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 ...

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

VIVA Germany Viva (stylized VIVA, but not an acronym according to program director Dieter Gorny) was a German free-to-air music television channel, first broadcast on 1 December 1993. The channel was intended to compete against MTV Europe and was the sole G ...

, VOX and WDR. Together with Aleksandra Bechtel 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 ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

Television

Ongoing

* since 2019: ''The Masked Singer'', Pro7 * since 2021: ''ran'', Sat.1 * since 2024: '' The Floor'' * 2010, since 2024: ''Schlag den Star'', Pro7 * 1999–2001, since 2024: ''Hast du Töne?'', VOX/Sat.1

Formerly / specials

* 1997–1998: ''Bitte lächeln'',

RTL Zwei RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by ''RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG''. RTL2 is a private general entertainment ''(Vollprogramm)'' tv channel on the bas ...

* 1999: ''Eins Live TV'', WDR Fernsehen * 2003–2004: ''Die Quiz Show'', Sat.1 * 2005: ''TV 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: ''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'',

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* 2011–2021: ''

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 l ...

'',

Das Erste Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...

* 2011–2021: ''Sportschau live: Fußball'', Das Erste * 2011–2021: ''Sportschau live: Skispringen'', Das Erste * 2013–2021: ''Sportschau vor acht'', Das Erste * 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 * 2018–2019: ''Big Bounce – Die Trampolin Show'',

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* 2019: ''Die Liveshow bei dir zuhause'', Pro7 (with Steven Gätjen) * 2019–2021: ''Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben'', Pro7 (guest appearances) * 2021–2023: ''Zervakis & Opdenhövel.Live'', Pro7 (with

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) * 2022: '' The Masked Dancer'', Pro7 * 2022: ''Die Stapelshow''. Pro7

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 (German TV channel), RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalen ...

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 broadcas ...

'' * 2008:

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 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
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