Traci Melchor is a Canadian television personality. She is known for her role as an entertainment reporter for CTV's series '' etalk'' and as a judge of the reality competition series ''

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''. Melchor is also the former co-host of CTV's '' The Social''.

Early life

Originally from Pickering,

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, Melchor studied radio and television broadcasting at

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Career

She joined

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as an entertainment reporter for Citytv, later becoming a cohost of MuchMusic's '' RapCity''. She moved to

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becoming an entertainment reporter and host for E! and taking acting roles in a number of television series, before taking a new role with MuchMusic's sister station

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. In 2008, Melchor joined CTV's '' eTalk'' as a reporter, and is currently one of their senior correspondents. In 2020, Melchor appeared in multiple episodes of ''

'', the Canadian edition of ''

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'' as ‘Canada’s Squirrel Friend’ and a guest judge for the finale episode. In June 2021, it was announced that Melchor would return for the second season as a main judge alongside Brooke Lynn Hytes,

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, and

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, replacing Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and

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. Melchor also returned as a judge for the third season in 2022. She also regularly contributes to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and Toronto's

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Awards and nominations

References

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