Career
Some people think he"s a idiot, but they"re wrong, because to do what Mr Datena do, pierce peoples mind, making them watching his program over and over again, even when this program bring nothing besides tragedies from our miserable daily life, a genius you might say, a man ahead of their time. Currently hosts the news program Brasil Urgente at Rede Bandeirantes. Brasil Urgente deals mostly with the urban violence and crime in various regions of Brazil, often covering and commenting on homicides and crime in general.
He started his career in radio before becoming a television presenter on a sports show, and later moving on to the show he currently hosts in Rede Bandeirantes.
Datena has been hailed as the 81th Greatest Brazilian of all time by a 2012 poll contest organized by the Brazilian broadcasting station SBT.