A mammoth 22-member talent lineup will grace the broadcast to bring the action to life in Cologne.

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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
Mike "?DarfMike?" Winnick

Analysts
Janko "?YNk?" Paunovi?
Mathieu "?Maniac?" Quiquerez
Aleksandar "?kassad?" Trifunovi?
Jason "?moses?" O'Toole
Sudhen "?Bleh?" Wahengbam
Jacob "?Pimp?" Winneche
Alex "?Mauisnake?" Ellenberg

Casters
Alex "?Machine?" Richardson
Chad "?SPUNJ?" Burchill
Harry "?JustHarry?" Russell
Hugo "?Hugo?" Byron
Conner "?Scrawny?" Girvan
Mohan "?launders?" Govindasamy
Alex "?hawka?" Hawkins
James "?BARDOLPH?" Bardolph

Sideline and stage hosts
James "?BanKs?" Banks
Eefje "?sjokz?" Depoortere
Oliver "?OJ Borg?" D'Anastasi

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