Juan Ramón "Juanra" Bonet Alba (born 6 June 1974) 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.

Early life and career

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 '' Caiga quien caiga''. In 2011, he toured performing ''Animales'', an adaptation of

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's monologues ''Animals'' and ''Politics''.

Game show host

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

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''. In early 2023, Bonet hosted ''El círculo de famosos'', the Spanish version of '' The Wheel'', on Antena 3. The following year, on the same channel, he hosted ''Juego de pelotas'', an adaptation of the Dutch concept .

Game show contestant

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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. He took part on the 11th season of the show in 2024. In June 2020, Bonet took part in a special crossover episode of ''

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'' against '' ¡Ahora caigo!'' host

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. In March 2024, he took part on an episode of , a quiz show for teams of celebrities of different demographic generations.

References

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