Carlos Bustamante is a Canadian television personality, and formerly an entertainment reporter for Entertainment Tonight Canada from 2017, to the show's cancellation in 2023.
Born in Manila, Philippines, Bustamante moved to Canada at a young age, with his family first settling in Calgary, Alberta. After a few years, his family lived between Vancouver and Toronto. Bustamante was a tap dancer in his youth.
He was a host of programming for YTV, including The Zone from 2002 to 2018 and The Next Star.
Bustamante lives in Burlington, Ontario. He is married and has two children.
Bustamante won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for The Next Star, and was a nominee in the same category at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.
He was a dual nominee at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Host of a Talk Show or Entertainment News Program alongside Cheryl Hickey and Sangita Patel for the ET Canada Favourite Canadian Countdown, and Host in a Web Program or Series alongside Hickey, Patel, Roz Weston, Keshia Chanté, and Morgan Hoffman for ET Canada Live.