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Germany In The Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song " Disappear", written by Remee, Thomas Troelsen, and Hanne Sørvaag, and performed by the group No Angels. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (NDR), organised the national final in order to select their entry for the contest. The national final took place on 6 March 2008 and featured five competing acts with the winner being selected through two rounds of public televoting. "Disappear" performed by No Angels was selected as the German entry for Belgrade after gaining 50.5% of the votes in the second round. As a member of the " Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 4, Germany placed twenty-third out of the 25 participating countries with 14 points. Background Prior to the 2008 contest, ARD had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Germany fifty-one times since its debut in . It h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organisation of Germany's regional Public broadcasting, public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services—in particular the introduction of a joint television network. ARD has a budget of €6.9 billion, 22,612 employees and is the largest public broadcaster network in the world. The budget comes primarily from a mandatory licence fee which every household, company and public institution, regardless of television ownership, is required by law to pay. For an ordinary household the fee is €18.36 per month, as of 2023. Households living on Welfare in Germany, welfare are exempt from the fee. The fees are not collected directly by ARD, but by the Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio, Beitragsservice (formerly known as Gebühreneinzugszentrale GEZ), a common organisation by the ARD member broadcasters, the second public TV broadcaster ZDF, and De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hermanns
Thomas Hermanns (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV presenter, comedian, screenwriter and director. He is the founder of the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. Early life Hermanns was born in Bochum. During his childhood, he lived in Nuremberg. After school, he studied theatre. Career In 1992, Hermanns started the comedy show ''Quatsch Comedy Club''. The show has been on German channel ProSieben since 1996. In 2003, the show moved to the Theatre Friedrichstadt Palast, Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin. Hermanns has written and produced different comedy shows on TV, including ''Zapped'' (1998), ''Back to Life'' (2000) and ''Paranoid'' (2004) for Michael Mittermeier, Gayle Tufts and Cora Frost. Hermanns was a director for ''Grease'' and ''Es fährt ein Zug nach Nirgendwo''. Hermanns wrote for the TV series ''Lukas (TV series), Lukas'' (1997–1999), ''Meine beste Freundin'' (2000) with Mariele Millowitsch and Doris Kunstmann and for ''Sing, wenn du kannst!'' (2002) at the theatre S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ryan
Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, and voice actor. He is best known as the lead singer of the boy band Blue. Early life Lee Ryan was born in Chatham, Kent. His parents split up when he was six years old. Ryan mostly lived with his mother, sister Gemma and his grandmother. Ryan went to Bedonwell School before attending performing arts schools, including Welling School and the Independent Performing Arts School Belcanto London Academy (BLA), where he first developed his talent, then independent fee-paying theatre schools Sylvia Young Theatre School and Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Career 2000–2005: Career with Blue Ryan is a member of boy band Blue along with Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Antony Costa. The group has sold over 14 million records worldwide. In August 2005, Blue split up to pursue solo careers under the advice of Sir Elton John. Blue reformed on 28 April 2009. Ryan has had three number one hits while with Blue. He had p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with "Molitva", becoming Serbia's first and to date only winning entry. Šerifović made her recording debut in 1998 and has released six studio albums as well as numerous standalone singles. Additionally, she has served as a judge on the Serbian reality-TV reality competition, singing competition ''Zvezde Granda'' since 2015. She has won the Artistic Marcel Bezençon Award for "Molitva" and two regional Music Awards Ceremony, MAC Awards. Predominately recognized for balladic songs, Šerifović is often regarded as one of the best female pop vocalists in Serbia. Early life Šerifović was born on 14 November 1984 in Kragujevac. She is the only child to musicians Verica Šerifović, Verica and Rajko Šerifović. When Verica was nine months pregnant with Marija, Rajko left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (, ; born 24 May 1973),Руслана – Биография known ously as Ruslana, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, activist, and former politician. She is a World Music Award and winning recording artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Perrelli
