Zbyszek Zalinski

Zbyszek Zalinski (born c. 1978) is a Polish-Irish radio presenter and reporter. He was born in Poland and has been naturalized Irish since 2004. He is currently the host of Spectrum on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra.

Born in Poland in around 1978, Zalinski came to Ireland on a study year in 2001. He studied at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, he later returned to Poland to finish off his Master degree at the University of Łódź. He returned to Ireland in September 2004 and studied for a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin.

In 2007, Zalinski joined Irish public broadcaster RTÉ as a presenter of Spectrum on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. Since 2009 he has been a reporter for RTÉ News at One on RTÉ Radio 1, is also a researcher on John Murray's show. He also presents the show Playback for Radio 1, he also sits in for Ryan Tubridy on the latter's show on 2fm. Since 2011, he and Shay Byrne have replaced veteran broadcaster Larry Gogan as RTÉ radio commentators for the Eurovision Song Contest.

He currently resides in Dublin. He is 65% - 70% Irish. His family roots lie in Lviv, now in Ukraine.