Katharina Bellowitsch

{{short description|Austrian radio and TV presenter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Expand German|topic=bio|Kati Bellowitsch|date=December 2009}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Katharina Bellowitsch | image = File:2015-04-29-KatiBellowitsch.jpg | caption = Bellowitsch in 2015 | birth_name = Katharina Bellowitsch | birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=y|1974|6|13}} | birth_place = Graz, Austria | occupation = Television presenter | years_active = 1996–present | known_for = | height = }} '''Katharina "Kati" Bellowitsch''' (born 13 June 1974) is an Austrian radio and TV presenter.

==Career== Born in Graz, Styria, Bellowitsch trained as a primary school teacher before becoming, in 1996, a presenter at a commercial radio station in Styria ''(Antenne Steiermark)''. Since 2000, she has been working for the ORF, both for Hitradio Ö3 and children's television, in particular a weekly and a daily programme called ''Forscherexpress'' ("Researchers' Express"), where children are introduced into the world of science, and ''Drachenschatz'' (Dragon's treasure), which is a quiz show for children. She co-hosts in both of them with Thomas Brezina.<ref>[http://kundendienst.orf.at/orfstars/bellowitsch.html Kati Bellowitsch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611170802/http://kundendienst.orf.at/orfstars/bellowitsch.html |date=2011-06-11 }}, ORF, Retrieved June 18, 2010</ref>

In February 2010, she was a presenter at the Vienna Opera Ball.<ref name="ball1">{{cite news | url= http://www.time4tv.de/?newsid=11144 | title= Kati Bellowitsch: Das erste Mal am Opernball | publisher=TV Matrix (in German) | date= February 14, 2010 | accessdate=June 18, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Bellowitsch announced Austria's voting results in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2011 to 2016, and again in 2018. She stood down from the role in 2019, with the role being taken over by Philipp Hansa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/11/austria-philipp-hansa-announced-as-spokesperson/|title=Austria: Philipp Hansa Announced as Spokesperson|date=11 May 2020|accessdate=2 October 2020|work=Eurovoix|first=Anthony|last=Granger}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Kati Bellowitsch}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellowitsch, Katherina}} Category:Austrian television presenters Category:Austrian women television presenters Category:Austrian radio presenters Category:Austrian women radio presenters Category:Mass media people from Graz Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:ORF (broadcaster) people