Frank Elstner
Frank Elstner ( born April 19, 1942 in Linz, Upper Austria, actually Timm Maria Franz Elstner ) is a German radio producer, television show host, and inventor of television programs.
Life and career
Elstner was born as a child of two actors in Linz on the Danube and grew up in Baden -Baden and Rastatt. He attended the Ludwig- Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Rastatt until he was suspended, with 14 years, he moved to the Markgraf- Ludwig -Gymnasium in Baden -Baden. Even as a child made Elstner experience with the medium of radio, when he helped the southwest radio in radio plays. Thus spoke, for example, the then 10 - year-old's Bambi. His desire to study theater studies in Freiburg, he could not be achieved due to the failed Baccalaureate. He became famous first as a moderator and then later as a program director of the " four cheerful waves " of the German radio program on Radio Luxembourg (until 1983 ). Gerd Bacher won the then applicable as experts on youth radio Elstner as a consultant for the construction of Ö3.
Since Elstner a radio show with a colleague moderated, whose name was Tom, he was asked to come up with a name other than Timm. He chose his brother Frank 's name.
Elstner television coverage began with the shows play without limits, at that time still under the name Timm, and The Pictionary. In 1981 he invented the TV show Wetten, dass., Which is still regarded as the most successful in Europe. He hosted the show from 1981 to 1987 a total of 39 times, then gave it off to Thomas Gottschalk.
After the ratings developed by Elstner show formats ahead and Elstner and the Detectives at the ZDF had remained behind expectations, he hosted various shows on RTL, including the German version of the game show Jeopardy!. He has also moderated in the 1990s But hello at RTL.
In his own company Elstnertainment Frank Elstner developed television formats, it offers both public and private television channels.
Today Elstner works primarily for the Southwest Radio, where he hosted the talk show people a week in the third program. From September 28 2002 to November 21, 2009, he presented the successor of Cherno Jobatey for First the Saturday night show Candid Camera. At the last show, he introduced his successor Guido Cantz. He also moderated by early 2005 the show Simply millionaire ARD television lottery " A Place in the Sun" and announced to May 2011, the weekly winner of the ARD television lottery Sunday evening just before Linden Street.
Since September 12th, 2006 presents Frank Elstner in the South West, the new television quiz show The Best in the Southwest. He also hosted along with the science moderator Ranga Yogeshwar for ARD The big show of the natural wonders. For the ARD television lottery Frank Elstner moderated by end of 2011 The Incredible Quiz of the animals. On February 4, 2009, he chaired the meeting held at a press award ceremony of the Golden Camera.
On the occasion of the Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 hosted Frank Elstner an episode of the show for Germany in the evening program of the ARD.
For the summer broadcast of Wetten, dass. ? Majorca from 18 June 2011 on Frank Elstner took the end of the show for the actual presenter Thomas Gottschalk again the moderation of a bet, a bet excavator. Gottschalk took it the role of the competition sponsors.
Elstner was a member of the 15th Federal Assembly and adopted on 18 March 2012 for the CDU in the election of the German President in part.
Private
Frank Elstner is married to third wife, Britta Gessler and father of five children, including the young actress Enya Elstner. He lives in Baden -Baden. Elstner has suffered since his birth microphthalmia and wears a prosthetic eye.
Awards
Elstner 1979 received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2006, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Rose d'Or. As an occasion to apply the 25 - year anniversary of his greatest success Wetten, dass. ?. On 25 May 2007 he received an honorary prize of the Bavarian Television Prize was awarded by the Bavarian Prime Minister for his life's work. In April 2009, Frank Elstner received the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden -Wuerttemberg. In October 2012, he was awarded the honorary prize of the founders of the German Television Award at the award ceremony of the German Television Awards 2012 in Cologne. In March 2013 Frank Elstner was honored for his contributions to entertainment with the Honorary Medal of the city of Baden -Baden in gold.
Publications
- Betting fun. My life, my guests, my shows. Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-30647-1.
- Self - portrait of childhood and youth in: Florian Langenscheidt (ed.): At home. Celebrities talk about their childhood. Dusseldorf 1995, ISBN 3430159458