Anniversary show
TV ratings: huge success for “Wetten, dass ..?”
Cool odds winner: Thomas Gottschalk in the anniversary show of “Wetten, dass ..?”. Photo: Daniel Karmann / dpa
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Nobody expected that: Almost 14 million viewers wanted to see Thomas Gottschalk’s retro show with prominent guests.
With the comeback of “Wetten, dass ..?” and entertainer legend Thomas Gottschalk cleared away.
13.8 million viewers (45.7 percent market share) saw the retro show with Gottschalk and presenter Michelle Hunziker from 8.15 p.m. The guests included the ABBA stars Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, Schlagerqueen Helene Fischer and rocker Udo Lindenberg.
The retro edition had significantly more viewers than the last “Wetten, dass ..?” Broadcast on December 13, 2014 – at that time 9.27 million fans followed the show hosted by Markus Lanz (32.5 percent). Gottschalk’s “Wetten, dass ..?” Farewell on December 3, 2011 had 14.73 million viewers and a market share of 46.0 percent – similar values to those of the temporary one-off re-edition.
All other channels were far behind on Saturday evening. 3.94 million (12.0 percent) were interested in the ARD crime thriller “Das Lied des toten Mädchen” (The Song of the Dead Girl). ProSieben’s music show “The Masked Singer” had 2.20 million viewers (7.1 percent). There actor Samuel Koch just missed the semi-finals. Koch has been using a wheelchair since he appeared in “Wetten, dass ..?” crashed.
1.05 million (3.3 percent) were interested in the action thriller “Mission: Impossible – Phantom Protocol” on Sat.1. No chance against “Wetten, dass ..?” and “The Masked Singer” had the RTL show “Das Supertalent” with only 0.78 million viewers (2.4 percent).
RTLzwei went for adventure with “Quatermain – In Search of the Treasure of Kings” and thus reached 0.71 million viewers (2.2 percent). 0.53 million (1.6 percent) followed the fantasy comedy “Ghostbusters” on Vox. With the crime series “Hawaii Five-0”, Kabel Eins had 0.55 million viewers (1.7 percent).