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

Biography

Bonet was born in

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, where he grew up in the

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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

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's topical humour show ''

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''. In 2011, he toured performing ''Animales'', an adaptation of Ricky Gervais's monologues ''Animals'' and ''Politics''. After presenting on La 2,

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and

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, Bonet signed a long-term contract with Antena 3 in July 2014, to present a new game show produced by Gestmusic. This show began in September, titled '' ¡Boom!''. In 2015, Bonet took part on ''Tu cara me suena'', another Gestmusic show on Antena 3 franchised internationally as ''

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''; he performed "

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" as

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. Since 2019, he has been a backstage reporter on ''La Voz'' and ''La Voz Kids'', versions of ''The Voice'' for the same channel. Bonet received an

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award in 2019. In January 2020, Bonet hosted the revival of '' ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?'', the Spanish version of ''

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''. In June that year, he took part in a special crossover episode of ''

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'' against '' ¡Ahora caigo!'' host

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

References

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