{"id":8533,"date":"2022-09-19T11:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T11:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8533"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T12:31:56","slug":"andre-blaze-biography","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/andre-blaze-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Blaze Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Early Life and Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blaze was born on August 14th, 1983 to a mother from <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/history-culture\/the-history-of-anambra-state\/\">Anambra State<\/a> and a father from Cross River State. He had an exciting early life where he grew up in both the cities of <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/history-culture\/history-of-port-harcourt\/\">Port Harcourt<\/a> and Calabar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had his primary and secondary school education in <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/history-culture\/history-of-port-harcourt\/\">Port Harcourt<\/a>, where he attended <strong>Bishop Crowther Memorial Secondary School<\/strong> in Port Harcourt, where he completed his secondary education. At the <strong>University of Port Harcourt,<\/strong> he completed his undergraduate studies in linguistics and communication, earning a B.Sc. in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2001\u20132002, Blaze spent a year as an employee of <strong>Epoch Magazine<\/strong>. In 2002, he started working as a broadcaster for<strong> Rhythm 93.7 FM Port Harcourt<\/strong>. He worked there for a while and held a variety of roles, including show host, radio DJ, continuity announcer, and head of the presentation department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a part of the hip-hop group<strong> Tuck Tyght<\/strong> in Port Harcourt and is also a rapper. In 2008, he quit<strong> Rhythm FM<\/strong> and joined Visual Media Networks, Nigezie. He directed a large number of TV shows in the nation between 2008 and 2012, including programmes like <strong>True Search<\/strong>,<strong> Battle of the Year<\/strong>, and <strong>Peak Talent Show<\/strong>. He left the cable TV network in May 2012 and accepted a job offer to host <strong>Nigeria&#8217;s Got Talent<\/strong>, a reality television show based on the <strong>Got Talent series<\/strong> format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Personal Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He is married with two children, twin girls by his long-time girlfriend. He is also a cousin of the popular Nollywood actress,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/naijabiography.com\/biography\/kate-henshaw-biography-early-life-career-awards-is-she-married\/\">Kate Henshaw-Nutall<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Controversy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The on-air personality Andre Blaze was exposed in May 2018 by a Nigerian woman by the name of <strong>Olutimehin Adegbeye<\/strong> for allegedly sexually assaulting her. <strong>Olutimehin<\/strong>, who used Twitter to relate her experience, claimed that Blaze had sexually attacked her roughly two years prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TV Shows<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>True Search<\/li><li>Battle of the Year&nbsp;<\/li><li>Peak Talent Show<\/li><li>Big Brother Naija, 2018<\/li><li>Nigeria\u2019s Got Talent<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Andre Blaze<\/strong> <strong>Net Worth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Social Media Handles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram: theandreblaze<br>Twitter: @AndreBlaze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","biography_category":[826,873],"class_list":["post-8533","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biography_category-hosting","biography_category-media-personality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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