Total Xposure

{{short description|Irish television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = 60 minutes (45 minutes without commercials) | creator = | judges = Michael O'Doherty <br> Emma Ledden <br> Gerry Lundberg | country = Ireland | network = TV3 | first_aired = {{start date|2009|6|3|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2009|8|11|df=y}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 7 | related = ''Xposé''<br>''The Selection Box'' }} '''''Total Xposure''''' is a seven-week reality television show broadcast by TV3 in Ireland It involved a nationwide search<ref name="A winner xposed"/> to find a new presenter for the channel's prime time entertainment magazine programme ''Xposé''. ''Total Xposure'' consisted of a group of ten contestants chosen specifically for the show, most of whom had no prior presenting experience —they did however receive a quick course in presentational technique prior to the competition's commencement. The prize was a six-month contract as presenter of TV3's entertainment news show ''Xpose''.

The winner of ''Total Xposure'' was Sean Munsanje, a 28-year-old contestant from Dublin.<ref name="Sean Munsanje Wins 'Total Xposure' Contest">{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/actors/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282401&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Sean Munsanje Wins 'Total Xposure' Contest|date=2009-08-12|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=Irish Film and Television Network}}</ref> A public vote saw him beat Simon Atkins and Ruth O'Neill in the final on 11 August 2009.<ref name="Sean Munsanje Wins 'Total Xposure' Contest"/> Munsanje thus became the first ever non-female presenter of ''Xpose''.<ref name="Sean Munsanje Wins 'Total Xposure' Contest"/> On 5 July 2010 it was announced that Sean Munsanje would be leaving ''Xpose'' at the end of August, a year after he won the reality TV competition ''Total Xposure''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=40364&locID=1.65.68.&pagename=xpose|title=Sean Munsanje is leaving Xposé|date=5 July 2010|publisher=TV3 News and Information|accessdate=5 July 2010}}</ref>

==Background== ''Total Xposure'' came about when original host of ''Xposé'', Lorraine Keane, quit the post in early 2009 in the hope of spending more time with her family.<ref name="'Xpose' presenter yet to agree pay"/><ref name="Wannabe TV stars go job hunting in style"/> Keane, on holiday in France, was said to not have watched the final but was aware of the show and the identity of the winner.<ref name="'Xpose' presenter yet to agree pay">{{cite web|author=Richie Taylor|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/xpose-presenter-yet-to-agree-pay-1858545.html|title='Xpose' presenter yet to agree pay|date=2009-08-13|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Irish Independent}}</ref>

==Judges== The three judges were Michael O'Doherty, Emma Ledden and Gerry Lundberg.<ref name="A winner xposed"/> Each received expenses of a figure in the range of €5,000–€10,000 for participating the show.<ref name="Testosterone is the perfect ingredient for Xpose team"/> O'Doherty claimed: "We didn't do it for the money, we did it for fun".<ref name="Testosterone is the perfect ingredient for Xpose team"/>

==Contestants== Twenty contestants were selected from among 1,000 applicants. In the first week they were whittled down to ten: five men and five women. The ten finalists, in alphabetical order, were Simon Atkins, Niamh Buffini, Sharon Clancy, Michael Coughlan, Michelle Forde, Anthony Kelly, Stuart McQuitty, Daniella Moyles, Sean Munsanje and Ruth O'Neill.<ref name="Wannabe TV stars go job hunting in style"/> They were unveiled at the Krystle nightclub in Dublin on 30 June 2009.<ref name="Wannabe TV stars go job hunting in style">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/wannabe-tv-stars-go-job-hunting-in-style-1799127.html|title=Wannabe TV stars go job hunting in style|date=2009-07-01|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Irish Independent}}</ref>

* Winner: Sean Munsanje * Runner-up: Simon Atkins * 2nd Runner-up: Ruth O'Neill * 4: Anthony Kelly * 5: Stuart McQuitty * 6: Daniella Moyles

===Results summary=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |-

! Place

! Contestant

! Week 1

! Week 2

! Week 3

! Week 4

! Week 5

! Week 6 ! Week 7

! Final |- | 1 | Sean Munsanje | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Winner |- | 2 | Simon Atkins | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |2nd Place |- | 3 | Ruth O'Neill | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 3 | style="background:#B4FB84" |3rd Place |- | 4 | Anthony Kelly | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#959FFD" |Bottom 2 | style= "background:orange" |Bottom 3 | style="background:#FA8072;"| Eliminated |- | 5 | Stuart McQuitty | style="background:#B4FB84;" | Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style= "background:orange" |Bottom 3 | style="background:#FA8072;"| Eliminated |- | 6 | Daniella Moyles | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style= "background:orange" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="2" | Eliminated (Week 6) |- | 7 | Sharon Clancy | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:orange" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="3" | Eliminated (Week 5) |- | 8 | Michael Coughlan | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:orange" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="4" | Eliminated (Week 4) |- | 9 | Niamh Buffini | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:orange" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="5" | Eliminated (Week 3) |- | 10 | Michelle Forde | style="background:#B4FB84" |Safe | style="background:orange" |Bottom 2 | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="6" | Eliminated (Week 2) |- | 11 | 10 Contestants | style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="8" | Eliminated (Week 1) |- |}

==Episode list== Episode 1 (30 June): Twenty contestants were given the task of reading from an autoque. The judges selected ten to continue with the competition.

Episode 2 (7 July): The contestants had to do a vox pop to camera.

Episode 3 (14 July): The contestants were judged on their style for a photo shot for a magazine, they also have to ad-lib a report from a prop.

