Friday, 16 September 2011

2001: Natasja Crone Back & Søren Pilmark

Natasja Crone Back (born June 12, 1971) is a Danish journalist and TV-show presenter. She is well known from several big shows on Danish television.
Crone was raised in Holte north of Copenhagen and is of Danish and Belorussian-Jewish parentage [1]. In 1996 she finished journalist school. During her studies, she was involved in debating programme Planet Danmark. She also did the practical part of her studies at the newspaper Berlingske Tidende.
After her studies Back became a journalist for Danmarks Radio (DR). She hosted a sports programme from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 she started working at DR's Light Entertainment Division. Today, she is attached to DR Event, a division catering to major events ranging from award shows to elections.
Natasja Crone Back hosted the millennium New Year's Eve show, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Danish Song Contest) in both 2000 and 2004, and the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.
Since December 2006 she has been part of the TV 2 News staff.
Crone Back is divorced from Nikolaj Back. Together, they have a son named Samuel.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasja_Crone_Back

During the ESC in 2001.

Søren Pilmark (born October 16, 1955) is a Danish actor.
With Natasja Crone Back, he is notable for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in a seemingly endless string of rhyming couplets.
His best known works internationally are the film Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights), directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, and the mini-series Riget, directed by Lars von Trier. He has also written and starred in comedy productions; firstly in the "Pallesen-Pilmark Show" in 1984, and then in the "Ørkenens sønner" series. He has also dubbed Rocky in Chicken Run and O'Malley in The Aristocats in Danish. He was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Film" in 2007 for the film "Helmer og søn".
Currently he is starring as Bahnsen in commercials for DSB together with Harry, a purple puppet with red hair.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Pilmark

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