Bravo Otto

The Bravo Otto is a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. Established in 1957, the award is presented annually, with winners selected by the readers of Bravo magazine. The award is presented in gold, silver and bronze and, since 1996, an honorary platinum statuette presented for lifetime achievement.

Bravo Otto Award
The golden Bravo Otto statuette, depicting a Native American boy
The Golden Otto statuette
Awarded forExcellence in film, television, and music
CountryGermany
Presented byBravo magazine
First awarded1957
Websitebravo.de

History

The award was originally presented only to actors, however, in 1960, additional categories were created to recognize musical artists. Over time, various categories have been expanded while other categories have been merged or phased out altogether. As of 2011, the Bravo Otto is presented in a total of 11 competitive categories; Male Film Star, Female Film Star, Male TV Star, Female TV Star, Male Super Singer, Female Super Singer, Super Rapper, Super Rock Band, Super Pop Band, Comedy Star and Internet Star.

From 1957 to 1972, The Bravo Otto award ceremony was presented at the beginning of each year. Beginning in 1972, the date of the ceremony was moved to the end of the year, resulting in the awards being presented twice for the 1972 calendar year. Since 1994, the ceremony has been presented in a one-hour annual show called Der Bravo-Supershow – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung (roughly translated as The Bravo-Supershow – The Gold Otto Awards) and is broadcast annually on German television.

The Otto awards are also presented in other European countries where Bravo publishes regional versions of the magazine. The most notable of these countries include Russia, the Czech Republic and Poland. In Hungary, the awards are presented in an annual ceremony which is broadcast on television, similar to the German ceremony.

Categories

The following categories have been awarded by the Otto's throughout its history, with some categories having been split or merged over time.

  • band: 1966–1985, 1999, since 2008
    • band pop: 1994–1998, 2000–2007
    • band rock/pop: 1986–1993
    • band rock: 1994–1998, 2000–2007
    • band hard 'n heavy: 1986–1993
    • school band: 2005
  • singer: 2008
    • male singer: since 1960–2007, since 2010
    • female singer: since 1960–2007, since 2010
  • duo: 1977
  • hip-hop: 1998–1999
    • hip-hop international: 2000–2007
    • hip-hop national: 2000–2007
  • dancefloor: 1991–1992, 1994
  • rap & dancefloor: 1993
  • rap & techno: 1994
  • shootingstar: 2003–2004, 2007, since 2010
    • shootingstar band: 2001–2002
    • shootingstar solo: 2001–2002
      • shootingstar male: 2000
      • shootingstar female: 2000
  • actor/actress: since 2008
    • actor: 1957–2007
    • actress: 1957–2007
  • TV-star: 2008
    • TV-Star male: since 1961–2007, since 2010
    • TV-Star female: since 1961–2007, since 2010
  • comedy-star: 2000–2007
  • TV-moderator: 1989–1994
    • male TV moderator: 1975
    • female TV moderator: 1975
  • athlete: 1973, 1983–1987, 2009
    • male athlete: 1972 JE, 1974–1982, 1988–1993
    • female athlete: 1972 JE, 1974–1982, 1988–1993
  • wrestler: 1992–1993
  • film: 2009
    • German film: 1978
  • special OTTO: 2001–2004, 2006–2007

Bravo Supershow

From 1994 until 2010, the Bravo Otto ceremony was shown on private German broadcaster RTL, RTL II and ProSieben. The following is a list of hosts for each year's ceremony.

Winners (Gold – Silver – Bronze)

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

Beginning of 1972

End of 1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2015

2016

2017

2021

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