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{{short description|Austrian television host and actress (born 1981)}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Mirjam Weichselbraun
| name = Mirjam Weichselbraun
| image = 20160415 Dancing Stars 2378.jpg
| image = 20160415 Dancing Stars 2378.jpg
| caption =Weichselbraun in 2016
| caption = Weichselbraun in 2016
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Innsbruck]], Austria
| birth_place = [[Innsbruck]], Austria
| occupation = [[Television presenter]]
| occupation = Television presenter, actress
| known_for = Hosting ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'', [[Life Ball]] and the [[Vienna Opera Ball]]
| known_for = Hosting ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'', [[Life Ball]] and the [[Vienna Opera Ball]]
| partner = Ben Mawson (2013–present)
| partner = Ben Mawson (2013–present)
| years_active = 1999–present
| years_active = 1999–present
| children = 2
| children = 2
| website = {{url|mirjamweichselbraun.com}}
| website = {{URL|mirjamweichselbraun.com}}
}}
}}


'''Mirjam Weichselbraun''' (born 27 September 1981) is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'', [[Life Ball]] and the [[Vienna Opera Ball]]. She is best known outside Austria for presenting the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2015|2015]].
'''Mirjam Weichselbraun''' (born 27 September 1981{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}) is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'', [[Life Ball]] and the [[Vienna Opera Ball]]. She is best known, outside Austria and Germany, for co-presenting the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2015|2015]].


==Career==
==Career==
In January 2002, she joined the newly started music channel VIVA PLUS in [[Cologne]], where she hosted the show ''Cologne Day''.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} After only eight months she switched to [[MTV Central|MTV Germany]] in [[Berlin]] where she hosted the live show ''[[MTV Select]]'' until January 2005.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} In Germany, she has interviewed some of the most famous artists in the music business including [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Nickelback]]. She presented ''[[Total Request Live|TRL Germany]]'' with [[Joko Winterscheidt]] (alternating with {{ill|Patrice Bouédibéla|de}} and {{ill|Karolin Oesterling|de}}) until April 2007.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
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[[Image:Life Ball 2013 - magenta carpet Mirjam Weichselbraun 03.jpg|thumb|Weichselbraun at Life Ball in 2013]]
Her first experience in broadcasting was with the regional radio station Antenne Tirol in 1999 and she first appeared in front of the camera in 2001 on the culture program ''Das Magazin'' on the channel TV Tirol.

In 2000, she was voted the ''[[Bravo (magazine)|BRAVO]]-Girl'' of the year among 25,000 contestants.

In January 2002 she joined the newly started music channel VIVA PLUS in [[Cologne]], where she hosted the show ''Cologne Day''. After only eight months she switched to [[MTV Central|MTV Germany]] in [[Berlin]] where she hosted the live show ''[[MTV Select]]'' until January 2005.

In Germany, she has interviewed some of the most famous artists in the music business including [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Nickelback]].

She presented ''[[Total Request Live|TRL Germany]]'' with [[Joko Winterscheidt]] (alternating with Patrice Bouédibéla and Karolin Oesterling) until April 2007.

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Since 2003, next to her job on MTV, she has also been hosting the [[ZDF]] online-magazine for the game show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]''. In 2004 she has, together with Christian Clerici, hosted the live show ''Expedition Österreich'' ''(Expedition Austria)'', and one year later the [[Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005|Austrian preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005]], as well as the dancing show ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'' with [[Alfons Haider]] on [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]. Her hosting of ''Dancing Stars'' earned her the Austrian [[Romy (TV award)|Romy]] television award in 2006 and 2008.

In 2006, Weichselbraun and [[Wayne Carpendale]] presented the [[Dancing on Ice around the world|German version of ''Dancing on Ice'']] on [[RTL Television|RTL]], which made her very popular in Germany.<ref>[http://www.rtl.de/tv/dancingonice_moderatoren.php Dancing on Ice - Moderators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206014518/http://www.rtl.de/tv/dancingonice_moderatoren.php |date=6 December 2006 }} (German)</ref> Other hosting jobs include the [[Life Ball]], ''[[Kiddy Contest]]'', ''[[The Dome (TV program)|The Dome]]'' and the Romy awards presentation in 2008 and 2013. In November 2010, she hosted the ''Hit Giganten'' on [[Sat.1]] together with the German [[jazz]] musician [[Roger Cicero]].

