| Capital: | € 110 million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 53 |
| Born: | 10/20/1966 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Moderator |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Brief introduction
Stefan Raab is a person who likes to be in the spotlight – regardless of whether it is about music, movies, or television. With programs such as “Total TV” and many music releases, the native of Cologne developed the status that remains stoined for many years after retiring from television.
Youth
Stefan Konrad Raab was born in Cologne in the fall of 1966. He has a sister, parents run a meat shop. Raab attended school schools where he graduated from high school in 1986. He then conducted a military service in Cologne, ready to fly.
Raab studied law in Cologne and Bielefeld for five semesters. At the same time, he worked in his parents’ meat shop, where he practiced. The young man resolved this in a way that should be emulated by the daily worker test and is the best in his district.
From 1990 Stefan Raab wrote and produced advertising jingles and places for television shows. Among other things, he was involved in an advertisement for toothpaste and ARD morning magazine. Raab also works as a music producer for artists such as princes and Lars Dietrich residents.
Career
In 1993, Stefan Raab attended casting in VIVA, where he was offered to host the “Vivivon” event. Raab did this until 1998. The following year he joined PRESSEBEN on the “Total TV” program, with which he reached the highest fame. “Total TV” also includes regular shows such as the World Wok Championship, total diving TV or several nights of poker.
In the nineties, Raab published several music works that were well received. In 1996 he compiled the song “Here Come the Mouse!” For a birthday birthday with a mouse, the success as well as the song about the national coach of Berti Vogts and the cover version of “A Bed in the Cornfield”. In 1997 Raab regularly hosted a radio event for WDR.
Stefan Raab regularly searched and supervised candidates for the Eurovision song contest. He took Max Mutzke and the winner of Lena Meyer-Landrut under his wings. Raab can also place in the top 5 through his own participation. Based on the Eurovision song contest, Raab found the Bundesvision song contest in 2005, and he also held Parodik DSDS casting.
Over the years, other events such as the popular “Schlag Den Raab” concept or Talk Show “Absolute, which scored with new innovative concepts, strengthened him. In 2015, Stefan Raab left the TV business. Efforts to continue the format without him failed.
Career spotlight
One of the most successful Stefan Raab TV formats was “Schlag Den Raab”, which won the German TV award, among others. However, that is not enough for the success of “total TV”: Moderator performances that may be the most successful lasting for sixteen years, receiving several awards and candle figures by Stefan Raab in the Madame Tussauds Cabinet in Berlin even sitting behind a replica from the table of total “TV “”.
Raab has also been a huge success in the music industry. For “Here Come the Mouse!” From 1996 he received gold records, songs further reached the status of gold and platinum. Stefan Raab was awarded several echoes, including the best producers. There are also gold cameras, Bambi prizes and Adolf Grimme.
Raab also showed his talent for music in the Eurovision Song Contest: In 1998 he compiled for Guildo Horn participants, two years later he took his own part. With the help of Stefan Raab, Lena Meyer-Landrut reached the first place in the 2010 competition, Max Mutzke got the fourth place in 2004. Both musicians were still active in this industry.
Famous quote
– Don’t give too much assessment of people who have more experience than you. Experience is only knowledge about the status quo. But in many cases this does not help you to judge the future correctly.
– My taste often coincides with the crowd.
– I have spread more ideas than others on German television.
Amazing facts
– Stefan Raab has a habit of not giving interviews to Bild Magazine and RTL Broadcaster.
– In 2005, Raab made a shameful joke about air strikes at Dresden in 1945, but then apologized for that.
– In 2001, the moderator received criticism from the press for acting as a producer of jingle and advertising media for McDonalds.
– Stefan Raab participated in the movie soundtrack “(T) Raumschiff Surprise”.
