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
Mogi das Cruzes, his birthplace, doing interviews with local personalities. In 1998, aged thirteen, he presented the children's program Domingo no Palco on
Rede Manchete.[1] Back in his birthplace, he presented the auditorium program Estação Mix, on TV Diário, an affiliate of TV Globo, 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.[1] 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
Congonhas, the collapse of the subway station in São Paulo, the visit of
Pope Benedict XVI to Brazil, the
death of Michael Jackson, among others.[3]
In October he presented the program for the re-release of Fantasia, which ended up not being effective, and in 2008 he was one of the presenters of Aqui Agora.[3]
In 2009 and 2010 he was transferred to
Rio de Janeiro, where he presented the newscast SBT Rio on SBT Rio de Janeiro.
On November 24, 2010, he was hired by
RecordTV and became a reporter for Balanço Geral RJ and RJ no Ar.[4] Due to his good performance, he was promoted to presenter Cidade Alerta Rio, remaining from July to December 2012.[5] 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.[6] In 2014 he was transferred to São Paulo to present the Balanço Geral SP at lunchtime. Aiming to focus on entertainment, he signed with
Band 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.[7][8][9] With that, Bacci was transferred to present Café com Jornal.[10]
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.[11] On May 5, 2017, he temporarily took over the presentation of Cidade Alerta after
Marcelo Rezende left for cancer treatment.[12] After Marcelo's death, on September 18 of the same year, he became effective in the presentation.[13]
^Castro, Daniel (November 25, 2010).
"Record contrata Luiz Bacci e desfalca B.O., do SBT" [Record hires Luiz Bacci and misses B.O., from SBT]. Blog do Daniel Castro - R7 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from
the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^Dias, Leo (February 15, 2014).
"'Quero ser o novo Gugu', diz o jornalista Luiz Bacci" ['I want to be the new Gugu', says journalist Luiz Bacci]. Blog do Leo Dias - O Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from
the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^Redation (May 23, 2014).
""É a realização de um sonho", diz Bacci" ["It's a dream come true", says Bacci]. Band.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from
the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2023.