Jeux Sans Frontières

  • Camillo rims (1965-1973)
  • Frank Elstner as Timm Elstner ( Co - Moderator, 1968-1974 )
  • Manfred Erdenberger
  • Karl -Heinz Wocker
  • Heribert Fassbender
  • Marie -Louise Steinbauer
  • Michael Learns (1989 )
  • Erhard Keller ( co-presenter, 1989)

Games without frontiers was a popular in the 1960s and 1970s game show, and next to the Grand Prix Euro Vision Song Contest, the only recurring cross-language entertainment show (international frontiere under the title Jeux Sans Frontières, Games without frontiers, Giochi senza, boundaries Spel zonder or It's A knockout ). In this live broadcast from the West German Radio in Germany consignment were selected cities with their teams at a national level and then by international standards in various, even challenging sporting, skill games against each other.

Each participating country held each year a contest, which was then transferred directly (also in numerous other countries ) on TV. Changing venues were cities with an arena or theater-style setting in the open. The sweeps were usually held on a Wednesday evening in the summer months. End of the season there was also a finale of the best teams. Germany won this six times, followed by Portugal with five wins.

History

Original broadcast

The result was the idea in France, where the game was first played at the national level under the name Inter Villes. The competition was developed in television to a street sweeper. At the first international mission took on May 26, 1965 part four nations. Games without frontiers was organized by the Italian state broadcaster RAI. The program was called international Jeux Sans Frontières or It's A Knockout. The WDR and thus Germany rose in 1980 from the event. 1982 was the last mission of the first edition. Six years later, Jeux Sans Frontières has been "revived ". In 1999, she was finally discontinued because of austerity measures after 30 broadcasts of the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU).

The EBU announced in summer 2006 that Jeux sans frontières would re-broadcast from summer 2007. Eight states would participate, Germany would not return to this European event. In May 2007, the EBU, however, stated that there would be financial reasons in 2007 no return of Jeux sans frontières.

In Germany the first shipment of Arnim Dahl was moderated, Camillo rims initially worked only as an interpreter with, but moderated thereafter as the main presenter (125 shipments from 1965 to 1973 ), co-host was Frank Elstner. Other presenters to 1980 were, among others Manfred Erdenberger and Heribert Fassbender. Referees were in irregular change Ebersberg and Hans Gerd Siepe who were also responsible for the promulgation of the elapsed times and Scores.

In Switzerland, Games without frontiers has been transferred to the end of 1982 directly each of the three TV Land chains that German -language edition, which was also repeated on Saturday afternoon, commented during almost twenty years, the popular January Hiermeyer, for the French-speaking region of Romandie ( Télévision Suisse Romande ) was Georges Kleinmann, for Italian speaking Switzerland (radio svizzera di lingua italiana ) Ezio Guidi in use. Arbiter of international fights were in the 1970s Guido Pancaldi and Gennaro Olivieri.

In Austria game was not transferred without borders and was accordingly not well known.

Successor programs ( Germany )

1989, there were a short-lived remake, which was moderated by Michael Schanze, but could not build on the success of the original. Among the judges were, inter alia, the speed skater Erhard Keller and the Bundesliga referee Walter Eschweiler. After only four programs in Bad Salzuflen ( against Ankum ), Münsing ( against Recklinghausen), Leer ( against Remscheid ) and the final in Xanten, the format was discontinued.

In a similar way the game very much in the first program of the ARD (if only national), transferred from the Europa Park Rust, again in 2003. Germany Champions was held in 2004 as a competition of Germany's 16 federal states with prominent participation a second time. Moderators were Ruben Gerd Bauer, Sabrina Staubitz and Alexander Mazza. As of 2005, no further broadcasts were transmitted.

Gameplay

In the first national- level powers fought per year, eight national urban teams ( each 25 participants and three reserve players ) in four Saturday afternoons broadcast competitions against each other to qualify internationally. The games were a mix of sporty and geschicklicher challenge. Thus, the participants had to, for example, objects - often containers in which water was transported - slippery over ( by soap ), often moving surfaces move to a destination point, where most members of the opposing team tried to stop them. Per won game there were two points; for a game of each team could advance a joker set, which earned four points for a win. The last game was moderately points counted twice. The victorious national team then qualified for each international comparison.

The second, now international final round took place every Wednesday evening alternately in the participating countries in the competition instead (next to Germany, these were regularly Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and later Portugal and Yugoslavia ). These competitions were also broadcast live as part of the Euro vision.

The national teams that had the best score in the second round of international precipitates were allowed to become an international finalists (Final) travel.

Participant

Between 1965 and 1999, attended by 20 countries in 30 Jeux Sans Frontières - spending part ( if you count Wales and Czechoslovakia also available separately ):

Others

In 1980, Peter Gabriel had with Games Without Frontiers, a song that repeatedly alludes in the title and text for the show, his largest ever solo hit. In addition to the English version of Peter Gabriel had produced a German version.

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