Barbara Stöckl (born 2 April 1963 in
Vienna) is an
Austrian television and radio presenter.
After attending a sports school, she studied
Engineering Mathematics at the
Vienna University of Technology. During her studies, she worked as an assistant director for the
ORF youth program "Okay", which she hosted from 1985. Between 1988 and 1993, she presented the youth magazine "colon" in German ZDF. Stöckl commented for ORF at the
1990 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia, following the country's victory at the with the song " Rock Me" by Riva. It was the only time Yugoslavia ...
in Zagreb. She began hosting ''
Die Millionenshow'' - the Austrian version of the globally popular
British game show ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' - in May 2000, becoming the first female presenter of the Millionaire format worldwide. After her departure in 2002,
Armin Assinger
Armin Assinger (born 7 June 1964) is a former Austrian Alpine skier and current host of the Millionenshow and Domino Day.
Biography
Born in Graz (but growing up and living in Hermagor- Pressegger See, state Carinthia) he won a total of 4 Worl ...
took over as the show's presenter.
Together with director Peter Nagy, Stöckl operates the production company KIWI TV.
She has three sisters and one brother, one of them is TV personality Claudia Stöckl.
References
1963 births
Living people
Mass media people from Vienna
Austrian television presenters
TU Wien alumni
Women television personalities
Austrian women television presenters
Eurovision commentators
ORF (broadcaster) people
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