Rick Campanelli

Richard Adam Matthew Campanelli (born January 5, 1970) is a Canadian television and radio personality who currently works on Breakfast Television as a live eye reporter. He is known for his work as a VJ and host on MuchMusic and for co-hosting ET Canada.

Life and career

Campanelli is a native of Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in a working class Italian-Canadian family. He is the youngest of four siblings<ref name=Panoram>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in a Roman Catholic family.<ref name=Panoram/><ref name=CatholicRegister>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campanelli attended school in St. Catharines. He attended Brock University, earning a degree in physical education.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campanelli was introduced to the MuchMusic viewers as the winner of MuchMusic's 1994 MuchTemp contest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Originally he was nicknamed "The Temp" (or, famously, "Rick the Temp").<ref name="TorontoStar2016" /> Campanelli has since been labeled "The Franchise" for his long tenure and high popularity while on MuchMusic. In addition to being a video jockey, he also co-hosted Much on Demand,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The MuchMusic Countdown<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and The MuchMusic Radio Countdown.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Campanelli's final appearance on MuchMusic was August 26, 2005, on MuchOnDemand. He was subsequently announced as one of the reporters for ET Canada, a new Canadian licensee of Entertainment Tonight, which was launched on September 12, 2005.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In early 2007, Campanelli hosted the Canada's Case Game segments on Global's Deal or No Deal Canada, during that series' first limited run.Template:Cn

Campanelli is involved with several charitable organizations including World Vision Canada,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Tuberous Sclerosis, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, McMaster Children's Hospital, and Kids Help Phone.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On May 27, 2009, he hosted the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative in Toronto.

In February 2016, Toronto radio station CFNY-FM announced that Campanelli would join the station as co-host with Fred Kennedy and Melanie Mariani of the station's morning show, beginning June 27.<ref>"102.1 the Edge, Toronto, Announces Rick Campanelli as Morning Show Co-Host", Broadcastermagazine.com, February 25, 2016.</ref> Later that year, he made a cameo appearance in the music video for James Barker Band's "Just Sayin'".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="departure">Template:Cite web</ref> He appeared on ET Canada through August 2017.<ref name="departure"/>

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 Aqua and Eiffel 65. Campanelli discussed this role during a visit to the Toronto Mike'd Podcast.<ref>"90's Nostalgia", 90snostalgia.ca. Accessed February 6, 2024.</ref><ref>"Rick "The Temp" Campanelli: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 912", torontomike.com, September 2021.</ref>

He joined Z103.5 in November 2021,<ref>https://broadcastdialogue.com/rick-campanelli-joins-mornings-on-evanovs-z103-5/</ref> and was co-host of the morning show until December 2022, when he left the station.

In 2023, Campanelli competed on the first season of The Traitors Canada, where he played as a Faithful.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was banished by his fellow castmates in the fifth episode.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2024, he joined CHFI-FM in Toronto as an afternoon host.<ref>Connie Thiessen, "Rick Campanelli joins 98.1 CHFI lineup". Broadcast Dialogue, March 27, 2024.</ref> In 2025 he joined Citytv's Breakfast Television as a live eye reporter, leaving the weekday shift on CHFI but retaining a Sunday morning show on the station.<ref>Connie Thiessen, "Rick Campanelli joins Breakfast Television". Broadcast Dialogue, June 11, 2025.</ref>

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