Nazan Eckes
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Nazan Eckes (born 9 May 1976) is a German
television personality of Turkish descent at the German television channel RTL
.
, completed her Abitur
, the German final exams of high school in Leverkusen
, where her father was employed as a worker in a chemical and pharmaceutical company.
Her internship at the music television channel
VIVA was followed by a formal journalistic apprenticeship (a Volontariat) of 18 months at the same channel. In 1998, Üngör joined VIVA as a regular TV journalist. Between 1998-1999, she also worked as freelance reporter for the Turkish language regional newspaper Haftalık Posta.
In 1999 Nazan Üngör switched channels to RTL-North in Hamburg
and assumed the presentation of weather forecast of the regional evening program Guten Abend RTL. The next year, she transferred to RTL-West as vice presenter of weather forecast at the local program Punkt 12. At this time, she also became a reporter.
Since 28 January 2003, Nazan regularly presents the RTL II
News on workdays. That year, she hosted RTL Exclusiv and Life! - Die Lust zu leben as a vocation substitute. She also presented World Music Awards
with Ole Tillmann and Deutschlands beste Doppelgänger, a look-alike-show on Saturday nights with Mike Krüger. Furthermore, Nazan Eckes hosts the program Formel Exclusiv on lifestyle, sports and Formula One
with Kai Ebel.
From June 2004 on, she hosted Life! - Die Lust zu leben and also assumed presentation of Bosporus Trend and RTL II Jahresrückblick, an end-of-year review on 2004 and 2005.
In 2005, she became Frauke Ludowig's maternity leave fill-in as host of EXPLOSİV-Weekend. The next year, she hosted "Let's Dance" with Hape Kerkeling
, the German version of television series Dancing with the Stars. In October of the same year, Nazan Eckes was responsible for the presentation of Das große TV-Quiz, a quiz program with the GameDisk of RTL and NORIS Entertainment. She also played in the German television comedy Crazy Race 3 – Sie knacken jedes Schloss featuring as a journalist.
In 2007, Nazan Eckes hosted the second season of Let’s Dance Again with Hape Kerkeling and also the episode Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- The great RTL-Special.
In 2008 Nazan dated Julian Khol, an Austrian Model living in Düsseldorf
and son of Andreas Khol, a politician from Austria
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
television personality of Turkish descent at the German television channel RTL
RTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
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Professional career
In 1995 Nazan Üngör, daughter of Turkish immigrants from EskişehirEskisehir
Eskişehir is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. According to the 2009 census, the population of the city is 631,905. The city is located on the banks of the Porsuk River, 792 m above sea level, where it overlooks the fertile Phrygian Valley. In the nearby...
, completed her Abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
, the German final exams of high school in Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....
, where her father was employed as a worker in a chemical and pharmaceutical company.
Her internship at the music television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
VIVA was followed by a formal journalistic apprenticeship (a Volontariat) of 18 months at the same channel. In 1998, Üngör joined VIVA as a regular TV journalist. Between 1998-1999, she also worked as freelance reporter for the Turkish language regional newspaper Haftalık Posta.
In 1999 Nazan Üngör switched channels to RTL-North in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and assumed the presentation of weather forecast of the regional evening program Guten Abend RTL. The next year, she transferred to RTL-West as vice presenter of weather forecast at the local program Punkt 12. At this time, she also became a reporter.
Since 28 January 2003, Nazan regularly presents the RTL II
RTL II
RTL II is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television channel.It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. It quickly became infamous for its perceived "trash programming", comprising lots of soft porn as well as shows such as Peep and many...
News on workdays. That year, she hosted RTL Exclusiv and Life! - Die Lust zu leben as a vocation substitute. She also presented World Music Awards
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
with Ole Tillmann and Deutschlands beste Doppelgänger, a look-alike-show on Saturday nights with Mike Krüger. Furthermore, Nazan Eckes hosts the program Formel Exclusiv on lifestyle, sports and Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
with Kai Ebel.
From June 2004 on, she hosted Life! - Die Lust zu leben and also assumed presentation of Bosporus Trend and RTL II Jahresrückblick, an end-of-year review on 2004 and 2005.
In 2005, she became Frauke Ludowig's maternity leave fill-in as host of EXPLOSİV-Weekend. The next year, she hosted "Let's Dance" with Hape Kerkeling
Hape Kerkeling
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling is a well-known German actor, presenter and comedian.-Career:At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band and published a record .Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German...
, the German version of television series Dancing with the Stars. In October of the same year, Nazan Eckes was responsible for the presentation of Das große TV-Quiz, a quiz program with the GameDisk of RTL and NORIS Entertainment. She also played in the German television comedy Crazy Race 3 – Sie knacken jedes Schloss featuring as a journalist.
In 2007, Nazan Eckes hosted the second season of Let’s Dance Again with Hape Kerkeling and also the episode Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada...
- The great RTL-Special.
Family
Nazan and Claus Eckes, an advertiser, got to know each other during jetskiing and married in February 2000. The couple divorced in 2007.In 2008 Nazan dated Julian Khol, an Austrian Model living in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
and son of Andreas Khol, a politician from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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