Wetten, dass..?

• Markus Lanz (2012-2014)

Former Moderators:

• Frank Elstner (1981-1987)
• Thomas Gottschalk (1987-1992, 1994-2011)
• Wolfgang Lippert (1992-1993)
• Michelle Hunziker (2009-2011, co- presenter)
• Cindy aus Marzahn (2012-2013, assistant )

Wetten, dass. ? is a television show broadcast since 1981 in Germany. The shipment is to be discontinued at the end of 2014.

• 3.1 Special Bets 3.1.1 Hall and City bet
• 3.1.2 Lanz- Challenge
• 3.1.3 Children bet

• 5.1 children spending
• 5.2 International offshoot

• 6.1 ratings
• 6.2 criticism
• 6.3 Awards
• 6.4 protests
• 6.5 Alleged Surreptitious
• 6.6 crayon bet

Concept

A Bookie bets that he can be something special or bizarre, a prominent guest (betting Godfather ) taps the betting results and provides for the case that it lies next to it, an entertaining or charitable wager on. The inventor of the broadcast, Frank Elstner, stated that he had developed the concept for the show during a sleepless night in two hours. In addition to the Bet also includes musical numbers and casual discussions with prominent guests.

In the first years, all guests were allowed to cast their vote every bet and collect points in this way, so that a continuous, coherent game was played across the whole consignment. Bet King was the player who most often was right. Since 1987, the viewers to define the betting king. Guests are limited to the bet, for they are the inspiration, making a total clearance is no longer present, and consequently an increased emphasis was shifted to spectacular bets.

The use, the have abzuleisten with wrong tip the race sponsors, has changed over time. Focus was initially an (obviously not serious at ) punitive aspect in the foreground - always welcome were, for example, the hour-long fundraising on public roads or community service - to reassert the day for short deposits in the hall or during the broadcast to the international stardom not scaring. In rare cases, even quite apart from placing a bet.

History

1981-1987: Frank Elstner

On 14 February 1981, the ZDF broadcast from the first edition of the produced as Euro Vision broadcast entertainment show in cooperation with the ORF and the German SF. One of the highlights of the first broadcast was the bet of the candidate Hans Oßner, the blowing up a hot water bottle and brought to burst. Already the first shipment plated Elstner by 43 minutes, which was in course of time to a characteristic of the shipment. However, in return, however, he made ​​on February 8, 1984 twelve minutes rather final.

In Elstner time the shipments fall with the highest rates. For six years he hosted 39 editions of the show before he passed on the show Thomas Gottschalk on 4 April 1987.

1987-1992: Thomas Gottschalk

Thomas Gottschalk presented from September 1987 to May 1992 a total of 36 shows. In the early days there was in journalism criticism of his compared to Frank Elstner insolent moderation style and the content of the broadcast. Then, the concept of Wetten, dass. ? more adapted to Gottschalk and approached the concept of Well something like that! to that previously hosted by him broadcast. On 2 May 1992 Thomas Gottschalk came into his first final betting, dass ..? Broadcast as a moderator on. Gottschalk then moved to the private broadcaster RTL.

1992-1993: Wolfgang Lippert

With Wolfgang Lippert an East German entertainer and television presenter in the footsteps of Thomas Gottschalk. His first broadcast on September 26, 1992 in Bremerhaven. Overall Lippert moderated nine issues of Wetten, dass. ?. Lippert was in the media and the public often critically assessed and associated with weak rates. Under his moderation off a 12 to 15 million viewers. When Thomas Gottschalk expressed his interest to bet again, dass. return, we sat by the ZDF back to Gottschalk. His last mission was Wolfgang Lippert with a total of 16 million viewers on November 27, 1993 in Rostock.

1994-2011: Thomas Gottschalk

As of January 15, 1994 Thomas Gottschalk again took over the moderation of the shipment.

On 30 March 1996, the 100th episode of the program aired, were invited to the Elstner and Lippert as a betting godfather. The boy band Take That had in her last appearance in Germany at that separation. Gottschalk managed with the mission on 8 December 1996 at Hanover 's record to overdraw by 73 minutes. As of October 1998, the comedian Olli Dittrich presented the outside bet.

In March 2001, the 20 -year-old bet - that ..? Anniversary was celebrated with a nearly five-hour broadcast from the Austrian Dornbirn, the next Gottschalk also Elstner were involved as co-host and moderator Lippert as the outside bet. With the start of the new season, the outside bets have been for two years presented by Anastasia Zampounidis. As of 2003, there were no more for it and the candidates presented themselves moderators.