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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 ''{{Ill|Die Rosenkönigin|de}}'' and in one episode of the [[Die ProSieben Märchenstunde]] ''(Frau Holle – Im Himmel ist die Hölle los)''. In 2008 and 2009 she appeared in two more films: ''[[H3 – Halloween Horror Hostel]]'' and ''{{Ill|Hangtime – Kein leichtes Spiel|de}}'' ''(Hangtime – Not an easy game)''.

In 2009, she took the role of ''Sugar Kane'' in Peter Stones' musical ''Manche mögen's heiß (Some like it hot)'' at the [[Theater in der Josefstadt]].


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[[Image:Mirjam Weichselbraun ROMY2008.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Weichselbraun at the 2008 Romy Awards]]
Since 2011, she hosted the [[Vienna Opera Ball]] together with [[Alfons Haider]] and Barbara Rett for the Austrian TV broadcaster ORF.
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Since 2003, next to her job on MTV, she has also been hosting the [[ZDF]] online-magazine for the game show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]''. In 2004 she has, together with {{ill|Christian Clerici|de}}, hosted the live show ''{{ill|Expedition Österreich|de}}'' ''(Expedition Austria)'', and one year later the [[Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005|Austrian preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005]], as well as the dancing show ''[[Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)|Dancing Stars]]'' with [[Alfons Haider]] on [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]. Her hosting of ''Dancing Stars'' earned her the Austrian [[Romy (TV award)|Romy]] television award in 2006 and 2008. In 2006, Weichselbraun and [[Wayne Carpendale]] presented the [[Dancing on Ice (German TV series)|German version of ''Dancing on Ice'']] on [[RTL Television|RTL]], which made her very popular in Germany.<ref>[http://www.rtl.de/tv/dancingonice_moderatoren.php Dancing on Ice - Moderators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206014518/http://www.rtl.de/tv/dancingonice_moderatoren.php |date=6 December 2006 }} (German)</ref> Other hosting jobs include the [[Life Ball]], ''[[Kiddy Contest]]'', ''[[The Dome (TV program)|The Dome]]'' and the Romy awards presentation in 2008 and 2013.


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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 ''{{Ill|Die Rosenkönigin|de}}'' 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 ''{{Ill|Hangtime (film)|de|3=Hangtime – Kein leichtes Spiel|lt=Hangtime}}''. In 2009, she took the role of ''Sugar Kane'' in Peter Stones' musical ''Manche mögen's heiß (Some like it hot)'' at the [[Theater in der Josefstadt]].
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In 2015, Weichselbraun co-hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] alongside [[Alice Tumler]] and [[Arabella Kiesbauer]] in Vienna.<ref>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Who gets to host Eurovision in Vienna?|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=who_gets_to_host_eurovision_in_vienna|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|eurovision.tv]]|accessdate=19 December 2014|date=19 December 2014}}</ref>


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In 2015, Weichselbraun co-hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] alongside [[Alice Tumler]] and [[Arabella Kiesbauer]] in Vienna.<ref>{{cite web|last=Siim|first=Jarmo|title=Who gets to host Eurovision in Vienna?|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=who_gets_to_host_eurovision_in_vienna|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|eurovision.tv]]|accessdate=19 December 2014|date=19 December 2014}}</ref> In 2021, she hosted the second season of ''[[The Masked Singer Austria]]'' for Channel [[Puls 4]].
In 2021, she hosted the second Season of [[The Masked Singer Austria]] for Channel [[Puls 4]].


