Swiss comedian Hazel Brugger has been given the German Comedy Award for her co-hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Basel. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox 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. + Switzerland at Eurovision: the colourful hits and misses "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." Translated from German by DeepL/ts How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist ...
