Rose d'Or explained
The Rose d'Or ('Golden Rose') is an international awards festival in entertainment broadcasting and programming. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 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 the EBU for almost 40 years. The EBU re-acquired the awards in 2013 and successfully re-launched the event that year in Brussels, then relocated to Berlin from 2014 to 2018.
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.
In 2019 the EBU partnered with international publishing company and digital channels business C21Media to take over the organisation of the Rose d’Or Awards. The 60th Rose d’Or was held virtually in November 2021.
Format
Categories for the 2020 awards:
- Comedy: scripted and non-scripted comedy shows including sketch shows, panel, improvisation, clips, comedy specials and stand-up. Series or single programmes.
- Comedy Drama and Sitcom: scripted comedy series or one-off dramas, involving regular characters in various situations.
- Drama: scripted series or one-off dramas involving characters in various situations. A main plot can be resolved within a single episode or over a series.
- Soap or Telenovela: best multi-episode popular drama or melodrama, either on-going or limited run.
- Reality and Factual Entertainment: programmes or series in which a situation or topic is treated or created through real people or which tell their story by following real-life characters.
- Arts: programmes or series featuring performing arts and cultural programmes, stage recordings and television adaptations of performing arts or documentaries dedicated to art forms or artists.
- Documentary: factual programme or series providing in-depth analysis of a specific subject or point of view supported by evidence and informed commentary, on any subject other than the Arts.
- Studio Entertainment: studio-based game shows, variety shows, event series and specials.
- Children and Youth: all genres produced for children and youth older than 6 years. Series or single programmes will be considered.
- Social Media Video Series: original fiction or non-fiction short-form video series, (under a half an hour duration) that premiere on social, web, mobile and video platforms.
- Audio Entertainment: scripted or unscripted original podcast, audio-first books and radio shows. Entries accepted from producers, platforms, distributors or talent.
- Innovation in the time of Covid: Award for the programme or series, that, against all the odds, defined what television can achieve – and how television can be produced – in a time of unprecedented crisis.
In addition, the Rose d’Or recognises significant individual achievements by awarding one trophy each for:
- Emerging Talent Award: the Organiser, in consultation with the panel of judges, will present this award to a new talent who has made a breakthrough performance in a programme or series in the past year.
- Performance of the Year: the Organiser, in consultation with the panel of judges, will present this award to a personality who has made an outstanding performance in a programme or series in the past year.
- Lifetime Achievement: the Organiser, in consultation with the panel of judges will award the Lifetime Achievement to a personality who has made an outstanding and extensive contribution to the world of entertainment including, but not exclusively, their work in television, audio or online media.
The ultimate accolade for a programme or series, The Golden Rose, awarded to the programme, series or individual that, in the opinion of the judges, has made the outstanding contribution of 2020.
