Alice Tumler (born 11 November 1978) is an Austrian

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Early life and education

Tumler was born in Innsbruck and is the daughter of an Austrian father with Slovenian-Italian descent and a French mother from the island of

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. At the age of 19, she moved to

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, where she studied journalism, media and sociology, and later moved to

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where she participated in theater courses at the

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Career

Tumler's career as a television presenter began in 2004 with French music channel TraceTV. She has also worked for the Franco-German TV network,

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and French national channel

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. Since 2013, she has hosted the ORF talent show ''Die große Chance'' alongside

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. In May 2015, she jointly hosted the

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with

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and Arabella Kiesbauer at the

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in Vienna. In October 2015,

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named her ''Tyrolean of the Year''.

Personal life

Tumler speaks four languages fluently,

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and

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and is proficient in

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and Portuguese. She has a daughter.

References

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Alice Tumler
at ORF * Living people 1978 births Austrian television presenters Austrian women television presenters Mass media people from Innsbruck ORF (broadcaster) people Cours Florent alumni Austrian people of Slovenian descent Austrian people of Italian descent Austrian people of French descent Austrian people of Martiniquais descent {{tv-bio-stub