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'''Stephen Byrne''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Video blogging|vlogger]] and [[television personality]]. He currently presents TwoTube on RTÉ Two and Weekenders on [[RTÉ 2fm]], which he took over from Ruth Scott in 2017.
'''Stephen Byrne''' is an Irish Australian radio, television, and Internet personality. He began his career as a YouTuber before being discovered by [[RTÉ]], going on to present a number of programmes for the network, including ''Two Tube'' for [[RTÉ Two]] (2010, 2012–2017) and ''Weekenders'' for [[RTÉ 2fm]] (2017–2022).


==Early life==
==Early life==
Byrne was born in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], and lives there today. He also spent part of his childhood in [[Melbourne, Australia]].<ref name=thejournal>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/stephen-byrne-leaving-cert-results-repeat-4242396-Sep2018/|title=Stephen Byrne: Why 9 years after ripping up my results, I went back to do the Leaving Cert|website=TheJournal.ie|date=Sep 20, 2018|accessdate=Nov 3, 2018}}</ref> He attended [[Clonkeen College]] and [[Institute of Education (Dublin)|The Institute of Education]]. In his video ''What is my life?'' he and [[Jedward]] revealed that they attended school together.
He spent part of his childhood in [[Melbourne]], Australia<ref name=thejournal>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/stephen-byrne-leaving-cert-results-repeat-4242396-Sep2018/|title=Stephen Byrne: Why 9 years after ripping up my results, I went back to do the Leaving Cert|website=TheJournal.ie|date=Sep 20, 2018|accessdate=Nov 3, 2018}}</ref> and holds dual Irish and Australian citizenship. He attended [[Clonkeen College]] and [[Institute of Education (Dublin)|The Institute of Education]]. In his video ''What is my life?'', Byrne and [[Jedward]] revealed that they attended school together.


==Television==
==Television==
Byrne started his television career in September 2008 when producers discovered his YouTube channel, 3sixty5days. He first worked on ''ApartmentRED'',<ref>https://www.youtube.com/apartmentred</ref> the national broadcaster's first cross-media show which broadcast both online and on [[RTÉ Two]] on Saturday mornings. In it, he played an exaggerated version of himself living in an apartment controlled by a [[Authoritarian personality|Big Brother]] type character. He left the show after two years in July 2010.
Byrne started his television career in September 2008 when producers discovered his YouTube channel, 3sixty5days. He first worked on ''ApartmentRED'',<ref name="ApartmentRED"/> the national broadcaster's first cross-media show which broadcast both online and on [[RTÉ Two]] on Saturday mornings. In it, he played an exaggerated version of himself living in an apartment controlled by a [[Authoritarian personality|Big Brother]] type character. He left the show after two years in July 2010.


In February 2010, Byrne became the main presenter of ''[[Two Tube]]'' on RTÉ Two. The show was live for 5 days a week, two hours a day, and discussed current sport, technology, entertainment, and music. In September 2010, Byrne joined the presenting team of ''TRTÉ'''s ''[[The Rumour Room]]''. Throughout the show he interacted online, talking with the viewers on both Facebook and Twitter directly, allowing them to influence the direction of the show. The programme featured many music videos and sketches that Byrne both scripted and appeared in. In September 2011 he began presenting ''Juice'',<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/tv/juice/ Juice]</ref> a thrice-weekly RTÉ entertainment show featuring celebrity interviews, online audience interaction and style spotting.
In February 2010, Byrne became the main presenter of ''[[Two Tube]]'' on RTÉ Two. The show was live for 5 days a week, two hours a day, and discussed current sport, technology, entertainment, and music. In September 2010, Byrne joined the presenting team of ''TRTÉ''{{'s}} ''[[The Rumour Room]]''. Throughout the show he interacted online, talking with the viewers on both Facebook and Twitter directly, allowing them to influence the direction of the show. The programme featured many music videos and sketches that Byrne both scripted and appeared in. In September 2011 he began presenting ''Juice'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/juice/|title=Juice|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028185242/http://www.rte.ie/tv/juice/|archivedate=28 October 2011}}</ref> a thrice-weekly RTÉ entertainment show featuring celebrity interviews, online audience interaction and style spotting.


