Mihai Alexandru Găinuşă (born November 6, 1970, in
Sibiu
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Romania
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n radio and TV star, who is co-hosting the morning show on
Kiss FM radio and a weekly satire show (''
Cronica Cârcotaşilor
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'') on the Romanian station
Prima TV
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Overview
Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Romania ...
.
In 2015 he was chosen by Universal Pictures to dub the narrator voice in Romanian for the animated movie
''Minions''. In 2019 was chosen to dub in Romanian Norman's voice in the movie ''
Secret Life of Pets 2
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''.
Career
His contract with Radio Seven, which he joined in November 2015 as radio host, had ended. He said, "It was an agreement not to go on. They do not want to invest anymore and I do not see a future together. I'm waiting for offers now. For now, I'm in talks with a radio, but I'm waiting for offers. I'm not rushing to throw myself away, that's not the case with my experience. I want to play in the big league too, I'm tired of the small league."
Mihai Găinuşă graduated from the Superior School of Journalism in
Bucharest
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and received scholarships at Media schools in
Strasbourg
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and
Paris
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. He also authored six books:
* ''Trialoguri cârcotaşe'' ("Nagging ''Trialogues''", 2003)
* ''Cotcodăceli'' ("Cackles", 2004) - a self-satirizing reference to his surname (''găinuşă'' means "little hen" or "pullet" in
Romanian
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)
* ''Fără cap şi fără coadă'' ("No head, no tail", 2007)
* ''Povestiri mortale'' ("Mortal Stories", 2009)
* ''Scândura de frizerie'' ("Barber's Plank", 2010)
* ''Jurnal din viitor'' ("Diary from the Future", 2011)
References
External links
*
Mihai Găinuşă's official Kiss FM webpage*
*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070227001913/http://www.primatv.ro/vedete/mihai-gainusa.html Mihai Găinuşă's webpage on Prima TV
Romanian journalists
Romanian radio presenters
People from Sibiu
1970 births
Living people
Romanian television presenters
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