Robert "Belvedere" Mascara (6 April 1972) is a Television Floor Manager, 1st Assistant Director, event co-ordinator and personality.

Of Italian descent, Mascara was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 and began his career in December 1989 at the Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 where he was a working as a production assistant on Carols By Candlelight

Carols by Candlelight

Carols by Candlelight is an Australian Christmas tradition that originated in southeastern Australia in the 19th century and was popularised in Melbourne in the 1930s. The tradition has since spread around the world. It involves people gathering, usually outdoors in a park, to sing carols by...

 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Sidney Myer Music Bowl

The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is an outdoor performance venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the lawns and gardens of Kings Domain, close to the Arts Centre and the Southbank entertainment precinct...

 then in January 1990 moved onto Wide World of Sports. That same month he was offered a full-time position with Network Ten

Network Ten

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 and began working on shows such as Neighbours

Neighbours

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...

, The Comedy Company

The Comedy Company

The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from 16 February 1988 until about 11 November 1990 on Network Ten, Sunday night and was created and directed by Ian McFadyen, and co directed and produced by Jo Lane...

, Blind Date with Greg Evans

Greg Evans (television host)

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, Col'n Carpenter and Let The Blood Run Free

Let The Blood Run Free

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.

In January 1992 he started working on 'The Morning Show' which was later re-named Good Morning Australia

Good Morning Australia

Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for Bert Newton's morning program, not to be confused with the breakfast news program of the same name....

 with Bert Newton

Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE is an Australian television personality, known for hosting television series such as In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia and 20 to 1. Newton has also hosted the Logie Awards on numerous occasions through his career.-Early life:Newton was born in...

 (GMA). As well as being the Floor Manager, host Bert Newton decided to utilise Mascara as his sidekick and "taste-tester" for the recipes made on the show by the guest chefs. Mascara was nicknamed "Belvedere" which was taken from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

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 cartoon where there was a lovable character dog named Belvedere. After tasting the dish, he would recite a humorous limerick

Limerick

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 which was the tag to each cooking segment. His antics generated a cult following and made him a very popular cast member on GMA and he even did weekly public appearances. Mascara also worked on New Faces

New Faces

New Faces was a British television talent show popular in the 1970s and 1980s, presented originally by Derek Hobson. It was produced by ATV Network Limited for the ITV Network. The first run of the show was from 29 September 1973 to 2 April 1978 and was recorded at the ATV Centre, Birmingham...

 with Bert which was aired on Ten in 1992/93. Music Director John Foreman also worked on both programs. He also worked on the 1993 Logie Awards which was hosted by Bert. Mascara was the Senior Floor Manager at Ten in Melbourne and worked on various shows for the network.
Robert appeared in Bert's 'This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards...

' and Bert's 70th Birthday Surprise Special both for the Nine Network.

At the beginning of 2004, the network decided to revamp GMA with a new executive producer, a new set and a changed format. New segments were introduced, popular regulars were sacked and Belvedere's limerick was dropped. Belvedere was then given his own 'street talk' segment and Bert also decided to feature him in the 'opening gag' at the beginning of the show. Some of these drastic changes alienated many of the viewers. Bert was even told not to wear a tie.

In December 2005, Good Morning Australia finished production after more than 3200 episodes, running successfully for 14 years.
Mascara and Newton were with GMA for its entire run. Newton then defected and returned to the Nine Network. 2006 saw Ten launch their new daytime line-up including GMA's replacement "9am with David & Kim".
Mascara left TEN in February 2007 to go Freelance. He was with Network Ten for 17 years.

Robert is also an ambassador for The Mirabel Foundation who assist children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in care of extended family (kinship care). Other ambassadors include Dr. Patch Adams, Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

, Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Anne Griffiths is an Australian film and television actress who came to prominence in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and her Academy Award nominated performance in the 1997 film Hilary and Jackie....

, Hazel Hawke

Hazel Hawke

Hazel Hawke, AO is the former wife of Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia 1983–91. They divorced after he left the prime ministership. She worked in social policy areas, and was an excellent amateur pianist and a patron of the arts...

