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My Take
Stefan Raab is one of those rare figures who didn't just host television, he engineered a whole entertainment ecosystem. Out of Cologne, he ran the late-night staple TV total for years while also producing formats like Schlag den Raab and a German answer to Eurovision, and he even pulled off a recording career with a gold record and an Echo prize to go with his Rose d'Or and German Comedy Award. What I respect is the refusal to stay in one lane: comedian, host, musician, producer, entrepreneur, all pursued at full tilt. You can't really tell the story of modern German TV without him, and that omnivorous ambition is exactly what I find magnetic.
Overview
Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German entertainer, television host, producer, and businessman. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show TV total on ProSieben and also created a number of other television shows on the channel, most notably Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest. Raab began his TV career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stefan Raab
- Name (Japanese)
- シュテファン・ラープ
- Reading
- しゅてふぁん・らーぷ
- Born
- October 20, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television presenter / comedian / entertainer / television producer / entrepreneur
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bielefeld University
Awards & achievements
- 2000 Romy
- gold record
- 1997 Echo Music Prize
- 1995 Goldene Stimmgabel
- 2012 Rose d'Or
- 1999 Deutscher Comedypreis
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.