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.
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.Extrañaba la televisión de aire, es una adicción 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.Crítico por un día 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.Niñas bonitas que compiten entre sí 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,Monchi Balestra llega a El Trece con Real o no Real 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.Llega "Rejugados" con Monchi Balestra, por El Tres 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.
Credits
Television Year TV program Channel Notes1994Box musicGalavisión RosarioHost1995–1996Va con vosCanal 3 (Rosario)Host1997 Palo y paloAmerica 2Reporter2000–2001TVICanal 5 de RosarioHost2001–2002Versus Azul TVHost"Versus" volvió con su estilo habitual 2002 Yo te avisé Canal 9HostUna trasnoche que atrasa 2002–2003Lo mejor de la semanaCanal 9HostPantalla chica 2004EXFox Sports LatinoaméricaHostSeñal superpremium de cine para Latinoamérica Movie CityHost2004–2006, 2021100 Argentinos DicenCanal 13Host 2020-2021 He Was Replaced By Darío Barassi2005El salón internacional del automóvilCanal 13Host (Television Special)Breves 2006–2008Latin American IdolSony Entertainment TelevisionHostMustia versión latina de un éxito 2009Un sol para los chicosCanal 13Host (Television Special)2009–2010QuinceañerasCanal 13Host2011Conectados 360360 TVHost360 TV lanza su programación 2012Real o no RealCanal 13Host2013RejugadosEl TresHost2014En AcciónCanal 5 RosarioHost
Radio Year Radio Show Station Notes1995–1997La tarde de la vidaFM VidaHost1998–2000La maquina del sonidoFM Estación del Siglo 99.5Host1999DelirantesLT8 – AM 830Host2001Vamos que venimosRadio ShowHost2005A jugar Radio del PlataHost2013 - 2014En AcciónLT3 AM680Host
See also Latin American Idol List of Argentines
References
External links
Official Youtube Channel