Countdown (game show) Stelling was confirmed as the new host, with Oxford graduate Rachel Riley in the Vorderman role. It was announced on 24 May 2011 that Stelling would be leaving the programme, and he presented his final show on 16 December 2011. On 16 November 2011, it was announced that Nick Hewer would be taking over as host, with his first show broadcast on 9 January 2012. "Countdown" quickly established cult status within British television – an image which it maintains today, despite numerous changes of rules and personnel. The programme's audience comprises mainly students, homemakers and pensioners, owing to the "teatime"
Kurt Felix (television presenter) Kurt Felix (television presenter) Kurt Felix (27 March 1941 – 16 May 2012) was a Swiss television presenter and entertainer. In the 1970s, Felix developed and hosted "Teleboy", the most watched TV-programme in the history of the Swiss television (DRS). The show is considered to be a predecessor of "Surprise, Surprise". Felix and his wife, singer Paola Del Medico, hosted "Verstehen Sie Spaß?", a Candid Camera-style show, for the German TV station ARD between 1981 and 1990. Each episode attracted around 30 million viewers in Central Europe. He developed several TV-formats popular in Germany and Switzerland such as Stoeck, Wyss,