Lohengrin Filipello (c. 1918 – 29 December 1993) was a Swiss television presenter.
Biography
Filipello would commentate on behalf of
SRG SSR, the main Swiss broadcaster during the 1950s and 1960s, and has made several involvements, such as creating new ideas of shows to broadcast on television, commentating on then-current events, and editing footage before broadcast, among others.
In 1956, Filipello had the honour of hosting the staged in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
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Switzerland. Filipello was the only male presenter to host the competition until
Léon Zitrone was co-presenter in the . Filipello also has the distinction as the only man who has hosted the contest by himself, as of the 2021 contest.
Filipello was also later involved with Eurovision, he hosted the Swiss National final in 1961 and 1967 respectively.
Filipello died in 1993.
Lohengrin Filipello
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See also
*List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest.
Since 1988, it ...
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1910s births
1993 deaths
Swiss television presenters
Swiss-Italian people
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