Juan Ramón "Juanra" Bonet Alba (born 6 June 1974)[1] is a Spanish television presenter, actor and comedian. He has presented several game shows for Antena 3, having his longest run with ¡Boom! from 2014 to 2021.
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Early life and career
editBonet 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.[2] In 2011, he toured performing Animales, an adaptation of Ricky Gervais's monologues Animals and Politics.[3]
Game show host
editAfter 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.[4] This show began in September, titled ¡Boom!.[5] ¡Boom!, which was broadcast Monday to Friday, was cancelled on 21 October 2021 to be replaced by the magazine show Y ahora Sonsoles. Several unaired episodes were aired at weekends in March and April 2023, though this run was not concluded due to low ratings.[6]
Since 2019, he has been a backstage reporter on La Voz and La Voz Kids, versions of The Voice for the same channel.[7] Bonet received an Antena de Oro award in 2019.[8]
In January 2020, Bonet hosted the revival of ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?, the Spanish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.[9]
In early 2023, Bonet hosted El círculo de famosos, the Spanish version of The Wheel, on Antena 3.[10] The following year, on the same channel, he hosted Juego de pelotas, an adaptation of the Dutch concept De kwis met ballen.[11]
Game show contestant
editIn 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.[12] He took part on the 11th season of the show in 2024.[13]
In June 2020, Bonet took part in a special crossover episode of Pasapalabra against ¡Ahora caigo! host Arturo Valls.[14] In March 2024, he took part on an episode of Generación TOP, a quiz show for teams of celebrities of different demographic generations.[15]
References
edit- ^ "¿Qué pasó el 6 de junio?" [What happened on 6 June?]. OK Diario (in Spanish). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tapiador, María (2 August 2023). "Así era '¡Boom!', el concurso de las bombas presentado por Juanra Bonet" [This was '¡Boom!', the bomb-based game show presented by Juanra Bonet]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'El círculo de los famosos': el exitoso concurso inglés termina esta noche a Antena 3" ['El círculo de los famosos': the successful English game show ends tonight on Antena 3]. Díez Minutos (in Spanish). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Monfort, Carla (3 June 2024). "Antena 3 apuesta por Juanra Bonet para 'Juego en pelotas', su nuevo e inesperado concurso" [Antena 3 bets on Juanra Bonet for 'Juego de pelotas', its new and unexpected game show] (in Spanish). Espinof. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Novena gala de 'Tu cara me suena 11' en Antena 3 con la visita de Julianna Ro como invitada" [Ninth episode of 'Tu cara me suena 11' on Antena 3 with the visit of Julianna Ro as special guest]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "laSexta lanza ya 'Generación Top', el salto al entretenimiento de Ana Pastor y su primer gran estreno de 2024" [laSexta now launching 'Generación Top', Ana Pastor's jump to entertainment and the channel's first big debut of 2024] (in Spanish). Vertele!. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.