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.
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
Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere
Anastasija "Heccu" Tolmačeva
Commentators
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan
Analysts
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez
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 (责任编辑：case opening)
