT as a reporter for ''SBT Brasil'' and made numerous reports, including coverage of the disaster with the TAM plane in

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, the collapse of the subway station in São Paulo, the visit of

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to Brazil, the

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, among others. In October he presented the program for the re-release of ''

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'', which ended up not being effective, and in 2008 he was one of the presenters of ''Aqui Agora''. In 2009 and 2010 he was transferred to

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, where he presented the newscast ''SBT Rio'' on SBT Rio de Janeiro. On November 24, 2010, he was hired by

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and became a reporter for ''Balanço Geral RJ'' and ''RJ no Ar''. Due to his good performance, he was promoted to presenter ''Cidade Alerta Rio'', remaining from July to December 2012. in the mornings of ''Balanço Geral RJ'' and became a correspondent for ''Cidade Alerta'' in São Paulo with a news block in Rio de Janeiro. In 2014 he was transferred to São Paulo to present the ''Balanço Geral SP'' at lunchtime. Aiming to focus on entertainment, he signed with

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on May 22, 2014, where he debuted the afternoon program ''Tá na Tela'' on August 4. The attraction, however, was canceled in December of that year with only four months on the air due to low ratings. With that, Bacci was transferred to present ''Café com Jornal''. Dissatisfied with the little space on the station, he announced on March 31, 2015, his return to RecordTV, where he took over the presentation of the morning edition of ''Balanço Geral SP'' and ''SP no Ar'', in addition to the Saturday editions of ''Cidade Alerta''. On May 5, 2017, he temporarily took over the presentation of ''Cidade Alerta'' after

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left for cancer treatment. After Marcelo's death, on September 18 of the same year, he became effective in the presentation.

Personal life

In 2006, he graduated in journalism from the University of Mogi das Cruzes. He has a Maltese dog named Toy.

References

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