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IEM Katowice broadcast talent lineup announced

23-1-2025 19:18

kassad and steel join the analyst desk for ESL's first flagship event of 2025.

ESL has announced the 18-person broadcast team for IEM Katowice, which will run from January 29 - February 9.

Four of the most prominent commentary duos will be on hand to walk viewers through the action during matches, while Eefje "⁠sjokz⁠" Depoortere and James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks are listed alongside Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus and Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers as desk hosts.

Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović reprise their regular roles as analysts and are joined by Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan and Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović, the latter of whom returns to an offline broadcast for the first time since joining BLEED after IEM Sydney 2023.

The full IEM Katowice 2025 on-air talent list consists of:

Commentators

United Kingdom Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Australia Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
United Kingdom Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell
United Kingdom Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron
United Kingdom Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
United States Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Canada Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Canada Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy

Desk hosts

United States Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
United Kingdom Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
Belgium Eefje "⁠sjokz⁠" Depoortere
United Kingdom James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

Analysts

Serbia Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Denmark Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Canada Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan
Serbia Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović

Stage hosts

United Kingdom Oliver "⁠OJ Borg⁠" D'Anastasi
United Kingdom Iain Chambers

United Kingdom Hugo 'Hugo' Byron
Hugo 'Hugo' Byron
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
United Kingdom Harry 'JustHarry' Russell
Harry 'JustHarry' Russell
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.40
Maps played:
2
KPR:
0.38
DPR:
0.95
United Kingdom Alex 'Machine' Richardson
Alex 'Machine' Richardson
Age:
31
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.74
Maps played:
2
KPR:
0.44
DPR:
0.64
Canada Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.76
Maps played:
3
KPR:
0.57
DPR:
0.76
United Kingdom Adam 'Dinko' Hawthorne
Adam 'Dinko' Hawthorne
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.50
Maps played:
1
KPR:
0.45
DPR:
0.95
United Kingdom James 'BanKs' Banks
James 'BanKs' Banks
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Belgium Eefje 'sjokz' Depoortere
Eefje 'sjokz' Depoortere
Age:
37
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Serbia Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Age:
32
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
118
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche
Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
983
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.64
United States Jason 'moses' O'Toole
Jason 'moses' O'Toole
Age:
38
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
18
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.71
United Kingdom Oliver 'OJ Borg' D'Anastasi
Oliver 'OJ Borg' D'Anastasi
Age:
45
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Australia Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill
Age:
35
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
167
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.73
Canada Joshua 'steel' Nissan
Joshua 'steel' Nissan
Age:
35
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
721
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.70
Canada Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan
Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
United Kingdom Freya 'Freya' Spiers
Freya 'Freya' Spiers
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
United States Tres 'stunna' Saranthus
Tres 'stunna' Saranthus
Age:
35
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.64
Maps played:
4
KPR:
0.30
DPR:
0.54
Serbia Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović
Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović
Age:
38
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.75
Maps played:
102
KPR:
0.52
DPR:
0.73
#1
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
Czech Republic maXX_CZ
No anders :(
2025-01-23 19:18
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5 replies
#17
sigma | 
Cyprus kokander
Yes sjoks :)
2025-01-23 19:25
56
2 replies
#43
Haiti hydra92
can't believe she's 37.
2025-01-23 20:03
28
1 reply
#69
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Slovakia Psycho2k
Yeah she doesnt look like it.
2025-01-23 23:15
1
#18
REZ | 
Afghanistan Rym1
thank god🙏
2025-01-23 19:25
4
#86
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
GeT_RiGhT | 
Sweden TherealSimba
Where is he at this is so sad
2025-01-24 13:09
0
#2
Techno | 
France BicheCS
Ynk the goat
2025-01-23 19:18
19
#3
Liazz | 
Estonia Fuwarin
hello kassad
2025-01-23 19:19
12
#4
s1mple | 
Estonia mauimysnake
sjokz back W
2025-01-23 19:19
22
#5
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden Hasklon
Steel is back, thank god
2025-01-23 19:19
16
#6
flusha | 
Europe AverageSlav
Pimp slipped in there again
2025-01-23 19:19
64
5 replies
#21
Puppy | 
Sweden Big_King
event ruined
2025-01-23 19:27
12
#23
 | 
Sweden Gibbso
Goat
2025-01-23 19:29
1
#28
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Czech Republic PaYaB
he can't keep getting away with this
2025-01-23 19:31
11
#42
Faceit level 9  | 
makazze | 
Finland Astraex
he is nice
2025-01-23 20:01
3
#74
Faceit level 4  | 
zont1x | 
South Africa jcfools
Pimp is capable of slipping into a lot of places since he lost weight!
2025-01-24 00:27
8
#7
 | 
Poland Saruman69
assad pukeemoji
2025-01-23 19:19
2
#8
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MATYS | 
Slovakia ryderawr
SJOKZ THE GOAT
2025-01-23 19:19
35
#9
 | 
Brazil MSS1822
Who is Iain Chambers?
2025-01-23 19:20
3
#10
Hatecrew | 
Burundi mindsets
Kassad take responsibility for ruining nexa's career and leave
2025-01-23 19:20
3
#11
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Canada minibeech
what happened to henryG and anders? i saw anders casting the recent ICE invitational, otherwise havent seen him on any Tier1 events in like half a year.
2025-01-23 19:22
36
#12
rigoN | 
Switzerland Big_Enjoyer
anders downfall has to get studied why he doesnt cast any good games anymore
2025-01-23 19:22
5
#14
EliGE | 
Europe coniasty
W
2025-01-23 19:22
0
#15
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Poland Saruman69
damm i just checked Freya and im surprised that she is 28... i thought that she is older meanwhile she is younger than me sadge
2025-01-23 19:23
3
1 reply
#36
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New Zealand iM1ckey
sjokz 37 🤨 but she looks about 25 years old wtf
2025-01-23 19:47
27
#16
REZ | 
Afghanistan Rym1
Kassad🤮🤮
2025-01-23 19:25
11
#19
WasteOfAmmo | 
Saint Lucia VirginieSainsily
Analysts 🤢💀😱🤡
2025-01-23 19:26
25
1 reply
#24
Vegi | 
Albania Chopper_1_major_NiKo_FA
p0mp and kassad in one desk is just a recipe for disaster
2025-01-23 19:29
21
#20
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Switzerland hanniba1fade
happy that stunna is there, he is always funny
2025-01-23 19:27
6
#22
Vegi | 
Albania Chopper_1_major_NiKo_FA
what was ESL management smoking with this analyst desk my god
2025-01-23 19:28
14
#25
United States trennanl
Why so many hosts?
2025-01-23 19:29
0
2 replies
#31
Faceit level 10  | 
Xyp9x | 
Australia killinxs
2 hosts for b stream, 2 hosts for a stream. Halfway through each stream they will change from one host to the second
2025-01-23 19:35
2
1 reply
#52
United States trennanl
I forgot about the B stream. For some reason I didn't think that they normally had a desk for the B steam.
2025-01-23 20:32
0
#26
Mauisnake | 
Papua New Guinea meowmaow
KASSAD GOAT
2025-01-23 19:30
3
#27
broky | 
North America n4dnerb
no maniac????
2025-01-23 19:31
13
2 replies
#72
Faceit level 10  | 
Europe fiatPEEK
nt maniac
2025-01-24 00:10
8
1 reply
#77
Antigua and Barbuda DarkyC
+1
2025-01-24 00:58
1
#29
 | 
United States StrafeTalk@Spotify
W lineup!
2025-01-23 19:34
0
#30
 | 
Lithuania K0RNe
how is pimp in every event
2025-01-23 19:35
12
#32
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Czech Republic czechseeker
joshua "steel" nissan qashqai
2025-01-23 19:40
6
#33
 | 
Poland buy_mace_30gp
No Maui = W
2025-01-23 19:42
6
#34
Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Czech Republic HLTV_secured_orange_cat
nice analyst desk KKKKKKKKKK
