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Rose d’Or nominees unveiled

26 April 2013
Rose d’Or nominees unveiled

Geneva, 26 April 2013- The nominees for the 2013 Rose d’Or were announced today by Eurovision, organizers of the prestigious international entertainment programme awards.

The winners will be decided at the 52nd Rose d’Or Awards, which will be held in Brussels on 30 May 2013. The Rose d’Or Awards define the gold standard of excellence and achievement in entertainment programming.

Annika Nyberg Frankenhaeuser, Eurovision Media Director said: “The quality and number of entries received in 2013 is exceptional and the judges have chosen top-quality nominees. The Rose d’Or are the awards that programme-makers covet the most because they symbolize the pinnacle of success for entertainment programming.”

This year Rose d’Or Awards will be given in the following categories: Game Show, Reality & Factual Entertainment, Sitcom, Comedy, Entertainment, and Arts. Nominees come from as far afield as Australia, USA, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The UK leads the field with 10 programmes submitted to the final round of judging.

The winners will be announced at an evening celebration, hosted by Dutch TV celebrity Lucille Werner in the presence of Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz of Belgium.
You can register for the Rose d’Or on www.rosedor.com which also gives you automatic access to the Media Summit Focus Day. The Media Summit is an event for programme-makers and content producers to learn from world-changing innovators and visionaries.

LIST OF NOMINEES
 

GAME SHOW
Oh Sit! The GurinCompany, 405 Productions, Raquel Productions, Warner Horizon for The CW USA
JokoagainstKlaas – The Duel around the World EndemolDeutschland /Florida TV GmbH for ProSieben Germany
Smart Face Dori Media/ProduccionesMandarina for Cuatro Spain

REALITY AND FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Derren Brown: Apocalypse Part 1 Objective Productions for Channel 4   UK
Make Bradford British Love Productions for Channel 4 UK
Jobs withoutFrontiers Sputnik Media for Eén Belgium

SITCOMS
Spy Hat Trick Productions for British Sky Broadcasting UK
The Thick of It British Broadcasting Corporation UK
TwentyTwelve British Broadcasting Corporation UK

COMEDY
Cardinal Burns Left Bank Pictures for Channel 4 UK
The Revolution Will Be Televised  Hat Trick Productions for British Broadcasting Corporation UK
What If?  Shelter for VMMa Belgium

ENTERTAINMENT
The Dino Show Men atWork TV Produkties for NTR Netherlands
Let’s Dance for Sport Relief Whizz Kid Entertainment for British Broadcasting Corporation UK
Gruen Sweat Zapruder’s Other Films/ABC for  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australia

ARTS
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Eagle Rock Entertainment for British Broadcasting Corporation UK
London : The Modern Babylon BBC Films/BFI/Nitrate Film for British Broadcasting Corporation UK
Just Ballet Seven Film und Postproduction GmbH for ZDF/3SAT Austria

For further information on the nominees, please visit our web-site

ABOUT Eurovision

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The Eurovision satellite and fibre network is the largest and most reliable in the world directly plugged in to public service media everywhere.

Eurovision's staff of experienced media professionals acquire and manage media rights on behalf of EBU Members, and provide network, transmission and events services to the broadcasting industry.

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