Josiane Shen is a former
Luxembourgish
Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide.
As a standard form of t ...
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...
. She is best known for hosting the
Eurovision Song Contest in .
Career
Having earned a degree in journalism, Shen spent her entire career as a television presenter with
Télé-Luxembourg
RTL9 is a French-language Luxembourgish television channel shown in Luxembourg, France, Monaco, Africa and the French-speaking regions of Switzerland.
History of the channel
Télé-Luxembourg
On 1 July 1954, CLR (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise ...
.
She is best known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
in , which she presented entirely in
French with the exception of the voting procedure. Shen is best remembered for accidentally greeting the United Kingdom during the voting procedure with "Good night, London", instead of "Good evening, London", to which the British spokesperson,
Michael Aspel
Michael Terence Aspel (born 12 January 1933) is an English retired television newsreader and host of programmes such as '' Crackerjack'', ''Aspel & Company'', '' Give Us a Clue'', ''This is Your Life'', '' Strange but True?'' and '' Antiques R ...
, replied "Good morning, Luxembourg".
She also co-hosted two editions of the short-lived
Grand Prix RTL International in 1970 and 1971.
Filmography
Television
See also
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List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest.
Since 1988, it ...
References
External links
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Living people
Luxembourgian television personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
Music journalists
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