Eládio Taboas Clímaco (born 27 October 1941, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese television presenter best known for hosting ''

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'', ''

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'', commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest 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

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. In 1976 Clímaco began hosting ''

'' (Portuguese hits for the Eurovision Song Contest), he also presented ''

'' for Portuguese viewers from 1979 until 1997 and commented on the Eurovision Song Contest for RTP viewers between 1976 and 2006 on 14 occasions, during the presentation of the Dutch televote in the '' Eurovision Song Contest 2006'', Clímaco didn't translate properly the gay remarks televote presenter

Paul de Leeuw Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor. De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part ...

gave to presenter

Sakis Rouvas Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas ( el, Αναστάσιος "Σάκης" Ρουβάς, ; born 5 January 1972), also known mononymously as Sakis, is a Greek singer, film and television actor, businessman and former pole vaulter and model. Born in Co ...

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

RTP Memória RTP Memória ( ''RTP Memory'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's heritage television channel, and is known for broadcasti ...

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