steel joins IEM Katowice 2025 talent list with four other NA names
Today ESL have announced the talent list of IEM Katowice 2025, seeing five NA names join the desk for Poland's premier CS2 event, which is set to begin on January 29th. As can be expected, the event is set to feature many of the top names associated with an ESL broadcast, while Josh "steel" Nissna has also joined the analyst desk after previously working at IEM Rio 2024 back in October. steel recently made a pivot back to broadcast work after trying his hand with Undone at the start of the year.
For his first analyst desk in three months, steel will be joined by an experienced trio consisting of Janko "YNk" Paunović, Jacob "Pimp" Winneche, and Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović. They will be joined on the desk by a quartet of desk hosts including American Tres "stunna" Saranthus.
On the commentary side, Jason "moses" O'Toole, Conner "Scrawny" Girvan, and Mohan "launders" Govindasamy round out the NA contingent in Katowice.
The full talent list for IEM Katowice 2025 is as follows:
Desk Hosts:
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Tres "stunna" Saranthus
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Freya "Freya" Spiers
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Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere
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James "BanKs" Banks
Analysts:
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Janko "YNk" Paunović
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Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
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Joshua "steel" Nissan
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Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović
Stage Hosts:
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Oliver "OJ Borg" D'Anastasi
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Iain Chambers
Commentators:
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Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
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Alex "Machine" Richardson
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Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne
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Hugo "Hugo" Byron
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Jason "moses" O'Toole
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Conner "Scrawny" Girvan
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Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
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Harry "JustHarry" Russell