Carlo Boszhard

Carlo Boszhard (born 26 June 1969) is a Dutch TV personality, singer, impersonator, and host. His brother is Ron Boszhard.

Carlo Boszhard
Born (1969-06-26) 26 June 1969
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Years active1989-present
Career
Show
CountryNetherlands

Early life

Carlo was born as the youngest son of the Boszhard family, he is the brother of Ron Boszhard.

He spent his childhood in Amsterdam and had a predilection for theater, show and entertainment in primary school. At the age of thirteen het started performing in theater De Engelenbak in Amsterdam. One of his teachers there was Dutch TV host Paul de Leeuw.

After completing the Agricultural and Horticultural school, he became a caretaker. He nursed elderly people suffering from dementia.

Yet, Boszhard still wanted to be a presenter. So he chose to perform as an extra in late 1980s television shows such as the Ep Oorklep Show (with André van Duin), Verona (nl) (with Henk Spaan and Harry Vermeegen), and in the film Dutch Treat with the Dolly Dots.

In 1989 Boszhard responded to an advertisement from the AVRO and got himself hired as a host for the 1st time.

Career

His career started in 1989, hosting a part of the AVRO program Pauze TV (Break TV). In 1990, he switched to RTL 4, where he would present De Gek Van De Week-Show (The Nut Of The Week-Show), which wasn't successful. In 1991, Boszhard joined Irene Moors in hosting the television program Hitbingo, but his career truly took off in 1993 with RTL 4's Telekids, co-starring Irene Moors,[1] which made both them and the television show famous in the Netherlands.[2]

His shows include Cash en Carlo, a Dutch adaptation of the American television game show The Price Is Right, McCarlo and Monte Carlo, both of which featured Carlo singing with guest talents, and Life en Cooking for RTL 4.[1]

Boszhard was a voice actor for the Dutch versions of movies like Mulan, Ice Age, The Magic Voyage, Frozen and Shrek.[3]

In the last few years, Boszhard has been working on impersonations of Dutch celebrities. He is the driving force behind the program The TV Canteen (nl), broadcast by RTL 4. Boszhard worked on the concept of the show and developed it. In this satirical program, he impersonates famous people, together with Irene Moors. The program won the Gouden Televizier Ring, an award for outstanding TV programs on Dutch television, in October 2010.

Since 2019 Boszhard has been a jury member in the Dutch version of the program The Masked Singer.[4]

Additional work

Carlo Boszhard has been an Ambassador for the Animal Aid Foundation (Stichting Dierenhulp) since 2000. During one of his broadcasts of Monte Carlo, Carlo came into contact with the initiator of this foundation. Carlo was impressed by this charity and has supported the Dutch organization ever since.

Statement

In the Dutch Late Night talkshow Jinek[5] anchor Eva Jinek asked Carlo Boszhard about his thoughts on the plans for a new broadcaster called Omroep Zwart[6] (Black Broadcasting), a Dutch TV initiative that stands for diversity and inclusiveness. Carlo's response was that the right people were already sitting on the right seats. Boszhard said it should never happen that a good white anchor could be replaced, because of the need for more diversity on TV. Jinek said she was aware of the fact that it has been easier for her as a white woman to become an anchor than it has been and is for a black woman.[7] Carlo responded: "You are an anchor here, because you are the best one."

Filmography
Year Title Network Role Notes
1993–1999 Telekids RTL 4 Himself Co-host
2000–2009 Life & Cooking (nl) RTL 4 Himself Co-host
2009–present The TV Canteen (nl) RTL 4 Various
2009–2015 Carlo & Irene: Life4You (nl) RTL 4 Himself Co-host
2020 I Can See Your Voice RTL 4 Himself Host[8]

Theatre

References
  1. "Calro Boszhard". IMDB. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. "RTL verrast met Telekids, Barend en bejaarden" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  3. "CV Carlo Boszhard" (in Dutch). Weekend (Dutch magazine). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  4. "Carlo Boszhard in jury The Masked Singer". Telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. Jinek (in Dutch), retrieved 2020-09-27
  6. Redactie. "Omroep ZWART". Omroep ZWART. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  7. "Eva Jinek: 'lastiger voor zwart iemand mijn baan te krijgen', Carlo Boszhard: 'neem dan afscheid en laat zwarte vrouw op jouw plek'". TPOok (in Dutch). 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. "Carlo Boszhard presenteert nieuwe muzikale spelshow". rtlboulevard.nl (in Dutch). RTL Boulevard. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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