# Andi Knoll

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{{short description|Austrian radio and television presenter (born 1972)}}

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| name       = Andi Knoll
| image      = Knoll Andi-Moderator-2938 (17270169255).jpg
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| birth_name  = Andreas Knoll
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1972|6|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Innsbruck](/source/Innsbruck), Austria
| occupation = Radio and television presenter
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'''Andreas''' "'''Andi'''" '''Knoll''' (born 11 June 1972 in [Innsbruck](/source/Innsbruck)) is an Austrian radio and television presenter. He has served as the Austrian commentator for the [Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest) since 1999.

== Eurovision Song Contest ==
Since the [1999 contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999) (with the exception of [2009](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2009)) Knoll, following on from radio journalist and actor [Ernst Grissemann](/source/Ernst_Grissemann), has been the [Austrian](/source/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest) commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest and, since 2002, he has hosted the Austrian national finals for Eurovision. Knoll had also commentated for [Austria](/source/Austria_in_the_Eurovision_Dance_Contest) at the [Eurovision Dance Contest](/source/Eurovision_Dance_Contest).

Following the Austrian victory at the [2014 contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014), Knoll was one of the frontrunners to host the [2015 contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015), along with the reigning champion [Conchita Wurst](/source/Conchita_Wurst) and the Austrian spokesperson [Kati Bellowitsch](/source/Kati_Bellowitsch).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.kurier.at/thema/songcontest/eurovision-song-contest-2015-andi-knoll-wuerde-den-schas-gern-moderieren/65.584.764 |title=Andi Knoll want to moderate the ESC 2015 |website=kurier.at |accessdate=15 May 2015 |language=german |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032710/http://m.kurier.at/thema/songcontest/eurovision-song-contest-2015-andi-knoll-wuerde-den-schas-gern-moderieren/65.584.764 |archive-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, Knoll was not chosen by [ORF](/source/ORF_(broadcaster)) but continued in his role as commentator. Bellowitsch was not chosen either and continued her role as spokesperson. Wurst was chosen instead to host the green room.

== Personal life ==
Knoll graduated from the Academy of Commerce in 1992 and has been a radio presenter for [Hitradio Ö3](/source/Hitradio_%C3%963) since 1994.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://oe3.orf.at/sendungen/stories/95536/Ö3 Biography]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{in lang|de}}

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Category:Austrian radio presenters
Category:Austrian television presenters
Category:Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Category:Mass media people from Innsbruck
Category:ORF (broadcaster) people

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