Joshua Dela Cruz ( born March 23 , 1989 ) is an American actor. He plays a fictional version of himself as the host in Blue’s Clues & You! . He is the third main host of the franchise, after Steve Burns and Donovan Patton who are his fictional

One September 13 , 2018, Nickelodeon announced that Dela Cruz would be Blue’s Clues & You!’s host after auditioning over 3, 000 actors. Growing up in New Jersey, Dela Cruz watched the original show with his younger sister and is the first Asian- American to Blue’s Clues. Steve Burns, the first host of the original series, participated in the casting process. (4[ 5 ]] Dela Cruz also portrayed Josh in two guest appearances in the Tiny Chef Show.