2025-01-23 19:43
3
#37
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
Yugoslavia hexxor
-launder +anders
2025-01-23 19:47
4
#38
 | 
Sweden Vrede
Ohne > Kassad
2025-01-23 19:49
2
#39
 | 
Sweden KhaZix
SJOKZ MY QUEEN
2025-01-23 19:49
4
#40
 | 
France Strayke
Fucking kassad
2025-01-23 19:54
0
#41
 | 
Poland delusionalFNCfan
Oj Borg goat
2025-01-23 19:59
4
1 reply
#59
Faceit level 10  | 
FalleN | 
China EilrahC
Always deliver
2025-01-23 20:54
0
#44
United States Brad_Bait
kassad ahahahhahah
2025-01-23 20:06
0
#45
Faceit level 9  | 
SPUNJ | 
Chad Burchill
dupreeh clears
2025-01-23 20:07
3
#47
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
FalleN | 
Brazil trivinoo
where's my dear dupreeh? :(
2025-01-23 20:11
3
#48
MATYS | 
Czech Republic Vojtapt99
kassad,pimp big L
2025-01-23 20:13
0
#50
 | 
United Kingdom CallMeDicta
Kassad pay check stealer analyst
2025-01-23 20:21
0
#51
Latvia EdjKa
Why no Heccu again?
2025-01-23 20:27
0
3 replies
#53
kike | 
Ukraine PjKBD28kQTWbN98dr8
She's not a very great interviewer. Pretty hostile with her questions.
2025-01-23 20:34
3
2 replies
#58
Faceit level 10  | 
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Germany krimbo_goat
I'd rather have a person who asks spicy questions sometimes than somebody who is afraid of ever asking anything else besides "how do you feel after your loss"
2025-01-23 20:52
6
1 reply
#60
kike | 
Ukraine PjKBD28kQTWbN98dr8
I agree with that but I consider there to be a difference between spicy and hostile. If you're being interviewed after a loss the last thing you need is someone kicking you in the face when you already feel like shit.
2025-01-23 20:54
4
#55
EmiliaQAQ | 
Bulgaria ZinovievBG
Where is VOO??
2025-01-23 20:39
2
1 reply
#88
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Japan Kaoru2K
voo is criminally underrated
2025-01-24 20:29
2
#56
kinkybdsm | 
Poland witekzabujca
no maniac :(
2025-01-23 20:43
2
#57
Faceit level 10  | 
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Germany krimbo_goat
who is iain chambers
2025-01-23 20:51
0
#62
Gandalf | 
Turkey Anduril_1
why no henryg?
2025-01-23 20:56
0
#63
Finland robloxkeisari
Pimp, how nice, another tournament where I mute the stream after every map.
2025-01-23 20:58
0
#65
m0NESY | 
United States Hc77
Kassad and Pimp L Why....why. Two of the most annoying mfers. I mean at least Pimp is simply annoying, but actually has some decent insights, Kassad is just annoying and has the worst takes(whilst also thinking hes a CS genius).
2025-01-23 21:11
5
#66
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Canada Teared1276
Great cast and all but ANDERS is the goat how come he isn't in any events and more :( we miss you anders please come back sir <3
2025-01-23 21:11
6
1 reply
#70
HLTV Verified  | 
World AndersOnFire
I'm still here!
2025-01-23 23:48
8
#67
broky | 
United States broky_best_awp
skojz yessssssssssss yes i am down bad
2025-01-23 21:15
0
#68
Eddie | 
Norway wuhan_virus
no frankie = best event ever
2025-01-23 23:05
1
#71
United States Burger_man
Kassad is a big W
2025-01-23 23:51
0
#73
SPUNJ | 
Ireland UberAwps
really good host and caster lineup here, looking forward to their skits
2025-01-24 00:13
1
#76
B1ad3 | 
United States pollilop
Oooooffff that’s a rough desk
2025-01-24 00:45
1
#79
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United States zephh1337
If Mauisnake won't stream the tournament I will be mildly upset
2025-01-24 02:15
2
#80
frozen | 
Slovakia 10Dano10
"Analysts" Most biased line-up ever?
2025-01-24 06:03
0
#81
ZywOo | 
United Kingdom TrustMeBr0
Kassad haters seething
2025-01-24 06:04
1
#82
 | 
Turkey 3bouss
OJ & ⁠Sjokz⁠ in one event, I'm sold, gonna be the best event of 2025
2025-01-24 08:38
0
#83
rain | 
Sweden loish12
Kyosuke
2025-01-24 10:36
0
#85
olofmeister | 
Germany Vinylshark
OJ huge W Kassad & Banks huge L
2025-01-24 11:41
1
#87
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United States TheGr8One
Does anyone know what happened to anders? Has he retired from casting?
2025-01-24 15:29
0
#89
DaZeD | 
United States DoobyTV
This is a good lineup we love steel & kassad! For fun I wish that sometimes they would mix up the commentator duos. That’s why I loved watching the Malta EPLs (RIP). For example just move everyone down one. Scrawny+Spunj, Machine+Hugo, Harry+Moses, Dinko+Launders
2025-01-24 23:10
2
#90
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Mongolia Toonixcn
No pala in lineup is a W
2025-02-03 05:35
0
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