Andreea Violeta Marin (born 22 December 1974, in

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and

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Early life and career

She majored in

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, Public Relations & Advertisement, Computer Programming and Mathematics & Physics during her college years. She debuted in 1994 at

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as emcee. Her involvement within the Romanian media seems to have directly contributed to her selection as the most successful female media person in the country. On 2 December 2006, Marin hosted the 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. She also presented the Romanian votes at the 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2007

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

finals. Since 1999, she has hosted and directed '' Surprize, Surprize'' ("Surprises, Surprises"), a long-running show about life stories involving disabled people, people without money, and people with relatives gone away, broadcast on

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. Marin is the communications director of

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-based Prime Time World Broadcast, and the editorial director of the Romanian version of ''

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''.

Personal life

Married to

Ștefan Bănică Jr. Ștefan Bănică Jr. (; born 18 October 1967) is a Romanian actor, singer, film director, and television presenter. Bănică was born in Bucharest to actor Ștefan Bănică Sr. and journalist Sanda Vlad-Liteanu. In his early career, he starred i ...

in 2006, she was subsequently known as Andreea Marin Bănică. They have a daughter, Ana Violeta Bănică (b. 15 December 2007). The couple divorced in 2013. She married physician Tuncay Öztürk in 2014. In October 2016 they announced the end of their marriage. Their marriage was officially ended on 13 February 2017. Andreea Marin is the only Romanian UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

References

External links

Profile in English

Personal blog

''Business Woman'' Romania editorial page
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Interview in ''Cariere'' magazine
1974 births Living people People from Roman, Romania Romanian television presenters Romanian women television presenters Masked Singer winners Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest {{romania-tv-stub