Isabelle Ithurburu (born 24 February 1983) is a French

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and

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Life and career

Isabelle Ithurburu was born in Pau in the department of

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...

, the daughter of a grocerystore owner of

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

origin. She participated at a beauty pageant contest and was elected Miss Pau-Béarn in 2001. In 2005, she participated at the fifth season of ''

Nouvelle Star ''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...

'' and was ranked among the fifteenth final contestants who had the privilege to sing in direct, but was eliminated after the first prime of Baltard, after having performed the song "Butterfly" from the band Superbus. After her studies of

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, she was hired in 2009 by the channel Infosport+ of the

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, where she presents many sport programs like ''Sports Dimanche'', ''L'Édition du Soir'' and ''La Matinale Sports''. During the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The World Rugby, International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japa ...

, she presents ''Jour de Coupe du monde'' every weekend on

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. In February 2012, after the departure of Darren Tulett, she succeeded him to present ''Samedi Sport'' on Canal+ while continuing to present ''Des décodeurs'' on Infosport+. During the season 2012–13, Isabelle Ithurburu leaves the presentation of ''Samedi Sport'' and was replaced by Nathalie Ianetta and now presents ''Jour de rugby''. She also presents the

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and a documentary titled ''Grand Format'' on Canal+ Sport.

Personal life

In 2010, Isabelle Ithurburu married

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rugby player

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, who then became a rugby coach. She met him while he was a player at the

Section Paloise Section Paloise (), often referred to simply as la Section or Pau (), is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They are participants in the Top 14, France's premier rugby division, and also compete in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The ...

, the rugby club of Pau, the city where she comes from. She separated from him in 2015. She had a daughter, Mia, with her boyfriend, Maxim Nucci ( Yodelice), in 2018.http://www.non-stop-people.com/actu/tv/maxim-nucci-et-isabelle-ithurburu-parents-la-premiere-photo-du-bebe-devoilee-159689

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ithurburu, Isabelle 1983 births Living people French people of Basque descent French sports journalists French women journalists French television presenters French women television presenters People from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques