Alexander Rudiger

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Alexander Rüdiger (2019)

Alexander Rüdiger (born October 17, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian television presenter , speaker, producer, author and entrepreneur. He became known to a larger audience through the TV show Money Maker on ORF . Since 2013 he has also appeared publicly in the field of extreme marathons and pilgrimages . Rüdiger also took part in the North Pole Marathon or the world's first volcano marathon in the Atacama Desert and made a pilgrimage of more than 5000 kilometers on the Way of St. James , about which he also gives lectures. He owns a consulting company in Vienna.

Life

Alexander Rüdiger is the son of a Prague dental technician and a Viennese master builder. He grew up in Ebenthal ( Lower Austria ). After the death of his politically active father, the twelve-year-old moved to Vienna with his mother.

In 1988 Rüdiger married Brigitte Prethaler, who became Missis Vienna in 1989. The marriage ended in divorce after 13 years. Rüdiger has a son who was born in March 2004 and currently lives in Vienna. In January 2020 he made his Parkinson's disease public, from which his mother had died in 2013.

Media career

In 1992 Rüdiger applied for the casting show Showmaster designed by Rudi Carrell and received the RTL Showmaster trophy as third place .

From 1994 he moderated numerous radio programs in the ORF regional studio in Lower Austria. He also worked as a warm upper for ORF and the RTL production of Ilona Christen .

In 1996 Rüdiger founded the PR and event agency Creative Entertainment.

From 2001 to 2006 Rüdiger was in the advertising window of ORF , Puls TV , Sat.1 , ProSieben , Kabel eins and DSF the TV face for the teleshop operator Media Shop, whose Austrian branch he also managed. He also moderated the TV travel show Urlaubreif .

2002 - 2003 he presented the drawing of the lottery numbers 6 out of 45 in the ORF 2 program.

Since 2007, Rüdiger has been the show master of the TV production Money Maker , which is broadcast daily for almost two months in the ORF -2 summer program. In terms of market share, the show is one of the most successful game shows on public television.

On August 24, 2019, the Kronen Zeitung caused a sensation with an article about Rüdiger, according to which he was facing bankruptcy. A canceled major running event in November 2018 in Vienna's Prater, which Rüdiger pre-financed on behalf of a Hungarian network company as the main person in charge, left him with unpaid bills of 150,000 euros.

Alexander Rüdiger is a brand ambassador for several companies, he moderates events and gives motivating lectures through his experience, which deal with topics such as adventure, motivation, passion and goal setting. His motto here is "Full of Life".

Pilgrims, endurance and extreme sports

2005 began Rüdiger with the pilgrims and has since all major St. James -Zubringern to Santiago de Compostela go. As an extreme marathon runner, he took part in international competitions such as the North Pole Marathon in 2013 and 2018 and in 2013 in the Atacama Desert in the world's first volcano marathon, which he also finished in 2nd place in 2018. In the Everest Marathon 2019, which took place in May in the Solukhumbu district, Nepal, near Mount Everest and is one of the highest and toughest races in the world with its starting point at 5365 m above sea level, Rüdiger achieved 4th place despite illness. International ranking. In Austria, Rüdiger was immediately admitted to the hospital because of massive dehydration.

Moderated broadcasts

  • 1992: RTL show master
  • 1996: Happy End Casting Tour (ORF)
  • 1994: Morning pint (Radio Niederösterreich)
  • 1994: The blue-yellow musicians parade (ORF)
  • 1994: You want us to play (Radio Niederösterreich)
  • 1994–1995: The blue and yellow musicians regulars table (Radio Niederösterreich)
  • 2001–2006: TV Media Shop (including Sat.1, kabel.eins, ProSieben, RTL II)
  • 2002–2003: Lotto "6 out of 45" Live (ORF)
  • 2005: Ready for vacation (including Sat.1, kabel eins, ProSieben, RTL II)
  • since 2007: Money Maker (ORF 2)

Extreme marathons

  • 2013: 3rd place volcano marathon in 4.47.49 / Atacama desert Chile / South America
  • 2013: 6th place in the North Pole Marathon in 5.24.48 / Arctic-North Pole / Arctic
  • 2014: 9th place intern. Great Wall Marathon in 4:06:16 / China / Asia
  • 2018: 3rd place intern. Egyptian Marathon in 3:14:13 / Luxor Egypt / Africa
  • 2018: 5th place North Pole Marathon in 5:24:56 / Arctic-North Pole / Arctic
  • 2018: 2nd place volcano marathon in 4: 53.22 / Atacama desert Chile / South America
  • 2018: 3rd place Antarctic Ice Marathon in 4:31:57 / Antarctica / Antarctica
  • 2019: 4th intern. Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in 6:42:24 / Nepal

Awards

  • 1992 RTL show master's trophy
  • 2014 5th overall place in the running ranking Austria (1st place among the over-45 year olds)
  • 2017 Paulus plaque from the diocese of Münster as an ambassador and fighter for the good
  • 2019 nomination for "Sportsman of the Year 2018" district of Blätter / Lower Austria

Productions

  • 1992: La Luna (single)
  • 2009: It trickles money (CD) song for the TV show " Money Maker " with different versions, also in a duet with the pop singer Jazz Gitti .
  • 2010: Money is trickling (CD), "fairy version" of the Geldscheffel song
  • 2010: Schifliegerhits (CD)
  • 2011: Buen Camino-Chillout (DVD)
  • 2019: Taxi1710 Quick, the baby is coming! Novel by Alexander Rüdiger

Movies

Web links

Commons : Alexander Rüdiger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Stefanie Weichselbaum: Moneymaker Alexander Rüdiger greets from Antarctica. In: kurier.at. December 18, 2018, accessed April 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Peter F. Hickersberger: Vulkanmarathon brings eyesight. November 25, 2013, accessed August 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Parkinson's diagnosis shocks TV lucky charms in the Kronenzeitung on January 31, 2020, accessed on February 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ TV lucky charm is facing bankruptcy. In: pressreader.com. Kronen Zeitung, August 24, 2019, accessed on July 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Barbara Reiter: TV presenter Alexander Rüdiger: Do it, that's it! Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
  6. ^ Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon Timing Sheet Website everestmarathon.com, Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  7. ^ ORF "Money Maker" on the podium at the Vulkan Marathon. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Alexander Rüdiger. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Sensational success for ORF presenter Alexander Rüdiger in China! Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Tanja Waculik: Rüdiger conquers the Great Wall of China. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b part 54 (week 25/2019): Alexander Rüdiger. In: Heroes of Running. June 19, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ Thomas Wolff: The desert fox. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  13. ↑ ORF show master in quarantine after Everest marathon. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Alexander Rüdiger as Sportsman of the Year Website www.mein Bezirk.at, accessed on April 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Rüdiger, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian television presenter and entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna