Egon Hugo Balder

Hugo Egon Balder (born Egon Hugo Balder; 22 March 1950) is a German television presenter, producer and comedian. He was born in West Berlin and was a founding member of the Krautrock band Birth Control in 1968.

Balder received acting training at a private acting school in Berlin from 1973 to 1976, after which he temporarily joined the ensemble of the Berliner Schillertheater. In 1985 he switched to the ensemble of the Dusseldorf cabaret Kom(m)odchen, where he collaborated with Lore Lorentz and Harald Schmidt, and he also performed as a pop singer, having a notable success with his single Erna kommt in 1985.

Balder's first roles as a show host were in various radio shows at Radio Luxembourg, until 1984 when he began to appear regularly on television. His popularity is mainly based on the shows Alles nichts oder?! and Tutti frutti, which he hosted from 1988 until 1992 on RTL. As a producer he was involved in the making of April, April and RTL Samstag Nacht, and he currently works as the producer and show host of Genial daneben and its spin-off Genial daneben - Das Quiz on Sat.1.