Rove McManus
John, Rove ' McManus ( born January 21, 1974 in Perth, Western Australia ) is a comedy star on Australian television as well as co-founder and owner of the production company Roving Enterprise.
Biography
John McManus II emerged from the marriage between John and Coralie McManus as the second son. McManus grew up in Riverton and first visited the Orana Catholic Primary School and then Corpus Christi College in Bateman.
After finishing school, located McManus tried as a stand- up comedian on local television of Perth. However, in 1995 he left Perth and moved to Melbourne to where the local station Channel 31 to get their own TV show which he called The Loft Live. He has performed with his longtime partners Peter Helliar and Corrie Grant.
In September 1999, Channel Nine Network showed a pilot series of Rove Live. However, there remained only in some programs, so that the consignment thereafter Channel Ten Network changed where McManus presented since 2000 Rove Live. During this time McManus was one of the most famous comedians in the Australian television. McManus used his popularity by trying to Australian Prime Minister John Howard to invite during the 2004 election campaign in his mission by having Howard wooed again and mobilized half the country. However vain. 2007 was Howard's rival for the post of prime minister guest of the program. After Kevin Rudd won the election, he was in 2008 again host the show.
2002 McManus won the Golden Logie Award ( approximately the Australian Emmy ) and Rove Live won the Logie Award as well as the best nightly entertainment show. 2003 McManus won three Logies, including as Best TV Presenter, Best Comedy Programme and the Logie Award for the most famous person on Australian television. He could repeat this success in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he was honored as the best TV host.
On July 22 and 29, 2007, Rove sent from New York and Los Angeles with special programs.
Private
Rove is a nickname that his sister gave him when he was younger. Meanwhile, Rove 'is also his nickname.
McManus married in January 2005, the Australian actress Belinda Emmett but who died of bone marrow cancer in November 2006. Then were painted onto McManus requested, all other Rove Live broadcasts, and McManus withdrew from public life. It was only on April 1, 2007, he went with his mission, now just with the name Rove, back on the air. It was the show with the highest ratings so far in Australia. Rove McManus has a brother, Luke McManus, and two sisters. His cousin Shane McManus is a professional rugby player in Australia.
Rove McManus came in May 2007 in Jay Leno's The Tonight Show in LA on.
His mission is also time-shifted broadcast in New Zealand.