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Johannes B. Kerner
Johannes B. Kerner was born in 1964 in Bonn. He first became widely known as a sports presenter for Sat.1’s football magazine ran, where he appeared on camera from 1992 to 1997. In 1998, Johannes B. Kerner moved to ZDF and hosted das aktuelle Sportstudio for 11 years, as well as football international matches, European and World Championships, and the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. In the same year, he received his own eponymous show on the network, where he interviewed celebrities and non-celebrities four times a week. Until 2008, he also hosted ZDF’s major annual review program Menschen. To this day, Johannes B. Kerner hosts major ZDF television shows such as Quiz-Champion, Ein Herz für Kinder, die große Terra-X Show, and the prestigious Magenta Talk format BestBesetzung. He also presented the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and most recently, the UEFA Euro 2024 for Magenta TV. Johannes B. Kerner has been honored with numerous awards, including the Bambi, the Goldene Kamera, and the German Television Award. For his social commitment, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 2006 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2022. In 2011, he co-founded the Becker-Kerner Foundation with Britta Becker-Kerner to promote youth, culture, and sports. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the German Sports Aid Foundation (Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe). He lives in Hamburg.