On March 27, 2004, Thomas Gottschalk hosted his 100th mission. In the final moderation of the program for the 25th anniversary on 1 April 2006 in Halle he gave, the same evening, however, resolved as April Fool's Day, announced his retirement.

From October 2009, Gottschalk hosted the show together with the Swiss Michelle Hunziker, who stood to him as co-host for the site and was responsible for the presentation of the betting.

In the program of December 2010, the 23 -year-old drama student Samuel Koch was trying to jump on jumping stilts with a somersault over a speeding car. He fell and was seriously injured, after which the program was canceled for the first time in its then 29 -year history. The betting candidate has been paralyzed since the incident. A scientific report said the ZDF from a complicity in the accident free. Also, an internal investigation ZDF saw no fault of the sender.

In the following program in February 2011 Gottschalk announced the summer his resignation as moderator of Wetten, dass. ? to, because since the accident of the candidates for him " a shadow on the show" lie and that he could not " way back to the good humor that you expect from me." In the summer edition in Mallorca again took over Elstner at the end of the program instead of Gottschalk moderating a bet, betting Gottschalk acted as godfather.

A total of 22 years Gottschalk hosted the format, before he finally relinquished in Friedrichshafen after three farewell shows in Nuremberg, Leipzig and on 3 December 2011. In two of the shipments Olli Dittrich was again seen in his role as an outside reporter. With Gottschalk and Michelle Hunziker finished their work. End of April 2012 gave the Swiss Television is known, no longer to participate in the production of the consignment and to remove it from his program.

2012-2014: Markus Lanz

The search for a successor to Thomas Gottschalk lasted almost a year. After Hape Kerkeling and Jörg Pilawa had canceled the preferred candidate, was finally announced on March 11, 2012 Markus Lanz as the new moderator. On October 6, 2012 Lanz moderated the first time the shipment. Cindy aus Marzahn occurred from October 2012 as an assistant, in January 2013 a firm contract was confirmed. After Mallorca issue but it rose again in June out of the broadcast. It justified the withdrawal with other scheduling show commitments. On September 22, 2013, the ZDF announced that Markus Lanz will result in future without co-host the show. At the end of the 212th edition of Wetten, dass. ? on April 5, 2014 announced Markus Lanz, ZDF that the format is set by three other editions at the end of 2014.

Dieter Thomas Heck, longtime moderator of ZDF hit parade, Lanz makes for the classic from the ZDF "Wetten, dass. " responsible: "I 'm sure with Thomas Gottschalk and Frank Elstner odds were not so fallen as with lance and the show would go on ."

Image ruled: "Entertainer you will not, you're it. Markus Lanz it is not, he is a journalist. And perfectionist. Does: not spontaneously but nerd. [ ... ] Lance was like a foreign body in his own mission. He was not authentic, cramped his laughter, the uncertainty grew, the slip of the tongue became more frequent. "

Frank Elstner also stated: "I see the decision with a laughing and a crying eye. It is truly sad when something ends. Laughing, they see me, because I "Wetten, dass ..? " In a revival of faith. "

Elements of the program

Special Bets

Hall and city bet

In the original concept of the hall bet betting proposals were received by the audience at the beginning of the evening broadcast. The moderator read this before and let the applause decide which bet to be played. He was even the godfather of the bet that had to be redeemed by the end of the evening.

In October 2001, the hall was replaced by the city bet bet bet against the citizens of the host city at the Gottschalk. City bets were very similar to the hall betting content. As a city godparents were of celebrities who were born in the respective city or have a good connection to this, the citizens.

In October 2008, the hall bet was reintroduced with a slightly altered concept. The audience had no more choice between different bets instead, the bet has been given and ran against each city. She had to be solved at the end of the mission in the hall as before. The reasons for the abolition of the city bet were manifold: ZDF said, you have the feeling that "the audience do not have so much of it ." Gottschalk justified the move so that they " came the end of our creativity [at] " also on. In addition, the betting candidates in the hustle and bustle in the market places threatened to sink as many there just wanted to celebrate. Have finally tipped the balance in favor over the years, declining quotas and the organizational effort then, set the city bet again.

