Traci Melchor

Traci Melchor is a Canadian television personality, who currently works as senior correspondent for CTV's entertainment magazine series etalk. Melchor is also the former cohost of CTV's The Social[1]

For the American soap opera actress, see Tracy Melchior.
Traci Melchor, ETALK Senior Correspondent

Originally from Pickering, Ontario, Melchor studied radio and television broadcasting at Seneca College. She joined CHUM Limited as an entertainment reporter for Citytv,[2] later becoming a cohost of MuchMusic's RapCity. She moved to Los Angeles in 2000, becoming an entertainment reporter and host for E![3] and taking acting roles in a number of television series, before returning to Canada in 2005 and taking a new role with MuchMusic's sister station MuchMoreMusic.

In 2008, Melchor joined CTV's etalk.

Melchor took a leave of absence from The Social in 2016, with Marci Ien stepping in as a substitute host following the cancellation of Canada AM.[4] Melchor later revealed that she took the leave of absence for mental health reasons following the 2015 death of her friend Chris Hyndman.[4]

Melchor announced in March 2017 that she would not be returning to the program full-time, instead concentrating on her duties with etalk.[5] Ien became a permanent cohost of the program.[5]

In 2019, Melchor was announced as participating in Drag Race Canada, the upcoming Canadian edition of RuPaul's Drag Race as the season’s first “squirrel friend”.[6]

She also regularly contributes to The Marilyn Denis Show, CP24 Breakfast, CTV News and Toronto's CHUM-FM.

References
  1. "New talk show 'The Social' offers all-female roundtable and an interactive twist" Archived 2014-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Victoria Times-Colonist, August 30, 3013.
  2. "Go West, young woman". The Globe and Mail, December 29, 1999.
  3. "Cross-country makeovers". The Province, December 29, 2002.
  4. "Traci opens up about why Bell Let's Talk Day is close to her heart". eTalk, January 25, 2017.
  5. "Former 'Canada AM' host Marci Ien new co-host of 'The Social'". Toronto Sun, March 29, 2017.
  6. "Three fabulous judges, and one squirrel friend, are ready to preside over ‘Canada’s Drag Race’". eTalk, September 26, 2019.


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