Golden Europe
The Golden Europe is the oldest German television award . It was awarded annually from 1968 to 2003 by the Saarland Broadcasting Corporation (SR). Only in 1989 and 2001 there were no awards. Since 1981 the gala has also been televised as a recording. With a few exceptions, the prize was always awarded in Saarbrücken .
The original sculpture "Golden Europe" from 1968 is the work of the sculptor Herbert Strässer .
The award, which goes back to a personal idea by artistic director Franz Mai , was originally created with the aim of supporting German artists and producers with their music against competition from the USA and England . Therefore, in the early years only German-language hits and their interpreters were awarded. The moderator Dieter Thomas Heck contributed significantly to the establishment of the television award. When in 1979 the management of Saarländischer Rundfunk decided to also award foreign artists the Golden Europe, Heck turned his back on the project and launched the Golden Tuning Fork . In later years, the Golden Europe was also awarded in other areas such as comedy, entertainment, politics, sports or drama.
Prize winners of the Golden Europe.
- 2003 from Bremen as part of the Festival of German Schlager
- Paul Kuhn for his life's work
- Puhdys for decades of success in Germany
- Otto Waalkes for 20 years of comedy success
- 2002
- Jeanette Biedermann received the special award of the SR 1 Europawelle
- Bro'Sis as a newcomer (national)
- Sarah Connor as Artist of the Year (national)
- DoRo's video producers received a special award
- Josh Groban as Discovery of the Year
- Patricia Kaas as Artist of the Year (international)
- Michael Kunze for the musical Elisabeth
- Reinhard Mey for his life's work
- Nicole for 20 years of success
- Uwe Seeler on behalf of the German national soccer team
- Shakira as shooting star of the year
- Jutta Speidel
- Fritz Wepper
- 2001
In 2001 the Golden Europe was not awarded. In the opinion of the SR leadership, the sharp drop in quotas for the program from the previous year did not justify the high production costs.
- 2000
- a-ha for the comeback of the year
- Anastacia as artist of the year
- ATC as Newcomer of the Year
- Ayman received the special award of the SR 1 Europawelle
- Franz Beckenbauer for his efforts towards the 2006 World Cup
- Iris Berben received the special award from Gala magazine
- Andrea Bocelli in the field of classical music
- DJ Ötzi as chart breaker of the year
- Really as a group of the year
- Bryan Ferry for his life's work (international)
- Hans Klok as entertainer of the year
- Udo Lindenberg for his life's work (national)
- Frank Nimsgern as the best young artist
- 1999
- Lou Bega
- Joe Cocker for his life's work
- Helmut Lotti in the field of classical music
- Geri Halliwell
- Rüdiger Hoffmann in the field of comedy
- Oli.P
- Drew Sarich from the musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Sasha
- Simply Red as Group of the Year
- Günter Wewel
- Erik Zabel
- 1998
- 4 the cause
- Bell, Book & Candle received a special award
- Boyzone
- Dieter Thomas Heck
- Udo Jürgens for his life's work (national)
- James Last
- Peter Maffay for his album Encounters
- Michael Mittermeier in the field of comedy
- Mike Oldfield for his life's work (international)
- Modern talking
- 1997
- 1996 from Innsbruck
- 1995 from Bolzano
- 1994 from Budapest
- 1993
- Dieter Bohlen
- Bonnie Tyler
- Justus Frantz
- Haddaway
- Maurice Jarre
- Anna Maria Kaufmann
- Leslie Mandoki (member of Dschinghis Khan) and his rock giants
- Al Martino
- The princes
- Harald Schmidt
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
In 1989 the Golden Europe was not awarded. The reason was the rescheduling of the event. Until 1988 the Golden Europe took place in autumn, from 1990 it took place in spring. Because the time gap between the last autumn broadcast in 1989 and the first spring broadcast in 1990 would have been very short, the broadcast was canceled once.
- 1988
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- Boney M .
- Tony Christie
- Dalida as artist of the year
- Katja Ebstein
- Udo Jürgens as the most played German-speaking artist
- Robert Palmer
- Helen Schneider
- Caterina Valente
- Stefan Waggershausen
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1976
- Cindy & Bert
- Udo Jürgens with the title A Honorable House as the best song of the year
- Michael Kunze
- Mireille Mathieu
- Ingrid Peters
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- Christian Anders
- Cindy & Bert
- Bernd Clüver as the best young artist
- Heino
- Joana
- Knut Kiesewetter
- James Krüss for the best nursery rhyme lyrics
- Vicky Leandros
- Loriot for his character Wum
- Love generation
- Jürgen Marcus
- Reinhard Mey
- Monica Morell
- 1969 from Wiesbaden as part of the local film ball
- 1968 from Wiesbaden as part of the local film ball
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Golden Europe . Golden Europe. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ↑ [2]
- ^ Chronicle of the ARD | Golden Europe. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .