Carlo Boszhard (born 26 June 1969) is a Dutch
TV personality
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, singer, impersonator, and host. His brother is
Ron Boszhard
Ron Boszhard (born 12 November 1963) is a Dutch television presenter. He is best known for presenting the popular television shows ''Pluk de Dag'', ''De Leukste Thuis'' (2000 – 2004) and '' Te land, ter zee en in de lucht'' (2007 – 2010).
Bo ...
.
Early life
Carlo was born as the youngest son of the Boszhard family, he is the brother of
Ron Boszhard
Ron Boszhard (born 12 November 1963) is a Dutch television presenter. He is best known for presenting the popular television shows ''Pluk de Dag'', ''De Leukste Thuis'' (2000 – 2004) and '' Te land, ter zee en in de lucht'' (2007 – 2010).
Bo ...
.
He spent his childhood in Amsterdam and had a predilection for theater, show and entertainment in primary school. At the age of thirteen het started performing in theater ''De Engelenbak'' in Amsterdam. One of his teachers there was Dutch TV host
Paul de Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.
De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part ...
.
After completing the Agricultural and Horticultural school, he became a caretaker. He nursed elderly people suffering from dementia.
Yet, Boszhard still wanted to be a presenter. So he chose to perform as an extra in late 1980s television shows such as the ''Ep Oorklep Show'' (with
André van Duin
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), ' (with
Henk Spaan
Hendrik Gerardus Maria Spaan (born 30 September 1948) is a Dutch sports journalist, television presenter, author, and columnist. Spaan is best known for a series of Dutch-language TV programs he developed in collaboration with Harry Vermeegen bet ...
and Harry Vermeegen), and in the film ''Dutch Treat'' with the
Dolly Dots
Dolly Dots are a popular Dutch girl band in the 1980s. With their style of upbeat dance/ pop, they scored many hits throughout Europe. The sextet consisted of Angela Groothuizen, Angéla Kramers, Anita Heilker, Esther Oosterbeek, Patty Zomer a ...
.
In 1989 Boszhard responded to an advertisement from the AVRO and got himself hired as a host for the 1st time.
Career
His career started in 1989, hosting a part of the
AVRO
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program ''Pauze TV'' (Break TV). In 1990, he switched to
RTL 4
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, where he would present ''De Gek Van De Week-Show'' (The Nut Of The Week-Show), which wasn't successful. In 1991, Boszhard joined
Irene Moors
Irene Moors (born 18 June 1967, Alkmaar) is a Dutch comedian, TV personality, singer, and host.
Career
Her career took off in 1989 with RTL 4's ''Telekids'', co-starring Carlo Boszhard, turning them both into TV icons of the Netherlands.
In ...
in hosting the
television program
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''Hitbingo'', but his career truly took off in 1993 with RTL 4's ''
Telekids
''Telekids'' is a Dutch children's television programme showing on the RTL 4 channel from 1989 to 1999 and since 2010 on RTL 8.
The show first aired on October 2, 1989, at 6:25pm, after the six o'clock news. Initially only Irene Moors presented ...
'', co-starring Irene Moors,
which made both them and the television show famous in the Netherlands.
His shows include ''
Cash en Carlo,'' a Dutch adaptation of the American television game show ''
The Price Is Right
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,'' ''McCarlo'' and ''Monte Carlo'', both of which featured Carlo singing with guest talents, and ''Life en Cooking'' for RTL 4.
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
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Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
versions of movies like ''Mulan
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According to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as ...
'', ''Ice Age
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'', ''The Magic Voyage
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'', '' Frozen'' and ''Shrek
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''.The Masked Singer
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Additional work
Carlo Boszhard has been an Ambassador for the Animal Aid Foundation (Stichting Dierenhulp) since 2000. During one of his broadcasts of ''Monte Carlo'', Carlo came into contact with the initiator of this foundation. Carlo was impressed by this charity and has supported the Dutch organization ever since.
Filmography
Theatre
* 2001/2003 - Saturday Night Fever
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as DJ Monty
* 2006-2007 - Beauty and the Beast
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as Lumiere
* 2008-2009 - Les Misérables
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as Thénardier
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boszhard, Carlo
1969 births
Living people
Mass media people from Amsterdam
Dutch television presenters
Dutch LGBT singers
21st-century LGBT people