In March 2012 Byrne presented #HowToBeIrish<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/howtobeirish #HowToBeIrish]</ref> for [[RTÉ One]] with [[RTÉ 2fm]] presenter [[Rick O'Shea]] and International IMG model [[Faye Dinsmore]]. It was a documentary made entirely from video clips sent in by Irish people worldwide declaring what Irishness means to them. Byrne also shared a story with the audience about his great-grandfather's involvement in the [[Irish Civil War]]. It aired at 7.30pm on [[Saint Patrick's Day]] and was the first RTÉ programme to be made entirely of user-generated content, as well as the first to be broadcast simultaneously online in a joint venture with YouTube. The show created an enormous amount of buzz{{Buzzword inline|date=March 2014}} with the [[hashtag]] ''#HowToBeIrish'' trending for 24 hours on Twitter{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}.
In March 2012 Byrne presented #HowToBeIrish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/howtobeirish|title=#HowToBeIrish|publisher=[[RTÉ Television]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315034612/http://www.rte.ie/tv/howtobeirish//|archivedate=15 March 2012}}</ref> for [[RTÉ One]] with [[RTÉ 2fm]] presenter [[Rick O'Shea]] and International IMG model Faye Dinsmore. It was a documentary made entirely from video clips sent in by Irish people worldwide declaring what Irishness means to them. Byrne also shared a story with the audience about his great-grandfather's involvement in the [[Irish Civil War]]. It aired at 7.30pm on [[Saint Patrick's Day]] and was the first RTÉ programme to be made entirely of user-generated content, as well as the first to be broadcast simultaneously online in a joint venture with YouTube. The show created an enormous amount of buzz{{Buzzword inline|date=March 2014}} with the [[hashtag]] ''#HowToBeIrish'' trending for 24 hours on Twitter.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}


In October 2012 Stephen rejoined a newly branded TwoTube. In January 2013 Stephen joined the presenting team of ''[[The Voice of Ireland (series 2)|The Voice of Ireland]]'' as its new backstage V-Reporter for the second season of the show. From 2013 to 2018 Stephen hosted [[RTÉ]] coverage of the Oscar Red Carpet and interview room live from LA. In November 2016 [[RTÉ]] aired Playing Straight, a documentary fronted by Stephen exploring the topic of homophobia in football and why Premier League stars still don't come out. In it, he spoke with [[Amal Fashanu]], niece of the late [[Justin Fashanu]]
In October 2012, Byrne rejoined a newly branded ''Two Tube''; the series finished on television in 2016, but continued online into early 2017 before being axed fully. In January 2013, he joined the presenting team of ''[[The Voice of Ireland (series 2)|The Voice of Ireland]]'' as its new backstage V-Reporter for the second season of the show. From 2013 to 2018, he hosted [[RTÉ]] coverage of the Oscar Red Carpet and interview room live from LA. In November 2016 [[RTÉ]] aired ''Playing Straight'', a documentary fronted by Byrne exploring the topic of homophobia in football and why Premier League stars still do not come out. In it, he spoke with [[Amal Fashanu]], niece of the late [[Justin Fashanu]].


In his 2017 Leaving Again documentary for RTÉ, Stephen undertook the [[Leaving Certificate]] again to show the pressure and stress students are put under through the education system and its potential impact on mental health.
In his 2018 ''Leaving Again'' documentary for RTÉ, Byrne undertook the [[Leaving Certificate]] again to show the pressure and stress students are put under through the education system and its potential impact on mental health.<ref name="thejournal"/>


==Radio==
==Radio==
Stephen presents a show on [[RTÉ 2FM]] every Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm. His show replaced ''Weekenders with Ruth Scott'' which is now on [[Radio NOVA]].
Stephen previously presented a show titled ''Weekenders'' on [[RTÉ 2FM]] every Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm and then from 3-5pm. His show replaced ''Weekenders with Ruth Scott''. Byrne left [[RTÉ 2fm]] at the end of March 2022.


==Online==
==Online==
===3sixty5days===
===3sixty5days===
Byrne began making comedy videos under the name [https://www.youtube.com/3sixty5days 3sixty5days] in August 2007 when he was 17 years old and has been working on them ever since. In total, his videos have got over 5.4 million views.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In February 2009 YouTube featured his video 'Because of YouTube' on the front page of the website. To date, it has over 670,000 views. The video got over 600 video responses. Stephen has spoken both across Ireland and internationally about the effect of online community in modern media. Byrne also parodied [[Lady Gaga]]'s [[Bad Romance]], calling his own version 'Banana Hands'.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4GyHQQgQE</ref> The song received both national and international radio airplay on [[RTÉ 2FM]] and [[BBC Radio 1]]
Byrne began making comedy videos under the name [https://www.youtube.com/3sixty5days 3sixty5days] in August 2007 when he was 17 years old. In total, his videos have got over 5.4 million views.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In February 2009 YouTube featured his video "Because of YouTube" on the front page of the website. To date, it has over 670,000 views. The video got over 600 video responses. Stephen has spoken both across Ireland and internationally about the effect of online community in modern media. Byrne also parodied [[Lady Gaga]]'s "[[Bad Romance]]", calling his own version "Banana Hands".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4GyHQQgQE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622041347/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4GyHQQgQE |archive-date=2010-06-22 |url-status=dead|title=Banana Hands (Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Parody)|publisher=3sixty5days|date=26 January 2010|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The song received both national and international radio airplay on [[RTÉ 2FM]] and [[BBC Radio 1]].