, Ella Hooper

Ella Hooper

Ella Keighery Hooper is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter. Hooper is the lead singer of Killing Heidi, which she has fronted, with her older brother Jesse Hooper, since its formation in 1996...

, Rebecca Barnard, Rob Hirst

Rob Hirst

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, Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn

Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.-Early life:Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann and Frederick Mendelsohn. He attended Heidelberg Primary School and Banyule High School. His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey...

, Liz Mullinar, Raimond Giata, Rhys Wakefield

Rhys Wakefield

Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying the main character Thomas in the 2008 film The Black Balloon., for the 2011 film Sanctum, and portraying Lucas Holden in the long-running TV series Home and Away.-Biography:Before appearing as Lucas in Home and Away, Wakefield...

, Mikey Robins

Mikey Robins

Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best-known for the satirical game show Good News Week, which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and returned again when the series was resurrected in February 2008.-Personal life/health...

, Tim Watson

Tim Watson

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 and Jennifer Keyte

Jennifer Keyte

Jennifer Keyte is an Australian television journalist.Keyte is currently weekend presenter of Seven News in Melbourne. -Career:...

.
Robert also helps co-ordinate the annual 'Music, Mirth & Mayhem' comedy night at the Hi Fi Bar which raises money for The Mirabel Foundation and the event is a highlight of The Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...

 in April each year.
The event has been running for over 12 years. www.mirabelfoundation.org.au

He currently works as a Freelance Floor Manager and has worked on shows such as Neighbours

Neighbours

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...

, Thank God You're Here

Thank God You're Here

Thank God You're Here is an Australian television improvised comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for the first three seasons with Seven for the fourth season...

, The Panel, Rove, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...

, Iron Chef

Iron Chef

is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...

 Australia, Beat The Star

Beat the Star

Beat the Star is a British game show airing on television network ITV. It is the British version of the Schlag den Raab franchise, based on the German game show Schlag den Raab...

, Ben Elton

Ben Elton

Benjamin Charles "Ben" Elton is an English comedian, author, playwright and director. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, as a writer on such cult series as The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as also a successful stand-up comedian on stage and TV....

's Live From Planet Earth

Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth

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, and currently works on Australia's Got Talent

Australia's Got Talent

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television talent show which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network. The show was based on the Got Talent series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell...

, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

Talkin' 'bout your Generation

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation is an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions which premiered on Network Ten on 5 May 2009. It is hosted by Shaun Micallef....

, RocKwiz

RocKwiz

RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music, and broadcast on SBS One. It premiered in 2005.-Summary:The forty minute program airs on Saturday at 9:20 pm, and is hosted by Julia Zemiro. It is shot in The Gershwin Room at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, commonly...

, Project Runway Australia

Project Runway Australia

Project Runway Australia is a reality television show based on Project Runway wherein fashion Designers compete by making specific garments for specific challenges. All contestants appearing on the show are designers residing in Australia. The show features Megan Gale as the host, and Kirrily...

, Undercover Boss Australia

Undercover Boss Australia

Undercover Boss Australia is a localised version and third incarnation of the Undercover Boss franchise, the first series premiered on Network Ten on 18 October 2010 with the CEO of Domino's Pizza Australia, Don Meij...

, Ten News

Ten News

Ten News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...

, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! (UK TV SERIES), ABC3

ABC3

-Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under...

, Good Friday Appeal

Good Friday Appeal

The Good Friday Appeal is a fundraising activity on behalf of the Royal Children's Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. In 2010, the appeal raised A$14,462,000....

, Moomba

Moomba

Moomba is Australia's largest free community festival and one of the longest running festivals in Australia. Held annually in the city of Melbourne, Australia, Moomba is celebrated during the Labour Day long weekend , and has been celebrated since 1955...

 & Christmas

Christmas

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 annual parades, Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 Tennis, AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 for Ten/ONE HD

High-definition television

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 & Fox Sports

Fox Sports (Australia)

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, Marngrook Footy Show on ABC2

ABC2

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, Cricket

Cricket

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, A League, Golf

Golf

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, NBL, Netball

Netball

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, Rugby Union

Rugby union

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Super 15's, TV Specials, TV Pilots and many Corporate Events and launches for 'Trumpet Events' as an
Event Co-ordinator.