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:
 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 |
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