IEM Katowice talent announced

Talent from ten different countries will bring the IEM Katowice broadcast to life.

ESL has announced its broadcast lineup, which will feature 21 people in total from ten different countries, for the 12 days of IEM Katowice that will start with the play-in on February 1-3 through the group stage and playoffs on February 4-12.

The lineup includes seven people charged with hosting and interviews, including stage host Oliver "⁠OJ Borg⁠" D'Anastasi and desk hosts Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus, Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers and Eefje "⁠sjokz⁠" Depoortere.

SPUNJ and Machine will be one of the casting duos in Poland

Casting duties will be in the hands of eight people, including the duos of Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill and Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson, Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan and Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy and Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell and Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron. Notably absent is Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne, while James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph will be in the booth alongside Alex "⁠hawka⁠" Hawkins after making a return with ESL in late 2022 following nearly a year on the sidelines.

The analyst desk will be made up of familiar faces in Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez, Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg, Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović and Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam, who will be flanked by former Imperial coach and IEM Rio Major analyst Luis "⁠peacemaker⁠" Tadeu.

The full lineup is:

Hosts and interviewers

Oliver "⁠OJ Borg⁠" D'Anastasi
Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
Eefje "⁠sjokz⁠" Depoortere
Mike "⁠DarfMike⁠" Winnick
Anastasija "⁠Heccu⁠" Tolmačeva
James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

Commentators

Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron
Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell
James "⁠BARDOLPH⁠" Bardolph
Alex "⁠hawka⁠" Hawkins
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy

Analysts

Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez
Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg
Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović
Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam
Luis "⁠peacemaker⁠" Tadeu

Anastasija 'Heccu' Tolmačeva Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.72 Hugo 'Hugo' Byron Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 James 'BARDOLPH' Bardolph Age: 38 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.52 Maps played: 12 KPR: 0.32 DPR: 0.73 Harry 'JustHarry' Russell Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Alex 'Machine' Richardson Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.74 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.44 DPR: 0.64 Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 James 'BanKs' Banks Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Adam 'Dinko' Hawthorne Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.50 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.45 DPR: 0.95 Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Imperial #32 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoJhonatan 'JOTA' Willian Rafael 'zakk' Fernandes Alex 'hawka' Hawkins Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Eefje 'sjokz' Depoortere Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Janko 'YNk' Paunović Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 118 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 Oliver 'OJ Borg' D'Anastasi Age: 43 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 160 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 837 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Freya 'Freya' Spiers Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Tres 'stunna' Saranthus Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.30 DPR: 0.54 Mike 'DarfMike' Winnick Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.75 Maps played: 99 KPR: 0.52 DPR: 0.73 Luis 'peacemaker' Tadeu Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.46 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.21 DPR: 0.66