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David Hellenius (2013)
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Born |
Nils David Hellenius 28 February 1974 Järfälla, Sweden |
Occupation | television presenter, comedian, actor |
Years active | – |
Spouse(s) | Let's Dance (Swedish TV series) |
David Hellenius (born 28 February 1974) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter, often co-operating with Peter Magnusson.
Hellenius started his television career at ZTV and later TV3. In 2004, he led the first season of the Swedish Idol series, "Idol 2004", on TV4 with Peter Magnusson. and Magnusson were later joined by Christine Meltzer to make the comedy show Hey Baberiba. Since 2006 he has hosted Let's Dance (Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing) which is broadcast on TV4.
Hellenius has also hosted Tack gode gud (Swedish version of Thank God You're Here), and he was one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. In 2012 he hosted the first and so far only season of the talent singing show X Factor.
Hellenius and Magnusson also features in the Swedish films Sommaren med Göran - En midsommarnattskomedi (2009) and En Gång i Phuket (2012). Since 2010 Hellenius hosts his own talkshow called Hellenius hörna on TV4. In 2014 he made a much publicized interview with the Prince Carl Philip. He won a Kristallen award for "Best male television presenter" in 2010, 2013 and 2014.