Axel Bulthaupt (born 21 February 1966) is a German

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. Bulthaupt was born in Melle, Lower Saxony,

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. He studied history and literature in

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. He worked during his university studies for a newspaper. After Bulthaupt finished his studies he began at German TV-station NDR. He was moderator of the TV magazine ''Jetzt kommt's'' and of the TV-show ''LebensArt''. In 1994 Bulthaupt worked for the German TV-station MDR. There he was moderator of the TV magazine ''Brisant''. Together with Griseldis Wenner and Ines Krüger he got 2000 the German TV award

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for ''Brisant''. 2003 Bulthaupt started the history documentation ''Expedition Bulthaupt''. Since 2004 Bulthaupt worked as host for the MDR magazine ''Sonntag - Die Show der Überraschungen''. Bulthaupt was presenter from 1998 to 2003 of Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson and since 1996 each year of the TV gala

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. Bulthaupt lives with his partner in

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Official website by Axel Bulthaupt

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulthaupt, Axel 1966 births Living people German LGBT journalists People from Melle, Germany German television personalities German male non-fiction writers 21st-century German LGBT people