Zeca Camargo

Zeca Camargo was born in the city of Uberaba, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais.{{Cite web |last= |date=10 November 2021 |title=Zeca Camargo resgata origens em nova campanha da Uniube {{!}} Acontece na Uniube |url=https://uniube.br/acontece-na-uniube/zeca-camargo-resgata-origens-em-nova-campanha-da-uniube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724191631/https://uniube.br/acontece-na-uniube/zeca-camargo-resgata-origens-em-nova-campanha-da-uniube |archive-date=24 July 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universidade de Uberaba |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date= 5 January 2022|title=Zeca Camargo |url=https://caras.com.br/perfil/zeca-camargo.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212154512/https://caras.com.br/perfil/zeca-camargo.phtml |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Caras |language=pt-br}} The son of doctor Faul Camargo and artisan Maria Inez, during his early childhood he lived in the city of Rio de Janeiro and in the cities of Araçatuba and Barretos, both in the interior of the state of São Paulo, until he moved to the capital as a teenager.{{Cite web |date=28 October 2021 |title=Zeca Camargo |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfil/zeca-camargo/noticia/zeca-camargo.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215230808/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfil/zeca-camargo/noticia/zeca-camargo.ghtml |archive-date=15 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}} He's the nephew of the poet {{Interlanguage link|Cacaso|lt=Cacaso|pt|Cacaso}}, member of poesia marginal.{{Cite web |date=14 March 2010 |title=Esse tal de cacaso |url=https://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/esse-tal-de-cacaso/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725135723/https://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/esse-tal-de-cacaso/ |archive-date=25 July 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Revista Cult |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Lisboa |first=Mel |author-link=Mel Lisboa |date=1 November 2020 |title='Estamos em uma luta contra a ignorância', diz Zeca Camargo sobre Trump |url=https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticias/redacao/2020/11/01/estamos-em-uma-luta-contra-a-ignorancia-diz-zeca-camargo-sobre-trump.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212164254/https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticias/redacao/2020/11/01/estamos-em-uma-luta-contra-a-ignorancia-diz-zeca-camargo-sobre-trump.htm |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}}

He graduated in Business Administration from the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and in Advertising from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM).{{Cite web |last=Neves |first=Carla |date=26 August 2016 |title=Zeca Camargo: "Nunca vou ter a barriga do Cauã Reymond" |url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/Entrevista/noticia/2016/08/zeca-camargo-nunca-vou-ter-barriga-do-caua-reymond.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823164211/https://revistaquem.globo.com/Entrevista/noticia/2016/08/zeca-camargo-nunca-vou-ter-barriga-do-caua-reymond.html |archive-date=23 August 2016 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Quem |language=pt-br}} Although he graduated, he never practiced his profession and began his career as a dance teacher, having had Marisa Orth, Giulia Gam and Ruth Cardoso as students.

He began his career in journalism in 1987, working for the São Paulo newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.{{Cite web |date=29 December 2007 |title=Zeca Camargo (jornalista) 3 - TV Câmara |url=https://www.camara.leg.br/tv/185052-zeca-camargo-jornalista-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217135642/https://www.camara.leg.br/tv/185052-zeca-camargo-jornalista-3/ |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Portal da Câmara dos Deputados |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |date=17 February 2025 |title=Opinião - Zeca Camargo: Minha parte nisso tudo |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/zecacamargo/2021/02/minha-parte-nisso-tudo.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323170821/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/zecacamargo/2021/02/minha-parte-nisso-tudo.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=2 May 2023 |title=Entrevista Nota 10: Zeca Camargo e o mundo sob a ótica da curiosidade |url=https://unifor.br/-/entrevista-nota-10-zeca-camargo-e-o-mundo-sob-a-otica-da-curiosidade |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007174943/https://unifor.br/-/entrevista-nota-10-zeca-camargo-e-o-mundo-sob-a-otica-da-curiosidade |archive-date=7 October 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Unifor |language=pt-BR}} After working on a few editorials at the newspaper, he became the paper's correspondent in New York for a year.