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
1961–2003
2004
2005
| Category | Winner | Television network | Country |
|---|
| Arts & Specials | The Cost Of Living | DV8 Films | |
| Comedy | Little Britain | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Game Show | Test the Nation | Talent TV / BBC | United Kingdom |
| Music | Flashmob – The Opera | | United Kingdom |
| Reality Show | Supernanny | | United Kingdom |
| Sitcom | Nighty Night | | United Kingdom |
| Soap | Verbotene Liebe | ARD | Germany |
| Variety | Strictly Come Dancing | | United Kingdom |
| Press Prize | Schillerstraße | Hurricane Fernseh Productions | Germany |
| Paper format | Daycare Dilemma | SBS | Sweden |
| Pilot award | Dinner Dating | First Entertainment | Germany |
| Charity award | | | Ireland |
| Honorary Rose | Herbert Kloiber | | Germany |
| Best performances: |
| Comedy | F: Pippa Haywood in Green Wing | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| M: David Walliams and Matt Lucas in Little Britain | | United Kingdom |
| Sitcom | M: Peter Kay in Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| F: Zoë Wanamaker in My Family | | United Kingdom |
| Soap | F: Lesley-Anne Down in The Bold and the Beautiful | | United States |
| M: Pat Nolan in Fair City | | Ireland |
| Game show | Thomas Gottschalk in Wetten, dass..? | | Germany | |
2006
2007
| Category | Winner | Television network | Country |
|---|
| Arts Documentary | Young@Heart | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | The Vicar of Dibley | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Performing Arts | Peter and the Wolf | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Performing Arts: Special Mention | Car men | NPS | Netherlands |
| Reality | Secret Millionaire | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Reality: Special Mention | My Last Words | Palm Plus Productions | Netherlands |
| Show | The Pyramid | Castor Multimedia | Croatia |
| Sitcom | Not Going Out | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Soap | Con Passionate | S4C | United Kingdom |
| Soap: Special Mention | Home Affairs | SABC | South Africa |
| Best of 2007 Special Prize | Young@Heart | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Opera Special Prize | Man on the Moon | Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| Opera Special Prize: Special Mention | Mozart 22 - Le Nozze di Figaro | Unitel GmbH & Co KG | Germany |
| Honorary Rose | Ben Elton (Lifetime Achievement)[2] | | United Kingdom | |
2008
2009
2010
| Category | Winner | Television network | Country |
|---|
| Arts Documentary & Performing Arts | The Neighbour | | Norway |
| Comedy | Benidorm Bastards | | Belgium |
| Sitcom | The Inbetweeners | | United Kingdom |
| Drama & Mini Series | Hopeville | | South Africa |
| Soap & Telenovela | Date Blind | | Argentina/Switzerland |
| Children & Youth | Krimi.de - Web Attack | | Germany |
| Variety & Live Event Show | La Bohème at the Tower Block | | Switzerland |
| Game Show | Bingo Banko | | Denmark |
| Reality & Factual Entertainment | Blood, Sweat and Takeaways | | United Kingdom |
| Multi-Platform | | | Spain |
| Social Awards | Desert Tears | | Germany |
| Social Awards | | | United Kingdom |
| Best of 2010 | Benidorm Bastards | | Belgium | |
2012
2013
| Category | Winner | Television network | Country |
|---|
| Comedy | What if? | | Belgium |
| Sitcom | Spy | | United Kingdom |
| Game Show | Oh Sit! | | United States |
| Arts | | | United Kingdom |
| Reality & Factual Entertainment | Make Bradford British | | United Kingdom |
| Entertainment | Gruen Sweat | | Australia | |
2014
| Category | Winner | Network | Country |
|---|
| Comedy | Little Mom | | Israel |
| Sitcom | Toast of London | | United Kingdom |
| Game Show | Pointless | | United Kingdom |
| Arts | Peter and the Wolf/Pierre et le Loup | Camera Lucida Productions | France |
| Reality & Factual Entertainment | Gogglebox | | United Kingdom |
| Entertainment | Circus HalliGalli | | Germany | |
2015
2016
2017
| Category | Winner | Network | Country |
|---|
| Comedy | Fleabag | | United Kingdom |
| Sitcom | Henry IX | | United Kingdom |
| Game Show | Bigheads | | United Kingdom |
| Reality & Factual Entertainment | You Can't Ask That | | Australia |
| Entertainment | Stasera casa Mika | | Italy |
| Drama | Nobel | | Norway |
| Children & Youth | Anti Bully Club | Skyhigh TV | Netherlands |
| Arts | Balletboyz | | United Kingdom |
| TV movie | The Verdict | | Germany |
