Ricardo Gonçalves

Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves (born 24 January 1981)[1] is a Portuguese Australian television journalist and presenter, best known for his work at SBS.[2]

Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves
Born (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981
Wollongong, New South Wales
Other namesRichard Goncalves; Ric G
Alma materUniversity of Wollongong
Occupationtelevision journalist
Years active1998-present
Known forpresenting news bulletins and programs on SBS
Television

As of July 2022 Gonçalves is the network's finance editor where he presents a nightly finance report on SBS World News each weeknight.[2]

He also anchors SBS World News Late.[2]

Since 2016, Gonçalves has hosted Small Business Secrets, which is produced by Whitney Fitzsimmons.[3][4]

Career

Gonçalves commenced his television career at WIN Television in Wollongong, where unpaid work experience led to him becoming a casual WIN News reporter in 1998 while he was studying commerce at the University of Wollongong.[5]

In 1999, Gonçalves set up a website to offer advice to high school students about study techniques which led to Gonçalves assisting Channel 7 current affairs program Today Tonight with a number of education-related reports.[6]

Gonçalves commenced working as a business journalist for finance expert David Koch's production company Palamedia in 2001.[2] Based at Channel 7 in Sydney, he provided content for Seven, Sky News Australia and 2GB.[6]

He moved to Melbourne in 2004 where he worked as a reporter for National Nine News on Channel 9 and as a volunteer breakfast news presenter on LGBTIQ+ community radio station Joy FM where he was known on air as "Ric G."[2]

Gonçalves returned to Sydney in 2007 where he produced and anchored coverage for the Sky News Business Channel.[2]

He joined SBS in 2010.[7]

In 2011, Gonçalves was accidentally broadcast live to air in Queensland and South Australia while he was bantering with a make up artist.[8] SBS apologised to viewers who found any of Gonçalves' remarks offensive.[8]

In April 2020, Gonçalves unusually had to take over from Janice Petersen halfway through an SBS World News bulletin due to Petersen's vision deteriorating caused by an object in her eye.[9]

Personal life

Gonçalves was born in Wollongong, New South Wales. His parents had migrated to Australia from Portugal in the late 1970s.[10] Portuguese was his first language during his early childhood.[1]

He attended Edmund Rice College in Wollongong, where he was school captain.[6]

Throughout his early career, Gonçalves called himself by the name of Richard which his teachers had preferred to use instead of Ricardo.[10] Gonçalves continued to use the name Richard while also anglicising his surname to enhance his career prospects due to the lack of cultural diversity on Australian television.[10]

Gonçalves appeared on a 1998 episode of Australian game show Wheel of Fortune.[2]

Gonçalves successfully auditioned for an Australian pop group called Sneaky Deep in 2000, and recorded a three-track demo CD with the group.[11] However, he was let go from the group after approximately six months after being told his vocal abilities weren't developing enough.[11] After Gonçalves left the group, they signed a publishing deal with Warner Music Australia but disbanded soon after.[11]

Gonçalves is known for his love of Eurovision and in 2018 was appointed as Australia's spokesperson for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, taking over from Lee Lin Chin.[12]

In 2012, Gonçalves argued that the Sydney suburb of Redfern should be split into two, allowing for the creation of a new suburb called "South Dowling."[13]

He is an Australia Day ambassador.[14][15]

Gonçalves is openly gay.[16]

References
  1. Gonçalves, Ricardo (24 January 2012). "Australia Day - From Ricardo, to Richard, to Ricardo". MEMOricardo. Retrieved 12 July 2022. 31 years ago today, I was born to a wonderful Portuguese immigrant family, in a hospital in Wollongong on the South Coast of New South Wales, with a full birth name of Ricardo Jorge Goncalves (Jorge, pronounced George, not Hor-hay)... it's my birthday today, two days before Australia Day. That's pretty Aussie hey?
  2. "About Ricardo". Ricardo Gonçalves. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. Knox, David (29 July 2016). "Being a "finance nerd" pays off for Ricardo Goncalves". TV Tonight.
  4. Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi (27 July 2016). "Small Business Secrets looks at migrants triumphing in the small business world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. Graham, Ben; Chung, Frank (28 February 2019). "SBS presenter Ricardo Goncalves says unpaid work pays off". news.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. Gonçalves, Ricardo (26 February 2019). "Unpaid work experience: It pays". Ricardo Gonçalves. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. Knox, David (27 April 2010). "Ricardo Goncalves joins World News Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. Knox, David (10 March 2012). "Oops. SBS news rehearsal goes to air live". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. Knox, David (8 April 2020). "Ricardo Goncalves 'saves the day'". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  10. Goncalves, Ricardo (2 July 2018). "Richard or Ricardo? How your name impacts your media job prospects". Mumbrella. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. Gonçalves, Ricardo (1 May 2018). "'My secret history as a pop star': Ricardo Goncalves". SBS Eurovision. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. Knox, David (1 May 2018). "Ricardo Goncalves is Australia's Eurovision spokesperson". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  13. Gora, Bronwen; Nauman, Zoe (29 April 2012). "SBS newsreader leads push to divide Redfern into bad and good halves". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  14. Goncalves, Ricardo (26 January 2017). "Australia Day Ambassador: Jan 26 'about celebrating our nation's diversity'". SBS News. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  15. Deare, Steven (25 January 2017). "SBS TV host Ricardo Goncalves gives Australia Day message". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  16. "Gay news gaffe goes live". Gay Star News. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Ricardo Goncalves, known to be openly gay among the Sydney LGBTI community...
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