With the commitment of Michelle Hunziker co-hosted the hall bet has been changed again. Hunziker bet now against Gottschalk, that he can not find anyone who can perform a specific action better than their own candidate. At the end of the show either Gottschalk or Hunziker had to cash a bet. Gottschalk candidates have now been searching a week before the show. A prominent citizen of the city was no longer used.

In the 193 issue 12 February 2011 in Halle ( Saale ) is a city bet was once played. Since October 2012, City played bets regularly again.

Lanz- Challenge

Another version of the hall bet is the so-called " Lanz- Challenge" which was introduced with the first shipment of Markus Lanz. A candidate from the audience compete in a physically demanding competition against Markus Lanz. Beat the candidate who receives this gift a trip.

In the show season 2013/2014 the lance - Challenge was abolished.

Children bet

In October 2001, a special children's bet was introduced per shipment. This went from the program children Wetten, dass. ? forth. The kids bet is not included in the vote on the betting king, had previously won in most cases those bets where children were involved. Instead, the candidates are given the children bet a special price. The kids bet is a part of the consignment at Gottschalk and lance.

Bet godfather

When betting sponsors national and international celebrities are invited, mainly with respect to the current media events. The most common were previously as a guest:

(As of April 5, 2014, without the kids spending of Wetten, dass. ? )

After the success of his first shipments Elstner wanted to invite the then Pope John Paul II as a betting godfather to a thematically appropriate bet. This was not ready for a visit, but wanted to let unlock via live broadcast. However, Elstner refused, fearing other guests would follow this example.

Some stars fell on by their airs and graces.

On 31 October 1987, actress Brigitte Nielsen and singer Cher appeared in an almost same outfit that gave a look at a lot of bare skin. On another visit Cher was not allowed on the stage before the costume - which basically consisted of two narrow strips of leather ( in the music video for If I Could Turn Back Time to see ) - was " defused " with two small towels in the hip region.

Mickey Rourke came in March 1990 as a betting godfather and has been the only guest who smoked openly on the sofa; also " sweaty feet " he should have had, according to Frank Elstner. In addition, a public debate was held after the mission that the interpreter had significantly attenuated the coarse language of the guest.

In October 1998, an irritated Götz George was clearly understood that the film Solo for Clarinet - for which he was supposed to advertise - not quite in such an entertainment program passe, and he would rather talk about it than to lead another conversation. The thing played up until George was loudly booed by the audience. When he was on 8 November 2003 and again a guest with Gottschalk came back into the hair, the dispute after a few minutes, however, was given to recognize as staged.

Britney Spears in March 2002 would have supposed to draw something for her lost bet, but refused the bet. Even Paris Hilton made ​​in May 2005, with airs and graces attention to themselves: they appeared without comment seven minutes from the end of the program and therefore, upset the process.

Occur several nationally and internationally known performers per show. The list of the most common appearances lead to the following artists:

(As of April 6, 2014, without the kids spending of Wetten, dass. ? )

When occurring in the broadcast music performances there were a few times to scandals.

On January 26, 2002 Sarah Connor was the first to show act in front of her new song From Sarah with Love. She chose one for this race - so acting only in the spotlight - transparent dress and wore a flesh-colored briefs. The outrage over this than the picture designated by " bare facts " suggested a few days high waves in the tabloids. The ZDF was even assumed to have intentionally displayed a treadmill at the level of Connor's thigh to prevent deeper insights.

The Russian duo t.A.T.u. caused riots when it started to kiss during the performance of his hit All The Things She Said. Gottschalk warned the audience got it off his appearance with the words: " When the two begin to kiss, you think nothing of it. It might as well be sisters. " ZDF showed up during the performance in seconds of the kiss a tracking shot in the hall and dazzled the duo only starts up again as it continued to sing.

Special bets

The relief people for people who engaged in Ethiopia, grew out of a bet. In the third mission on 16 May in 1981 Vienna Karlheinz Böhm bet that not even every third viewer would donate one mark for the Sahel. Boehm was right, but overall 1.2 million Mark came together. In similar form, this action has been taken in the broadcast of June 8, 2013 in Palma de Mallorca. Markus Lanz bet that viewers would not donate until the end of the broadcast € 500,000 for flood victims in Central Europe. He lost the bet, in all there were 552 882 euros.

Also in the entertainment sector led an offered bet to a new format: 2003 promised Stefan Raab, descend in the event of lost bet with a wok, a bobsled run. He won that bet though, broke his promise but a. So, from this idea, the now annual Wok World Championship.

