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She always provoked laughter among the Swiss audience and can now look forward to receiving the Swiss Comedy Award for her career: Birgit Steinegger accepts the award for her life’s work.
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- Birgit Steinegger will receive the “Lifetime Award” at the Swiss Comedy Awards for her decades-long career as an actress and parodist.
- The awards ceremony will take place on September 7 on SRF 1, with nominations in the categories “Solo”, “Ensemble”, “Online” and “Best Talent”.
- Nadia Goedhart will be the moderator, while live performances by Kaya Yanar, Patti Basler and the a cappella group Bliss are planned.
Every year, the Swiss Comedy Awards not only present prizes to the best comedians in the categories “Solo”, “Ensemble”, “Online” or “Best Talent”. Of course, veterans are also honored. Last year, the “Lifetime Award” went to Viktor Giacobbo, this year the honor goes to Birgit Steinegger.
The 75-year-old actress and parodist has been on stage for decades, doing radio and convincing TV shows. She has entertained Swiss audiences with countless characters, not least in her own show “Total Birgit”.
She told Blick: “I am obviously extremely happy. It is wonderful to be recognised for something you have done for years with great joy and passion.”
Of course, Steinegger will also be presented appropriately by the laudator and former Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard (61), who has been the “victim” of Birgit Steinegger’s parodies several times. The comedian is very excited to hear what Leuthard will say.
Kaya Yanar will be on stage
The awards ceremony will take place today, Saturday, September 7, at 8:10 p.m. on SRF 1. The audience voted online for the other categories. Michael Elsener, Dominic Deville and Claudio Zuccolini are nominated in “Solo”, while Patti Basler & Philippe Kuhn, Chaostheater Oropax and Riklin & Schaub are competing in “Ensemble”. Anaïs Decasper, T-Ronimo and Flavio Leu are nominated for the “Online” category.
A new “Best Talent” can also look forward to an award and further boost their own career: Julia Steiner, Pad Ciao and Medaur Sadrija are competing there.
Nadia Goedhart from Radio Energy will be the moderator. There will be live performances by Kaya Yanar, Patti Basler and the a cappella group Bliss.
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