The host had a moving goodbye from the eltrece morning newscast. The memory of Débora Pérez Volpin.
April 26, 2024, 12:35 p.m.
Marcelo Bonelli announced his departure from “Arriba Argentinos”. (Photo: Instagram / bonelliok)
With deep emotion, Marcelo Bonelli he said goodbye to driving Up Argentines (the thirteen). From Monday, the duo that debuts on that same screen will be Nacho Otero and Valeria Sampedro.
The host recalled the 19 years he spent running the news program and was moved when he mentioned Débora Pérez Volpin, the remembered host who died in 20218 and with whom she worked on the air. “I am excited and happy”, he remarked when telling on air the change that is coming.
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Marcelo Bonelli with his colleagues from “Arriba Argentinos”. (Photo: Instagram / bonelliok)
“I’m not going to drive anymore. Up Argentines. I already started Central TN. It’s a very special day. I thought of thousands of things to say, but I don’t want to cry. “I am happy because for 19 years every morning we wake you up, we inform you from this screen,” she said.
The driver thanked his production team and the people who worked with him. “Life happened in 19 years. “I don’t want to break down.” he said, with tears in his eyes as he mentioned the loss of Pérez Volpin.
The excitement of eltrece’s on-air driver. (Photo: capture of eltrece)
Bonelli also confirmed the new stage that is coming to the newscast with the new duo, which will start next Monday. “Valeria and Nacho come with enormous power,” he added.
What Marcelo Bonelli said about “Arriba Argentinos”
In an interview with TN Showwhen asked about his departure from leading Up ArgentinesMarcelo Bonelli had reviewed his history in the program: “I take my farewell with great emotion and also with a little nostalgia.but at the same time with great joy because I believe that Up Argentines It is a successful cycle. “It was 19 years of leadership.”
“Beyond the ups and downs, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, of the rating, Up Argentines He invented morning news on Argentine television and from there they multiplied on all channels. He had his mark, he established an agenda, he worked with a fantastic team and after so much time the only thing I see are joys and virtues,” he assured.
From these almost two decades, he takes with him great memories and companions: “Up Argentines He was like a son to me, but hey, he’s already 19 years old. So I have a lot of emotion, a lot of nerves, a lot of nostalgia and a lot of joy for having concluded a very, very successful cycle.”
Marcelo Bonelli said goodbye to “Arriba Argentinos”. (Photo: Instagram / bonelliok)
“Of course we have experienced very nice things throughout this time, such as, for example, the first broadcast of Up Argentines on April 25, 2005, where I was panicked, afraid, and where I learned a lot from Débora (Pérez Volpin),” he recalled.
However, in addition to the achievements, he also had to face the blows of life: “Among the things we experienced was the unjust departure of Débora, whom I remember every day, because she was a being of light, she was a great professional, a great friend and a person from whom I learned a lot”.
One of the things that he will never forget will be the great reception from the people: “If you ask me what I take away, the truth is that the day to day of accompanying people in their awakening, before they leave their house, in the boys’ breakfast. We have a section in Up Argentines with the photos of the people and I say that it is the lungs of the program.”
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“I get excited, for example, when people stop me on the street. It happened to me that a worker stopped me and told me ‘I looked at you every morning and you accompanied me throughout high school.’ “That is something priceless.”he concluded.
