Marcel Vanthilt

Marcel Céline Gerard Edgard Vanthilt (; born 24 August 1957) is a Belgian singer and television presenter.

Early life Marcel Vanthilt was born on 24 August 1957, in Lommel, Belgium. After attending high school, he studied at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and attained a bachelor's degree in political sciences. In 1977, while at university, he discovered Punk.

Career

Arbeid Adelt! Vanthilt formed the group Arbeid Adelt! (literally: "Labor ennobles") in 1981. He provided vocals and played keyboard for the group, singing mainly in Dutch. They made 2 EPs ('Jonge Helden' and 'Le chagrin en Quatre-vingt'), De Dag dat het zonlicht... and Lekker Westers. The group decided to split. One year later, they reformed, only to split again after releasing one single because they were dissatisfied with their record label and the members disagreed about the future of the band. Vanthilt said: "They saw us as a kind of clowns. They refused to bring out the songs that were representative of what we were doing, and released "Stroom" en "Witte kom hie". Those were both good jokes, good for a laugh at the live gigs, but not good as a release two years after your last record." Both were unsuccessful.

MTV VJ

From 1987 to 1990, Vanthilt lived in London where he became a VJ for the new music station MTV Europe.

United States From 1996 to 1998, Since 2009, Vanthilt also hosts Ook getest op mensen, a TV show mainly focusing on health related consumer issues (Eén).

His most important radio show was "Was het nu 70, 80 of 90" (Was it 70, 80 or 90?), but he also hosted the "Album 100".