Sascha Georges

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Sascha Georges
Born1975
Occupations
  • Musician
  • journalist
  • radio host
  • news presenter
Years active1994–present

Sascha Georges, born in 1975, is a Luxembourgish news presenter.

He already became known in the 1990s in Luxembourg as the vocalist of the metal band Pagan Lorn, [1] where he attracted attention as frontman with extravagant performances. [2] [3]

After the group was disbanded at the end of the 1990s, Sascha Georges first worked at RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg  [ lb ] as a radio presenter, [4] and then moved to RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, where he now regularly presents the news.

In the film The Butterfly's Symmetry  [ lb ] he has a small cameo role as a news speaker.

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