Rose d'Or

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The Rose d'Or (or Golden Rose) is a highly prestigious television award, given annually since 1961 at the Festival Rose d'Or in spring each year. Since 2004, the festival has been held in Lucerne, Switzerland. Before the festival was held in Montreux, Switzerland, thus the Golden Rose of Montreux.

The Awards are focused on entertainment-based programming, thus excluding dramas, documentaries and other genres usually more celebrated at other awards ceremonies.

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There are currently eight different categories at the festival, from 2004 each having its own Golden Rose award. Previously, only one overall programme won the Golden Rose, with other individual category winners being awarded Silver and Bronze Roses. The categories are: Comedy, Sitcom, Soap (Popular Drama), Reality Show, Variety, Music, Game Show, Arts & Specials. There are also individual prizes for Best Female & Male Comedian, Best Sitcom Actress & Actor, Best Soap Actress & Actor, Best Game Show Host. There is also a Press Prize for most innovative programme, and a Special Prize for best Arts & Specials programme. Each category is judged by a jury of international producers and broadcasters.

Being the only television festival to focus primarily on the entertainment section of the medium, it has become the prime focus and most important occasion for many of those working in that genre. Roughly forty countries are usually represented at the festival. As well as involving various programme screenings and conferences, the festival has also become an important marketplace, where broadcasters go to buy and sell entertainment programmes.

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The festival was founded by Marcel Bezançon, who was inspired by the regular need of broadcasters to find programmes to fill their summer schedules with. He had the idea that Switzerland could produce an entertainment programme, which could then be swapped with programmes from other broadcasters around Europe and the world, each having a variety of programmes to then fill their schedules with. The festival was thus held in the spring to have programmes ready for broadcast in the summer, and the Golden Rose awards established as an extra incentive. The awards very quickly became an important part of European television culture, and Golden Rose winners usually receive much prestige and publicity in their home countries for achieving the feat.

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[edit] 2004

Category Winner Televesion network Country
Arts & Specials Amelia Rhombus Canada
Comedy Creature Comforts Aardman Animations / ITV UK
Game Show My New Best Friend Tiger Aspect UK
Music One Bullet Left SF DRS Switzerland
Reality Show Wife Swap Channel 4 UK
Sitcom Peep Show Channel 4 UK
Soap Saint Tropez (Sous le Soleil) Marathon France
Variety Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Granada Television UK
Press Prize Little Britain BBC UK
Paper format From Rust to Riches Team Gryttjom Sweden
Pilot award Fur TV BBC UK
Charity award Peter Ustinov UK
Honorary Rose John de Mol Netherlands
Best performances:
Comedy F: Anke Engelke in Ladykracher Brainpool / SAT.1 Germany
M: Harry Hill in Harry Hill's TV Burp Avalon UK
Sitcom F: Felicitas Woll in Berlin, Berlin Studio Hamburg Germany
M: Martin Freeman in Hardware Talkback Thames UK
Soap F: Bénédicte Delmas in Saint Tropez Marathon France
M: Shane Richie in EastEnders BBC UK
Game show Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly
in Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Granada Television UK

[edit] 2005

Category Winner Television network Country
Arts & Specials The Cost Of Living DV8 Films
Comedy Little Britain BBC UK
Game Show Test The Nation Talent TV / BBC UK
Music Flashmob – The Opera BBC UK
Reality Show Supernanny Channel 4 UK
Sitcom Nighty Night BBC UK
Soap Verbotene Liebe ARD Germany
Variety Strictly Come Dancing BBC UK
Press Prize Schillerstrasse Hurricane Fernseh Productions Germany
Paper format Daycare Dilemma SBS Sweden
Pilot award Dinner Dating First Entertainment Germany
Charity award Bob Geldof Ireland
Honorary Rose Herbert Kloiber Germany
Best performances:
Comedy F: Pippa Haywood in Green Wing Channel 4 UK
M: David Walliams and Matt Lucas in Little Britain BBC UK
Sitcom M: Peter Kay in Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere Channel 4 UK
F: Zoe Wanamaker in My Family BBC UK
Soap F: Lesley-Anne Down in The Bold and the Beautiful CBS USA
M: Pat Nolan in Fair City RTÉ Ireland
Game show Thomas Gottschalk in Wetten, dass..? Germany

[edit] 2006

Category Winner Television network Country
Arts & Specials Girl in a minor ABC TV AUS
Comedy Look Around You BBC UK
Game Show Deal or No Deal Channel 4 UK
Music Gospel in Paradiso NL
Reality Show The Apprentice BBC UK
Sitcom Extras BBC UK
Soap Verliebt in Berlin SAT 1 Germany
Variety Friday Night Project: Billie Piper Channel 4 UK
Press Prize Pastewka SAT 1 Germany
Paper format
Pilot award Alex FM Germany
Charity award Fuji Television Japan
Honorary Rose Ricky Gervais UK
Best performances:
Comedy F: Jo Joyner in Swinging Channel Five UK
M: Chris Lilley in The Nominees ABC AUS
Sitcom M: Bastian Pastewka in Pastewka SAT 1 GER
F: Ashley Jensen in Extras BBC UK
Soap F: Alexandra Neldel in Verliebt in Berlin SAT 1 GER
M: Jack Wagner in The Bold and the Beautiful USA
Game show Stephen Fry in QI BBC UK

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