Juanra Bonet

Juan Ramón "Juanra" Bonet Alba (born 6 June 1974)[1] is a Spanish television presenter, actor and comedian. He has presented the Antena 3 game show ¡Boom! since 2014.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bonet and the second or maternal family name is Alba.
Juanra Bonet
Born
Juan Ramón Bonet Alba

(1974-06-06) 6 June 1974
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Television presenter
  • Comedian
Years active1999–present

Biography

Bonet was born in Barcelona, where he grew up in the Horta-Guinardó neighbourhood. After a chance meeting with a friend who was heading to an audition, he began training as an actor. He left his hometown in 2005, when he joined the cast of Telecinco's topical humour show Caiga quien caiga.[3] In 2011, he toured performing Animales, an adaptation of Ricky Gervais's monologues Animals and Politics.[4]

After presenting on La 2, Cuatro and La Sexta, Bonet signed a long-term contract with Antena 3 in July 2014, to present a new game show produced by Gestmusic.[5] This show began in September, titled ¡Boom!.[6]

In 2015, Bonet took part on Tu cara me suena, another Gestmusic show on Antena 3 franchised internationally as Your Face Sounds Familiar; he performed "Tainted Love" as Soft Cell's Marc Almond.[7] Since 2019, he has been a backstage reporter on La Voz and La Voz Kids, versions of The Voice for the same channel.[8] Bonet received an Antena de Oro award in 2019.[9]

In January 2020, Bonet hosted the revival of ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?, the Spanish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.[10] In June that year, he took part in a special crossover episode of Pasapalabra against ¡Ahora caigo! host Arturo Valls.[11]

Since February 2023, Bonet has hosted El círculo de famosos, the Spanish version of The Wheel, on Antena 3.

References
  1. "¿Qué pasó el 6 de junio?" [What happened on 6 June?]. OK Diario (in Spanish). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. "Juanra Bonet cuenta el curioso significado de la palabra 'propina'". Antena3 (in Spanish). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  3. Escales, Carme (15 January 2014). ""Venir a Horta es como volver a entrar en el útero"" ["Coming to Horta is like going back into the womb"]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. Herrero, Roberto (9 July 2011). "Juanra Bonet se atreve en 'Animales' con el humor corrosivo de Ricky Gervais" [Juanra Bonet is daring in 'Animales' with Ricky Gervais's corrosive humour]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. "Antena 3 ficha a Juanra Bonet para hacer 'Boom!'" [Antena 3 signs Juanra Bonet to do 'Boom!'] (in Spanish). Vertele!. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. "Llega ¡Boom!, el nuevo concurso de Antena 3" [¡Boom!, Antena 3's new game show, arrives] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. "Tu Cara Me Suena: adiós al mito de Heidi y Marilyn Manson cantando Frozen" [Tu Cara Me Suena: goodbye to the legend of Heidi and Marilyn Manson singing Frozen] (in Spanish). Chance. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. "Juanra Bonet pasa hoy de 'Boom' a presentar los directos de 'La Voz'" [Juanra Bonet goes today from 'Boom' to presenting the live episodes of 'La Voz']. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. "Michael Robinson, Juanra Bonet y Jesús Calleja, entre los premiados de las Antenas de Oro 2019" [Michael Robinson, Juanra Bonet an Jesús Calleja, among the winners at the 2019 Antenas de Oro]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  10. Jiménez, A. (23 January 2020). "Así fue el reencuentro de Erundino con Juanra Bonet en «¿Quién quiere ser millonario? [sic]" [How Erundino's reencounter with Juanra Bonet on "¿Quién quiere ser millionario?" went]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. "'Pasapalabra': Roberto Leal, Arturo Valls y Juanra Bonet, juntos en Antena 3" ['Pasapalabra': Roberto Leal, Arturo Valls and Juanra Bonet, together on Antena 3]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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