{{Cite web |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |date=15 January 2015 |title=Nova York, - 22°C |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/zecacamargo//2015/01/1574887-nova-york---22c.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007174943/https://unifor.br/-/entrevista-nota-10-zeca-camargo-e-o-mundo-sob-a-otica-da-curiosidade |archive-date=7 October 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S.Paulo}} When he returned to Brazil, he began working as editor-in-chief of journalism of MTV and helped implement it.{{Cite web |last=Zorzi |first=André |date=27 September 2023 |title=Zeca Camargo, Fernanda Lima, Adnet... MTV foi uma 'fábrica' de revelar apresentadores; veja lista |url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tv/zeca-camargo-fernanda-lima-adnet-mtv-foi-uma-fabrica-de-revelar-apresentadores-veja-lista,a6a3cf51a61e2f910a0697d2ceccf18eqpquebqy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002053950/https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tv/zeca-camargo-fernanda-lima-adnet-mtv-foi-uma-fabrica-de-revelar-apresentadores-veja-lista,a6a3cf51a61e2f910a0697d2ceccf18eqpquebqy.html |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |date=22 October 2010 |title=Fale, memória |url=https://g1.globo.com/platb/zecacamargo/2010/10/22/fale-memoria/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026104514/https://g1.globo.com/platb/zecacamargo/2010/10/22/fale-memoria/ |archive-date=26 October 2010 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=G1}}{{Cite journal |last=Rodrigues |first=Apoenan |title=A televisão frenética |url=https://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=030015_11&pesq=%22Zeca%20Camargo%22&pasta=ano%20199&hf=memoria.bn.gov.br&pagfis=24922 |journal=Jornal do Brasil |volume=100 |issue=194 |pages=28–29}} He worked as a VJ presenting MTV no Ar, a program with reports and interviews about the musical universe.{{Cite web |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |date=18 October 2010 |title=G1 – Zeca Camargo » Quando as pessoas queriam sua MTV » Arquivo |url=https://g1.globo.com/platb/zecacamargo/2010/10/18/quando-as-pessoas-queriam-sua-mtv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022033849/https://g1.globo.com/platb/zecacamargo/2010/10/18/quando-as-pessoas-queriam-sua-mtv/ |archive-date=22 October 2010 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=G1}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 February 2025 |title=Zeca Camargo relembra estreia da MTV Brasil e publica foto antiga com Astrid Fontenelle |url=https://caras.com.br/tv/zeca-camargo-relembra-estreia-da-mtv-brasil-e-publica-foto-antiga-com-astrid-fontenelle.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217141311/https://caras.com.br/tv/zeca-camargo-relembra-estreia-da-mtv-brasil-e-publica-foto-antiga-com-astrid-fontenelle.phtml |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Caras |language=pt-br}}{{Cite journal |date=26 February 1993 |title=MTV - Canal 24 UHF |url=https://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=030015_11&pesq=%22Zeca%20Camargo%22&pasta=ano%20199&hf=memoria.bn.gov.br&pagfis=104278 |journal=Jornal do Brasil |volume=102 |issue=324 |pages=100}}

After four years he left the music station and moved to TV Cultura, where he presented the program {{Interlanguage link|Fanzine (Brazilian television program)|lt=Fanzine|pt|Fanzine (programa de televisão) }}, as well as becoming a columnist for the teen magazine {{Interlanguage link|Capricho (Brazilian magazine)|lt=Capricho|pt|Capricho}} published by Editora Abril.{{Cite web |date=24 October 1994 |title=TV Cultura tira Fanzine" do ar e reprisa seriado Mundo da Lua" |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1994/10/24/folhateen/17.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217141928/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1994/10/24/folhateen/17.html |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S.Paulo}}{{Cite web |title=Zeca Camargo |url=https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/colaborador/05839/zeca-camargo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907144148/https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/colaborador/05839/zeca-camargo |archive-date=7 September 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Companhia das Letras}} He stayed between Capricho and Folha de S. Paulo until 1996.

