ESL Pro League Season 16 talent announced

ESL has announced the talent lineup that will walk viewers through the action for the first two weeks of ESL Pro League Season 16, with the broadcast taking place remotely from the ESL studios in Katowice according to an Instagram story from Janko “⁠YNk⁠” Paunović.

It is no spoiler then that the Serb will be a part of the desk as an analyst, where he will be joined by Aleksandar “⁠kassad⁠” Trifunović, Alex “⁠Mauisnake⁠” Ellenberg, and Sudhen “⁠Bleh⁠” Wahengbam, with hosting duties split between Pala “⁠Mantrousse⁠” Gilroy Sen and Tres “⁠stunna⁠” Saranthus.

stunna, Bleh, and Mauisnake are a part of the desk for EPL

Anastasija “⁠Heccu⁠” Tolmačeva will report on the action from the sidelines and bring interviews to the broadcast, while commentary will be provided by Chad “⁠SPUNJ⁠” Burchill, Hugo “⁠Hugo⁠” Byron, and Harry “⁠JustHarry⁠” Russell. One additional “surprise” caster is also set to appear on the broadcast, with the silhouette in ESL’s graphic looking suspiciously like Henry “⁠HenryG⁠” Greer, who has been out of action since mid-2020.

SPUNJ‘s usual partner of Alex “⁠Machine⁠” Richardson has spoken up on his absence from the list, simply stating that he is “having a pretty tough year” and adding that he isn’t missing the event because he doesn’t want to be there.

We won’t have to wait too long to find out who the surprise face is that will step in with Machine‘s absence as ESL Pro League Season 16 is set to kick off on Wednesday with Group A, which begins with Natus Vincere taking on Spirit at 12:30 .

The announced list of talent can be found below:

United States Tres “⁠stunna⁠” Saranthus – Host
United Kingdom Pala “⁠Mantrousse⁠” Gilroy Sen – Host

Latvia Anastasija “⁠Heccu⁠” Tolmačeva – Sidelines

Serbia Janko “⁠YNk⁠” Paunović – Analyst
Serbia Aleksandar “⁠kassad⁠” Trifunović – Analyst
United States Alex “⁠Mauisnake⁠” Ellenberg – Analyst
India Sudhen “⁠Bleh⁠” Wahengbam – Analyst

Australia Chad “⁠SPUNJ⁠” Burchill – Caster
United Kingdom Harry “⁠JustHarry⁠” Russell – Caster
United Kingdom Hugo “⁠Hugo⁠” Byron – Caster

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