| BAM 2010 |  | The highpoint of this year's Gamescom in Cologne will be the presentation of the BAM! Awards. So far over 1.6 Million votes have been cast by the public for their favourite computer and video-games of past year. Games fans still have a chance to vote here BAM! The winning games will be announced during the awards ceremony on the 20th August in the Gloria Theater in Cologne. The show will be hosted by Steve Blame and Katjuschka Altmann (Pro 7). | | more... |
| C'n'B |  | | How to fail and get back up again, and how to deal with failure proactively will all be discussed in the panel »Shipwreck To Success« on 24 June, 2 – 3.30 pm at the C'n'B convention in Cologne. Moderated by Steve Blame, the panel will see speakers Holger In't Veld (Founder, In't Veld), Clark Parsons (Managing Director, Berlin School of Creative Leadership), and Patrick Wagner (CEO, Louisville Records)
share their own stories and also look, in an entertaining way, at
general psychological, structural and geographic elements of failure.
How true is it that failure is a prerequisite for success? | | more... |
| Rose dÒr | | | Steve Blame has been invited to be part of the pre-selection Jury for this
year's 50th Rose d'Or festival. The competition includes 11 categories and the
best programmes are selected within two rounds of judging, the Preselection Jury
is selecting the nominees and the Festival Jury is selecting the winners. The
pre-selection will take place on the 28th and 29th of May in Lucerne. The 50th
Rose d’Or Festival will take place from September 18th – 22nd 2010 in Lucerne,
Switzerland. | | more... |
| c/o pop panel | | Claudia Jericho from c/o pop in this week's Musikwoche: "The highlights of this year undoubtedly include Steve Blame hosting the panel titled 'Shipwreck', Brian Storm, 3 time Emmy winner and the former partner of Bill Gates in the photo agency Corbis will be talking about 'Storytelling', or the appearances from artists like Andy McClusky from OMD, Sido and Busy P. More to come!
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| The Final |  | After five weeks of Nach Realitychecks, amazing live performances in our Livechecks and nerve wracking shoot outs the top three bands fight it out in the final show. Each band will play live in the studio three times and have to show that they can play by any and every event possible. It's about entertainment. It's about quality It's about who will win the title of German's Best Partyband and earn the right to play live as support act to The Scorpions.
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| Show 4 | | Germany's Best Party Band continues this week (Tuesday 4th at
23:05) with the four remaining bands fighting to get into the final. The Reality Checks take place at a fashion show and at a home improvement fair. Neither location will be easy. The Live Checks take place in the studio where the bands cover today's hit songs from Robbie
Williams, to Pink!, and Lady Gaga. But who will convince the jury with their performance?
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| Show 3 DBP | | Germany's Best Partyband continues at a New Time! Tuesday 27th at 23:10 with German Hits. This week one set of Reality Checks take place in a thermal bath where the bands have to play only what the event organiser wants and also build an entertaining party game for the audience into their set. The other Reality Checks for the remaining bands will be at an Aprés-Ski event where they'll have to rock a party. In the studio the bands will have to play German Hits in the Livechecks - from Peter Fox to Nena. And the two bands whom the Jury consider to have performed the weakest will enter a shoot out where they'll have to play a lovesong to see who gets into the next round.
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| Second Show | | DBP - Kabel 20:15 Sundays. Rock Classics are the theme this week. The remaining six bands must show what they are made of in their Reality Checks. There's no time to prepare but for three of the bands they'll have to play on stage at Munich's Olympiahalle. For 20 minutes the stage is theirs alone with 8,000 people in the audience. The other three bands have got a different challenge. They have to play at a bayerisches party - where the guests are of an advanced age and all they want to do is to swing their hips....slowly! It's going to be fun!
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| First Show | | |
Sunday 20.15 Kabel 1. From over 1,000 bands who applied, the 15 most talented Partybands are left. Now they are playing against each other, from the old rockers from the North to the colourful Funky bands to the lederhosen wearing Bayern boys - every type of music are represented. The Jury decides, who goes and who goes into the next round. Whoever gets to the final gets the chance to play as the support act to the Scorpions and gets 10.000 Euros pocket money!
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| TV Total | | | Steve Blame
appears on Stefan Raab's TV Total show this Thursday 8th. Alongside him the
other jury members of Deutschland's Beste Partyband, Anja Lukaseder and Oliver
Petzocat. First DBP show is April 11th on Kabel 1. | | more... |
| Deutschland's Beste PartyBand | | Germany's best Party Band (Deutschlands beste Partyband) starts on Kabel 1, Sunday April 11th 20.15. Bands play both live in the studio and on location in a competition to find the best band in the land. The show promises good music by bands who are passionate about music. In the judging panel Anja Lukaseder, Oliver Petszokat and Steve Blame. Watch Trailer!
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| Brit Awards | | Steve Blame has just voted in the Brit Awards. The Brits will be 30 years old in 2010. And they'll be celebrating with a look back over the previous 30 years. One award has already been decided. Robbie Williams is to receive the 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' award. The rest of the awards will be revealed live on the night - 16th February 2010.