===ApartmentRED===
===ApartmentRED===
After a year producing his own content online, he was recruited by [[RTÉ]] in 2008 to star in their first cross-media show, ''ApartmentRED''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/red|title=ApartmentRED|website=RTE|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref> The show was watched over 4.9 million times<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/apartmentred|title=ApartmentRED|via=YouTube|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref> and received many awards across Europe including the Prix Circum for cross-media programming in 2009.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In 2009 the show released a three-minute recording of Byrne coughing over samba music into the Irish charts in aid of [[Reach Out (non-profit)|Reach Out]], an online based charity dealing with the awareness of mental health for teenagers. The song charted at No. 1 on the Irish Alternative Charts.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
After a year producing his own content online, he was recruited by [[RTÉ]] in 2008 to star in their first cross-media show, ''ApartmentRED''.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} The show was watched over 4.9 million times<ref name="ApartmentRED">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/apartmentred|title=ApartmentRED|via=YouTube|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref> and received many awards across Europe including the Prix Circum for cross-media programming in 2009.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In 2009 the show released a three-minute recording of Byrne coughing over samba music into the Irish charts in aid of [[Reach Out (non-profit)|Reach Out]], an online based charity dealing with the awareness of mental health for teenagers. The song charted at No. 1 on the Irish Alternative Charts.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}


==Awards==
==Awards==
In March 2009, Byrne was voted the ''[[RTÉ Guide]]'''s Sexiest Male TV Star. [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], star of ''[[The Tudors]]'', came in second place.<ref>{{cite web|author=Get fit for 2010 |url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0403/redtv.html |title=Interview with the Sexiest man |publisher= Rte Guide |date=10 April 2009 |accessdate=3 February 2010}}</ref> Byrne was also nominated for TV Newcomer of the Year 2010 in the [[TV Now Awards]] held in Dublin's Mansion House.
In March 2009, Byrne was voted the ''[[RTÉ Guide]]''{{'s}} Sexiest Male TV Star. [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], star of ''[[The Tudors]]'', came in second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0403/redtv.html|title=Interview with the Sexiest man|publisher=[[RTÉ News|RTÉ Entertainment]]|date=10 April 2009|accessdate=3 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802090836/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0403/redtv.html|archivedate=2 August 2009}}</ref> Byrne was also nominated for TV Newcomer of the Year 2010 in the [[TV Now Awards]] held in Dublin's Mansion House.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}


In May 2011 he was awarded a Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Award for 'Most Innovative Use of Social Media' for his influence in [[The Rumour Room]]'s use of audience interaction via social media<ref>http://www.slideshare.net/bgenergy/2011-irish-social-media-awards-celebrating-the-best-of-social-media-winners-case-studies</ref>
In May 2011 he was awarded a Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Award for 'Most Innovative Use of Social Media' for his influence in ''[[The Rumour Room]]''{{'s}} use of audience interaction via social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/bgenergy/2011-irish-social-media-awards-celebrating-the-best-of-social-media-winners-case-studies|title=2011 Irish Social Media Awards - Winners Case Studies|publisher=[[Bord Gáis Energy Theatre|Bord Gáis Energy]]|date=14 February 2012|pages=20–22}}</ref>


In May 2013 he was announced as one of 15 international winners of YouTube and Google's 'Next Up' competition.
In May 2013, he was announced as one of 16 international winners of YouTube and Google's 'Next Up' competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2013/0525/452607-youtube-honour-for-twotubes-byrne/|title=YouTube honour for TwoTube's Byrne|publisher=[[RTÉ News|RTÉ Entertainment]]|date=25 May 2013|accessdate=5 November 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|user=3sixty5days}}
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/red|title=ApartmentRED|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=30 June 2019|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025024917/http://www.rte.ie/tv/red/|archivedate=25 October 2009}}
* [http://www.rte.ie/red ''ApartmentRED'' official website]
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* {{IMDb name|nm8201570}}


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Stephen Byrne
Nationality
  • Irish
  • Australian
OccupationMedia personality
EmployerRTÉ
Known for
Websitewww.twitter.com/3sixty5days

Stephen Byrne is an Irish Australian radio, television, and Internet personality. He began his career as a YouTuber before being discovered by RTÉ, going on to present a number of programmes for the network, including Two Tube for RTÉ Two (2010, 2012–2017) and Weekenders for RTÉ 2fm (2017–2022).

Early life

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He spent part of his childhood in Melbourne, Australia[1] and holds dual Irish and Australian citizenship. He attended Clonkeen College and The Institute of Education. In his video What is my life?, Byrne and Jedward revealed that they attended school together.

