Luc Jozef Amelie Appermont (born 4 October 1949) is a Flemish
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...
. He started his career on
Radio 2 as a radio announcer, he hosted the talent show ''Observatory''. From
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
until
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
he was the regular Belgian commentator for the Dutch speaking region in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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.
[Adriaens, Manu & Loeckx-Van Cauwenberge, Joken. Blijven kiken!. Lannoo, Belgium. 2003 ]
In 1990, Appermont left
BRT
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Transportation
* Block register territory, a method for dispatching trains
* British Rail Telecommunications
* Brookhaven Rail Terminal
* Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, a former transit holding company in New York City
* Bro ...
and went to the commercial broadcaster
VTM, where he hosted his talkshow ''Luc''. He is a native of
Bilzen,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
.
Appermont, at various points, also hosted the Belgian versions of both ''
Jeopardy!
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'' and ''
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''.
References
External links
Luc Appermont's bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Appermont, Luc
1949 births
Living people
People from Bilzen
Belgian LGBT broadcasters
Flemish television presenters
Belgian game show hosts
Belgian television talk show hosts
Eurovision commentators