Anna Jenny Charlotte Perrelli (; ; born 7 October 1974), known until 2003 by her maiden name, is a Swedish singer and television host. Under her maiden name, she won the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Take Me to Your Heaven". Since 1999 Perrelli has released seven albums and multiple singles. She once again won Melodifestivalen in 2008 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with her song "Hero". She is one of Sweden's most popular female singers, often performing at Sweden's top shows. Throughout her career, she has worked with different types of music, ranging from dansband and schlager, via modern pop, to soulful ballads and jazz melodies. Biography 1987–1998 Born in Hovmantorp, in the southern Swedish province of Småland, at the age of thirteen Nilsson joined a local dansband, Bengt Ingvars, which became "Bengt Ingvars med Charlotte". After finishing her compulsory school education, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Bator
Marc Bator (born 4 December 1972) is a German journalist and television moderator. Life Bator was born in Hannover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l .... From 2001 to 2013 he worked for the German news magazine '' Tagesschau'' broadcast by ARD. Since 2013 he worked for Sat.1 Nachrichten (later '' :newstime'') on German broadcaster Sat.1. Bator is married and has two children. External links Offizielle Website von Marc Bator* References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bator, Marc German television presenters German broadcast news analysts 1972 births Living people People from Hanover Tagesschau (ARD) presenters and reporters ARD (broadcaster) people Sat.1 people Television people from Lower Saxony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagesschau (German TV Series)
''Tagesschau'' (, ) is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD. The main edition of the programme is aired at 20:00 (08:00 pm) on Das Erste. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen, RBB Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, 3sat, Phoenix, and ARD-alpha. It also broadcasts for most of the day on Tagesschau24. Recorded ''Tagesschau'' newscasts can also be seen via YouTube internationally. The programme provides a website, ''tagesschau.de'', managed by ARD. History On 25 July 1988, ''Tagesschau'' was on the brink of being cancelled due to a warning strike organized by the broadcasting union RFFU. This blackout would have been for the first (and only) time in its history, but the '' Rundschau'' from Bavaria, produced by ''Bayerisches Fernsehen'' (Bavarian Television) in Munich, helped ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Pocher
Oliver Pocher (born 18 February 1978) is a German comedian, entertainer, television personality and host. Pocher began his career with part-time work in radio and as a DJ before making his first television appearance in 1998 on the Bärbel Schäfer's show. He later hosted several programs, including '' Rent a Pocher'' and '' Die Oliver Pocher Show''. Early life and professional training Pocher is the son of Gerhard and Jutta Pocher; he was born and grew up in Hanover, West Germany. His parents are Jehovah's Witnesses and he too was raised as one. In 2007, Pocher stated that, unlike his parents, he had no contact with the organisation anymore as he claimed "not to have agreed with their rules". Reports that Pocher had attended a Waldorf school were denied by his management. Pocher successfully completed his training as an insurance broker at " Signal Iduna Bauspar AG". During the time of his apprenticeship, he had some part-time jobs at various radio stations and as a DJ in clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquess (band)
__NOTOC__ Marquess is a German pop band established in 2006 in Hannover. The group predominantly sings songs in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ... although with grammar and pronunciation mistakes. Their song "Vayamos compañeros" became very popular in the summer of 2007 ranking #1 in Poland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Discography Albums * '' Marquess (album), Marquess'' (2006) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater (song), Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , who wrote many of her songs. Ebstein represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in Eurovision Song Contest 1970, 1970, Eurovision Song Contest 1971, 1971 and Eurovision Song Contest 1980, 1980. She also took part in Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, Ein Lied für Stockholm in 1975 with the song "Ich liebe dich", placing 5th in the selection. Her best performance was in 1980 when she gained second place with the entry "Theater", her other two songs "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" and "Diese Welt" each came to third places. As noted by John Kennedy O'Connor in his book ''The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History'',O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolin Fortenbacher
Carolin Fortenbacher (born 26 June 1963 in Hamburg) is a German musical actress and singer. She has had a leading role for five years in the musical '' Mamma Mia!'' in Hamburg. Career Training Fortenbacher began training as a make-up and cosmetic artist, before her introduction to ballet and musical training with Monika Radler at the Volker Ullmann Studio, and then the Stage School of Dance and Drama. Additionally, her voice was trained by Liliana Aabye. Musical theatre Fortenbacher's different musical styles include soul, jazz, pop and rock, and also opera. Audiences know her both for her musical roles and for classical parts. In the Hamburg performance of ''The Magic Flute'', she played the Queen of the Night. Musical commitments followed such as Rosalina in ''West Side Story'', Lucy in the musical ''Charlie Brown'', Audrey in the ''Little Shop of Horrors'' or Anne in '' La Cage aux Folles''. She took part in the Rock Opera ''Jimmy Dean'' at the Theater Casa Nova in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
