A mammoth 22-member talent lineup will grace the broadcast to bring the action to life in Cologne.
ESL has announced the talent lineup for the official broadcasts of IEM Cologne, which is set to commence on July 26-28 with the Play-In, before the main event takes place July 29-August 6.
Oliver "?OJ Borg?" D'Anastasi is one of the more notable names on the talent list, with the veteran host having last graced a CS:GO stream for IEM Katowice earlier this year. Also returning to CS:GO is Eefje "?sjokz?" Depoortere, whose last event was also IEM Katowice.
ESL regulars Chad "?SPUNJ?" Burchill and Alex "?Machine?" Richardson headline the casting talent, whilst Jason "?moses?" O'Toole returns to the analyst desk having taken up casting duties for the majority of broadcasts he has worked in recent times.
The full IEM Cologne talent lineup includes the following:
Desk hosts
Tres "?stunna?" Saranthus
Freya "?Freya?" Spiers
Sam "?Tech Girl?" Wright
Analysts
Janko "?YNk?" Paunovi?
Mathieu "?Maniac?" Quiquerez
Sudhen "?Bleh?" Wahengbam
Jacob "?Pimp?" Winneche
Casters
Chad "?SPUNJ?" Burchill
Conner "?Scrawny?" Girvan
Sideline and stage hosts
Eefje "?sjokz?" Depoortere
Sam 'Tech Girl' Wright 
Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg 
Age: 30 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: 39 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.52 Maps played: 12 KPR: 0.32 DPR: 0.73 Harry 'JustHarry' Russell 
Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.40 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.38 DPR: 0.95 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: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Sudhen 'Bleh' Wahengbam 
Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Alex 'hawka' Hawkins 
Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Eefje 'sjokz' Depoortere 
Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche 
Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 983 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 Janko 'YNk' Paunovi? 
Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 118 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 Jason 'moses' O'Toole 
Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Oliver 'OJ Borg' D'Anastasi 
Age: 44 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: 167 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan 
Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez 
Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 837 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Freya 'Freya' Spiers 
Age: 27 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 Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunovi? 
Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.75 Maps played: 102 KPR: 0.52 DPR: 0.73 Mike 'DarfMike' Winnick 
Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00