In July 1996, Luiz Nascimento was invited to be a reporter for TV Globo's Fantástico program.{{Cite web |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |date=29 September 2013 |title=Veja a trajetória do apresentador Zeca Camargo |url=https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/veja-trajetoria-do-apresentador-zeca-camargo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019032116/https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/veja-trajetoria-do-apresentador-zeca-camargo.html |archive-date=19 October 2021 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Fantástico |language=pt-br}} In the program he did the series of reports "Aqui se Fala Português", and "A Fantástica Volta ao Mundo", the first series of reports to be generated entirely on the internet and not by satellite in the country.{{Cite web |title=Fantástico - Todos os programas - NOTÍCIAS - Relembre a série "Aqui se fala português" |url=https://g1.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL693941-15605,00-RELEMBRE+A+SERIE+AQUI+SE+FALA+PORTUGUES.html |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=G1}}{{Cite web |date=23 February 2022 |title=A Fantástica Volta ao Mundo |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/quadros/noticia/a-fantastica-volta-ao-mundo.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728222405/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/quadros/noticia/a-fantastica-volta-ao-mundo.ghtml |archive-date=28 July 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}}  In 2000, he hosted the program No Limite, the Brazilian version of Survivor.{{Cite journal |last=Neto |first=Ferreira |date=10 July 2000 |title=Coluna Ferreira Neto |url=https://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=154083_06&pesq=%22Zeca%20Camargo%22&pasta=ano%20200&hf=memoria.bn.gov.br&pagfis=3125 |journal=Tribuna da Imprensa |volume=91 |issue=15410 |pages=15}}{{Cite journal |last=Goular |first=Gabriel |date=4 July 2000 |title=Antena |journal=Jornal do Brasil |volume=110 |issue=87 |pages=34}}{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title=Zeca Camargo elogia Fernando Fernandes em 'No Limite': 'Tem engajamento' |url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/05/05/no-limite-zeca-camargo-elogia-fernando-fernandes.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506070024/https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/05/05/no-limite-zeca-camargo-elogia-fernando-fernandes.htm |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=26 April 2022 |title=No Limite - 1ª edição (2000) |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/reality-shows/no-limite/noticia/no-limite-2000.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414223210/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/reality-shows/no-limite/noticia/no-limite-2000.ghtml |archive-date=14 April 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}} He presented three seasons of the reality show, leaving the program after the last season in 2001.{{Cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=No Limite - 3ª edição, Fase Metal (2001) |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/reality-shows/no-limite/noticia/no-limite-fase-metal-2001.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207210910/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/reality-shows/no-limite/noticia/no-limite-fase-metal-2001.ghtml |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=24 December 2001 |title=Final de "No Limite 3" resgata audiência da primeira edição |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u20037.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202051241/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u20037.shtml |archive-date=2 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo}} He also presented the first season of the reality show Hipertensão.{{Cite web |last=Meneghini |first=Carla |date=21 April 2002 |title=Folha de S.Paulo - O barato das baratas - 21/04/2002 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/tvfolha/tv2104200213.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217192940/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/tvfolha/tv2104200213.htm |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo}}{{Cite web |last=Mattos |first=Laura |date=13 April 2002 |title=Folha de S.Paulo - TV: "Hipertensão" será teste decisivo na Globo - 13/04/2002 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1304200225.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217192914/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1304200225.htm |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo}}

In 2008, he became a permanent presenter of the Fantástico program.{{Cite journal |last=Simões |first=Renata |date=21 September 2008 |title=Outro lado - Pé na Cozinha |url=https://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/digital/leitor.do?numero=17667&keyword=%22Zeca+Camargo%22&anchor=5572598&origem=busca&originURL=&maxTouch=0&pd=85ab8dbeae4e85eaadc92f1b2196e5da |journal=Folha de S. Paulo |volume=88 |issue=29206 |pages=72}}{{Cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=Apresentadores |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/noticia/apresentadores.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215230057/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/noticia/apresentadores.ghtml |archive-date=15 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}} Between 2006 and 2017 he kept a blog on G1, Rede Globo's online portal. In 2011, she took part in the show {{Interlanguage link|Medida Certa|lt=Medida Certa|pt|Medida Certa}} on Fantástico, which consisted of a reality weight loss show.