Relation to other programs

In September 1985, the then understanding - you - fun moderator Kurt Felix tricked his colleagues Elstner, by offering him dressed up and drink with beard disguised vinegar from a champagne bottle he. Elstner, thus losing a personal bet that Felix would never fool him.

Venues

The show will be broadcast six to seven times a year in different cities in Germany and Austria live. Before the retreat of SRF 2012, consignments from Switzerland were sent.

During the summer breaks so far have been special summer out of the amphitheater in Xanten (1991 ), the bullring in Palma de Mallorca (1999, 2007, 2009-2011, 2013), Disneyland Paris ( 2002), the Berlin forest stage (2004 ) and the theater in the Turkey Aspendos (2005) sent.

The following locations were previously hosts of at least five issues:

(As of April 06, 2014 without the kids spending of Wetten, dass. ? )

Adaptations

Children spending

From 1996 to 2000 the ZDF was on Boxing Day afternoon, the offshoot of Wetten, dass. ? for from children. These were to records that originated in the backdrop of the respective December shipment. All competitors candidates were children (apart from the hall bet, which accounted for 2000), the betting patrons came from especially the children's entertainment. Since 2001, the bets - that ..? - Program for children is no longer produced, because there is an ongoing non-competitive children's bet in the Saturday night broadcast.

International offshoot

• People's Republic of China: Xiang tiaozhan ma? (想 挑战 吗;? 2004-2010, CCTV -3)
• United Kingdom: You bet! ( s) ( 1988-1997; LWT )
• Italy: Scommettiamo che ...? ( it) ( Rai 1 ) ( 1991-2003 )
• Netherlands: Wedden, dat. ? (1984-1998, AVRO / 1999, RTL 4)
• Belgium: Wedden, dat. ? ( vtm )
• Poland: Załóż się (pl) (2005-2006; TVP2 )
• Spain: ¿ Qué Apostamos? (1992-2004; TVE 1)
• United States: Wanna bet? (s ) (2008, American Broadcasting Company)
• Russia: Bolshoi spor s Dmitrijem Nagijewym ( Большой спор с Дмитрием Нагиевым ) ( Perwy channel, Chair: Dmitri Nagijew )
• Greece: Ise Mesa ( Είσαι Μέσα ) (since 2008, Alpha TV, moderated by Viki Kagia )

Reception

In the novel The weather 15 years ago (2006) by Wolf Haas plays a key scene in a Betting, dass ..? Broadcast. The main character Vittorio Kowalski - who is invited as a betting candidate - knows all weather conditions in the Austrian resort of Farmach - because he there his first love was - and is remembered by Gottschalk questions at this time.

Wetten, dass. ? applies since the first showing as one of the last big Saturday night shows.

Ratings

After the program has been very successful already in the early years, was achieved in the years 1985 to 1987 three times in a row annual average of more than 20 million viewers. The most-watched edition of all time was on 9 February 1985, had 23.42 million viewers. Despite a higher population, this number was not reached even after reunification.

After Gottschalk's takeover reached Wetten, dass. ? continue viewing figures, which were on average between 16 and 18 million. On January 6, 1990 20.95 million viewers watched the show from Wiesbaden. With the acquisition by Wolfgang Lippert market shares continued to fall. While Gottschalk still could produce 60% ​​to 70 % towards the end, moderated by Lippert shipments were for the first time below 50%. The former low point was broadcast on 18 September 1993, 12.86 million viewers.

After Gottschalk's return, although no longer the previous attendances were achieved, more than ten years, however, the mission was constant in the interval from 40 % to 55 % market share. The expenditure of November 1995 ( 17.86 million with 52 % market share) and March 1999 ( 15.79 million ), in which Michael Jackson was a guest, as well as the appearance of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in February 1999 ( 18.06 million ) are among the biggest live broadcasts of the 1990s.

With the beginning of the new millennium, the audience began gradually to decline. The last time saw on 6 December 2003 with 51.6 % market share, more than half of all television viewers the broadcast. The Season 2004/ 05 had an average of 13.66 million viewers, the 2008/ 09 tuned in only 9.97 million. Wetten, dass. ? benefited for many years from the fact that the competing channels showed an unattractive counter-program, as they already did not expect high ratings. The RTL show Millionaire? paused with the former Saturday edition, for example, on the dates, bets where, dass. occurred. On 31 March 2007, with Germany sucht den Superstar, the first time a major show broadcast as competition program and for the first time were the market shares of the ZDF program with 33.5 % under the 40 - % level.

