1. Thea Andrews was born on October 4,1973 and is a Canadian journalist, sports and entertainment television personality, and reality competition and morning show host.
26 Facts About Thea Andrews
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Thea Andrews used to host a Saturday night counter-programming block against Hockey Night in Canada called Guys TV on TSN, and a Canadian cable show titled Cooking for Love.
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Thea Andrews was a correspondent and host on Entertainment Tonight from November 2006 to October 2009.
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Thea Andrews hosted the first season of Top Chef Canada and Nigel Lythgoe's country music singing competition, CMT's Next Superstar.
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Thea Andrews was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Canadian businesswoman and a Macedonian lawyer.
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Thea Andrews attended Bishop Strachan School and was originally a "jock" before opting for theater instead.
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Thea Andrews became a reporter on the show etalk Daily and eventually the show's host.
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Thea Andrews has produced several shows in addition to writing internet columns for TSN.
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Thea Andrews has been featured as herself on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless and has played herself several times on HBO's True Blood.
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Thea Andrews disagreed with this complaint in an interview with The Plain Dealer in 2004.
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Thea Andrews joined ESPN in October 2003 as the national correspondent for Cold Pizza, ESPN2's signature morning show as she made her debut on October 20,2003.
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Thea Andrews contributed to ESPN's long extensive coverage of the Triple Crown afternoon shows including the Belmont Stakes.
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Thea Andrews served as a reporter for the Breeders Cup Simulcast Show in 2004 and 2005.
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Thea Andrews co-hosted The ESPY Red Carpet Show with Stuart Scott in July 2005.
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Thea Andrews hosted it in July 2006 with Dana Jacobson.
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Also after ESPN Hollywood, Thea Andrews often reported from the sidelines for College basketball for ABC Sports and ESPN and covered Golf for ESPN.
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Thea Andrews was a contributor to ABC Sports' coverage of the 2006 Belmont Stakes.
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Thea Andrews contributed to ESPN's coverage of the 2006 Breeders Cup.
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On November 16,2006, Thea Andrews made her debut as a correspondent on Entertainment Tonight that is where she continued to work until October 2009.
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Thea Andrews was a regular substitute host for the show as well.
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Since joining Entertainment Tonight in November 2006, Thea Andrews has interviewed many of the industry's most newsworthy celebrities, including Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Russell Crowe, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, Kirk Douglas, Marie Osmond, and Ellen DeGeneres.
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On January 23,2010, Thea Andrews became co-host for the "16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" Red Carpet Show for TNT with People deputy managing editor Peter Castro.
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Thea Andrews was the host of the first season of Top Chef Canada, which premiered on April 11,2011.
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Thea Andrews stepped down as host for the second season because she was nine months pregnant during taping and was replaced by actress Lisa Ray.
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Thea Andrews is the host of CMT's Next Superstar, a reality competition series specializing in country music, which is produced by Nigel Lythgoe.
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Thea Andrews hosted Top Chef Canada on a season where the contestants had to cook up horse meat dishes.