Rick Campanelli (born January 5, 1970) is a Canadian television and radio personality known for his work as a VJ and host for MuchMusic and for co-hosting ''

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''. He joined Z103.5FM CIDC-FM in November 2021, and is currently co-host of the morning show.

Life and career

Campanelli is a native of

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, and grew up in a working class Italian-Canadian family; he is the youngest of four siblings. Campanelli and his family are

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. Campanelli attended school in St. Catharines. He attended

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, earning a degree in

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. Campanelli was introduced to the MuchMusic viewers as the winner of MuchMusic's 1994 MuchTemp contest. Originally he was nicknamed "The Temp" (or, famously, "Rick the Temp"). Campanelli has since been labeled "The Franchise" for his long tenure and high popularity while on MuchMusic. In addition to being a

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, he also co-hosted ''

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'', '' The MuchMusic Countdown'' and ''The MuchMusic Radio Countdown''. Campanelli's final appearance on MuchMusic was August 26, 2005, on ''MuchOnDemand''. He was subsequently announced as one of the reporters for ''

'', a new Canadian licensee of '' Entertainment Tonight'', which was launched on September 12, 2005. In early 2007, Campanelli hosted the ''Canada's Case Game'' segments on

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's ''

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'', during that series' first limited run. Campanelli is involved with several charitable organizations including World Vision Canada, Tuberous Sclerosis, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, McMaster Children's Hospital, and

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. On May 27, 2009, he hosted the

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. In February 2016, Toronto radio station

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announced that Campanelli will join the station as co-host with Fred Kennedy and Melanie Mariani of the station's morning show, beginning June 27. Later that year, he made a cameo appearance in the music video for James Barker Band's " Just Sayin'". In July 2017, it was announced that Campanelli would depart as co-host of ''ET Canada'' after 12 years when his contract ended in summer 2017. He appeared on ''ET Canada'' through August 2017. In 2021, it was announced that Campanelli would join his former MuchMusic colleague Monika Deol to co-host 90's Nostalgia, a five-city Canadian concert tour featuring such artists as

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and

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. Campanelli discussed this role during a visit to the Toronto Mike'd Podcast."Rick "The Temp" Campanelli: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 912"
Toronto Mike'd Podcast

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* 1970 births Brock University alumni Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian television hosts Living people Much (TV channel) personalities People from Hamilton, Ontario Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian infotainers Global Television Network people Canadian radio hosts Canadian VJs (media personalities) {{Canada-tv-bio-stub