Lucy Zelić

Lucy Zelić (born 9 November 1986)[1] is an Australian television presenter .

Lucy Zelić
Born (1986-11-09) 9 November 1986
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTelevision presenter
EmployerSpecial Broadcasting Service
TelevisionThe World Game
Partner(s)Corey Gameiro
Children1

Career

Zelić was the host of Canberra radio station 2XX FM'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.[2] Zelić hosted Football Federation Australia's official A-League podcast for the 2012–13 A-League season and is a former host of the nationally streamed football podcast Nearpost.[3]

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 SBS World News Australia.[3][1] In 2014, she also shared hosting responsibilities with David Zdrilic and hosted SBS's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

She then started hosting the weekly football program The World Game.

In 2018, Zelić appeared as a guest quiz master on Have You Been Paying Attention?. Zelić hosted SBS's coverage of the 2018 World Cup along with Craig Foster.[4]

Personal life

Zelić was born to Croatian parents. She is the younger sister of former football players Ivan Zelic and Ned Zelić.[5][6] She supports Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund.[7][8] Zelić was a Miss Universe Australia finalist in 2007,[1] and holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sports Business from the University of Canberra.[3] She has also been nominated in Cosmopolitan Australia's 2014 Fun, Fearless, Female television personality category, was a 2014 Logies 'newcomer' award nominee and a Peter Leonard Scholarship nominee in 2010.

On 7 November 2018 Zelić announced that she is expecting her first child with partner Corey Gameiro.[9]

References
  1. Page, Fleta. "More than just a pretty face". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Lucy Zelic joins SBS A League Team". TV Tonight. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "News Media Releases : View : SBS Corporate". www.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "How to watch all the simultaneous World Cup games LIVE". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. Zelić, Lucy (3 March 2014). "There is room for us all in this beautiful game". The World Game. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Lucy Zelic signs on for SBS football coverage | The Football Sack". www.thefootballsack.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Rota, Genevieve (21 November 2018). "'It feels quite surreal': Lucy Zelić expecting first child with football star". Canberra Times. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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