Cenk Başoğlu

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Cenk Başoğlu (born March 12, 1976 in Miltenberg ), also Jenque Başoğlu or just Cenk , is a German pop singer and presenter of Turkish descent.

Career

The German-Turk, who had previously performed his own skits and music on regional stages, moved from Frankfurt to Cologne to appear as an actor on RTL in the television film Donna's Baby (1999). This was followed by unsuccessful attempts at Cenk to gain a foothold as a musician or otherwise on television (including Duo Fern, casting show "New Faces", works for Franken TV )

In 2002, Cenk made a cameo as a waiter in the video clip of Scooter's Nessaja

In 2003, Cenk had his first musical success when Peter Sebastian Üsküdara produced Gideriken , an old Turkish folklore number, with him as a dance version: this was released as a maxi single on Deutsche Austrophon. Now Cenk has also worked as a duet partner on two titles from Sebastian's 2003 German hit album Konsequent . A video clip was even produced with him in Turkey for the release of “Arkadas”.

At this time, the German-Turkish man also gained a foothold as a presenter, initially on the Turkish television channels Kanal D and Show TV , and in 2004 he took over the moderation of the daily primetime show Mamboo, which is aimed at a young audience . TV on NBC Europe . The weekend dating show Mamboo! Quick Date on the station was then moderated by him.

With Buram, Buram (2004), Cenk has now released his first own music album, on which he also sings in German for the first time (single, Leuchtender Stern ).

From 2004 to early 2006, Cenk moderated the interactive quiz show Sansmatik on Kanal D. Immediately afterwards, Cenk moderated the same format called Call4Cash on the German channel Viva Plus until the beginning of 2007.

In spring 2007, Cenk produced his own late night show Telemaniac on the first German-Turkish Berlin regional broadcaster TD1. After four episodes the show was stopped again due to differences with the broadcaster.

In May 2007, Cenk got an engagement at 9Live for the moderation of the Turkish program 9Live Türkiye on Kanal D. Cenk was also initially used in the German programs of 9Live, such as B. in the 9Live format at home .

Since June 2007, Cenk has hosted the Foxtürk program Fox la kazan and has since produced his own IP TV program, the Cenk Show . Here he plays in five different characters.

In July 2007, Cenk landed a leading role in Foxtürk's new series called Kücük Istanbul , which will be broadcast for the first time on October 20th. Cenk plays an Anatolian young man who has fled Turkey.

Since August 2007, Cenk has been producing and hosting the commercial program Jamba Music Show on behalf of Jamba , which is broadcast on NRW TV and Jamba TV, and since January 2008 he has hosted the German-Turkish youth radio program Cilgin on the radio station Funkhaus Europa .

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personal data
SURNAME Başoğlu, Cenk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Başoğlu, Jenque; Cenk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer and presenter of Turkish descent
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Miltenberg