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Weichselbraun has a twin sister. Their parents married late, so each girl could choose her own surname.{{Cn|date=May 2016}} Melanie Binder took her father's name, while Mirjam Weichselbraun took her mother's.
Weichselbraun has a twin sister. Their parents married late, so each girl could choose her own surname.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} 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 [[Marque (artist)|Marque]]. 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 [[Lana Del Rey]]. She has two children with him, two daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.woman.at/a/mirjam-weichselbrauns-freund-ben-mawson-353228|title=Mirjam Weichselbrauns neuer Freund: Ben Mawson|date=22 February 2013|website=WOMAN.AT|accessdate=2 February 2021}}</ref>
After a two year-relationship Weichselbraun split up with the singer [[Marque (artist)|Marque]]. 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 [[Lana Del Rey]]. She has two children with him, two daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.woman.at/a/mirjam-weichselbrauns-freund-ben-mawson-353228|title=Mirjam Weichselbrauns neuer Freund: Ben Mawson|date=22 February 2013|website=WOMAN.AT|accessdate=2 February 2021}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
[[Image:Mirjam Weichselbraun, ROMY 2009.jpg|thumb|Weichselbraun in 2009]]
[[Image:Life Ball 2013 - magenta carpet Mirjam Weichselbraun 03.jpg|thumb|200px|Weichselbraun at Life Ball 2013]]


===Actress===
===Actress===
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| 2008
| 2008
| ''Wir sind das Volk – Liebe kennt keine Grenzen''
| ''{{ill|The Wall: The Final Days|de|Wir sind das Volk – Liebe kennt keine Grenzen}}''
| Bonnie
| Bonnie
| TV
| TV
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''{{Ill|Hangtime – Kein leichtes Spiel|de}}''
| ''{{Ill|Hangtime (film)|de|3=Hangtime – Kein leichtes Spiel|lt=Hangtime}}''
| Kathi
| Kathi
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| 2012
| 2012
| ''Verloren auf Borneo''
| ''{{ill|Lost in Borneo|fr|La Princesse et le Baroudeur}}''
| Julia zu Hohenberg
| Julia zu Hohenberg
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===Host/Presenter===
===Presenter===
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| 2007–2008
| 2007–2008
| ''Kiddy Contest''
| ''[[Kiddy Contest]]''
| rowspan=2|[[ORF1]]
| rowspan=2|[[ORF1]]
| Presenter
| Presenter
|-
|-
| 2008, 2013
| 2008, 2013, 2019
| ''[[Romy (TV award)|Romy Television Awards]]''
| ''[[Romy (TV award)|Romy Television Awards]]''
| Host
| Host
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| 2010
| 2010
| ''Hit Giganten''
| ''Die Hit-Giganten''
| [[Sat.1]]
| [[Sat.1]]
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| rowspan=2|2015
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015|Wer singt für Österreich?]]''
| ''[[Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015|Wer singt für Österreich?]]''
| rowspan=2|[[ORF eins]]
| rowspan=3|[[ORF eins]]
| Presenter
| Presenter
|-
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| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2015]]''
| ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2015]]''
| Co-presenter
| rowspan=2|Co-presenter
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| 2017
| ''Echt jetzt?!''
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| 2021
| ''[[Masked Singer|The Masked Singer Austria]]''
| [[Puls 4]]
| Presenter
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website|http://www.mirjamweichselbraun.com/}}
*{{Official website|mirjamweichselbraun.com}}
*{{IMDb name|1711329|Mirjam Weichselbraun}}
*{{IMDb name|1711329|Mirjam Weichselbraun}}


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Latest revision as of 11:48, 17 December 2024

Mirjam Weichselbraun
Weichselbraun in 2016
Born (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43)
Innsbruck, Austria
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress
Years active1999–present
Known forHosting Dancing Stars, Life Ball and the Vienna Opera Ball
PartnerBen Mawson (2013–present)
Children2
Websitemirjamweichselbraun.com

Mirjam Weichselbraun (born 27 September 1981[citation needed]) is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting Dancing Stars, Life Ball and the Vienna Opera Ball. She is best known, outside Austria and Germany, for co-presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.