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| Format Sale |  | | Steve Blame and Linda Ujuk have landed a format sale with Granada in Germany. This new team of Linda, AFI award-winning producer - who has developed and produced a variety of primetime television shows for Australian TV, and TV presenter, Screenwriter and successful format developer, Steve, compliment each other perfectly. "We are preparing a slate of paper formats for launch in 2010. This first successful option sale to Granada is the first step in what we hope will be a long and fruitful partnership". | | more... |
| Kabel 1 show | | | Kabel 1, the Munich based private channel has announced that it has
started filming a new production called “Deutschlands beste Partyband"
(Germany's best partyband). In the jury are Anja Lukaseder,
Steve Blame and Oliver Petszokat. No fixed broadcast date has yet been
confirmed. | | more... |
| Interview | | | Steve Blame is featured in the latest edition of the Koelnische
Rundschau with an interview about his life in Cologne. The interview
was released on the 5th October and can be found here ... Koelnische Rundschau Interview | | more... |
| GamesCom gig | | Steve is singing at the GamesCom this year on the Friesenplatz stage in Cologne with The Silk Rabbits. This is the 2nd public gig so far and according to Steve a possible retirement is on the cards.....or is it?
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| Galore interview |  | Steve is featured in an interview in Galore this month. In a frank and open interview he talks about life after MTV and his new found love - writing. The article can be found here ... Galore interview
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| Take the Blame |  | Gringo Films is working with pioneering MTV presenter Steve Blame on Take The Blame
about the rise, fall and wild excesses of the 1980s London nightclub
scene. The screenplay is being co-written by Blame with Hudson and has
received backing from Filmstiftung NRW. Screen Daily
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| Promi Dinner |  | Steve Blame, alongside Ingrid Steeger, Anja Backhaus and Pit Weyrich appears on Das Perfekte Promi Dinner on german TV Channel VOX this Sunday 9th August. The show features the band the Silk Rabbits and also a man dressed as a duck LeBigDuck. Not to be missed. Steve says, "the show was spectacular. I knew I could never convince the Germans that the English can cook so I concentrate on a heavy does of entertainment".
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| Under New Management | | Steve Blame is being represented by Pool Position Management for all presenting related areas. Contact Sonja Demers direct Pool Position or send me a mail at sblame@aol.com.
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| Hollywood Reporter | | Development funding projects from NRW Filmboard is featured is the latest Hollywood Reporter. Amongst them: 'The life of former MTV Europe presenter Steve Blame is also getting the
big-screen treatment. Blame, who moderated MTV News from across Europe in the
late 1980s and early '90s, is using his experiences as the basis for a film,
titled "Take the Blame," which he is co-writing with British director Steve
Hudson ("True North").'
Holywood Reporter
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| BlameTRAIN relaunch |  | BlameTRAIN, Steve Blame's training program has relaunched. The new
program has been specifically designed for new and established TV
talent. As Peter Blanck, Project manager- TV3 Norge said "it was a
great experience and I will gladly recommend your workshop to other
channel representatives and TV producers". BlameTRAIN
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| TV Festival Denmark | | Steve Blame is to give a lecture on New TV Presenters: Raising Standards at the TV Festival Denmark and Danish Producers Association conference in Denmark. This event runs parallel to the Entertainment Masterclass which Steve will also be attending. TV Festival Denmark
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| Soundtrack Cologne 5.0 |  | Steve Blame presented the highlight of SoundTrack_Cologne 5.0, the prize-giving ceremony on the 22nd November 2008. Prizes were given out for melodious TV music, for Rising Stars, and an honorary prize for a lifetime of achievment went to Peter Thomas (Orion Space Patrol). Other luminaries on stage included Helmut Zerlett and Ali Askin.
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| Baem Awards 2008 | | | Steve Blame and Suzanne Bellenhaus presented the first BAEM AWARDS in
Cologne in November 2008. The awards were voted for by the readers of
PC Games and received more
than 500,000 votes. Presenting the actual awards to the winners were
such luminaries as Smudo from Fantastischen Vier, the girlband Monrose,
TV presenter Nilz Bokelberg and Rapper Kool Savas. | | more... |
| True North |  | At its German premiere, Steve Blame interviews Steve Hudson, the director of True North. A stunning debut, this film is worth seeing and is released the week beginning 22nd May throughout Germany.
True North is about
a crew of fishermen who, facing bankruptcy, decide to smuggle Chinese
immigrants from Europe back to Scotland.
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| Entertainment Masterclass | | Steve Blame attends Format Academy on May 7th.
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| Spain goes for the Money. |  | Where is the Money?, the quiz show developed by 2STV (Steve Blame and Stefan Grebe) and Eyeworks will launch in Spain on July 19th. The format will be daily.
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| Big in Thailand | | | The 2STV (Steve Blame & Stefan Grebe) and Eyeworks co-developed
format Where is the Money? has been sold to Thailand. The show will run
weekly for six months. | | more... |
| Blame trains Giga Presenters | | Steve Blame has been employed to train new Giga presenters Daniel (Spam Deluxe), Colin (360) and Maxi (Giga Games) . The new presenters will start at the channel at the beginning of 2007.
