Lucy Zelić

Lucy Zelić (born 9 November 1986)^[1] is an Australian television presenter and political commentator^[2] living in Sydney.

Lucy Zelić
Born	(1986-11-09) 9 November 1986 (age 38) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation	Television presenter
Employer(s)	Sky News Australia, Daily Telegraph,
Television	The World Game
Partner	Corey Gameiro
Children	1

Career

Zelić was the host of Canberra radio station 2XX FM's football show "The Far Post". She later became a commentator for Canberra United F.C. W-League matches for the radio station, and was a guest-host on the Balls n' All football show on 106.3FM.^[3] Zelić hosted Football Federation Australia's official A-League podcast for the 2012–13 A-League season and is a former host of the nationally streamed football podcast Nearpost.^[4]

Zelić joined SBS in 2013, where she began as a sideline reporter for SBS's Friday night coverage of the A-League and sports television segment presenter for SBS World News Australia.^[4][1] In 2014, she also shared hosting responsibilities with David Zdrilic and hosted SBS's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

She then started hosting the weekly football program The World Game.^{[citation needed]}

Zelić hosted SBS's coverage of the 2018 World Cup along with Craig Foster.^[5]

In June 2021, it was announced that Zelić would leave SBS after an almost eight-year broadcasting career.^[6]

Zelić now works as a right-wing political commentator on Sky News Australia and Daily Telegraph, promoting conservative views.^[2][7] In 2025, Zelić described herself as a member of the "Liberal Party faithful" for "many years".^[8]

Personal life

Zelić was born to Croatian parents.^[9] She is the younger sister of former football players Ivan Zelic and Ned Zelić.^[10] She supports Premier League club Liverpool and Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.^[11][12] Zelić was a Miss Universe Australia finalist in 2007,^[1] and holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sports Business from the University of Canberra.^[4] She has also been nominated in Cosmopolitan Australia's 2014 Fun, Fearless, Female television personality category, was a 2014 Logies 'newcomer' award nominee and a Peter Leonard Scholarship nominee in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

On 7 November 2018, Zelić announced that she was expecting her first child with partner Corey Gameiro, seven years her junior.^[13] A girl was born 23 April 2019.^[14]