Kristian Luuk

Kristian Luuk

Ants Robert "Kristian" Luuk (born June 14, 1966 in Stockholm to Estonian parents) is a Swedish comedian and talk show-host. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, he is currently working for the broadcaster SVT after previous spells at TV4, ZTV and SR public radio. He is in a relationship with television personality Carina Berg.Fact|date=July 2007

Luuk has made himself famous, mainly for his talents as an interviewer. After doing prank calls in the radio show "Hassan" during the early nineties, Luuk started hosting the ZTV-talk show "Knesset", where his abilities as a talk show host became obvious. Transferred to Swedish publicly accessed channel TV4, and to a large degree inspired by Conan O'Brien, Luuk's breakthrough show "Sen kväll med Luuk" featured Luuk interviewing various celebrities of Swedish as well as international origin. Among others, Luuk interviewed John Cleese, Alanis Morissette and Madonna in the show. Luuk is remembered for rounding up every interview by challenging the interviewee in a staring contest.

Kristian Luuk hosted Melodifestivalen 2007, the Swedish national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The show is regarded the most popular TV show in Sweden, the final being watched by some four million Swedish viewers every year.

Kristian Luuk was the commentator for SVT's Swedish broadcast of Eurovision Song Contest 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/8038 |title=Kristian Luuk new Swedish commentator |publisher=esctoday.com |date=2007-03-21] He also hosted Melodifestivalen 2008. He commentated both semi finals and the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Talk shows

* "Knesset" on ZTV
* "Sen kväll med Luuk" on TV4 (literally: Late night with Luuk)
* "God Natt, Sverige" on TV4 (literally: Good Night, Sweden)

References

* [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,1048637,00.html Kristian Luuk leder melodifestivalen 2008]


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