Marko Reikop (born 19 June 1969 in

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n TV host. He graduated from the Tallinn University on

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and is employed by radio and TV channels of the Estonian Public Broadcasting since 1991. He has presented the Estonian national finals for

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and made a live commentary for the event. From 2009 and on he presents the daily talk show '' Ringvaade'' together with Anu Välba (along with Grete Lõbu since autumn of 2013). In 2018 he was given Fifth Class of the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia.Marko Reikop
Teenetemärkide kavalerid Reikop is openly gay. In September 2020, Reikop was the subject, along with ''Ringvaade'' cohost Grete Lõbu, of an anti-gay slur by Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) MP and

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(ERR) board representative Urmas Reitelmann in a social media post, which caused a backlash by ERR supervisory board member Rein Veidemann and ERR board chair Erik Roose, with Veidemann calling for Reitelmann's removal from the board. Reikop later stated that he considered filing a court action suit against Reitelmann.

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