Nadia Hasnaoui ( ar, نادية حسناوي; born 10 June 1963) is a Moroccan-born

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television presenter.

Biography

Hasnaoui was born in

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to a

mother and Moroccan father. Her maternal grandfather was

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–winning economist

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. When she was four years old her parents divorced and she moved to Norway with her mother. In Oslo she attended a strict

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French kindergarten and then later a French school until fourth grade. She became a Norwegian citizen at the age of eighteen. In 1991 she married

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Kim Haugen. During the 1980s she was a dancer, among other places at ''

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''. She was an employee of ''TV2'' from 1993 to 2004, hosting shows such as ''God morgen, Norge'' and ''Jakten på det gode liv''. In 2003 she was host of the television show ''Hasnaoui''. Hasnaoui has said she was at first amused by the opportunity as it was much like a Norwegian child in Morocco having a show there called ''"Olsen"''. In 2004 she joined the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, hosting shows such as ''Kvitt eller dobbelt'' and various shows related to the Eurovision Song Contest. She speaks English, French, Italian and Norwegian.

Eurovision

Hasnaoui first became associated with Eurovision in 1992, when she provided the NRK radio commentary for the 1992 Contest. In 2004, Hasnaoui presented the

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in Lillehammer,

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. Hasnaoui has also presented festivals in Norway such as ''

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''. In 2005 Hasnaoui provided Norwegian commentary on the fiftieth anniversary special alongside former veteran

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. Hasnaoui presented the

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in May 2010 with Haddy Jatou N'jie and

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. She also read out the Norwegian votes for the 2011 and

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contests.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasnaoui, Nadia 1963 births Living people Norwegian people of Moroccan descent Moroccan emigrants to Norway Norwegian television presenters Norwegian game show hosts NRK people TV 2 (Norway) people Naturalised citizens of Norway kk:Надя Хаснауи pt:Nadia Hasnaoui