Tiago Rodrigues de Leifert (born 22 May 1980) is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter.

Biography

Tiago was born in

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. He is the son of Gilberto Leifert, director of market relations for

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network. Tiago is of

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and Portuguese descent.

Career

Leifert began his career as a reporter for the traditional "Desafio ao Galo", a program dedicated to amateur soccer. He majored in Journalism and Psychology from the University of Miami and was a trainee in Journalism from American network

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. In 2004 he started working at TV Vanguarda, an affiliate of

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, in the interior of

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, where he was editor and presenter of Vanguarda Mix, the broadcaster's youth entertainment program. Leifert started working at

presenting the Pro Rad in 2006 and videogame related stories for Esporte Espetacular. He covered the Brazilian football season in 2008, the

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and the

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in Beijing. In January 2009, he became the new editor-in-chief and presenter of Globo Esporte SP, when he introduced a new format, allowing the use of a teleprompter, the TP, a resource used by journalism to allow for the reading of the previously written text, to be dispensed with without looking away from the camera. The program's spontaneity, catchphrases and humorous frames became the program's trademarks, such as, for example, with the strikers Pedrão, from Grêmio Recreativo Barueri, now Grêmio Prudente, Nei Paraíba do Guarani and Val Baiano (whom he honored with a funk ao alive) of the Flamengo. At the invitation of the director Boninho, Tiago started to present

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on Globo since the first season (2012). Leifert was the main commentator in the Brazilian version of the ''FIFA'' video game series from

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, alongside Caio Ribeiro.In July 2015, Leifert said goodbye to Globo Esporte SP after leaving journalism to start working in Globo's entertainment area. As her first job at Projac, she became an interim member of the team of presenters for the program Encontro com Fátima Bernardes during the presenter's vacation. In August 2015, he debuted as one of the hosts of the new show É de Casa, shown on Saturday mornings, under the direction of Boninho. Between January and March 2016, on Sundays, he presented the first season of The Voice Kids, a version of the reality show for children and young people from nine to fifteen years old. On August 27, his departure from É de Casa was announced to become the presenter of Big Brother Brasil from the 17th season, replacing Pedro Bial. It was also announced that Leifert would not headline

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' second season, scheduled for January 2017, being replaced by André Marques. In 2016, he started to present the program Zero1, focusing on video games, culture, Geek, and the pop universe, under the direction of Alexandre Lannes and Eduardo Xocante, also from the Boninho nucleus. In 2017, he started to present the Big Brother Brazil. In 2021, after 16 years, Tiago left Globo.

Awards

Some awards won by the journalist: In 2009, "Revelation", awarded by the Association of sportswriters in the state of São Paulo (ACEESP); "Best of Broadcast Television Presenter" award by the

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in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, in 2010, the "Communicate Award Sports Journalist / Electronic Media". In 2011, Leifert won the "Best of the Year / Journalist" in Rede Globo's Domingão do Faustão, competing with

Fátima Bernardes Fátima Gomes Bernardes (born 17 September 1962) is a Brazilian journalist and TV host. She joined Rede Globo in 1987 as the host of RJTV, the regional news from Rio de Janeiro, and became widely known in 1989 when she hosted '' Jornal da Globo ...

and William Bonner; award for "Best Presenter" award by the Sports Writers Association of the State of São Paulo (ACEESP) and "Featured Sports Journalist" Extra TV Award, sponsored by the newspaper Extra (RJ), by choice of the readers and netizens.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leifert, Tiago Living people 1980 births Mass media people from São Paulo Brazilian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Brazilian journalists Brazilian television presenters Brazilian Jews Lafer-Klabin family