{{Cite web |date=13 July 2023 |title=Aos 60, Zeca Camargo fala de Medida Certa, peso e que não faz procedimentos |url=https://www.uol.com.br/universa/noticias/redacao/2023/07/13/zeca-camargo-peso-desculpa-alguma-coisa.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714091748/https://www.uol.com.br/universa/noticias/redacao/2023/07/13/zeca-camargo-peso-desculpa-alguma-coisa.htm |archive-date=14 July 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}} Alongside presenter {{Interlanguage link|Renata Ceribelli|lt=Renata Ceribelli|pt|Renata Ceribelli}}, she promoted a change in lifestyle.{{Cite web |date=23 February 2023 |title=Medida Certa |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/quadros/noticia/medida-certa.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628020855/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/jornalismo-e-telejornais/fantastico/quadros/noticia/medida-certa.ghtml |archive-date=28 June 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=memoriaglobo |language=pt-br}} By the end of the season, she had lost 5 kilos.{{Cite web |last=Ribeiro |first=Ana |date=31 May 2011 |title=Antes e depois: na balança com Zeca Camargo |url=http://gente.ig.com.br/antes-e-depois-na-balanca-com-zeca-camargo/n1596990097293.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910173747/http://gente.ig.com.br/antes-e-depois-na-balanca-com-zeca-camargo/n1596990097293.html |archive-date=10 September 2013 |access-date=10 September 2013 |website=Internet Group}} He continued to present the program until 2013.{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=Zeca e Renata deixam Fantástico e Renata Vasconcellos assume programa com Tadeu Schmidt |url=https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/zeca-e-renata-deixam-fantastico-e-renata-vasconcellos-assume-programa-com-tadeu-schmidt.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729214757/https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2013/09/zeca-e-renata-deixam-fantastico-e-renata-vasconcellos-assume-programa-com-tadeu-schmidt.html |archive-date=29 July 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Fantástico |language=pt-br}}

Invited by director {{Interlanguage link|Ricardo Waddington|lt=Ricardo Waddington|pt|Ricardo Waddington}}, he became a presenter on the variety program Vídeo Show.{{Cite web |date=10 October 2013 |title=Vídeo Show vem cheio de novidades e sob comando de Zeca Camargo |url=https://redeglobo.globo.com/novidades/noticia/2013/10/video-show-vem-cheio-de-novidades-e-sob-comando-de-zeca-camargo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217152700/https://redeglobo.globo.com/novidades/noticia/2013/10/video-show-vem-cheio-de-novidades-e-sob-comando-de-zeca-camargo.html |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Rede Globo}}{{Cite web |date=18 November 2013 |title=Zeca Camargo estreia como apresentador do Vídeo Show: 'Está mais emocionante' |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/revista-da-tv/zeca-camargo-estreia-como-apresentador-do-video-show-esta-mais-emocionante-10787739 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119142117/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/revista-da-tv/zeca-camargo-estreia-como-apresentador-do-video-show-esta-mais-emocionante-10787739 |archive-date=19 November 2013 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Globo |language=pt-BR}} The program underwent changes in format, which did not please the public.{{Cite news |last=Vieira |first=Matheus |date=28 May 2014 |title=Zeca Camargo fala das mudanças do 'Video show': 'Nós temos que propor e ouvir' |url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/zeca-camargo-fala-das-mudancas-do-video-show-nos-temos-que-propor-ouvir-12624117.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605142747/https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/zeca-camargo-fala-das-mudancas-do-video-show-nos-temos-que-propor-ouvir-12624117.html |archive-date=5 June 2014 |access-date=15 February 2015 |work=Extra |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Benício |first=Jeff |date=8 May 2014 |title=Globo erra ao 'fritar' Zeca Camargo no Vídeo Show |url=https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tv/globo-erra-ao-fritar-zeca-camargo-no-video-show,2964b70277b9bf33401f03d77e41bad7a2ur1nrk.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217153818/https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tv/globo-erra-ao-fritar-zeca-camargo-no-video-show,2964b70277b9bf33401f03d77e41bad7a2ur1nrk.html |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}} The Video Show already had ratings problems before Zeca joined the show.{{Cite news |date=4 November 2023 |title=Há 10 anos, Zeca Camargo assumiu o Vídeo Show e foi rejeitado pelo público |url=https://natelinha.uol.com.br/televisao/2023/11/04/ha-10-anos-zeca-camargo-assumiu-o-video-show-e-foi-rejeitado-pelo-publico-203551.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210091721/https://natelinha.uol.com.br/televisao/2023/11/04/ha-10-anos-zeca-camargo-assumiu-o-video-show-e-foi-rejeitado-pelo-publico-203551.php |archive-date=10 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |work=NaTelinha |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Ricco |first=Flávio |date=1 April 2015 |title=Zeca Camargo deixa o "Vídeo Show"; Monica Iozzi toma o seu lugar |url=https://televisao.uol.com.br/colunas/flavio-ricco/2015/04/01/zeca-camargo-deixa-o-video-show-monica-iozzi-toma-o-seu-lugar.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720184428/https://televisao.uol.com.br/colunas/flavio-ricco/2015/04/01/zeca-camargo-deixa-o-video-show-monica-iozzi-toma-o-seu-lugar.htm |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-BR}} In April 2015, he was replaced by actress Monica Iozzi.

