Matthias Augustinus Wilhelm Georg Opdenhövel (born 25 August 1970) is a German television presenter.

Biography

Born in

Detmold Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...

, Opdenhövel has worked as journalist and television presenter for German broadcasters ARD, Sat 1, Pro7,

VIVA Germany Viva may refer to: Companies and organisations * Viva (network operator), a Dominican mobile network operator * Viva Air, a Spanish airline taken over by flag carrier Iberia * Viva Air Dominicana * VIVA Bahrain, a telecommunication company * V ...

, VOX and WDR. Together with

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he presented ''Bitte lächeln'' between 1997 and 1998 on German broadcaster RTL 2. He also presented ''Frühstücksfernsehen Weck Up'' between 1998 and 2003 with

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on broadcaster Sat 1. Opdenhövel is married, has two sons and lives with his family in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

Television

Ongoing

* since 2011: ''

Sportschau ''Sportschau'' is a German sports magazine on broadcaster ARD, produced by WDR in Cologne. The magazine started in 1961. In its Saturday' edition, the ''Sportschau'' shows a summary of the Bundesliga, whereas the Sunday edition reports on the la ...

'', Das Erste * since 2011: ''Sportschau live: Fußball'', Das Erste * since 2011: ''Sportschau live: Skispringen'', Das Erste * since 2013: ''Sportschau vor acht'', Das Erste * since 2018: ''Big Bounce – Die Trampolin Show'', RTL * since 2019: ''The Masked Singer'', Pro7 * since 2019: ''Die Liveshow bei dir zuhause'', Pro7 (with Steven Gätjen)

Formerly / specials

* 1997–1998: ''Bitte lächeln'',

Tele 5 Tele 5 is a German free-to-air television channel that broadcasts classic American films, series, cartoons and Japanese anime. On 3 July 2020, Discovery, Inc. agreed to acquire the channel from Leonine Holding, completing the purchase on 1 ...

* 1999: ''Eins Live TV'', WDR Fernsehen * 1999–2001: ''Hast du Töne?'', VOX * 2003–2004: ''Die Quiz Show'', Sat.1 * 2005: T''V total Bundestagswahl'', Pro7 * 2006: ''Das große Ochsenrennen'', Pro7 * 2006–2007: ''1. Bundesliga'', Arena * 2006–2011: ''Schlag den Raab'', Pro7 * 2006–2011: ''Die TV total Wok-WM'', Pro7 * 2006–2011: ''Das große TV total Turmspringen'', Pro7 * 2008: ''Die TV total Autoball Europameisterschaft 2008'' * 2009: ''Wipe out – Heul nicht, lauf!'', Pro7 * 2009: ''TV total Bundestagswahl'', Pro7 * 2009: ''Das große Kipp-Roll-Fall Spektakel'', Pro7 * 2009–2011: ''1. Bundesliga'', LIGA total! * 2010: ''Schlag den Star'', Pro7 * 2010: ''Die große TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge'', Pro7 * 2010: ''Die TV total Autoball Weltmeisterschaft 2010'', Pro7 * 2010: ''Unser Star für Oslo'', Das Erste/Pro7 * 2010: ''ECHO 2010'', Das Erste * 2010–2011: ''Spieltaganalyse'', Sport1 * 2011: ''Unser Song für Deutschland'', Das Erste/Pro7 * 2011: ''Eurovision Total'', Pro7 * 2011: ''Die Show zum Tag des Glücks'',

Das Vierte Das Vierte (English: The Fourth) was a German entertainment channel replaced in January 2014 by Disney Channel. History Das Vierte was launched by NBC Universal Global Networks (NUGN) in 2005 as an all-drama programming channel. The channel reac ...

* 2012: ''Brot und Spiele'', Das Erste * 2012: ''Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2012 - Live-Moderator und Reporter im Quartier der deutschen Nationalmannschaft'', Das Erste * 2012: ''Sportschau-Club'', Das Erste * 2012: ''US Wahl 2012 – Die Wahlparty im Ersten'', Das Erste * 2012–2013: ''Opdenhövels Countdown'', Das Erste * 2013: ''Star-Biathlon'', Das Erste * 2013: ''Nordische Skiweltmeisterschaft 2013'' - Skispringen, Das Erste * 2013: ''Alles auf einen Deckel'', WDR Fernsehen * 2013: ''Die Show der unglaublichen Helden'', Das Erste * 2014: ''Star-Biathlon'', Das Erste * 2014: ''Olympische Winterspiele 2014 – Skispringen und Interviews im Deutschen Haus'', Das Erste * 2014: ''Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2014 – Live-Moderator mit

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'', Das Erste * 2014: ''24 Stunden Quiz'', WDR Fernsehen * 2015: ''U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2015'', Das Erste * 2015: ''Gefällt mir! – Die total vernetzte Show'', WDR * 2016: ''US-Wahl 2016 – Die Wahlnacht im Ersten'', Das Erste * 2016–2017: ''Rate mal, wie alt ich bin'', Das Erste * 2018: ''Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2018'', Das Erste – Live moderator with

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and Hannes Wolf * 2019-2023: ''The Masked Singer'', ProSieben

Awards

* 2007:

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, ...

in category Best moderation entertainment for ''

Schlag den Raab ''Schlag den Raab'' (, German for ''Beat (the) Raab'') was a live game show that was televised by German television channel ProSieben on Saturday evenings from September 2006 until December 2015. A total of six episodes were produced and broad ...

'' * 2008:

Goldene Kamera The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show is usually held in early February in Hamburg, but has also taken place in Berlin in the past. The gold-plat ...

in category Best entertainment for ''Schlag den Raab'' * 2010: Deutscher Fernsehpreis in category Best entertainment for ''Unser Star für Oslo'' * 2012: Deutscher Fernsehpreis in category Best sports broadcast for game analysis of

UEFA Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th UEFA European Championship, European Championship for List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), men's ...

(together with

) * 2015: ''Deutscher Sportjournalistenpreis'' in category Best German sport moderator

Works

* ''Die Schnellficker-Schuhe und andere Geschichten; Erlebnisse eines VIVA-Moderators''. vgs-Verlag, 1998, . * ''Steffi Hugendubel-Doll: Flipflops, iPod, Currywurst: Wer hat’s erfunden?'' cbj-Verlag, 2012, .

References

External links

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Official website
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Opdenhovel, Matthias German journalists German television presenters German sports journalists German sports broadcasters German male journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists People from Detmold 1970 births Living people ARD (broadcaster) people ProSieben people