The “Eurovision Song Contest” 2024 is the beginning of a new era. After 25 years with Peter Urban as a commentator, a new voice awaits us at the ESC this year.
Peter Urban Since 1997, Peter Urban has been commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest for NDR on German television (Source: Image: NDR/Christian Spielmann)
- Peter Urban was the German commentator on the “Eurovision Song Contest” from 1997 to 2023.
- From 2024 we will have a new commentator who will accompany the ESC.
- Who is it and what is Peter Urban doing today?
Peter Urban was the German voice of the “Eurovision Song Contest” for over 25 years. But after the show in Liverpool 2023, the commentator resigned from his work for the ESC. This year’s competition in Malmö will be commented on by a new voice for the first time after a quarter of a decade on German television.
Who is the new ESC commentator?
From 2024, radio presenter Thorsten Schorn will take over the role of German commentator for the ESC. When Schorn isn’t commenting on the “Eurovision Song Contest”, he’s presenting for the broadcasters WDR and EinsLive.
The RTL show “Because they don’t know what’s happening” is also accompanied by Schorn as a game director. Since 2012, the presenter has also been the popular voice-over of the VOX show “Shopping Queen” with Guido Maria Kretschmer.
Thorsten Schorn is an enthusiastic ESC fan and was already able to comment on the German preliminary round in February 2024, which Isaak won with his song “Always on the Run”. The presenter can also be heard in other shows related to the ESC.
What is Peter Urban doing today?
Peter Urban retired in 2013 and ended many of his tasks as a journalist, commentator and presenter. But he didn’t let three of his heartfelt projects be taken away from him: the commentator job at the ESC, his “Peter Urban Show
After the end of his ESC career, Urban continues to concentrate on his two radio tasks. The journalist hosts his “Peter Urban Show” every Thursday at 9 p.m. New episodes of his podcast “Urban Pop” appear every two weeks.
Shortly before Peter Urban commented on his last “Eurovision Song Contest”, he published his autobiography “On Air – Memories of my life with music“. In the book, the journalist reports on his time as a radio presenter and ESC commentator.
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