Rose d'Or winners 2013 announced

Brussels, Belgium (ots) -

Returning to EUROVISION, the Rose d'Or awards were given out
tonight at an evening celebration dinner at the Square in Brussels.
The awards were presented in six categories for the best and most
creative entertainment television programmes from around the world.
More than 300 entries from over thirty countries were submitted this
year to participate in this prestigious competition.

The evening was hosted by popular Dutch TV personality and
humanitarian Lucille Werner, with honoured guests Princess Astrid and
Prince Lorenz of Belgium in attendance at the ceremony. The awards
left Switzerland for the first time in 52 years, being held as the
final event of the 2013 Media Summit. The winners in the six
competition categories are:

Comedy What If?
Shelter for VMMa, Belgium

Sitcom
Spy
Hat Trick Productions for British Sky Broadcasting, United Kingdom

Game Show
Oh Sit!
The Gurin Company/405 Productions/Raquel Productions/Warner
Horizon for the CW, United States

Arts
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender Eagle Rock Entertainment for
British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom

Reality and Factual Entertainment
Make Bradford British
Love Productions for Channel 4, United Kingdom

Entertainment
Gruen Sweat
Zapruder's Other Films/ABC for Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Australia

The nominated programmes were announced in April 2013, after the
first round of judging, during which a shortlist of the three best
programmes in each of the six categories were selected. The six Heads
of Jury, who formed the Final Jury, determined the best in each
category earlier this week.

Note to editors:

More information on the winners and the nominees, as well as
photos of the event are available at: www.rosedor.com

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ABOUT ROSE D?OR

The Rose d'Or is one of the world's most important international
entertainment television festivals founded in 1961 in Montreux,
Switzerland. Today television professionals, producers, managers of
private and public television stations and production company heads
from about 40 countries participate annually. Since its inception,
the Rose d?Or has been an important networking platform and a
marketplace for innovation and ideas. The highlight of the Rose d'Or
is the glittering Awards Night, in which the Golden Roses for best
television entertainment programmes and formats are presented. With
these coveted awards, the Rose d'Or Festival recognises originality,
quality and creativity; and sets the standard for entertainment
television.

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