Jürgen Hans Milski (born 24 November 1963 in
Cologne, Germany
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), known by his stage name BB Jürgen, is a German
TV Presenter
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and
Schlager Singer.
Career
Milski initially worked as a
sheet metal worker in the
Ford
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* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
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Body and Assembly Plant in
Niehl, Cologne
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. In 2000, in the first German season of
Big Brother
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** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control
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, he became one of the audience favorites, finishing second, alongside , whom he befriended during the show. Afterwards he recorded his first single Großer Bruder''
' (Big Brother) with Trpkovski, which topped the German sales charts for several weeks with over 800,000 copies sold. He went on to make various television appearances and other music productions followed suit.
Since his Big Brother fame, Milski has made a living as a singer in
Mallorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
and as a carnival entertainer. In his book '
''Ich sag's, he gives an insight into his experiences with the television industry. From March 2005 to February 2016 he presented call-in competitions on
9Live and
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. In September 2005, he starred in the
Big Brother season 6 celebrity special. From 2006 to 2015 he took part in several
TV total
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specials such as the TV total Parallel Slalom and the TV total Wok World Championship. In the 2010 TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge, he took first place in the 3000cc class. In 2007 he worked alongside
Charlotte Karlinder as an outside presenter for Big Brother on
RTL II
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.
From July 2007 on he presented the program ''Das Schicksal meines Lebens'' (The Destiny of my Life) on RTL II together with , the winner of the
second German Big Brother season. Due to low ratings, the decision was made not to continue the format and the episodes that had already been filmed were relocated to a less relevant programming slot. His former employer Ford ended their collaboration as a sponsor in 2007. In the same month Milski started the band project
Rühmanns Scherben together with
Willi Herren
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Filmography
*''Der bewegte Mann'' (1994)
*''Die Wache'' (1994, 2001, 2002)
*''Entführung aus der Lindenstraße'' (1995)
*'' Jede Menge Leben'' (1996)
*'' Ein Bayer au ...
and . From January to July 2008 he took part in the
eighth German Big Brother season and co-hosted the weekly show ''Big Brother – Die Entscheidung'' on RTL II. Since 2012 he has presented the reality TV show ''Das ist das Leben!'' on RTL II and has presented the talent show ''Die'' ''Entertainer – Auf ins Rampenlicht'' on
Super RTL
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since March 2012 with
Anna-Maria Zimmermann
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The Rob ...
.
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From April to May 2013 he took part in the
sixth season of Let's Dance; his professional dance partner was . The couple dropped out on the fifth episode In January 2016, he was a contestant on the German reality show ''
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
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'' (I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here) on RTL and came fifth place. In 2020 he took part in the reality show ''Kampf der Realitystars – Schiffbruch am Traumstrand'' (Battle of the Reality Stars - Shipwrecked on Dream Beach) and ''Die Festspiele der Reality Stars – Wer ist die hellste Kerze?'' (The Festival of Reality Stars - Who is the Brightest Candle?). He also lost to
Sonja Zietlow
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Biography
Zietlow was born in Bonn. After she graduated from school and before her media career began in 1993, she worked as first officer for the German airline Lufthansa. W ...
in December 2020 on the
ProSieben
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show ''
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'' (Beat the Celebrity). In 2022 he was a guest on ''Ich bin ein Star – Die Stunde danach'' (I'm a Celebrity - After-Hours) and ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! Die große Dschungelparty'' (I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! The Big Jungle Party).
Personal life
He lives with his wife and their daughter in Seeberg, Cologne.
Controversies
In November 2015, Milski was criticized for posting xenophobic statements on his Facebook page.
At the beginning of 2021, he was again heavily publicly criticized for his statements on the
WDR television WDR may refer to:
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talkshow ''Die letzte Instanz'' (The Last Instance). After a repeat broadcast on January 29, 2021, there was a controversy about episode 8 of the show, in which Milski and other guests had spoken out against the proposed renaming of
Gypsy Sauce, among other things. The
Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
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Desc ...
also expressed outrage in a press release about "Anti-Romani statements".
Discography
Literature
* ''Ich sag's.'' Verlag Kinzelbach, 2003, ISBN 3927069620.
Citations
External links
Jurgen Milskion the
Internet Movie Database
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Jürgen Milski's Website*
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Big Brother (franchise) contestants
German television presenters
Schlager groups
Living people
1963 births