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Deutscher Fernsehpreis
The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, though it is not organized by an academy. The Fernsehpreis is the successor to both the Telestar (Das Erste and ZDF) and the Goldener Löwe (RTL) awards. History The first award took place on 2 October 1999 in Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m .... Every year another of the participating stations broadcast the ceremony: Notes References External linksOfficial website German television awards Awards established in 1999 1999 establishments in Germany ZDF ARD (broadcaster) RTL Group ProSiebenSat.1 Media Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the nine regional public broadcasting corporations that are members of the ARD. The channel was officially launched on 25 December 1952 as ''NWDR-Fernsehen'' and renamed to ''Deutsches Fernsehen'' in 1954. Since 1996, the official brand is ''Das Erste''; the full name Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (''First German Television'') is still used before every major news edition. In colloquial speech, the station is usually called ''Erstes Programm'' ("First Channel"), or by its metonym, ''ARD''. History The channel's first experimental broadcast was on 27 November 1950 as the TV channel of the then NWDR, which in 1956 split into NDR and WDR. The regular NWDR television service started on 25 December 1952. Nationwide transmission began on 1 November 1954 within the ARD framework, under the name ''Deutsches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gottschalk
Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting '' Wetten, dass..?'', for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol between 1987 and 2011. Until 2015, he was also the brand ambassador in television advertisements for Haribo confectionery. Early life Gottschalk was born in Bamberg, Bavaria, the son of a lawyer. After attending the '' Humanistisches Gymnasium'' (humanities-oriented high school) in Kulmbach, he studied history and German philology, eventually taking his exams as a teacher for primary and secondary schools; however, it was during this time that he discovered his true vocation: entertainment. Career From 1971 on, Gottschalk worked as a freelancer for the youth program of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting); in 1973, he became anchor for a news program. In 1976, after a brief detour to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Germany
The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria. By mid February, the arising cluster of cases had been fully contained. On 25 and 26 February, multiple cases related to the Italian outbreak were detected in Baden-Württemberg. A carnival event on 15 February in Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, was attended by a man identified as positive on 25 February; in the outbreak which subsequently developed from infected participants, authorities were mostly no longer able to trace the likely chains of infections. On 9 March, the first two deaths in Germany were reported from Essen and Heinsberg. New clusters were introduced in other regions via Heinsberg as well as via people arriving from China, Iran and Italy, from where non-Germans could arrive by plane until 17–18 March. From 13 March, German states mandated school and kindergarten c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Schöneberger
Barbara von Schierstädt (; born 5 March 1974) is a German television presenter, actress and singer. Early life Schöneberger is the only child of clarinet player Hans Schöneberger and his wife Annemarie. She studied sociology, art history and communication studies in Augsburg.Genzel, Christian. Barbara Schöneberger allmusic.com. Accessed 13 April 2010. Career Television Since 1999, Schöneberger has hosted several shows on German television, including ''Die Schöneberger Show'' and ''Blondes Gift'' ("Blond Poison"), for which she received a Grimme Award nomination. She has also acted in a number of TV movies and hosted such award ceremonies as the Echo Award 2009. Schöneberger was Germany's spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, held in Vienna, and for the , which was held in Stockholm – having earlier also presented ''Unser Lied für Stockholm'' ("Our Song for Stockholm"), at which the German entry for the contest was chosen. Schöneberger was again the Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (born 22 September 1983 in Oldenburg) is a German television host, producer, actor and singer. He is best known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas, alongside Joko Winterscheidt. Biography Heufer-Umlauf is a trained hairdresser. After he won a casting, he started his career as a TV host in '' VIVA Live!'', ''Retro Charts'', and ''Klaas' Wochenshow''. He appeared in the sitcom '' Alle lieben Jimmy'' on RTL and the music video "And No Matches" by Scooter. From June 2009 to March 2011, Heufer-Umlauf co-hosted the late-night talk show ''MTV Home'' with Joko Winterscheidt on MTV Germany. From October 2011 to January 2013, they co-hosted ''NeoParadise'' on ZDFneo, which is considered a successor of ''MTV Home''. Since 2011, Joko and Klaas are hosting several shows on ProSieben, including the game shows ''17 Meter'', ''Die Rechnung geht auf uns'', and '' Joko gegen Klaas - Das Duell um die Welt''. In February 2013, they started the show ''Circus HalliGalli'' (2013â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Aus Marzahn
Ilka Bessin (born 18 November 1971) is a German comedian and actress, best known for her role as Cindy aus Marzahn (German for "Cindy from Marzahn"). Early life Ilka Bessin was born in Luckenwalde, East Germany. After finishing school, she studied culinary arts and later trained to be a hotel manager. She worked as a chef until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and Germany was reunified. After that she became a bartender and a discothèque manager. In 1999, she began a career as an entertainment director and comedy performer on a cruise liner. It was there that she invented her most famous character "Cindy aus Marzahn". Marzahn is a blue collar section of East Berlin. Career start In 2004, Ilka won the final season of the ProSieben network's Quatsch Comedy Club stand-up show. With this win, her career as a comedian and actress began. In 2009, she was set in the role of the landlady Ilka in the Sat.1 comedy show Schillerstraße. In January 2010, she started her own comedy show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Pocher
Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978) is a German comedian, entertainer, television personality and host. Early life and professional training Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; he was born and grew up in Hanover, West Germany. His parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and he too was raised as one. In 2007, Pocher stated that, unlike his parents, he had no contact with the organisation anymore as he claimed "not to have agreed with their rules". Reports that Pocher had attended a Waldorf school were denied by his management. Pocher successfully completed his training as an insurance broker at "Signal Iduna Bauspar AG". During the time of his apprenticeship, he had some part-time jobs at various radio stations and as a DJ in clubs and during family celebrations. He also appeared in the comedian group Holla-Bolla and as an entertainer at Birte Karalus, a German chat show. After his apprenticeship, he worked for the Swiss life insurance company "Schweizerische Lebensversic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Schubert
Olaf Schubert (real name Michael Haubold, born November 7, 1967 in Plauen) is a German comedian and musician. Life Schubert works as comedian and musician on German broadcasters and radios. Discography by Olaf Schubert * Bestandsaufnahme – Songs after Die Wende (1991) * Hier bin ich! (1995) * Gefühl gewinnt! (1996) * Ich bereue nichts! (1998) * Bestandsaufnahme (1999) * Echte Menschen (2000) * Boykott (DVD, 2003) * Ich bin bei dir (2007) * Ich bin bei euch (DVD, 2009) * Meine Kämpfe (CD, 2009) * Meine Kämpfe (DVD, 2012) * So! (CD, 2013) * So! (DVD, 2014) Hörspiele * Die 17 besten Hördialoge (1998) * In Verbalgewittern (2002) * Meisterwerke selbstgemacht (2005) * Olaf Schubert packt ein (2008) * Komplette Fragmente (2009) Gabi Schubert ;& die Original Elbtaler * Ich bin wieder da (2001) Comedy Awards * 2004 Salzburger Stier * 2004 St. Ingberter Pfanne * 2005 Thüringer Kleinkunstpreis * 2006 Das große Kleinkunstfestival – ''Berlin-Award'' * 2008 Deutsche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Welke
Oliver Welke (born 19 April 1966) is a German television presenter, journalist, satirist, comedian and voice actor. Biography Welke was born in Bielefeld and studied journalism at the University of Münster, graduating in 1993. He then worked in a number of fields and eventually became a rather well-known sport journalist and presenter. Together with Oliver Kalkofe, whom he met while working for a public radio station, he provided the German voices for '' Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'' (as Crow T. Robot) and the British comedy show ''Little Britain'', and also co-wrote the script for the crime film parody '' Der WiXXer''. Since May 2009, Welke has been the host of the satirical ''heute-show'' on German public broadcaster ZDF, which is commonly viewed as a German adaptation of ''The Daily Show''. Welke is married and has two sons. He is involved in several charities such as Terre des hommes. Filmography * 2004: '' Der WiXXer'' * 2006–2009: ''Schillerstraße'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazan Eckes
Nazan Khol ( Üngör; born 9 May 1976), better known as Nazan Eckes, is a German television presenter. Career Eckes, daughter of Turkish immigrants from Eskişehir, completed her ''Abitur'' high school diploma in 1995 in Leverkusen, where her father was employed as a worker in a chemical and pharmaceutical company. Her internship at the music television channel VIVA was followed by a formal journalistic apprenticeship (''Volontariat'') lasting 18 months at the same channel. In 1998, Eckes joined VIVA as a regular TV journalist. Between 1998 and 1999, she also worked as freelance reporter for the Turkish language regional newspaper ''Haftalık Posta''. In 1999, Eckes moved to Hamburg and presented the weather forecast for RTL Television's regional evening program ''Guten Abend RTL''. The next year she presented the weather forecast in the local news program ''Punkt 12''. She married Claus Eckes in 2000. Since 28 January 2003, Eckes has regularly presented the ''RTL II News'' on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Krömer
Kurt Krömer (stage name for ''Alexander Bojcan'') (born 20 November 1974) is a German television presenter, comedian and actor. Life Krömer was born in Berlin. He works as actor and comedian in German television and film. From 2003 to 2005 the rbb broadcast the ''Kurt Krömer Show'', which attracted nationwide attention and succeeded the format ''Bei Krömers'' for German broadcaster ARD. Krömer has three sons. Filmography * 2006: Wo ist Fred? * 2007: * 2009: Familie Sonnenfeld, ''Abschied von Oma'' * 2009: Ein starkes Team, episode ''Geschlechterkrieg'' * 2010: Polen für Anfänger (road movie), director: Katrin Rothe; together with Steffen Möller * 2010: , director Dani Levy * 2010: * 2011: Eine Insel namens Udo Awards * 2005 ** German Comedy Award – ''Best newcomer'' * 2006 ** Deutscher Fernsehpreis – ''Best comedy'' for ''Bei Krömers'' ** Zeck-Kabarettpreis – newcomer award ''Fresh-Zeck'' * 2007 ** Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in category ''Kleinku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastian Pastewka
Bastian Pastewka (born 4 April 1972) is a German actor and comedian. In Bochum, he first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show ''Die Wochenshow'' (engl.: The Weekly Show), essentially a mock news program. His trademarks included quirky, off-beat characters such as fruity sex talk show host ''Brisko Schneider'' and ''Ottmar Zittlau'', an unemployment, unemployed, wikt:Sweatsuit, sweatsuit-wearing dimwit. Pastewka went on to star in various German comedy films, most notably ''Der WiXXer'' (2004) and ''Neues vom WiXXer'' (2007), a spoof on 1960s Edgar Wallace crime dramas. He has also worked as a voice-over actor for numerous animated films, such as ''Madagascar (2005 film), Madagascar''. Since September 2005 Pastewka has been playing himself in the sitcom ''Pastewka (TV series), Pastewka'', shown by the German television broadcasting station Sat.1. He has received various highly prestigious awards like ''Goldene Kamera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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