Julien Bam

Julien Bam
Bam in 2015
Born (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988
Aachen
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • dancer
  • YouTuber
Awards
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–2025
Genres
Subscribers6.21 million
Views1.7 billion
Last updated: 30 January 2026

Julien Zheng Zheng Kho Budorovits (born 23 November 1988), better known as Julien Bam, is a German actor, singer, dancer and internet personality. He began his YouTube channel in 2013, and uploaded music videos and large-scale projects until his retirement in 2025.[1]

In 2015, Bam won the Bravo Otto award for Best Social Media Star.[2] In 2015 and 2016, he won the 1LIVE Krone awards for Best Video.[3][4] In 2016, he won the Webvideopreis Deutschland award for Person of the Year.[5] In 2017, he won the Webvideopreis Deutschland Golden Camera Digital Award.[2] During the 2017 German presidential election, he was a delegate of the Social Democratic Party to the Federal Convention.[6] He was the most-viewed German YouTuber in 2017, having uploaded six of the top ten most popular videos of the year as curated by Google, excluding traditional music videos.[7] In 2018, he joined the jury of the dance competition show Masters of Dance.[8] He won the Favorite Big Kid award at the 2018 and the 2020 Kids' Choice Awards.[9][10]

In 2019, Bam announced his intention to retire from his main YouTube channel, citing heavy workload and health problems.[11] He planned to make three final videos to conclude an ongoing video series, and eventually made 16 new videos until his retirement in 2025.[12] From 2020 to 2024, he starred as Sonic the Hedgehog in the German-language dubbings of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3.[13] In 2021, he starred as himself in the Netflix series Life's a Glitch.[14] In 2025, he donated his gaming channel JuTubeGaming to fellow YouTuber Sturmwaffel.[15]

Personal life

Bam was born in Aachen, but briefly raised in Singapore, where his mother, a Chinese Indonesian, was born. His father is from the Czech Republic, with Czech, Romanian and Russian ancestry. Bam has a brother, Shawn, who is also a video content creator.[16][17][18]

Between 2018 and 2019, Bam ran a dance school in Cologne, which closed down due to financial issues.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Julien Bam sagt "Adieu" zu YouTube: Emotionales Ende einer Ära". Kurier (in German). 21 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Influencer im Porträt: Julien Bam". T-Online (in German). 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ "FH-Student und YouTuber Julien Bam gewinnt die 1LIVE-Krone" (in German). Informationsdienst Wissenschaft. 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Sechste Krone für Clueso – die zweite für Julien Bam und K.I.Z." (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 1 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Julien Bam stach Böhmermann aus". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German).
  6. ^ "Influencer machen Politik: Diese YouTuber sollten Sie kennen". Web.de (in German). 6 June 2019.
  7. ^ "YouTuber Julien Bam mit den meisten Abrufen in Deutschland". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 7 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Julien Bam sitzt in der Jury der neuen ProSieben-Tanzshow". Quotenmeter.de (in German). 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Hier wird der "Fack ju Göhte"-Star zugeschleimt". Bild (in German). 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Die erste Award-Show von Zuhause: Das waren die einzigartigen Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2020: Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz – Zusammen Zuhause" (in German). Paramount. 13 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Überraschendes Karriere-Aus: Er schließt seinen YouTube-Kanal". Bunte (in German). 23 December 2019.
  12. ^ "YouTube-Star veröffentlicht Videos in Kinolänge". Bild (in German). 11 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Julien Bam in "Sonic the Hedgehog 3": "Stotternde" Begegnung mit Jim Carrey". Gala (in German). 25 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Netflix: "Life's a Glitch": Lass mal". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 21 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Ein deutscher YouTuber hat die 2 Millionen Abonnenten erreicht, jetzt bekommt er von seinem Kollegen einen YouTube-Kanal geschenkt". Mein MMO (in German). 6 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Sein Name ist Bam, Julien Bam!". Südkurier (in German). 11 November 2016.
  17. ^ Goos, Hauke (6 September 2019). "(S+) Julien Bam und ich: Zu Besuch beim Idol meiner Tochter". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349.
  18. ^ Schneider, Laszlo (13 November 2025). "Deutscher Youtube-Star wird im Zug rassistisch beleidigt". Blick (in Swiss High German).
  19. ^ "Youtuber Julien Bam eröffnet Tanzschule - Traum erfüllt". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). 9 June 2018.
  20. ^ Ebener, Christian (23 December 2019). "Aachener Julien Bam verkündet seinen (Teil-)Abschied von Youtube". Aachener Zeitung.
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