Television

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Byrne started his television career in September 2008 when producers discovered his YouTube channel, 3sixty5days. He first worked on ApartmentRED,[2] the national broadcaster's first cross-media show which broadcast both online and on RTÉ Two on Saturday mornings. In it, he played an exaggerated version of himself living in an apartment controlled by a Big Brother type character. He left the show after two years in July 2010.

In February 2010, Byrne became the main presenter of Two Tube on RTÉ Two. The show was live for 5 days a week, two hours a day, and discussed current sport, technology, entertainment, and music. In September 2010, Byrne joined the presenting team of TRTÉ's The Rumour Room. Throughout the show he interacted online, talking with the viewers on both Facebook and Twitter directly, allowing them to influence the direction of the show. The programme featured many music videos and sketches that Byrne both scripted and appeared in. In September 2011 he began presenting Juice,[3] a thrice-weekly RTÉ entertainment show featuring celebrity interviews, online audience interaction and style spotting.

In March 2012 Byrne presented #HowToBeIrish[4] for RTÉ One with RTÉ 2fm presenter Rick O'Shea and International IMG model Faye Dinsmore. It was a documentary made entirely from video clips sent in by Irish people worldwide declaring what Irishness means to them. Byrne also shared a story with the audience about his great-grandfather's involvement in the Irish Civil War. It aired at 7.30pm on Saint Patrick's Day and was the first RTÉ programme to be made entirely of user-generated content, as well as the first to be broadcast simultaneously online in a joint venture with YouTube. The show created an enormous amount of buzz[buzzword] with the hashtag #HowToBeIrish trending for 24 hours on Twitter.[citation needed]

In October 2012, Byrne rejoined a newly branded Two Tube; the series finished on television in 2016, but continued online into early 2017 before being axed fully. In January 2013, he joined the presenting team of The Voice of Ireland as its new backstage V-Reporter for the second season of the show. From 2013 to 2018, he hosted RTÉ coverage of the Oscar Red Carpet and interview room live from LA. In November 2016 RTÉ aired Playing Straight, a documentary fronted by Byrne exploring the topic of homophobia in football and why Premier League stars still do not come out. In it, he spoke with Amal Fashanu, niece of the late Justin Fashanu.

In his 2018 Leaving Again documentary for RTÉ, Byrne undertook the Leaving Certificate again to show the pressure and stress students are put under through the education system and its potential impact on mental health.[1]

Radio

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Stephen previously presented a show titled Weekenders on RTÉ 2FM every Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm and then from 3-5pm. His show replaced Weekenders with Ruth Scott. Byrne left RTÉ 2fm at the end of March 2022.

Online

[edit]

3sixty5days

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Byrne began making comedy videos under the name 3sixty5days in August 2007 when he was 17 years old. In total, his videos have got over 5.4 million views.[citation needed] In February 2009 YouTube featured his video "Because of YouTube" on the front page of the website. To date, it has over 670,000 views. The video got over 600 video responses. Stephen has spoken both across Ireland and internationally about the effect of online community in modern media. Byrne also parodied Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", calling his own version "Banana Hands".[5] The song received both national and international radio airplay on RTÉ 2FM and BBC Radio 1.

ApartmentRED

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After a year producing his own content online, he was recruited by RTÉ in 2008 to star in their first cross-media show, ApartmentRED.[citation needed] The show was watched over 4.9 million times[2] and received many awards across Europe including the Prix Circum for cross-media programming in 2009.[citation needed] In 2009 the show released a three-minute recording of Byrne coughing over samba music into the Irish charts in aid of Reach Out, an online based charity dealing with the awareness of mental health for teenagers. The song charted at No. 1 on the Irish Alternative Charts.[citation needed]

Awards

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In March 2009, Byrne was voted the RTÉ Guide's Sexiest Male TV Star. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, star of The Tudors, came in second place.[6] Byrne was also nominated for TV Newcomer of the Year 2010 in the TV Now Awards held in Dublin's Mansion House.[citation needed]

In May 2011 he was awarded a Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Award for 'Most Innovative Use of Social Media' for his influence in The Rumour Room's use of audience interaction via social media.[7]

In May 2013, he was announced as one of 16 international winners of YouTube and Google's 'Next Up' competition.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stephen Byrne: Why 9 years after ripping up my results, I went back to do the Leaving Cert". TheJournal.ie. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "ApartmentRED". Retrieved 30 June 2019 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Juice". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ "#HowToBeIrish". RTÉ Television. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Banana Hands (Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Parody)". 3sixty5days. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Interview with the Sexiest man". RTÉ Entertainment. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. ^ "2011 Irish Social Media Awards - Winners Case Studies". Bord Gáis Energy. 14 February 2012. pp. 20–22.
  8. ^ "YouTube honour for TwoTube's Byrne". RTÉ Entertainment. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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