| Entertainer of the Year | | | United Kingdom |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | | | United Kingdom | |
2018
| Category | Winner | Network | Country |
|---|
| Comedy | Grotesco’s Seven Masterpieces – The Refugee Crisis: a musical | | Sweden |
| Sitcom | Detectorists | | United Kingdom |
| Drama | The Crown | | United Kingdom |
| Limited Series and TV Movie | A Very English Scandal | | United Kingdom |
| Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality | Damming the Nile | | United Kingdom |
| Reality & Factual Entertainment | Down the Road | | Belgium |
| Arts | Betroffenheit | | United Kingdom |
| Game Show | Sorry voor alles | | Belgium |
| Entertainment | Roberto Bolle – Danza con me | | Italy |
| Children & Youth | The Highway Rat | | United Kingdom |
| Entertainer of the Year | | | Germany |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | | | United Kingdom | |
2019
| Category | Winner | Network | Country |
|---|
| Soap or Telenovela | Orphans of a Nation | | Brazil |
| Children & Youth | ZombieLars | | Norway |
| Arts | The Greenaway Alphabet | | Netherlands |
| Audio Entertainment | 13 Minutes to the Moon | | United Kingdom |
| Social Media Video Series | SWIPE | | Netherlands |
| Studio Entertainment | Michael McIntyre's Big Show | | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | Baroness von Sketch Show | | Canada |
| Reality and Factual Entertainment | The Repair Shop | | United Kingdom |
| Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Arde Madrid | | Spain |
| Drama | Chernobyl | | United Kingdom/United States |
| Golden Rose |
| Performance of the Year | Ricky Gervais for After Life | | United Kingdom |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | | | Germany | |
2020
| Category | Winner | Network | Country |
|---|
| Comedy | Woke | | United States |
| Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Sex Education | | United Kingdom/United States |
| Drama | Babylon Berlin | | Germany |
| Soap or Telenovela | Victoria Small | | Argentina |
| Reality and Factual Entertainment | The School That Tried To End Racism | | United Kingdom |
| Documentary | Once Upon a Time in Iraq | | United Kingdom |
| Golden Rose |
| Arts | Wim Wenders, Desperado | | Germany |
| Studio Entertainment | The Wonderbox | | France |
| Children & Youth | First Day | | Australia |
| Social Media Video Series | Content | | Australia |
| Innovation in the Time of Covid | Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special | | United States |
| Audio Entertainment | Tunnel 29 | | United Kingdom |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | | | United Kingdom |
| Emerging Talent Award | Daisy Edgar-Jones for Normal People | | United Kingdom | |
2021
2022
The nominations were announced on 4 November 2022.[3] The ceremony was held on 28 November 2022 and presented by Alex Horne.[4]
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Soap or Telenovela | Children and Youth |
|---|
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| - Talking Heads (VPRO) (Netherlands)
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| Multiplatform Series | Comedy |
|---|
- Stop It Now (NPO Zapp) (Netherlands)
- The Big Proud Party Agency (BBC Three) (Ireland)
- Corpse Talk (YouTube Originals) (United Kingdom)
- Emma lügt (Play Suisse) (Switzerland)
- Gassed Up (BBC Three) (United Kingdom)
- War Stories II (NPO Zapp) (Netherlands)
|
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| Documentary | News and Current Affairs |
|---|
- The Real Mo Farah (BBC One) (United Kingdom)
- (BBC One) (United Kingdom)
- (Netflix) (United Kingdom)
- My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years In Afghanistan (WDR/Arte) (Germany/France)
- The Tinder Swindler (Netflix) (United States)
- Ukraine: Life Under Attack (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
| - Afghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV) (United Kingdom)
- China: The Search for the Missing (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
- Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution (Channel 4/Amazon Prime Video) (United Kingdom)
- On the Frontline. Fleeing Irpin and The Defenders of Kharkiv (TVN24) (Poland)
- Panorama: SAS Death Squads Exposed (BBC) (United Kingdom)
- Rape: Who's on Trial? (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
|
| Audio Entertainment | Arts |
|---|
- Pillow Talk (Audible/Easy Tiger) (Australia)
- Dear Daughter (BBC World Service) (United Kingdom)