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| Soundtrack Cologne 3.0 |  | Steve Blame presents soundtrack 3.0. The presentation ceremony of the European Film Music Award "New Sound in European Film" on Saturday was the highlight of SoundTrack_Cologne 3.0, the Cologne Congress
for Music and Sound in Film and Media. | | more... |
| Robbie Williams |  | Steve has interviewed Robbie Williams for a RTL special. The interview runs on RTL on Friday 20th October in Punkt 12 and Exclusiv.
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| Master Steve | | You might be wondering whey the site has been quiet for the past year. Well Steve has been busy studying again. After receiving his Bachelor's Degree in 1980 in Mathematics and Physics, Steve has been back at Univeristy studying for a Masters Degree in Screenwriting.
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| Motor TV |  | Steve Blame was invited to speak about the history of Music Television at the Motor TV press conference at the Popkomm in Berlin.
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| Goodbye Deutschland Hallo England |  | Steve Blame announces a new blog where you can vote for Steve to leave or stay in Germany. Should I stay or should I goodbye deutschland hallo england ? You decide.
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| shortcuts cologne | | Steve Blame is in the Jury for this year´s Jameson Award at Shortcuts Cologne. This
prize in the value of 6,000 euro will be conferred to one of the contributions
from the regional programmes Student Films NRW or cologne shorts.
Last year’s prize-winning films, selected from 20 festivals, will be shown in
the Jameson Awards programme.
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| Soundtrack Cologne 2.0 | | The second Soundtrack Cologne takes place between the 25th and 28th of
August. One of the main highlights of the festival is the awards
ceremony on the 27th hosted by Steve Blame.
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| wordyrappinghoods |  | |
'Wordyrappinghoods:
The life of ...' – a multi-media reading at the Museum für
Angewandte Kunst in Colgone , 25. August – 21.00Uhr. In connection to
lyrics, music, pictures and performance we relate the influence of Pop
Music on our lives.
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| Coldplay |  | Coldplay German press conference presented by Steve Blame. On the eve
of their world tour Coldplay held a press conference in Hamburg
presented by Steve Blame.
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| Optioned | | | The 2STV & Eyeworks game show format WHERE
IS THE MONEY?, which was up for a Rose d’Or on may 7th 2005, continues
to draw attention worldwide. | | more... |
| RTL |  | Steve Blame reporting for RTL Explosiv. The top rated RTL magazine show
has sent Blame to report on The Royal Wedding, the Cannes film festival
and even behind the scenes at RTL's own saturday night special - the
German test.
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| worldwide interest | | Where is the money drawing attention worldwide. After being nominated
for this year’s Rose d’Or and Dutch network TROS ordering a second
series to follow the first eight episodes, the Eyeworks and 2STV
developed game show format Where is the Money is drawing attention
worldwide.
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| LeBigDuck | | Online for the first time LebigDuck, the story of a man who wishes to
live his life as a duck. This duckumentary follows the story of
Arne and his long suffering wife Ingrid as they go through their daily
lives. www.lebigduck.com
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| Rose D'or |  | |
WHERE
IS THE MONEY has been nominated for the 2005 edition of
Rose d’Or, the most prestigious European award in television
entertainment. The Rose d’Or will be awarded in Lucerne,
Switzerland, early May. The programme has been nominated in the
prestigious Game Show category, one of eight competing categories.
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| blametrain: new dates | | Steve Blame‘s Presentation and Interview
workshops. News dates for April.
 BLAMETrain is a series of workshops which improve the way you
present yourself in all situations. More info at www.blametrain.com
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| 2STV |  | | Steve Blame and Stefan Grebe announce the launch of a new TV Format
Company. 2STV will have its main focus on Entertainment formats. The
first success is already underway. Titled 'Bankheim' the format is
already sold to Holland and will launch on the 8th of January as a
Saturday Evening show.
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| MTV 23 years of Pop |  | After the first successful MTV 20 years DVD comes the
23rd anniversary issue. The DVD contains an interview between Steve Blame and
Markus Kavka. And also on the DVD is the video to the song `Give me your love`.
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| blame reads burroughs | | VJ-ing for the 21st century: Music, Video art and Steve Blame reads William S. Burroughs. "Artists to my mind are the real architects of
change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact".
....William S. Burroughs
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| soundtrack_cologne | | Steve Blame presents the awards show of the first Soundtrack Cologne festival. Museum Ludwig, Saturday, 20th November
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| art director's club |  | Steve Blame on "The 80s" in the new ADC book. A look back at the decade that gave us High Concept, Live Aid and Thatcher.
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| blame on costello |  | Steve Blame nterviews Elvis Costello in front of a live audience at
the Yellow Lounge in Berlin on Wednesday 29th September. The interview is to
coincide with the release of two new Costello albums.
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| popkomm | | "Pop in pictures: Is the videoclip obsolete?” A discussion panel at Popkomm 2004 hosted by Steve Blame.
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| mem-köln |  | Viva and MTV are now one. Onyx is to become a
documentary channel. And now from Paris, the fight back begins. Steve
Blame hosts a discussion forum on the future of Music Television in
Germany.
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