In 2015, he debuted as one of the presenters of {{Interlanguage link|É de Casa|lt=É de Casa|pt|É de Casa}}, a Saturday morning variety show, alongside fellow presenters Cissa Guimarães, Tiago Leifert, Patrícia Poeta, André Marques and {{Interlanguage link|Ana Furtado|lt=Ana Furtado|pt|Ana Furtado}}.{{Cite web |date=28 October 2021 |title=Programa |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/auditorio-e-variedades/e-de-casa/noticia/programa.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204074102/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/auditorio-e-variedades/e-de-casa/noticia/programa.ghtml |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Memória Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=22 June 2019 |title=Zeca Camargo mostra obra do seu apartamento em reality show |url=https://gshow.globo.com/tv/e-de-casa/noticia/zeca-camargo-mostra-obra-do-seu-apartamento-em-reality-show.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217154838/https://gshow.globo.com/tv/e-de-casa/noticia/zeca-camargo-mostra-obra-do-seu-apartamento-em-reality-show.ghtml |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=gshow |language=pt-br}} In May 2020, after 24 years working at TV Globo, he left the station.{{Cite web |date=27 May 2020 |title=Zeca Camargo deixa a TV Globo após 24 anos |url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2020/05/27/zeca-camargo-deixa-a-tv-globo-apos-24-anos.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217154959/https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/2020/05/27/zeca-camargo-deixa-a-tv-globo-apos-24-anos.ghtml |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=27 August 2020 |title=Zeca Camargo fala sobre saída da Globo após 24 anos: "Só tenho gratidão" |url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2020/05/zeca-camargo-deixa-globo-apos-24-anos.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614095814/https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2020/05/zeca-camargo-deixa-globo-apos-24-anos.html |archive-date=14 June 2021 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Quem |language=pt-br}}

On 3 July 2020, he was hired by TV Band in a bid to do double duty: as a presenter and also as the executive production director of his new station.{{Cite web |date=2 July 2020 |title=Após saída de Lacombe, Zeca Camargo assina contrato com a Band |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2020/07/apos-deixar-globo-zeca-camargo-assina-contrato-com-a-band.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212150542/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2020/07/apos-deixar-globo-zeca-camargo-assina-contrato-com-a-band.shtml |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=1 December 2020 |title=Band escala Cátia Fonseca e MasterChef com Zeca Camargo em especiais de fim de ano |url=https://natelinha.uol.com.br/televisao/2020/12/01/band-escala-catia-fonseca-e-masterchef-com-zeca-camargo-em-especiais-de-fim-de-ano-155094.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206211907/https://natelinha.uol.com.br/televisao/2020/12/01/band-escala-catia-fonseca-e-masterchef-com-zeca-camargo-em-especiais-de-fim-de-ano-155094.php |archive-date=6 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=NaTelinha |language=pt-br}} He has presented a number of programs on the station, such as {{Interlanguage link|Band Folia|lt=Band Folia|pt|Band Folia}}, Zeca pelo Brasil and 1001 perguntas.{{Cite web |last=Santiago |first=Anna |date=26 December 2023 |title=Zeca Camargo está confirmado no 'Band folia' |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2023/12/26/zeca-camargo-esta-confirmado-no-band-folia.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228175801/https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2023/12/26/zeca-camargo-esta-confirmado-no-band-folia.ghtml |archive-date=28 December 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 January 2021 |title=Zeca pelo Brasil estreia sob o comando de Zeca Camargo |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/cultura/2021/01/07/interna_cultura,1226620/zeca-pelo-brasil-estreia-sob-o-comando-de-zeca-camargo.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108021219/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/cultura/2021/01/07/interna_cultura,1226620/zeca-pelo-brasil-estreia-sob-o-comando-de-zeca-camargo.shtml |archive-date=8 January 2021 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=17 January 2022 |title=Zeca Camargo estreia game show na Band: 'Flashback de Faustão e Fantástico' |url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/01/17/zeca-camargo-estreia-game-show-na-band-flashback-de-faustao-e-fantastico.