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ESL has revealed the on-air team for IEM Sydney's English broadcast.

The Australian event will run from May 1-6, with the knockout stages being held at the Qudos Bank Arena in front of an audience on the last three days of the competition.

OJ Borg and Alex "Machine" Richardson will be hosting the show, while Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus will be working on the sidelines as a reporter. Local talent will be given the chance to shine as there will be two Australian casting pairs in addition to analyst duo Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill and Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner.

OJ Borg will be the stage host in Sydney

Below you can find the complete on-air team for the English broadcast:

OJ Borg - Stage Host

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Reporter

 Alex “Machine” Richardson - Desk host

Iain "SnypeR" Turner - Analyst
Janko "YNk" Paunovic - Analyst
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
 Harry "JustHarry" Russell - Commentator
 Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Commentator
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Commentator
 Jordan "Elfishguy" Mays - Commentator
 Tim "Brainstorm" Dunne - Commentator
 Kevin "KaRath" Zhu - Commentator
Mitchell "pili" Pilipowski - Commentator

 DJ "Prius" Kuntz - Observer
Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo - Observer
Michael "MC" Campagna - Observer

Thirteen of the 16 tournament spots at IEM Sydney have already been filled, with FaZe, SK and MOUZ among the teams invited. The final three spots in the $250,000 tournament will be determined by the Oceanic qualifier, which is already underway.

Iain 'SnypeR' Turner Age: 31 Team: Legacy OCEC MOUZ #2 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 151 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Tres 'stunna' Saranthus Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54 FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRichard 'Xizt' LandströmLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard SK #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David