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Horacio Villalobos (born Horacio Aquiles Villalobos Velasco, born 8 November 1970) is a Mexican TV host, actor and model.
Biography
His television career began with the news channel Noticias ECO and other Televisa shows like Gaceta Cultural, 6205 el Planeta, Entre Butacas, Trapitos al Sol and Operación Triunfo.
His first project in Televisa's music channel Telehit was Malas Lenguas. He eventually got, his own talk show: Válvula de Escape, which he hosted for ten years, from 1996 to 2006.
In 2001 he started his own comedy act Desde Gayola, which was a part of Válvula de Escape until the end of the show. Besides hosting it, he acted as Gustavito (a retarded gossip-magazine reporter) and Norberto Rivera Melo (a priest).
He quit Telehit in August 2006, ending the run of these two shows. He claimed that the network was not giving the right traits for him and his workers at the show. He still tours the country with his theater show Había una Vez desde Gayola. As of 2014, Horacio is the host of two TV shows in Mexico one of them is "Nocturninos" with the cast of "Desde Gayola" and Alejandra Ley, Mauricio Barcelata, María José Suarez, Denisse Padilla and Agustín Cassanova as the first cast [1] Paula Sanchez, Guillermo Martínez y Anibal Santiago were part of the cast in later years. This show is broadcast in Mexico, the USA, and Latin America. The other show is "Farandula 40" with Pilar Boliver and Alejandra Ley.
Also, he is the main host of the Mexican edition of Fashion Police broadcast on E! Mexico.
TV shows
- Gaceta Cultural, TV Host (1996)
- ECO, TV Host (1997)
- 6205 el Planeta, TV Host (1998)
- Entre Butacas, TV Host (1999)
- Al Despertar, TV Host (1999)
- Trapitos al Sol, TV Host (2001)
- Malas Lenguas, TV Host (2001)
- Válvula de escape/Desde Gayola, TV Host (2001–2006)
- Hoy, TV Host (2007)
- Metropolis, TV Host (2007)
- Nocturninos, TV Host (2008–2012)
- Farandula 40, TV Host (2010)
- Mira quién baila primera temporada (judge) Univisión
- Mira quién baila segunda temporada (judge) Univisión
- Mira quién baila tercera temporada (judge) Univisión
- Mira quién baila cuarta temporada (Judge) Univisión
- Fashion Police, Host (México) E!
- La de 8 / TV Azteca, Host (2013-)
Filmography
- Que nos pasa, Actor (1998)
Radio
Currently he's a radio co-host in the MVS radio station 102.5 FM for the program "Dispara Margot Dispara" next to Sergio Zurita. In the past, he's worked for the following radio stations: Radio Formula, XEX, XEW, EXA, and NRM Comunicaciones.
Theatre
He has acted in theatre in Mexico City in the following productions:
- Picasso en el Cafe de Paris, Foro Escenaria 11 (2000)
- El Principito. Teatro Independencia (2001)
- Desde gayola, El show. Foro Living/ Gira nacional (2003 / 2004)
- Había una vez: Desde gayola. Foro Living / Mascabrothers show center / Gira nacional (2005/2006)
- Telebasura. Mascabrothers show center/ Gira nacional (2007/ 2009)
- Un corazón normal, Teatros Helénico, Independencia, Milán y Aldama. Gira nacional. (2013/ 2015)