Rose d'Or


The Rose d'Or is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming. Eurovision first acquired the Rose d’Or in 1961, when it was created by Swiss Television in the lakeside city of Montreux. The awards stayed with Eurovision for almost 40 years. Eurovision re-acquired the awards in 2013 and successfully re-launched the event that year in Brussels.
In 2014 the event took place on 17 September in Berlin, Germany. For the first time in its 53-year history, the competition categories were extended to include radio and online video programmes in addition to the traditional focus on television. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from several countries took part.

Format

There are six Award categories for television and online video:
  1. Comedy
  2. Sitcom
  3. Game Show
  4. Reality and Factual Entertainment
  5. Arts
  6. Entertainment
There are three radio Award categories:
  1. Comedy
  2. Reality and Factual Entertainment
  3. Entertainment

    History

The festival was founded by Marcel Bezençon, who was inspired by the need of what was then a small group of international colleagues to find programmes to fill their summer schedules. He had the idea that Switzerland could produce an entertainment programme, which could then be swapped with programmes from other national broadcasters. The festival was held in the spring to have programmes ready for broadcast in the summer, and the Golden Rose awards established as an extra incentive. As the festival grew, programme swaps ceased to be viable and the concept of the Film Kiosk was born. The awards became an important part of European television culture, and Golden Rose winners usually receive publicity in their home countries.

Golden Rose winners

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
Arts Documentary & Performing ArtsThe NeighbourNRKNorway
ComedyBenidorm BastardsVMMaBelgium
SitcomThe InbetweenersE4United Kingdom
Drama & Mini SeriesHopevilleSouth Africa
Soap & TelenovelaDate BlindArgentina/Switzerland
Children & YouthKrimi.de - Web AttackGermany
Variety & Live Event ShowLa Bohème at the Tower BlockSwitzerland
Game ShowBingo BankoDenmark
Reality & Factual EntertainmentBlood, Sweat and TakeawaysBBCUnited Kingdom
Multi-PlatformÁguila RojaRTVESpain
Social AwardsDesert TearsGermany
Social AwardsSofa SurfersBBCUnited Kingdom

2012

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
Arts Documentary & Performing ArtsThe Sound of Ole BullNRKNorway
ComedyBlack Mirror: "The National Anthem"Channel 4United Kingdom
SitcomFriday Night DinnerChannel 4United Kingdom
SeriesPan AmABCUnited States
TV MovieHomevideoNDRGermany
ChildrenHorrible HistoriesBBCUnited Kingdom
YouthDream HighKBSSouth Korea
Live Event ShowEurovision Song Contest 2011ARDGermany
Game ShowThe Million Pound Drop LiveChannel 4United Kingdom
Factual EntertainmentGo Back To Where You Came FromSBSAustralia
LifestyleThe Great British Bake OffBBCUnited Kingdom
Multi-PlatformPlan BAntena 3Spain
Best of Rose 2012Go Back To Where You Came FromSBSAustralia

2013

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyWhat if?VMMaBelgium
SitcomSpyBSkyBUnited Kingdom
Game ShowOh Sit!The CWUnited States
ArtsBBCUnited Kingdom
Reality & Factual EntertainmentMake Bradford BritishChannel 4United Kingdom
EntertainmentGruen SweatABCAustralia

2014

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyLittle MomDori Media GroupIsrael
SitcomToast of LondonChannel 4United Kingdom
Game ShowPointlessBBCUnited Kingdom
ArtsPeter and the Wolf/Pierre et le LoupCamera Lucida ProductionsFrance
Reality & Factual EntertainmentGoggleboxChannel 4United Kingdom
EntertainmentCircus HalliGalliProSiebenSat.1 MediaGermany

2015

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyPsychobitchesSky ArtsUnited Kingdom
SitcomCatastropheChannel 4United Kingdom
Game ShowWild ThingsSky OneUnited Kingdom
ArtsOur Gay Wedding: The MusicalChannel 4United Kingdom
Reality & Factual EntertainmentStreet JungleCanal DCanada
EntertainmentThe Graham Norton ShowBBCUnited Kingdom

2016

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyInside No. 9BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
SitcomRaised by WolvesChannel 4United Kingdom
Game ShowPick Me!ITVUnited Kingdom
Reality & Factual EntertainmentThe Real Marigold HotelBBC TwoUnited Kingdom
EntertainmentEurovision Song Contest 2016SVTSweden
DramaRiverBBC OneUnited Kingdom

2017

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyFleabagBBC ThreeUnited Kingdom
SitcomHenry IXGoldUnited Kingdom
Game ShowBigheadsITVUnited Kingdom
Reality & Factual EntertainmentYou Can't Ask ThatABC iviewAustralia
EntertainmentStasera casa MikaRai 2Italy
DramaNobelNRKNorway
Children & YouthAnti Bully ClubSkyhigh TVNetherlands
ArtsBalletboyzBBC TwoUnited Kingdom
TV MovieThe VerdictARDGermany
Entertainer of the YearJames CordenUnited Kingdom
Lifetime Achievement AwardAngela LansburyUnited Kingdom

2018

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
ComedyGrotesco’s Seven Masterpieces – The Refugee Crisis: a musicalSVTSweden
SitcomDetectoristsBBC FourUnited Kingdom
DramaThe CrownNetflixUnited Kingdom
Limited Series and TV MovieA Very English ScandalBBC OneUnited Kingdom
Augmented Reality & Virtual RealityDamming the NileBBC NewsUnited Kingdom
Reality & Factual EntertainmentDown the RoadVRTBelgium
ArtsBetroffenheitBBC FourUnited Kingdom
Game ShowSorry voor allesVRTBelgium
EntertainmentRoberto Bolle – Danza con meRai 1Italy
Children & YouthThe Highway RatBBC OneUnited Kingdom
Entertainer of the YearJan BöhmermannGermany
Lifetime Achievement AwardJoanna LumleyUnited Kingdom

2019

CategoryWinnerTelevision networkCountry
Soap or TelenovelaOrphans of a NationGloboBrazil
Children & YouthZombieLarsNRKNorway
ArtsThe Greenaway AlphabetNTRNetherlands
Audio Entertainment13 Minutes to the MoonBBC World ServiceUnited Kingdom
Social Media Video SeriesSWIPENPO 3Netherlands
Studio EntertainmentMichael McIntyre's Big ShowBBC OneUnited Kingdom
ComedyBaroness von Sketch ShowCBCCanada
Reality and Factual EntertainmentThe Repair ShopBBC TwoUnited Kingdom
Comedy Drama and SitcomArde MadridMovistar+Spain
DramaChernobylSky UK/HBOUnited Kingdom/United States
Golden RoseChernobylSky UK/HBOUnited Kingdom/United States
Performance of the YearRicky Gervais for After LifeNetflixUnited Kingdom
Lifetime Achievement AwardMaren KroymannGermany