10 Things You Need To Know About Trevor Noah

9. He's Got TV Experience

Apart from his appearances as a guest correspondent on The Daily Show, Noah's actually been on telly a lot. Like, a lot. He'll probably be most familiar to audiences in the UK for the times he's shown up on panel shows 8 Out 10 Cats and QI, the latter of which allowed him to show off his intellect, and the former his ability to make jokes about surveys that appear in newspapers. Before he even got into the comedy game, he actually had a big role in South African mining soap opera Isidingo. Following that he got into a slightly different sector in the entertainment industry, hosting his own radio show (called, obviously, Noah€™s Ark) that aired on Gauteng youth radio station YFM. He's even be a host on TV before, fronting educational kids series Run The Adventure, gossip show The Real Goboza, sports magazine Siyadlala and Blind Date knock-off The Amazing Date in his native South Africa. Oh and he was on the country's version of Strictly Come Dancing. He knows his telly stuff.
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