Alice Tumler

Alice Tumler (born 11 November 1978) is an Austrian television presenter.

Alice Tumler
Born (1978-11-11) 11 November 1978
Innsbruck, Austria
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2004–present
Partner(s)Francis Nyock
Children2

Early life and education

Tumler was born in Innsbruck and is the daughter of an Austrian father with Slovenian-Italian descent and a French mother from the island of Martinique.[1] At the age of 19, she moved to London, where she studied journalism, media and sociology, and later moved to Paris where she participated in theater courses at the Cours Florent.[1]

Career

Tumler's career as a television presenter began in 2004 with French music channel TraceTV.[1] She has also worked for the Franco-German TV network, Arte and French national channel France 3.[2]

Since 2013, she has hosted the ORF talent show Die große Chance alongside Andi Knoll.[1] In May 2015, she jointly hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with Mirjam Weichselbraun and Arabella Kiesbauer at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna.[3]

In October 2015, Governor Günther Platter named her Tyrolean of the Year.[4]

Personal life

Tumler speaks four languages fluently, German, English, French and Italian and is proficient in Spanish and Portuguese.[5] She has a daughter.[6]

References
  1. "ORF Stars - Alice Tumler". kundendienst.orf.at. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. "Alice Tumlers spätes ORF-Debüt". Kurier.At. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  3. Siim, Jarmo (19 December 2014). "Who gets to host Eurovision in Vienna?". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. "ESC-Moderatoren Tiroler des Jahres". tirol.orf.at. October 2, 2015.
  5. "Sprachtalent Tumler moderiert Talentshow > Kleine Zeitung". Kleinezeitung.at. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  6. derStandard.at GmbH. ""Nur zu Hause zu sein, das könnte ich nicht" - Kind - derStandard.at › Familie". Derstandard.at. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
Preceded by
Lise Rønne, Nikolaj Koppel and Pilou Asbæk		 Eurovision Song Contest presenter
(with Mirjam Weichselbraun and Arabella Kiesbauer)
2015		 Succeeded by
Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw


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