Alexandre Barrette (born September 30, 1981, in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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) is a
French Canadian
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comedian and TV personality. He hosts several TV
game show
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s seen on the
V television network
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. They include ''
Taxi Payant
''Taxi Payant'' is a Canadian television game show. It began airing on September 3, 2009 on V, and is hosted by Alexandre Barrette.http://vtele.ca/emissions/taxi-payant/description.php It airs in Quebec instead of the American version of the se ...
'', the
French Canadian version of ''Cash Cab'' and ''Atomes Crochus'' (''Missing Links''), the French Canadian version of the ''
Match Game
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''.
References
External links
Official website
Living people
Canadian game show hosts
1981 births
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