He is the voice of Vox: Sender throws out well-known speaker after 30 years

Created: 08/12/2022, 18:39

By: Lukas Einkammerer

Dieter Brandecker has been the voice of Vox for almost 30 years.

However, the broadcaster has now announced that it will end the collaboration at the end of the year.

The actor reacts with great dismay.

Cologne – Vox always attracts crowds of enthusiastic viewers with ever-popular long-running TV hits such as “Goodbye Germany” and “Die Höhle der Löwen”.

The channel's recipe for success, which is headquartered in the Rhine metropolis of Cologne, seems quite obvious: many of the iconic formats revolve around the house, garden and life and are therefore immediately tangible and approachable for the TV audience.

Above all, loyal Vox fans should know one aspect of the daily television program particularly well: the announcements by spokesman Dieter Brandecker (66).

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It is well known that standing in front of the camera and using facial expressions and hand movements to deliver an acting performance that will last forever is not easy.

Having to work only with your own voice is a good deal more difficult.

So it is all the more impressive that Dieter Brandecker has been able to do this so well at Vox for almost 30 years: the former "Adelheid and her Mörder" star gives trailers for forthcoming films and series something very special with his unmistakable voice and who often tunes in to Vox, the words of the native of Düsseldorf should still be echoing through his head.

Dieter Brandecker has been a spokesman for Vox for almost 30 years.

But he also made a name for himself in front of the camera: from 1993 to 2007 he was a regular guest on "Adelheid und ihr Mörder".

At the end of the year his work at Vox ends – and with it his last job.

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Unfortunately, all good things have to end at some point - including Dieter Brandecker's long-term job as a TV announcer, without which one can hardly imagine the actor today.

A spokeswoman for the broadcaster confirmed the sad news to

that 2022 will be his last year in the Vox family.

"The collaboration with Dieter Brandecker will end by mutual agreement at the end of the year," she told the newspaper.

How do you become a speaker?

It doesn't matter whether it's TV announcements, audio books or synchronizations in the latest Hollywood blockbusters - the job of a speaker is colorful and varied.

However, the way there is not quite as clear as with other acting activities, because there is only one course in Germany that is designed for this, at the

in Stuttgart.

In most cases, therefore, traditional acting training – like Dieter Brandecker once completed – serves as a stepping stone to a career.

“When you speak an audio book, you have to build characters.

You learn the craft of creating a character in acting training," said audio book narrator Elmar Börger to

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30 years is an incredibly long time – and the fact that everything is over at Vox seems to make Dieter Brandecker difficult: "If you think it couldn't get worse, life still seems to have a catastrophe in store," said he spoke to

.

Just a few weeks earlier, he spoke to the newspaper about the bad years that lie behind him - the loss of many jobs in the corona pandemic and the tragic death of his son Pablo.

His TV ban therefore comes at a very bad time for the TV star.

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Despite all the dismay at the end of Vox, Dieter Brandecker lives for his work - and does not think about quitting or retiring.

"Acting is not a coat that I can just take off," he made clear to

at the end of November .

Nevertheless, it will certainly be unusual for many viewers in the new year not to hear the distinctive voice in the announcements that many grew up with.

The Geissens were once also a cult in the Vox program – most recently, Robert Geiss explained why the Geissens are no longer part of “Goodbye Germany”.