Stefan Raab

Stefan Raab (born Stefan Konrad Raab on October 20, 1966 in Cologne, Germany) is a German entertainer and comedian.

Musical career

Raab began working as a freelance producer and composer of Jingles and Radio commercials in 1990 at his own studio in Cologne.

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He wrote the music for the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1998, Guildo Horn's Guildo hat Euch Lieb, and in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 he performed himself with the nonsense song Wadde Hadde Dudde Da. Other famous songs include Maschendrahtzaun, Gebt das Hanf frei! (Legalize cannabis, feat. Shaggy) and Wir kiffen (We smoke weed).

Related Topics:
Eurovision Song Contest - 1998 - Guildo Horn - Eurovision Song Contest 2000 - Shaggy

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Raab cast the German entry for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest on his show in a competition he called SSDSGPS (Stefan sucht den Super-Grand-Prix-Star, Stefan seeks the super Grand-Prix star). The winner of this casting, Maximilian Mutzke, came in 8th place.

Related Topics:
2004 Eurovision Song Contest - Casting - Maximilian Mutzke

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Bored with the Eurovision Song Contest, Raab came up with the Bundesvision Song Contest in 2005 (Germany officially being the Bundesrepublik Deutschland). The contest featured representatives from each of the 16 states (Bundesländer) of Germany and stipulated that their song had to be (at least partly) in German. The contest was won by the band Juli from Hessen.

Related Topics:
2005 - Bundesländer - Juli - Hessen

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He is an autodidact, playing various instruments, such as piano, guitar, ukelele, bass and some wind instruments.

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