Sonja Zietlow is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 television presenter. She is most famous for her own tabloid talk show

Tabloid talk show

Tabloid talk shows are a genre of American television programming talk shows that achieved peak viewership during the late 20th century. Airing mostly during the day and distributed mostly through broadcast syndication, this genre originated with The Phil Donahue Show and was popularized by the...

 Sonja, which aired from 1997 to 2001 on Sat.1

Sat.1

Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....

, and, more recently, as host of several RTL

RTL Television

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 shows, most notably "Der Schwächste fliegt!

Der Schwächste fliegt!

Der Schwächste fliegt! is the German version of the game show The Weakest Link, literally meaning The Weakest one flies .It was first broadcast on 19 March 2001, on RTL...

", German adaptation of the hit BBC quiz show "The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and will end its run in 2012 when its host Anne Robinson ends her contract. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment...

" in 2001 and 2002, Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!

Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!

Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! is a German television series based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...

, the German adaption of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. In 2004, she was awarded the title "Woman of the year (moderation)" by Maxim Deutschland

Maxim (magazine)

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.

Biography

Sonja Zietlow was born on 13 May 1968, in Bonn

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. After she graduated from school and before her media career began in 1993, she worked as a pilot for the German airline Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried. The name of the company is derived from Luft , and Hansa .The airline is the world's fourth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating...

. When Zietlow was a candidate in a TV show, she was offered a job as host.

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