- The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment (Audible) (Australia)
- Kuper Island (CBC Podcasts) (Canada)
- SRF Podcast: Grauen: «The Night Train» (SRF) (Switzerland)
- Who Killed Daphne? (Wondery) (United Kingdom)
| - (BBC Two) (United Kingdom)
|
| Reality and Factual Entertainment | Studio Entertainment |
|---|
|
| - The Musical for Your Life (Play4) (Belgium)
- 99 – Eine:r schlägt sie alle
| (Sat.1) (Germany)
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| Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Drama |
|---|
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| Performance of the Year | Emerging Talent Award |
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| Lifetime Achievement Award |
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| Brian Cox |
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2023
The nominations were announced on 6 November 2023.[5] The ceremony was held at the Kings Place in London and hosted by David Baddiel on 27 November 2023.[6]
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Soap or Telenovela | Children and Youth |
|---|
- Another Love (Fox) (Turkey)
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| (Sky Kids) (United Kingdom)
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|---|
| Multiplatform Series | Comedy Entertainment |
|---|
- Capture: Who's Looking After the Children? (United Kingdom)
- Appetite (Australia)
- GALWAD (United Kingdom)
- Krystal Klairvoyant (Australia)
- The New Vermeer (Netherlands)
- Season of Sex (Belgium)
|
|
| Documentary | News and Current Affairs |
|---|
|
| - Children of the Taliban (Channel 4) (Germany)
- The Crossing (ITV) (United Kingdom)
- Inside Russia: Putin's War at Home (ITV) (United Kingdom)
- The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar (Sky Documentaries) (United Kingdom)
- Ukraine's War Diaries (BBC One) (United Kingdom)
- Undercover: Sexual Harassment – The Truth (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
|
| Audio Entertainment | Arts |
|---|
- The Shamima Begum Story (BBC Sounds/BBC Radio 5 Live) (United Kingdom)
- Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot (BBC Sounds) (United Kingdom)
- Love, Janessa (CBC Podcasts) (Canada)
- The Prince (United Kingdom)
- Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On (BBC Radio 4) (United Kingdom)
- The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome (United Kingdom)
| - Nothing Compares (Sky Documentaries) (United Kingdom)
- Andrea Bocelli: The Journey (Sky Arts) (United Kingdom)
- Becoming Frida Kahlo (BBC Two) (United Kingdom)
- Inside My Heart (NPO) (Netherlands)
- Knowing the Score (ABC) (Australia)
- (Sky Documentaries) (Italy)
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| Factual Entertainment and Reality | Studio Entertainment |
|---|
- Justice in Jail (Play4) (Belgium)
- The Black Forest Deer – An Extraordinary Kitchen Crew and Tim Mälzer (VOX) (Germany)
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Peacock) (United States)
- Married at First Sight (E4) (United Kingdom)
- My Mum, Your Dad (ITV1) (United Kingdom)
- Wonders of the World I Can't See (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
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| Comedy Drama and Sitcom | Drama |
|---|
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| Competition Reality | Performance of the Year |
|---|
- Destination X (VTM) (Belgium)
- The Devil's Lot: So Help Me Cod
| (Historia) (Canada)- Stars on Mars (Fox) (United States)
- The Piano (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
- Tempting Fortune (Channel 4) (United Kingdom)
- Wedding Fighters (tvN) (South Korea)
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| Emerging Talent | Lifetime Achievement |
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Notes and References
- Web site: FRAPA . 18 June 2019 . 9 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150609024718/https://www.frapa.org/about/awards/ . dead .
- Web site: 2007-05-10. Channel 4 wins five Rose d'Or awards. 2021-11-02. the Guardian. en.
- Web site: Rose d'Or 2022 Nominees Announced. Rose d'Or. 4 November 2022. 24 March 2024.
- Web site: Winners of 61st Rose d'Or awards announced. 28 November 2022. 24 March 2024. Rose d'Or.
- Web site: Rose d'Or 2023 Nominees Announced. 6 November 2023. 13 December 2023. Rose d'Or.
- Web site: Winners of 62nd Rose d'Or awards announced. Rose d'Or. 28 November 2023. 13 December 2023.
