Viktor Worms (born 30 August 1959) is a German radio and television host and producer.

Career

Worms was born in

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. After graduating from high school Koblenzer Straße in Düsseldorf in 1981, Worms completed a traineeship at

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. He then worked as an editor and presenter for the station, presenting the ''Morningshow'' along with Hugo Egon Balder and

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.Viktor Worms
ard-zdf-medienakademie.de He gained notoriety from 1985 to 1989 as a host of the popular ''

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'', which he took over from Dieter Thomas Heck, who has criticised Worms for his handling of the show and for not caring about the German Schlager genre. From October 1990 to September 1991, Worms presented the TV show ''Stadt Land Fluß'' on

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channel. In addition, he worked since 1988 for Antenne Bayern radio, first as a presenter, and from 1988 to 1994 as head of entertainment and head of vocal marketing. In 1994 he became program director at Antenne Bayern, significantly developing the channel. At the same time he worked as a freelance radio consultant until 1998 (eg in

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/ moderation coach for the

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). From 1 December 1998 to 31 August 2001, Worms was

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entertainment chief. In this function he was responsible among others for the production of '' Wetten, dass..?''. In 2002, he was managing director of Dolce Media for ten months, the TV production company of Christoph and

Thomas Gottschalk Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting '' Wetten, dass..?'', for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, ...

. Since 2003, he has been managing director of MPS Mediconsulting GmbH, which was renamed Worms Mediapartner GmbH in 2004. From 2002 to 2008 he advised the Aktion Mensch. Until 29 March 2008, he produced on behalf of Dolce Media with his company ''Wetten, dass..?'', from 15 July 2008 until the end of 2010 he was editorial director and producer of the ZDF show '' Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel''. Worms was a consultant for Red Bull Media House in 2011. He also collaborated with

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on the 2011 show ''Magnifico''.

References

External links

Official page
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