Mirjam Weichselbraun (born 27 September 1981) is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting '' Dancing Stars'',

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. She is best known, outside Austria and Germany, for co-presenting the

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Career

In January 2002, she joined the newly started music channel VIVA PLUS in

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, where she hosted the show ''Cologne Day''. After only eight months she switched to

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where she hosted the live show ''

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'' until January 2005. In Germany, she has interviewed some of the most famous artists in the music business including

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and

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. She presented '' TRL Germany'' with Joko Winterscheidt (alternating with and ) until April 2007. Since 2003, next to her job on MTV, she has also been hosting the

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online-magazine for the game show '' Wetten, dass..?''. In 2004 she has, together with , hosted the live show ' ''(Expedition Austria)'', and one year later the Austrian preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, as well as the dancing show '' Dancing Stars'' with Alfons Haider on

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. Her hosting of ''Dancing Stars'' earned her the Austrian

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television award in 2006 and 2008. In 2006, Weichselbraun and Wayne Carpendale presented the German version of ''Dancing on Ice'' on

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, which made her very popular in Germany. Other hosting jobs include the

, '' Kiddy Contest'', '' The Dome'' and the Romy awards presentation in 2008 and 2013. In addition to her job as a show host, Weichselbraun has also lent her voice to Jan Dress' audio drama ''Letzte Tage, jetzt'' (Last days, now) and worked as an actress. In 2007 she played in the ORF movie ' and in one episode of the first season of '' Die ProSieben Märchenstunde'' (episode: ''Frau Holle – Im Himmel ist die Hölle los''). In 2008 and 2009 she appeared in two more films: '' H3 – Halloween Horror Hostel'' and '. In 2009, she took the role of ''Sugar Kane'' in Peter Stones' musical ''Manche mögen's heiß (Some like it hot)'' at the

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. In 2015, Weichselbraun co-hosted the

alongside Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer in Vienna. In 2021, she hosted the second season of ''

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Awards

* Romy Awards 2006: Special Jury Prize for ''Dancing Stars'' together with Alfons Haider *2007 and 2008: Top Spot Award ORF as advertising favourite of the year *Leading Ladies Award 2008 * Romy Ceremony 2008: Romy as popular talk show host *IPTV Award 2010: Viewership price for their backstage interviews ''Wetten, dass ..?'' * Romy Ceremony 2011: Romy as a popular show entertainer * Romy Awards 2012: Romy as a popular show entertainer along with

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and diamond lapel ROMY *2015: Tyrolean of the Year

Personal life

Weichselbraun has a twin sister. Their parents married late, so each girl could choose her own surname. Melanie Binder took her father's name, while Mirjam Weichselbraun took her mother's. After a two year-relationship Weichselbraun split up with the singer

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. She had also been in a relationship with the Sat.1 host Jahn Hahn, but they split after four years. Since 2013 she has been in a relationship with Ben Mawson, the manager of

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. She has two children with him, two daughters.

Filmography

Actress

Dubbing

Presenter

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weichselbraun, Mirjam 1981 births Living people Actresses from Innsbruck Austrian twins Austrian television presenters Austrian women television presenters ORF (broadcaster) people Mass media people from Innsbruck Austrian television actresses 21st-century Austrian actresses