Career

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In January 2002, she joined the newly started music channel VIVA PLUS in Cologne, where she hosted the show Cologne Day.[citation needed] After only eight months she switched to MTV Germany in Berlin where she hosted the live show MTV Select until January 2005.[citation needed] In Germany, she has interviewed some of the most famous artists in the music business including Jon Bon Jovi and Nickelback. She presented TRL Germany with Joko Winterscheidt (alternating with Patrice Bouédibéla [de] and Karolin Oesterling [de]) until April 2007.[citation needed]

Weichselbraun at the 2008 Romy Awards

Since 2003, next to her job on MTV, she has also been hosting the ZDF online-magazine for the game show Wetten, dass..?. In 2004 she has, together with Christian Clerici [de], hosted the live show Expedition Österreich [de] (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 ORF. Her hosting of Dancing Stars earned her the Austrian Romy television award in 2006 and 2008. In 2006, Weichselbraun and Wayne Carpendale presented the German version of Dancing on Ice on RTL, which made her very popular in Germany.[1] Other hosting jobs include the Life Ball, 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 Die Rosenkönigin [de] 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 Hangtime [de]. In 2009, she took the role of Sugar Kane in Peter Stones' musical Manche mögen's heiß (Some like it hot) at the Theater in der Josefstadt.

In 2015, Weichselbraun co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Alice Tumler and Arabella Kiesbauer in Vienna.[2] In 2021, she hosted the second season of The Masked Singer Austria for Channel Puls 4.

Awards

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Personal life

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Weichselbraun has a twin sister. Their parents married late, so each girl could choose her own surname.[citation needed] 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 Marque. 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 Lana Del Rey. She has two children with him, two daughters.[6]

Filmography

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Weichselbraun at Life Ball 2013

Actress

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Die Rosenkönigin [de] Marie Gruber TV
2007 Die ProSieben Märchenstunde Chantal TV
2008 H3 – Halloween Horror Hostel Sidney TV
2008 Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Alles anders Agnes Ulmendorff TV
2008 The Wall: The Final Days [de] Bonnie TV
2009 Hangtime [de] Kathi
2011 Das Traumhotel (Episode: Malediven) Greta Junghans TV
2012 Die Braut im Schnee Dr. Thea Hollmann TV
2012 Unter Umständen verliebt Steffi TV
2012 Es kommt noch dicker
(Episodes: Ein magischer Tag, Der Tanzwettbewerb) 		Ella Sandvoss TV
2012 Wir sind Kaiser Fifi TV
2012 Lost in Borneo [fr] Julia zu Hohenberg TV
2013 Herztöne Dutch Princess TV
2013 Zweisitzrakete Polizistin Sabrina
2013 Zur Sache, Macho! Lisa Rammser TV

Dubbing

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Year Title Role
2007 Bee Movie Vanessa Bloom

Presenter

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Year Title Channel Role
2001 Das Magazin TV Tirol Presenter
2002 Cologne Day VIVA Plus
2002–2005 MTV Select MTV Germany
2002–2007 TRL Germany Co-presenter
2003–2012 Wetten, dass..? ZDF Online presenter
2004 Expedition Österreich ORF1 Co-presenter
2005
2007–2008
2010– 		Life Ball
2005 Song.Null.Fünf
2005– Dancing Stars
2006 Dancing on Ice RTL
2007–2008 Kiddy Contest ORF1 Presenter
2008, 2013, 2019 Romy Television Awards Host
2008–2010 The Dome RTL2 Co-presenter
2010 Die Hit-Giganten Sat.1
2010–2012 Willkommen ZDF
2011– Vienna Opera Ball ORF eins
2012–2013 Österreich rockt den Song Contest
2012 Hast du Nerven? Presenter
2012–2013 Die Harald Schmidt Show Sky Deutschland Sidekick
2013 Deutscher Filmpreis 2013 ZDF Host
2014 Die Große Grillshow Co-presenter
2015 Wer singt für Österreich? ORF eins Presenter
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Co-presenter
2017 Echt jetzt?!
2021 The Masked Singer Austria Puls 4 Presenter

References

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  1. ^ Dancing on Ice - Moderators Archived 6 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine (German)
  2. ^ Siim, Jarmo (19 December 2014). "Who gets to host Eurovision in Vienna?". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  3. ^ Mirjam Weichselbraun zu Gast in Willkommen Österreich Willkommen Österreich, 5 March 2012.
  4. ^ ZDF: "Deutscher IPTV Award" für Wetten, dass..?-Online – Zuschauerpreis für die von Mirjam Weichselbraun geführten Interviews, 6 November 2010.
  5. ^ orf.at – ESC-Moderatoren Tiroler des Jahres. 2 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Mirjam Weichselbrauns neuer Freund: Ben Mawson". WOMAN.AT. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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