Jörg Michael Pilawa (born 7 September 1965, in
Hamburg
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) is a German
television presenter.
Life
Pilawa studied after his school at
Gymnasium Hummelsbüttel first medicine and then history, but he did not finish his university studies. From 1987 to 1994 Pilawa worked for
Radio Schleswig-Holstein. From 1994 to 1996 Pilawa worked for German television broadcaster
ProSieben
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and since 1996 he worked for television broadcaster
SAT1. Since 2001 he worked for German broadcaster
ARD and after nine years he changed to German broadcaster
ZDF. Pilawa is married and has three children.
Filmography
*
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, host
*''
Rette Die Million,'' host
*''
It's Your Chance of a Lifetime,'' host
Bibliography
* (with Tilmann Bendikowski) ''Pilawas Zeitreise : Rätselhaftes und Überraschendes aus unserer Geschichte.'' Köln : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007.
Awards
*2016:
Goldene Kamera
The Goldene Kamera ("Golden Camera") is an annual German film and television award, awarded by the Funke Mediengruppe. The award show was usually held in early February in Hamburg, but also took place in Berlin on occasion. It has been paused ...
in category Best TV Entertainment
External links
Official website by Jörg Pilawa
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German game show hosts
People from Bergedorf
1965 births
Living people
ARD (broadcaster) people
ZDF people
Norddeutscher Rundfunk people