Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab
Raab at a Eurovision Song Contest 2010 press conference
Born	Stefan Konrad Raab (1966-10-20) 20 October 1966 (age 57) Cologne, West Germany
Occupations	Producer businessman entertainer television host musician
Years active	1990–2015, 2024–present (entertainer) 2018–present (as producer)

Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German television producer, businessman, and former entertainer and television host. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night comedy talk show TV total and has also created a number of other television shows, such as Schlag den Raab and Bundesvision Song Contest.

Raab began his TV career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993. He became well known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing national football coach Berti Vogts. In the early 2010s, Raab was considered the "most powerful man in German entertainment television".^[1]

Raab is also known for his recurring role as producer, writer and performer of German entries to the Eurovision Song Contest between 1998 and 2012. He was the initiator of the national pre-selection show Unser Star für Oslo ("Our Star for Oslo"), in which Germany's winning entry at the 2010 contest in Oslo was determined.

In 2015, Raab ended his career in front of the camera, and by 2018 started focusing entirely on production work.