Rossi Morreale

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Rossi Morreale
Alma mater Arkansas
Known forTelevision Personality, Game show host
Website www.rossimorreale.com

Rossi Morreale is a television personality and former college football player.

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Career

Morreale was a starting wide receiver/punt returner for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team, lettering from 19971999. [1]

In 2001, he appeared on the second season of Temptation Island as one of the "singles" meant to tempt committed female contestants. Following that, he was offered a job in Marki Costello's casting office, searching for singles to be contestants on reality shows. After multiple reality shows, he became the casting assistant to find the next host of Junkyard Wars on TLC.

Between 2002 and 2005 he began presenting on the U.S. version of Junkyard Wars. In 2003 he was voted in to People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive. [2] He then went on and hosted G4's series Sweat, G4 Sports and Formula Drift. After that, he went on to host TBS's Big Playstation Saturday and TBS Weekend Extra. He then became a correspondent on entertainment programs such as Extra and On Air with Ryan Seacrest.

In 2006, he starred in the music video "Somebody Like You" by the band Pop Evil. Morreale was the host of the 2007 game show Temptation , an American adaptation of the Australian remake of Sale of the Century . In 2008, Morreale hosted season one of the Country Music Television reality TV series Can You Duet , a talent search for undiscovered country music duets. In 2009 and 2010 Morreale went on to host Season 1 & 2 of Dating in the Dark , a reality dating show on ABC. In 2012, he began hosting NBC's new interactive game-reality show, Escape Routes . From 2009 to 2012, he has hosted AT&T U-verse Sports and Buzz for AT&T U-verse TV customers.

In 2013, Morreale started hosting American Airgunner, the first and only U.S. televised show to feature airgun shooting sports on the Pursuit Channel. [3]

In 2015, he hosted Season 5 of Halloween Wars on Food Network. [4]

Personal life

Morraele married country music singer Kacey Coppola in 2010. [5] He currently resides in Redondo Beach, California. [6]

Filmography

[7]

Film
YearTitleRole
2002 The Hot Chick Judge
2004 Bring It On Again Keg Guy
2012Life's An ItchRoger Wright
Television
YearShowNetworkRole
2003 Junkyard Mega-Wars TLC Host
Sweat/G4 Sports G4 Host
2004Big Playstation Saturday TBS Host
Big Movie GuideCableHost
Midnight Spike's House Brew Spike Host
2005Formula DG4Host
Foody CallStyleHost
2006 TBS Weekend EXTRA syndicatedHost
Instant Beauty Pageant Style Host
Riding with Rossi Travel Host
2007 CW Now CW Host
Temptation SyndicatedHost
2008Extreme sand sculpting championship Travel Host
Can You Duet CMT Host
2009Belly of the Beast Discovery Host
Dating in the Dark ABC Host
2010Buzz: AT&T Original Documentaries AT&T U-Verse Host
Sports: AT&T Original Documentaries] AT&T U-Verse Host
2012 Escape Routes NBC Host
2013Tunnel of Fire CMT Host
American Airgunner Pursuit Host
2014The Big Tip with Rachael Ray Food Network Host
2015 Halloween Wars Food Network Host

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References

  1. Arkansas Razorback Sports Network :: ARSN Interview: Rossi Morreale
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Preceded by Host of Temptation
20072008
Succeeded by
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