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519230851/https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/01/17/zeca-camargo-estreia-game-show-na-band-flashback-de-faustao-e-fantastico.htm |archive-date=19 May 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}} Alongside Glenda Kozlowski, he presented the auditorium program {{Interlanguage link|Melhor da Noite|lt=Melhor da Noite|pt|Melhor da Noite }}.{{Cite web |last=Santiago |first=Anna |date=20 December 2023 |title=Saiba quem apresentará o 'Melhor da noite' nas férias de Glenda Kozlowski e Zeca Camargo |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2023/12/20/saiba-quem-apresentara-o-melhor-da-noite-nas-ferias-de-glenda-kozlowski-e-zeca-camargo.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101031442/https://oglobo.globo.com/play/noticia/2023/12/20/saiba-quem-apresentara-o-melhor-da-noite-nas-ferias-de-glenda-kozlowski-e-zeca-camargo.ghtml |archive-date=1 January 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=Band escolhe substitutos de Glenda Kozlowski e Zeca Camargo no 'Melhor da Noite' |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2023/12/band-escolhe-substitutos-de-glenda-kozlowski-e-zeca-camargo-no-melhor-da-noite.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228201336/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2023/12/band-escolhe-substitutos-de-glenda-kozlowski-e-zeca-camargo-no-melhor-da-noite.shtml |archive-date=28 December 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo |language=pt-BR}} In July 2024, he left the station and gave up presenting Melhor da Noite.{{Cite web |last1=Santos |first1=Lillian |last2=lillian-santos |date=21 June 2024 |title=Zeca Camargo sai da Band e faz post emocionado: 'Acabo de saber' |url=https://www.opovo.com.br/divirtase/2024/06/21/zeca-camargo-sai-da-band-e-faz-post-emocionado-acabo-de-saber.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630005324/https://www.opovo.com.br/divirtase/2024/06/21/zeca-camargo-sai-da-band-e-faz-post-emocionado-acabo-de-saber.html |archive-date=30 June 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Povo |language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Zeca Camargo não renova com a Band e deixa apresentação do Melhor da Noite |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2024/06/zeca-camargo-nao-renova-com-a-band-e-deixa-apresentacao-do-melhor-da-noite.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920045230/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/televisao/2024/06/zeca-camargo-nao-renova-com-a-band-e-deixa-apresentacao-do-melhor-da-noite.shtml |archive-date=20 September 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

In October 2024, he was hired by Times Brasil, a Brazilian broadcaster that is part of the CNBC network.{{Cite web |last=Santos |first=Daniela |date=9 October 2024 |title=Após sair da Band, Zeca Camargo é contratado por outra emissora; saiba qual |url=https://caras.com.br/tv/apos-sair-da-band-zeca-camargo-e-contratado-por-outra-emissora-saiba-qual.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112002929/https://caras.com.br/tv/apos-sair-da-band-zeca-camargo-e-contratado-por-outra-emissora-saiba-qual.phtml |archive-date=12 November 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Caras |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=Vaquer |first=Gabriel |date=8 October 2024 |title=Outro Canal: CNBC contrata Zeca Camargo para comandar programa de viagens |url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/colunistas/outro-canal/2024/10/cnbc-contrata-zeca-camargo-para-comandar-novo-programas-de-viagens.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203194410/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/colunistas/outro-canal/2024/10/cnbc-contrata-zeca-camargo-para-comandar-novo-programas-de-viagens.shtml |archive-date=3 December 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Folha de S. Paulo |language=pt-BR}} At the broadcaster he hosts the travel program Passaporte.{{Cite web |last=Myth |first=Thalia |date=10 January 2025 |title=Zeca Camargo comenta demissão da Band |url=https://oantagonista.com.br/entretenimento/zeca-camargo-comenta-demissao-da-band/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217171104/https://oantagonista.com.br/entretenimento/zeca-camargo-comenta-demissao-da-band/ |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Antagonista |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Garófalo |first=Nico |date=8 October 2024 |title=Zeca Camargo apresentará programa de viagens na CNBC Brasil |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/televisao/zeca-camargo-apresentara-programa-de-viagens-na-cnbc-brasil-nprec/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009034028/https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/televisao/zeca-camargo-apresentara-programa-de-viagens-na-cnbc-brasil-nprec/ |archive-date=9 October 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