Market shares of over 40% have been increasingly rare since 2007 and tens of millions of values ​​for the number of spectators occurred only in a few cases since 2008. An interim rate high was reached with the moderator change from Gottschalk to Lanz. Gottschalk's farewell show saw 14.73 million ( 46%), Lanz's debut 13.62 million ( 43.7 %).

Shortly before the broadcast of the program on June 8, 2013, Palma de Mallorca several guests told off and had to be replaced by others. The show recorded with 6.74 million viewers until then a record low and was also heavily criticized in several respects. ZDF show boss Oliver Fuchs decided that a substantive and organizational realignment. Another depression of the quota was reached on February 22, 2014 with the mission of Dusseldorf. With 5.85 million viewers, the show recorded the previous record low; the market share was 19.3 %.

On April 5, 2014 Markus Lanz was at the end of the 212th edition of Wetten, dass. announced that three more editions of the show are sent. " The decline in audience figures shows that the viewing habits have changed and has lost the format to appeal ," explained program director Norbert Himmler 's decision. The cost of such a great show no longer stand in relation to the audience response. According to the historical low point with respect to the ratings in the previous broadcast, the show on April 5, followed 6.84 million viewers, representing a market share of over 23 percent.

Criticism

Oliver boys criticized in the online edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in January 2014 Markus Lanz ' moderation style: " So this is just not the supposed rudeness Lanz'sche the problem, but exactly the opposite: his niceness. It is a freebie from desert wasteland further. "

Awards

Protests

The program was used several times as a platform for protests.

In December 1984, environmental activists ran in Bremen with a banner reading "Do not bet - save Donauauen " in front of the camera. When this had already been dragged folders almost out of the camera range, Elstner step with the words " In my studio, none is kicked out! " One. The protesters were allowed to raise their concerns briefly and then left - as previously negotiated - without hesitation the stage. The poster was addressed to the then Austrian Chancellor Fred Sinowatz, who was betting sponsor a guest.

In January 1994, threw two environmental activists from Linz hall ceiling a banner reading room environment bet from. Gottschalk: "Are you some time up there? Since the beginning of the show? Imagine times before, which would have spit on my head. "

In October 2004, it caused a riot in the audience. While Gottschalk actress Alexandra Maria Lara took off her uncomfortable shoes, yelled a spectator in the audience suddenly repeatedly: Thomas, repent. It was Andrew Roy, who until then had been convicted of multiple faults in church worship and art exhibitions and has banned from German churches. Three security forces struggled to the heavyweight Roy to lead from the hall, as he clung to an iron railing. Gottschalk called to the interferer: "As long as you do not stop to chat, I do not listen to. And unlike you, I have a microphone. "

Accusations of subliminal advertising

In the broadcast products were placed for advertising purposes over the years. Christoph Gottschalk decided as a General Manager of Dolce Media on access to shipment. Among other electricity providers were advertised (for several hundred thousand Euros per shipment ), vehicle manufacturers and phone providers. In addition to Christopher and Thomas Gottschalk also ZDF was involved in Dolce Media. In protocols to a closed 18 September 2009 cooperation agreement with the electricity provider Teldafax Dolce media pretended the content of announcements, presentations and Box office films that have been implemented in many areas. ZDF placed collaboration claims to a later and, in March 2013, new rules. Among other things, no more cars would be raffled. ZDF rejected allegations inadmissible surreptitious advertising.

Crayon - bet

In the 48th show on 3 September 1988, crept Bernd Fritz, editor of the satirical magazine Titanic, under the pseudonym Thomas Rautenberg in the shipment. Fritz claimed to be able to recognize the color of crayons on taste. Thomas Rautenberg, a graphic artist from Munich, had invented the bet and thus applied for the program. When the bet has been accepted, the Titanic reader wrote to the magazine, because he did not want to implement even the bet.

After Fritz had won the bet, he admitted the fraud in the program. However, he did not explain how it had happened, but referred to the next issue of the magazine. There, he admitted to have lensed through under the rim of the glasses. In the next show Gottschalk took therefore the input words on the incident again: "He could have had an easier. One set would have sufficed. What does he do instead? Writes 14 pages in a magazine that nobody reads. " This issue, however, was to become the bestselling of the magazine.

Bet godfather was at that time the actor Jürgen Prochnow.

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