William Spetz Explained

William Spetz
Birth Date:4 April 1996
Birth Place:Umeå, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Actor
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Channel Name:lillabloggen
Years Active:2009–present
Genre:Comedy
Subscribers:248,000
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William Spetz (born 4 April 1996 in Umeå) is a Swedish television personality and actor.

Career

Spetz became known after posting comedic videos on YouTube at the age of 15.[1] [2] He went on to appear in two comedic children's shows Williams lista and Scener ur ett tonårsliv which aired on SVT Play.

Spetz started blogging at the age of 12 at the blog portal Blogspot. Owing to a lack of interest, he asked the paper Västerbottens-Kuriren if he could start a youth blog at their blog portal. In May 2010, Spetz began video blogging at the YouTube channel "Lilla bloggen". In 2014, Spetz was a travelling reporter for Musikhjälpen and travelled to Mozambique.[3] Spetz has also been a panellist at Intresseklubben on SVT.[4]

He was one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016.[5]

In 2016 he wrote and starred in a one-man autobiographical show, Swedish: Mormor jag vet att du är i himlen, men har du tid en timme? ("Grandma, I know you're up in heaven, but do you have a minute?"), an ode to his deceased grandmother.[6] It was shown on SVT in 2019.[7]

Personal life

Spetz is from Umeå. His mother moved to Sweden from Pakistan as a child.

He is openly gay.[8]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-10-01 . William Spetz: Den som är 14 och inte förvirrad borde söka hjälp . 2023-11-07 . DN.se . sv.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-10 . William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor . 2023-11-07 . www.expressen.se . sv.
  3. Följ resan som William Spetz gör för Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. Sveriges Radio . 27 November 2014 . 14 October 2015.
  4. Web site: Premiären bjuder på William Spetz och Babben Larsson. svt.se. 14 October 2015. 15 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151015050053/http://www.svt.se/intresseklubben/premiaren-bjuder-pa-william-spetz-och-babben-larsson. dead.
  5. Web site: Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?. Escudero. Victor. 30 November 2015. Eurovision.tv. 3 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151206031453/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=sweden_who_will_compete_in_melodifestivalen_2016. 6 December 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: 2017-07-11 . William Spetz om kärleken till "Idol"-deltagaren . 2023-11-07 . www.aftonbladet.se . sv.
  7. Web site: 2019-06-14 . William Spetz om succén: "Jag kände väldigt mycket för honom" . 2023-11-07 . www.aftonbladet.se . sv.
  8. Web site: 2017-03-30 . William Spetz om att komma ut som homosexuell Hänt . 2023-11-07 . www.hant.se . sv.
  9. Web site: 2021-10-10 . William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor . 2023-11-07 . www.expressen.se . sv.