In 2015, during the national commotion over the death of country singer Cristiano Araújo, Zeca made a chronicle; the comment was made on the evening of 28 June 2015, four days after the accident, during {{Interlanguage link|Jornal das Dez|lt=Jornal das Dez|pt|Jornal das Dez }} for GloboNews.{{Cite web |last=Dias |first=Elder |date=4 June 2015 |title=A comoção na morte de Cristiano Araújo: uma análise do infeliz texto de Zeca Camargo |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/colunas-e-blogs/imprensa/a-comocao-na-morte-de-cristiano-araujo-uma-analise-do-infeliz-texto-de-zeca-camargo-39657/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615205605/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/colunas-e-blogs/imprensa/a-comocao-na-morte-de-cristiano-araujo-uma-analise-do-infeliz-texto-de-zeca-camargo-39657/ |archive-date=15 June 2024 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}} Zeca said that "from one hour to the next, fans and people who had no idea who the sertanejo artist was went into a collective embrace" and that "many people were surprised by the sudden commotion at the singer's tragic death. The surprise, however, is not due to the fact that he was so famous and so unknown at the same time".{{Cite web |date=29 June 2015 |title=Zeca Camargo comenta morte de Cristiano Araújo e gera revolta na internet |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/diversao-e-arte/2015/06/29/interna_diversao_arte,488259/amp.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415062659/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/diversao-e-arte/2015/06/29/interna_diversao_arte,488259/amp.shtml |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Correio Braziliense}} The comments generated controversy on the Internet and fans created pages and memes to criticize the journalist, even other singers from the country music scene published photos with their hands pressed to their ears, showing their rejection of the comment.{{Cite news |date=29 June 2015 |title=Zeca Camargo é alvo de sertanejos depois de criticar comoção por morte de Cristiano Araújo |url=https://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/zeca-camargo-alvo-de-sertanejos-depois-de-criticar-comocao-por-morte-de-cristiano-araujo-16592286.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221127145103/https://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/zeca-camargo-alvo-de-sertanejos-depois-de-criticar-comocao-por-morte-de-cristiano-araujo-16592286.html |archive-date=27 November 2022 |access-date=17 February 2025 |work=Extra |language=pt-BR}} When he apologized during the Video Show, he made another gaffe by calling the singer by the name of the Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2015 |title=Ao pedir desculpas, Zeca Camargo erra nome de Cristiano Araújo |url=https://opopular.com.br/magazine/ao-pedir-desculpas-zeca-camargo-erra-nome-de-cristiano-araujo-1.886762 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217191454/https://opopular.com.br/magazine/ao-pedir-desculpas-zeca-camargo-erra-nome-de-cristiano-araujo-1.886762 |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=O Popular |language=pt-br}}

Due to the chronicle, Zeca had to pay compensation to Cristiano's family, with the lawsuit drawn up by the artist's father João Reis de Araújo.{{Cite web |date=24 January 2018 |title=Zeca Camargo é condenado a indenizar pai de Cristiano Araújo |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/cultura/zeca-camargo-e-condenado-a-indenizar-pai-de-cristiano-araujo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819220912/https://veja.abril.com.br/cultura/zeca-camargo-e-condenado-a-indenizar-pai-de-cristiano-araujo |archive-date=19 August 2021 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Veja |language=pt-BR}}

