| Seán Munsanje | |
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| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Residence | Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Degree in Media Studies at National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) |
| Occupation | Entertainment presenter |
| Employer | TV3 |
| Known for | TTV, Take Six, Total Xposure, Xposé |
Seán Munsanje is an Irish television presenter from Dublin. He has presented shows for several channels in his native country, including Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Channel 6 and, most recently, TV3.
On 11 August 2009, he won the TV3 reality television programme, Total Xposure, thus becoming the new presenter of the channel's prime time entertainment magazine programme Xposé. A public vote saw him beat Simon Atkins and Ruth O'Neill in the final on 11 August 2009.[1] Munsanje thus became the first ever non-female presenter of Xposé .[1]
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Munsanje attended St. Flannan's College, Ennis, Co Clare, Waterford Institute of Technology and later National University of Ireland, Maynooth and has earned a degree in Media Studies from the university.[1] He has presented for both RTÉ Two and Channel 6.[1] On TTV he presented a ‘gig guide' each week for the former, whilst he presented the film show Take Six for the latter. He is also the resident movie critic on Dublin radio station FM104.[1]
He is afraid of cats and heights after negative experiences while rubbing his cat and bungee jumping.[2] He is openly gay.[3]
Musanje was one of ten hopefuls who took part in Total Xposure aiming to win a prize of a presenting contract with TV3. He has said he rang his parents, who were holidaying in France, throughout the show and they flew in especially to attend the final.[4]
Munsanje was declared the new host of Xposé live on television after the final results show of Total Xposure on 11 August 2009.[5][6] He had been the "hot favourite" to win the show, with one bookmaker paying out early to those who had gambled on him.[6] Munsanje received a prize of a six-month contract in television presenting worth €20,000 and was welcomed by his fellow Xposé presenters afterwards.[7][8] Producer Debbie O'Donnell later spoke of her delight to have a male working on Xpose.[6][7] Munsanje was soon being approached by strangers and offered free items of clothing.[9] Following the show, he stated that he had not at that stage finalised his salary.[8]
On 5 July 2010 it was announced that Munsanje would leave the show at the end of August, a year after he won the reality TV competition Total Xposure.[10]
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| Preceded by Lorraine Keane |
Host of Xposé August 2009– |
Succeeded by n/a |
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