Judith Langhans was born in 1966 in Cologne and studied journalism, German philology and musicology. She worked for various radio stations, was a lecturer for the Munich school for journalists and subsidiary managing editor at the Axel Springer TV News GmbH (bild.de, SAT1 24 stunden and others). As of 2002 she is the subsidiary chief manager in the show department of the I & U TV GmbH Cologne and is responsible for the stations RTL and Vox and for programs like Die ultimative Chartshow, stern TV-Reportage, Typisch Frau, Typisch Mann.