• A fantástica volta ao mundo: registros e bastidores de viagem. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2004.{{Cite web |title=A fantástica volta ao mundo: registros e bastidores de viagem por Zeca Camargo |url=https://acervo.bn.gov.br/Sophia_web/acervo/detalhe/132877?guid=1739820717950&returnUrl=/Sophia_web/resultado/listar?guid=1739820717950&quantidadePaginas=1&codigoRegistro=132877#132877&i=1 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=National Library of Brazil}}
• De A-ha a U2 : os bastidores das entrevistas do mundo da música. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2006.{{Cite web |title=De A-ha a U2 : os bastidores das entrevistas do mundo da música |url=https://acervo.bn.gov.br/Sophia_web/acervo/detalhe/1076983?guid=1739820842142&returnUrl=/Sophia_web/resultado/listar?guid=1739820842142&quantidadePaginas=1&codigoRegistro=1076983#1076983&i=1 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=National Library of Brazil}}
• 1.000 Lugares Fantásticos no Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2006.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_vkrAAAAYAAJ |title=1000 lugares fantásticos no Brasil |date=2006 |publisher=Editora Globo |isbn=978-85-250-4220-0 |language=pt-BR}}
• Novos Olhares. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2007.{{Cite book |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws3dGsgBKpIC&q=Zeca+Camargo |title=Novos olhares |date=1 January 2007 |publisher=Editora Globo |isbn=978-85-250-4366-5 |language=pt-BR}}
• Isso aqui é seu: a volta ao mundo por patrimônios da humanidade. São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2009.{{Cite book |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RtAybaAPy90C&q=Zeca+Camargo |title=Isso Aqui E Seu - a Volta Ao Mundo Por Patrimonios |date=2009 |publisher=GLOBO |isbn=978-85-250-4649-9 |language=pt-BR}}
• Medida certa: como chegamos lá (with {{Interlanguage link|Renata Ceribelli|lt=Renata Ceribelli|pt|Renata Ceribelli}}). São Paulo: Editora Globo, 2011.{{Cite web |last= |date=14 December 2011 |title=Zeca Camargo e Renata Ceribelli lançam livro do 'Medida Certa' em SP |url=https://caras.com.br/galerias/zeca-camargo-renata-ceribelli-lancam-livro-do-medida-certa-em-sp-fantastico.phtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217195229/https://caras.com.br/galerias/zeca-camargo-renata-ceribelli-lancam-livro-do-medida-certa-em-sp-fantastico.phtml |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Caras |language=pt-br}}
• Eu ando pelo mundo: Paris. E-galáxia, 2016.{{Cite book |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRc6DQAAQBAJ |title=Eu ando pelo mundo: PARIS |date=15 September 2016 |publisher=e-galáxia |isbn=978-85-8474-131-1 |language=pt-BR}}
• 50, eu?. E-galáxia, 2018.{{Cite book |last=Camargo |first=Zeca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GfKfAAAAQBAJ |title=50, eu? |date=4 July 2018 |publisher=e-galáxia |isbn=978-85-67080-06-2 |language=pt-BR}}
• Elza. São Paulo: Leya, 2018.{{Cite web |date=28 August 2022 |title=Zeca Camargo, biógrafo de Elza Soares: "Nunca conheci uma mulher como ela" |url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2022/01/zeca-camargo-biografo-de-elza-soares-nunca-conheci-uma-mulher-como-ela.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322023958/https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2022/01/zeca-camargo-biografo-de-elza-soares-nunca-conheci-uma-mulher-como-ela.html |archive-date=22 March 2023 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Quem |language=pt-br}}
• Índia: sabores e sensações: uma viagem que explora as receitas vegetarianas do país (with . São Paulo: )Companhia de Mesa, 2019.{{Cite web |title=Índia : sabores e sensações : uma viagem que explora as receitas vegetarianas do país |url=https://acervo.bn.gov.br/Sophia_web/acervo/detalhe/1713246?guid=1739821623651&returnUrl=/Sophia_web/resultado/listar?guid=1739821623651&quantidadePaginas=1&codigoRegistro=1713246#1713246&i=6 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=National Library of Brazil}}
• Quase normal: contos. São Paulo: {{Interlanguage link|Todavia (Brazilian pubilsher)|lt=Todavia|pt|Todavia}}, 2020{{Cite web |last=Amado |first=Guilherme |date=24 September 2020 |title=O livro de contos de Zeca Camargo |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/epoca/guilherme-amado/o-livro-de-contos-de-zeca-camargo-1-24657866 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217194737/https://oglobo.globo.com/epoca/guilherme-amado/o-livro-de-contos-de-zeca-camargo-1-24657866 |archive-date=17 February 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Época |language=pt-BR}}

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