Nicholas David "Nick" Weir is the best known English entertainer as the second presenter of his Slogan and is currently Vice President of Entertainment for Royal Caribbean International. Weir is a former consultant and entertainer born in London, England and raised in West Sussex, England. In total he presented four game events, or six including two unbroken pilots, and all of them were the production of ITV. From the show game she presented, Catchphrase is the only one that presented more than one series.
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Biography
Entertainment career
She started her entertainment career on a cruise ship, as a singer and comedian. In 1997, he presented a regional sports event On i Ball in the Granada area of ​​ITV and, also working with Granada but broadcast nationally, presented a daytime gaming show at ITV, called Waffle
In 2000, Weir replaced Roy Walker as the host of the popular TV show Catchphrase . During his first series, he broke his leg (by falling off the stairs as he entered the studio floor) during the recording of the show. The incident was edited but featured in a later show to explain why he was suddenly in a cast and crutch. He continues to present his first series of Catchphrase while his leg is healed, wearing trademark patterns in many episodes of the show. Though unpopular with viewers at the time, he was successful in the mission of increasing the 14 and 15 Series ratings significantly compared to the last Walker series.
Between December 2001 and January 2002, he appeared in the drama Aladdin as a character of the same name at Hexagon in Reading, Berkshire. He presented his slogan until 2002, after which, the event moved into daylight and former Blue Peter presenter, Mark Curry to host the event for the 2002 series. Predicting his first game show, he was also the host of the pilot who was unlabeled for Lucky Numbers in 1994, but the event host was ultimately Shane Richie, and aired for three series between 1995-1997.
In addition to being a host, he also appeared as a contestant in the December 1997 episode of Give Us a Clue and appeared in Blankety Blank in 2001. Weir archive archive featured in ITV Serial 2014 Come Down! The Game Show Story . Weir also hosted a pilot for The Great British Game Show.
Cruise and Entertainment Consultant
After Catchphrase, Weir served as an entertainment consultant on the Eclipse Selebritas board as well as other Solstice class vessels, Celebrity Cruises' latest line of ships. The consulting firm, based in Las Vegas and Miami, helped launch the five Solstice Class vessels for Celebrity Cruises and designed the original entertainment program. Since he had previous experience as Cruise Director, Weir coordinated the entertainment program, named the ceremony and media event at Cruise Director's position during the first few weeks of each ship's inaugural season. Weir also leads the production of the documentary film "The Making of Celebrity Reflection - The Fifth in Class" that captures shipbuilding during the period of the 18th month.
Weir consulting company clients include the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Las Vegas Visitors Authority, MGM, Syco Television, Andre Agassi Foundation, Emeril Lagasse, Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Costa Cruises.
Vice President of Royal Caribbean
Weir was named Entertainment Vice President by Royal Caribbean on September 18, 2013, following the departure of Peter Compton. Royal Caribbean wants Weir's combination of stage and managerial experience to drive the production of greater Vegas style on its ships. Royal Caribbean announced "With its tremendous and diverse background, Nick will help lead the Royal Caribbean award-winning entertainment program to the next level - not only for the world's largest and most innovative yacht fleet, but also for three Quantum-class and class ships The third oasis to be launched from late 2014. Nick joins Royal Caribbean with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment and shipping industry - with outstanding achievements in performance and production... "
Since becoming vice president, Weir has overseen the launch of the theater Two70Ã, Â ° at the rear of the ship in the Quantum class. The theater has pioneering technology including Vistarama, a 150-foot wide projection surface, and a technology that allows users to manipulate videos in whatever way they want, but also viewers can manipulate the screen being played in three-dimensional space. He also oversees two new stage shows, Mamma Mia! and Sonic Odyssey . Weir was also impressed by their treatment of the Saturday Night Fever stage show at Liberty on the Seas, saying they "can play with it a bit and it's a slightly shorter version than the original, and that's pretty amazing, it even really impressed me that we have production facilities here in Hollywood, and every time he runs the studio - they do run-through before they sail to the ship - I get in my car and ride and watch it.
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List of game events
- Lucky Number (1995, unbroken pilot)
- In Ball (1997)
- Waffle (1998)
- Grudge Match (1999-2000)
- The slogan (2000-2004)
- Blankety Blank Lily Savage (2001 & amp; 2002, as a guest)
- The Great British Game Show (unknown)
- View View Jimmy (unknown)
Source
- Kon, Andrea. "Great boat, great top for an entertaining cruise." Daily Mail . February 22, 2009.
External links
- Nick Weir on IMDb.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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