7:15pm UK time, Pro 7 or naughty internet streaming
It’s Schlag den Raab this evening! But first a bit of housekeeping:
Fantasy X Factor managers should get their orders and predictions in in time for the live performance show this evening which is 7:45pm.
A review of the Only Connect iThing app will happen sometime tomorrow.
Right, that’s out of the way. Tonight Stefan Raab defends €500,000 LIVE! in a series of wacky games and challenges. Join us here for exciting discussion.
Edit: And this is a fun story, it sounds like Darren McMullen will be the next host of The Magicians, and is likely to involve a live element.
One piece of news. Darren McMullen will replace Lenny Henry as the new host of The Magicians in 2012.
Congratulations to Darren McMullen, the host of Minute To Win It. I hear he’s got a big gig on one of the main channels. I can’t say more though.
Well I think it’s been said for you.
This is actually quite exciting – The Magicians took aaaaages to film so I gather, so it will be interesting to see how it fares as a live show.
I’m not so sure it’ll be a live show…
Well I’ve had it suggested it will be live at the end but otherwise recorded. Which is a pity.
So you’ve been following my twitter account?
Turns out Lenny Henry cannot host it next year as it clashes with his theatre work. I did mention on twitter that he is either going up in the world or he is really cheap to hire since due to the BBC cuts. Let’s hope he isn’t instruced to use an autocue all the time.
Oh, just realised Shine produces the show. That makes some sense to why he was chosen.
What’s your Twitter account? No, I read it in the Mirror newspaper this morning 😀
And you weren’t going to tell us what it was! You mysterious informant, you.
That’s how I got the story from but I was on the road this morning. I find it amusing that The Mirror classes him as a nobody but didn’t mention he hosts Minute to Win It on ITV2.
I had the impression you saw my twitter post as we posted on here excactly in the same minute.
@travisapenery
Wow – Schlag den Raab came about quickly! Is it me or was the gap shorter than normal (or does it always happen at this time of year?)
I think there’s normally two fairly close to each other after the summer break.
The gap is about the same but it’s a week earlier compared to this time last year. We’ll be looking at 17th December for the final one of the year.
It usually comes about at the end of October and then the Saturday before Christmas. I thought the fact it was early was because of The Voice, but it turns out it’s not.
This stream’s working for me, you may find a better one:
http://justin.tv/xstreamx58
Better stream: http://justin.tv/cola109
Right, they appear to have Elton as Yoda for some reason.
I like the way everyone in foreign television wears a headset microphone.
Contestant one is the very sporty Klaus.from Muenster! He does comedy, and also karate.
my stream keeps freezing its picture, so if anyone finds a better one then shout.
Contestant two is the very sporty Michael from Duren! He is married and has a child. He plays a lot of basketball. He says he is smart and fast.
Contestant number three is the very sporty Sophia! She plays a lot of tennis.
Contestant four is Sissis, an engineer who specializes in making out after games of racquetball, playing chess with old people, and having a palindromic name.
Contestant number four is the unlikely named and very sporty Sissis! He appears to be some sort of painter or something, and does squash.
He also does judo! We all know how well that works out.
And finally contestant number five is the very sporty… Don’t know, the video froze before his name came up. He does bodybuilding.
Edit: it’s Jens.
At the risk of being incredibly sexist, I’m betting Sophia will play, on the grounds that she’s the only girl, and it’s a minimum jackpot night. I’m not saying I sympathize with that prediction, I’m just going by what I’ve seen in the past.
David Hasselhoff advertising a German film service, there.
I’m going to be missing bits at 8 and 9.30 because I’ve got to put some washing on.
Last SdR of the year 17th December.
And tonight’s challenger is… KLAUS!
Spiel 1 is Pushing Buttons. They’ve got one of those handheld tickers and I’m guessing they have to hit it as many times as possible in a time limit?
Looks like it. Unhelpfully the stream I’m using cuts off most of the clock. It’s two minutes, though.
Two minutes for the most button presses. Stefan does a fantastic dance with his knees as he goes.
And the scores:
Klaus – 532
Stefan – 555
Stefan wins and has taken an AMAZING lead, 1-0.
Stefan wins 555 to 532!
Stefan 1
Klaus 0
Spiel 2 is Fussball-Wappen, Football Crests. Trivia round identifying football crests, I’m guessing.
Stefan’s wrist still aching from the button game by the looks of it. Game two is to name the football team by the logo.
Heh, I can imagine everyone here shouting madly at the Arsenal London logo while they miss it.
Klaus handles it pretty well, winning 6-2. I’ve never seen a trivia round with so few passed questions!
2-1, Klaus.
Spiel 3 is Headis… for which Google Translate doesn’t seem to have a translation. But they’re going to the call-and-lose and a commercial, so apparently there’s special equipment involved.
Pro 7 doing The Voice of Germany, there.
Oh, Sure deodorant is called Rexona in Germany.
But first it’s Rosenstolz!
Oh, it’s ping-pong.
Headis sounds like table tennis played with your head.
SdR is apparently now getting heavy sponsorship from Reebok, apparently.
Where are you getting that from?
Any wagers on one of them smacking their head into the table pretty hard?
First to 11, the ball is about softball sized.
CLASS ACTION!
Pretty close game, neither really pulling out a big lead.
The major error they seem to be both making is that you have to loft it into the air a bit, rather than straight to the other side.
Very close the entire way, but Klaus pulls ahead 11-7.
5-1, Klaus
Game 4 is Card Duel, a SdR classic.
Spiel 4 – Karten-duell, Cards Individually, says Google Translate. The side set opens to reveal a lavish casino setting.
Play a higher card than your opponent, but once it’s gone it’s gone.
Very interesting. Great game of not only strategy, but also memory.
Interesting tactics, Raab going low, Klaus going medium each time and winning.
Ooh, Raab winning with his 2. Great play.
Ouch! I think Klaus playing the 1 right there was probably a strategic mistake. Now he has two dead cards that can’t win anything else.
Klaus playing his midrange cards very well, Raab losing with his similar cards.
Then again, with Stefan playing all his low cards, it’s easier for Klaus to remember what cards he has left…
I think this is the ideal time for Stefan to play 11 right now, since I think Klaus will try to play his as well. That’ll cancel out, and Stefan will have the high card dominance.
HA! Called it!
Great game by Klaus, made the most of his difficult to play midrangers.
Ooh, I got throttled for comment posting for the first time just now.
Stefan’s painted himself in a corner now though. It’s already Klaus’s game, since he will win whenever he plays the 9.
I’m already calling it 9-1 Klaus.
stefan didnt play that very well, gave him too far a head start