Hazel Brugger wins German Comedy Award for ESC presentation
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Swiss comedian Hazel Brugger has been given the German Comedy Award for her co-hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Basel.
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This was announced by the Cologne Comedy Festival on Friday.
The 31-year-old was honoured with a “special prize” for her performance. Brugger was part of the team of presenters who hosted Eurovision in Basel.
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“With her authentic, quick-witted and wonderfully unconventional presentation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Hazel Brugger inspired an audience of millions and gave the ESC a fresh zeitgeist,” it said in the citation.
“Instead of staging glamour, she remained true to herself as a comedienne: charming, spontaneous and self-deprecating.”
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