Jean Philippe Cretton Vásquez (b.

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, 21 January 1985) is a

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and

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. He was the co-host of ''

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''s program Calle 7 until 31 August 2010, and main host beginning on 26 October of that year and until 2013.

Biography

Cretton Vásquez was born in Victoria, Chile in 1985 where he spent most of his childhood. Years later, because of his father's work, he moved to

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, and began his studies there. Although he wanted to study music, he ended up studying journalism at

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. In February 2009, he joined '' Calle 7'' in

, with contests for the audience and also as the hoster of the online version, ''Calle 7 Online''; He soon became the co-hoster of the programme, holding the position for a year, until 31 August 2010, when he decided to retire for personal reasons. However, he returned as the main host of the program on 26 October of that year. After the 2010 Chilean earthquake, Cretton worked in Televisión Nacional de Chile's special programme ''Fuerza Chile'', as a journalist in-scene in the regions of Maule and Bío Bío. He hosted an online show called ''Sería todo'' with journalist Nicolás Opazo. In September 2010, he began hosting ''Abre los ojos''. He was awarded the TV Grama award for "Best Young Hoster" in 2010. He signed a three-year contract with Televisión Nacional de Chile that same year. In January 2013, he signed a contract for two years to work at La Red, conducting ''Mentiras verdaderas''. In radio, Cretton leads Radar 18–20 hrs in Rock and Pop from August 2013.

TV work

Musical career

Cretton was a member of a band called Siberia, with which he recorded two studio albums as the vocalist, songwriter and guitarist.Portal Radio Orgullo Nacional "Siberia"
/ref> He is currently part of Crettinos, an electronic pop-rock duo, with Claudio Carrizo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cretton, Jean Philippe 1985 births Living people People from Temuco Chilean people of French descent Chilean people of Swiss descent Chilean journalists Male journalists Andrés Bello National University alumni