Episode 4 (21 July): The contestants were brought to a VIP birthday bash and they have to interview VIPs on the red carpet.

Episode 5 (28 July): The contestants had to research a news item and do a report in front of the judges. Daniella Moyles was voted off the show this week, with Anthony Kelly surviving the public vote.<ref name="Eliminated: Daniella leaves Total Xposure"/> Moyles had been criticised by the judges for "staying within her comfort zone".<ref name="Eliminated: Daniella leaves Total Xposure"/> She had conducted an interview with Miss Universe Ireland, Diana Donnelly.<ref name="Eliminated: Daniella leaves Total Xposure">{{Cite web|author=Caitlin McBride|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/eliminated-daniella-leaves-total-xposure-1846687.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731151219/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/eliminated-daniella-leaves-total-xposure-1846687.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2009|title=Eliminated: Daniella leaves Total Xposure|date=2009-07-30|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Evening Herald}}</ref> Moyles was widely known on the social circuit in Kildare.<ref name="End of the Xpose road for Daniella">{{cite web|author=Conor McHugh|url=http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/End-of-the-Xpose-road.5510871.jp|title=End of the Xpose road for Daniella|date=2009-07-30|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=Leinster Leader}}</ref>

Episode 6 (4 August): The contestants went to the Galway Races where they were split into two groups.

Episode 7 (11 August): The contestants presented an Xposé news report.

===Results=== Sean Munsanje was declared the new host of ''Xposé'' live on television after the final results show on 11 August 2009.<ref name="A winner xposed"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-joy-of-x-by-tv3s-toughest-talent-judge-1857493.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801222418/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-joy-of-x-by-tv3s-toughest-talent-judge-1857493.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2012|title=The joy of X, by TV3's toughest talent judge|date=2009-08-12|work=Evening Herald|accessdate=2009-08-12}}</ref> He received a prize of a six-month contract worth €20,000 and was welcomed by his fellow ''Xposé'' presenters afterwards.<ref name="'Xpose' presenter yet to agree pay"/><ref name="Testosterone is the perfect ingredient for Xpose team"/> Producer Debbie O'Donnell later spoke of her delight to have a male working on ''Xpose''.<ref name="A winner xposed"/><ref name="Testosterone is the perfect ingredient for Xpose team">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/testosterone-is-the-perfect-ingredient-for-xpose-team-1860983.html|title=Testosterone is the perfect ingredient for Xpose team|date=2009-08-15|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Irish Independent}}</ref> Munsanje was soon being approached by strangers and offered free items of clothing.<ref name="Celebrity Diary: Sean Munsanje"/>

Munsanje had been the "hot favourite" to win the show, with one bookmaker paying out early to those who had gambled on him.<ref name="A winner xposed"/> Ruth O'Neill had been second favourite to win.<ref name="A winner xposed">{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/a-winner-xposed-1857159.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815095202/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/a-winner-xposed-1857159.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2009|title=A winner xposed|date=2009-08-12|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Evening Herald}}</ref> The remaining finalist, Simon Atkins, from Castlebar, County Mayo, received public support from music manager and ''The X Factor'' judge Louis Walsh, who is from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, before the final.<ref name="Kiltimagh’s Louis backs Castlebar’s Simon for Xposure show">{{cite web|author=Edwin McGreal|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7353&Itemid=38|title=Kiltimagh’s Louis backs Castlebar’s Simon for Xposure show|date=2009-08-11|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=The Mayo News}}</ref> All the presenters, contestants, judges and crew, bar presenter Lisa Cannon who had work commitments, celebrated at a party afterwards.<ref name="Sean -- My family are so proud">{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/sean--my-family-are-so-proud-1857494.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217212159/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/sean--my-family-are-so-proud-1857494.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|title=Sean -- My family are so proud|date=2009-08-12|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Evening Herald}}</ref> The following day, the finalists made radio and television appearances on breakfast show ''Ireland AM'' and Today FM morning programme ''The Ray D'Arcy Show''.<ref name="Celebrity Diary: Sean Munsanje">{{cite web|author=Sean Munsanje|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/celebrity-diary-sean-munsanje-1860231.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816215855/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/celebrity-diary-sean-munsanje-1860231.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2009|title=Celebrity Diary: Sean Munsanje|date=2009-08-14|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Evening Herald}}</ref>

==Reception== The ''Sunday Independent'', writing with one episode remaining, said the show had "fallen decidedly flat", having "promised so much fluffiness and friction" and berated the judges, O'Doherty for "taking to the floor and consuming as much, if not more, airtime than the contestants", Ledden because she "looks and acts matronly" and Lundberg who "has been totally redundant, proffering little to the programme other than an odd grunt".<ref name="Sad reality of TV3's summer celeb-fest as the MOD squad fails to impress">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sad-reality-of-tv3s-summer-celebfest-as-the-mod-squad-fails-to-impress-1855294.html|title=Sad reality of TV3's summer celeb-fest as the MOD squad fails to impress|date=2009-08-09|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=Sunday Independent}}</ref> Pat Stacey, writing in the ''Evening Herald'', declared that the show was not "a case of a dead horse being sliced open and its entrails cynically strung out like garland in order to fill the crater-like creativity gaps in the summer schedule" but "a cunning post-modernist television masterpiece".<ref name="The great ego race heads for the finish">{{cite web|author=Pat Stacey|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-great-ego-race-heads-for-the-finish-1851405.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606143510/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-great-ego-race-heads-for-the-finish-1851405.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2012|title=The great ego race heads for the finish|date=2009-08-05|accessdate=2009-08-16|work=Evening Herald}}</ref>

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