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Kändishoppet
Kändishoppet is a Swedish celebrity diving show broadcast on TV3 based on the international reality television series ''Celebrity Splash!''. Presenters are Adam Alsing and Carin da Silva. It has so far run for two seasons. Season 1 in 2013 was won by Swedish television host on TV4 and magician Tobbe Blom. The following season also in 2013 was won by Swedish professional wrestler and entertainer Frank Andersson Frank Öivind Stefan Andersson (9 May 1956 – 9 September 2018) was a Swedish amateur wrestler and entertainer. He started in amateur wrestling, winning several world championship gold medals as well as a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympic .... References TV3 (Sweden) original programming {{Sweden-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carin Da Silva
Carin Elisa da Silva (born 16 November 1984) is a Swedish-Portuguese singer, professional dancer and television presenter. Biography Carin da Silva are a three-times Swedish junior champion in Latin American dance, standarddance and ballroom dancing. She represented Sweden both in the European and World Championships in dancing. She studied at Kongahällagymnasiet in Kungälv and Balettakademien in Gothenburg. Between 2005 and 2006, she was a member of the music group Cosmo4 and the group released the music singles ''Peek-A-Boo'' and ''Adios Amigos'' while she was still a member. She has participated in the TV4 celebrity dancing show Let's Dance three years in a row. In 2006 she danced with celebrity Viktor Åkerblom Nilsson, where she finished in third place. In the 2007 season she danced with Patrick Ekwall and placed ninth. In 2008 she participated with Mats Carlsson where she placed fifth. In July 2008, she worked as a program announcer for TV4 and also at TV4 Plus. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Splash!
''Celebrity Splash!'' (also known as ''Splash!'') is a reality television franchise created by Netherlands, Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show ''Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag'' which premièred in 2012. The franchise involves celebrities diving into the pool. Format Origins and history ''Splash'' has its origin and idea from Germany, German Olympic-themed variety TV show '':de:TV total Turmspringen, TV total Turmspringen'' (''TV total Diving''), it was first aired on 16 December 2004, in the ''TV total'' show, on ProSieben and was founded by Stefan Raab and hosted by Sonya Kraus. Other hosts/reporters include Ingolf Lück (2004), Kai Pflaume (2005), Oliver Welke and :de:Matthias Opdenhövel, Matthias Opdenhövel (2007, 09), Steven Gätjen (2011–12) and :de:Olaf Schubert, Olaf Schubert (2011–12 reporter). It has been held every year since, with the exception of 2006. The eighth competition was on 24 November 2012 re-fought at the Olympiapark, Munich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Alsing
Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing (12 October 1968 – 15 April 2020) was a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting ''Big Brother (Swedish TV series), Big Brother Sweden'' on Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel), Kanal 5. He moved to TV4 (Sweden), TV4 in 2005, presenting the Swedish version of ''Jeopardy!''. He also presented his own show, ''Adam Live''. He later ventured into radio, presenting shows on Rix FM and Mix Megapol. Biography Alsing grew up in Karlstad in Värmland, and also in Sollefteå in Ångermanland. He worked as a disc jockey during his high school years in Karlstad. He started his career as a presenter for several local shows broadcast from Värmland on Sveriges Radio. When TV4 started its broadcasts in 1990, he debuted as a television presenter for ''Twist & Shout''. In 1991, he became the presenter of the dating show ''Tur i kärlek'' (Love at First Sight) along with Agneta Sjödin, and presented over 100 episodes of the show. In 1993, he mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobbe Blom
Tobias Peter "Tobbe" Blom (born 28 September 1975) is a Swedish TV host on TV4 and magician. He is well-known under his stage name Tobbe Trollkarl. Tobbe was the host of Idol 2005 along Johan Wiman and has also done a kids show for morning TV on TV4. In 2007 he danced in the hit show Let's Dance and became first runner up after Martin Lidberg. Tobbe was a judge on the TV4 show '' Talang'' in 2007 and 2008, and hosted seasons 2009 – 2011. He has provided the Swedish-dubbing voice of Spyro for '' The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning'', '' The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night'', and '' The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon''. In 2013, he won the title for '' Kändishoppet'', the Swedish version of the international reality television series ''Celebrity Splash! ''Celebrity Splash!'' (also known as ''Splash!'') is a reality television franchise created by Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show ''Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag'' which premièred in 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 (Sweden)
TV3 (''TV tre'') is a Swedish pay television channel owned by Viaplay Group. It was launched on 31 December 1987 by businessman Jan Stenbeck. The channel was initially broadcast across all of Scandinavia. In 1990, separate Danish and Norwegian feeds were launched. The channel's name refers to its launch at a time when television in Sweden was dominated by the two channels of SVT. History TV3 was launched on December 31, 1987 and was the first commercial channel to broadcast in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The channel was transmitted from London, in order to circumvent legislation that prohibited advertising being broadcast on Swedish television. TV3 was one of the first channels to be broadcast on the Astra 1A satellite when that launched in 1989; in addition, TV3 Sweden became available through cable television in many cities. In 1989, TV3 bought the rights to broadcast the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Wimbledon tennis championships: their purchase of the former cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving (sport)
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime. Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness. Some professional divers were originally gymnasts or dancers as both the sports have similar characteristics to diving. Dmitri Sautin holds the record for most Olympic diving medals won, by winning eight medals in total between 1992 and 2008. History Plunging Although diving has been a popular pastime across the world since ancient times, the first modern diving competitions were held in England in the 1880s. The exact origins of the sport are unclear, though it likely derives from the act of diving at the start of swimming races.Wilson, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV4 (Sweden)
TV4 (''TV fyra'') is a Swedish free-to-air television network owned by TV4 AB, a subsidiary of the TV4 Media AB. It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on terrestrial television. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years. The two channels of Sveriges Television (SVT) lost more and more viewers for a couple of years. After making schedule changes in 2001, SVT1 had practically the same numbers of viewers as TV4. From 2004 to 2019, the TV4 Group was a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union. History TV4 was launched on 15 September 1990. The channel invested in an extensive news organisation and Swedish drama series. The premiere suffered from technical faults and the drama series weren't popular with critics. In 1991, two of the channel's oldest entertainment programmes premiered: the Swedish version of ''Jeopardy!'' and the Saturday night bingo show ''Bingolotto''. Bingolotto in particular became highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illusionist
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world. Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a popular theatrical art form. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, magicians such as Maskelyne and Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread commercial success during what has become known as "the Golden Age of Magic." During this period, performance magic became a staple of Broadway theatre, vaudeville, and music halls. Magic retained its popularity in the television age, with magicians such as Paul Daniels, David Copperfield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Andersson
Frank Öivind Stefan Andersson (9 May 1956 – 9 September 2018) was a Swedish amateur wrestler and entertainer. He started in amateur wrestling, winning several world championship gold medals as well as a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He later became a professional wrestler with mixed success. He was also a television personality appearing on several Swedish reality and game shows. Amateur wrestling career Frank Andersson's amateur wrestling career included gold medals at the 1973 and 1975 Junior World Championships and as he got older he wrestled at a number of Greco-Roman wrestling World Championships over the years. In 1977, 1979 and 1982 he won the gold medal in the division. He also took the silver medal in 1978 and 1981. The pinnacle of his amateur wrestling career came in 1984 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he won a bronze medal in the 90 kg weight division. In addition to his in ring achievements, Andersson was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
