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Robert Turcescu
Robert Turcescu (born May 3, 1975) is a Romanian journalist, politician, TV presenter, media critic, radio personality, and singer-songwriter. Early life and educationBorn in Pitești, he attended the Ion Brătianu High School there,[1] followed by the Superior School of Journalism in Bucharest, which he finished in 1997. The following year, he graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences.[2] He was chosen by Walt Disney Pictures to dub the radio announcer's voice in the Pixar short – Day & Night.[3] JournalismTurcescu began his career in 1993 as a writer for the magazine Pop Rock & Show and for the newspaper Curierul Național. The following year, the news agency A-M. Press hired him as a reporter. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a reporter for Radio Total, advancing to editor-in-chief that year. In 2000, he became editor-in-chief at Europa FM, and since that year he has hosted the show România în direct there. In 2001 he was a presenter for TVR's Telematinal and an editor at Evenimentul Zilei. Since 2003 he has written for the magazine Dilema.[2] He hosted 100% on Realitatea TV from that year until 2010.[2][4] He has continued hosting his show at B1 TV starting with the end of September 2010.[5] He was also editor-in-chief of Cotidianul in 2004–2005.[2] He was the host of 100%, a political one-to-one talk-show that aired on Realitatea TV and B1 TV. He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Un refren.[6] In 2021 he returned to Evenimentul Zilei,[7][8] and from 2022 to 2023 he moderated the show Sub semnul întrebării at B1 TV. At the beginning of 2023 he left the television network to launch his Evz-Play podcast on YouTube.[8] AwardsHe has received a number of awards. For instance, in 2002 the National Audiovisual Council named România în direct the best radio talk show, while in 2004, the Association of Television Professionals granted 100% an award for best television talk show.[2] Undercover agentTurcescu is best known for confessing in 2014 to being an undercover agent of a military secret service in Romania while posing as a freelance journalist for several years,[9] thus raising concerns about the penetration of the secret security services in the media sector of Romania.[10] His military rank was that of a lieutenant colonel.[7] PoliticsIn the Romanian local elections of 2016, Turcescu ran for mayor of Bucharest, supported by the People's Movement Party (PMP); he subsequently placed 4th, with 6.46% of the votes. Afterwards, he became PMP's vice-president and ad interim president of the Bucharest branch. Turcescu eventually won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on PMP's party list in the wake of the 2016 legislative elections. Notes
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