João Baião
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João Baião is a Portuguese
television presenter, entertainer and actor.
, a satellite town close to Lisbon
. As a child João Baião played soccer, gymnastics, and was part of a body of scouts. Since an yearly age he embraced in theatrical performances. Then, together with his brother, he was part of an amateur theater group. He dropped out school and wrote a café-concert, winning a competition organized by a bar. Later, he was eventually invited to audition for the National Theatre D. Maria II in Lisbon, for the play Mother Courage
and took a major role. He was then invited by Irene Cruz and João Lourenço to join the cast of a new theatre group, the Open Theater (Teatro Aberto), also in Lisbon. At the same time, he began to play small roles in television series. Baião continued to focus on writing and wrote another café-concert. The director Filipe La Féria
liked his work and invited him to work with him at the Open Theater, where he was four years. Then he moved to the Experimental Theater of Cascais. The fame of João Baião nationally arose from the moment he started to present the "Big Show SIC", in the private television channel Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC), since 1992. The program presented a variety of entertainment, relying heavily on Portuguese artists, was presented by João Baião at a much exciting rate, unusual for its time on Portuguese television. For several years, João Baião was one of the most recognizable faces of SIC, but in late 2000 he went out of the chanel and joined Channel 1 of the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
(RTP). At the state-run television network RTP, was a member of the jury of "Dance", produced and presented the program "Saturday Night" and "João Baião", but he did not had again the audience he used to have when he was in SIC. In parallel to the career of actor and presenter Baião also wrote lyrics to music groups such as Excesso, Anjos
, D'Arrasar, Xanadu, Milénio and Delirium as well as for the singer Cláudia.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
television presenter, entertainer and actor.
Early life and career
He was born in Buraca, AmadoraAmadora
Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal...
, a satellite town close to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. As a child João Baião played soccer, gymnastics, and was part of a body of scouts. Since an yearly age he embraced in theatrical performances. Then, together with his brother, he was part of an amateur theater group. He dropped out school and wrote a café-concert, winning a competition organized by a bar. Later, he was eventually invited to audition for the National Theatre D. Maria II in Lisbon, for the play Mother Courage
Mother Courage
Mother Courage is a character from a Grimmelshausen novel Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche dating from around 1670...
and took a major role. He was then invited by Irene Cruz and João Lourenço to join the cast of a new theatre group, the Open Theater (Teatro Aberto), also in Lisbon. At the same time, he began to play small roles in television series. Baião continued to focus on writing and wrote another café-concert. The director Filipe La Féria
Filipe La Féria
Filipe La Féria is a Portuguese theatre director and producer and screenwriter and producer for television.-Career:...
liked his work and invited him to work with him at the Open Theater, where he was four years. Then he moved to the Experimental Theater of Cascais. The fame of João Baião nationally arose from the moment he started to present the "Big Show SIC", in the private television channel Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC), since 1992. The program presented a variety of entertainment, relying heavily on Portuguese artists, was presented by João Baião at a much exciting rate, unusual for its time on Portuguese television. For several years, João Baião was one of the most recognizable faces of SIC, but in late 2000 he went out of the chanel and joined Channel 1 of the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
(RTP). At the state-run television network RTP, was a member of the jury of "Dance", produced and presented the program "Saturday Night" and "João Baião", but he did not had again the audience he used to have when he was in SIC. In parallel to the career of actor and presenter Baião also wrote lyrics to music groups such as Excesso, Anjos
Anjos
Anjos are a Portuguese pop-rock band. The duo is composed by the brothers Nélson Rosado and Sérgio Rosado ....
, D'Arrasar, Xanadu, Milénio and Delirium as well as for the singer Cláudia.