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Height: 5′ 6″
Age: 47 Years
Hometown: Eichwalde, Germany
- While pursuing her high school education, Alida Kurras played Judo. She played the sport for eight years and decided to enrol in a sports boarding school; however, later due to a hip injury, she had to drop out of the sport.
- After completing her schooling, she began pursuing a law degree at the Freie Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany; however, after a few semesters of studying there, she dropped out of college to appear on television.
- In 2000, she appeared in the second season of the German version of the reality TV show Big Brother. She was titled as the winner of the second season of the show.
- In 2001, she appeared on the cover of the German edition of the men’s magazine Playboy. She also had a photo series in the magazine; however, after a few years, she revealed in an interview that she regretted the production and publication of the photos a few years later.
- In September 2003, she appeared as the host of the world’s longest television quiz on 9Live Together. She hosted the quiz along with various German celebrities including actor Robin Bade, TV personality Anna Heesch, Physicist Jörg Draeger, and TV show host Thomas Schürmann.
- The quiz went on for 52 hours and 45 minutes without a break and all the hosts took turns to host the show. The show was registered as the world’s longest-running television quiz in the Guinness Book of Records.
- In 2004, she began hosting a German pseudo-documentary talk show Das Geständnis – Heute sage ich alles! on ProSieben. She hosted the show until 2006.
- In 2007, Alida hosted a documentary soap on RTL II along with presenter Jürgen Milski titled The Fate of My Life. The series received very low ratings due to which the show was cancelled; however, the show was brought back again under the new name This is Life, again without success in September 2007.
- In December 2008, she began hosting the ninth season of the German reality series Big Brother on RTL 2.
- On 31 December 2007, she hosted the New Year’s Eve gala from the Brandenburg Gate on RTL2 with Aleksandra Bechtel.
- She published a novel titled Aber… wir leben on 5 March 2009. She wrote the novel along with her friend Anna Heesch.
Alida Kurras’s book
- Kurras appeared as an outside presenter in the tenth season of Big Brother. Later, she began presenting the weekly special show with compilations from ten years of reality television series Big Brother; however, the show was soon cancelled.
- She has hosted various television game shows.
Alida Kurras in a still from one of the live game television shows
- She appeared as a guest on the decision show many times and also appeared as a co-presenter in the finale episode of the show.
- Later, she took a break from her career to take care of her father who was diagnosed with cancer.
- In 2024, she appeared as a contestant in the twelfth season of the German reality television series Promi Big Brother.
Alida Kurras in a promotional poster of the German reality show Promi Big Brother (2024)
- She is a dog lover and often posts pictures with her pet dog on her social media accounts.
Alida Kurras with her dog
