Stephen Byrne (Television & Weblebrity)
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Stephen Byrne is an Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 vlogger and television personality.

YouTube

Byrne has been posting video blogs under the name of 3sixty5days since August 2007. This is what gained the attention of Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

 (RTÉ). Currently he has close to 80,000 subscribers and almost 5,000,000 video views. Byrne, like most other YouTube partners, also has a second YouTube account, titled 3sixty5says .

Television

Byrne started off his television career in September 2008 working on ApartmentRED, a show which broadcasts both online and on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...

. In it he plays an exaggerated version of himself. In February 2010, Byrne became the main presenter of Two Tube
Two Tube
Two Tube is an Irish youth-aimed programming strand broadcast on RTÉ Two in Ireland, from 17:35 - 19:00, on weekdays. Two Tube replaced TTV, which was basically the same show with few differences, on Monday 7 September 2009...

on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...

 presenting the Monday, Wednesday and Friday shows.

In September 2010, Byrne joined the presenting team of TRTÉs The Rumour Room. He has appeared in many music videos and sketches along with this and constantly tweets viewers throughout the show.

Byrne is now one of the presenters of
Two Tube
Two Tube
Two Tube is an Irish youth-aimed programming strand broadcast on RTÉ Two in Ireland, from 17:35 - 19:00, on weekdays. Two Tube replaced TTV, which was basically the same show with few differences, on Monday 7 September 2009...

, an RTÉ web show talking about the internet and Youtube.

Awards

In March 2009, Byrne was voted the
RTÉ Guide
RTÉ Guide
The RTÉ Guide is a television and radio listings magazine in Ireland published by RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, a subsidiary of Raidió Teilifís Éireann....

s Hottest Male Celebrity, after launching an online campaign instructing people to vote for him via YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, star of The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...

, came in second place. Byrne was also nominated for TV Newcomer of the Year 2010 in the TV Now Awards
TV Now Awards
The TV Now Awards is an annual awards ceremony which takes place in Ireland...

.

Personal life

Byrne currently resides in Dublin. Prior to this, Byrne has also lived in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

External links

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