Lucy Zelić (born 9 November 1986) is an Australian television presenter and political commentator living in

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Career

Zelić was the host of Canberra radio station

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's football show "The Far Post". She later became a commentator for Canberra United F.C. W-League matches for the radio station, and was a guest-host on the Balls n' All football show on 106.3FM. Zelić hosted

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's official

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podcast for the 2012–13 A-League season and is a former host of the nationally streamed football podcast Nearpost. Zelić joined SBS in 2013, where she began as a sideline reporter for SBS's Friday night coverage of the A-League and sports television segment presenter for

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. In 2014, she also shared hosting responsibilities with David Zdrilic and hosted SBS's coverage of the

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. She then started hosting the weekly football program '' The World Game''. Zelić hosted SBS's coverage of the

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along with Craig Foster. In June 2021, it was announced that Zelić would leave SBS after an almost eight-year broadcasting career. Lucy now works as a

right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...

political commentator on the Murdoch-owned

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and

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, promoting conservative views.

Personal life

Zelić was born to

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n parents. She is the younger sister of former football players Ivan Zelic and Ned Zelić. She supports

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club

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and

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club

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. Zelić was a

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finalist in 2007, and holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sports Business from the

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. She has also been nominated in Cosmopolitan Australia's 2014 Fun, Fearless, Female television personality category, was a 2014

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'newcomer' award nominee and a Peter Leonard Scholarship nominee in 2010. On 7 November 2018, Zelić announced that she was expecting her first child with partner Corey Gameiro, seven years her junior. A girl was born 23 April 2019.

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* * Living people Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters 1986 births Australian people of Croatian descent University of Canberra alumni {{Australia-tv-bio-stub