7:15pm UK (8:15 CET),
Pro Sieben or (fingers crossed) internet streaming
It’s the first Schlag den Raab of the 2012! After winning the previous battle in December 66-0, Stefan Raab has a million Euro to defend. Hopefully tonight’s batch of contestants will put up a bit more of a fight.
I’m not going to be here for the start, but the regular punters normally offer up a commentary if you want to join the live discussion.
Right, I’ve yet to find a decent livestream online for this, although the FilmOn app is working for me right now, we’ll see how long it lasts.
Can’t lie though, I’d prefer to be watching it on a big screen and writing this on my iPad from my bed.
The five contestants have been introduced, four male, one female.
Here’s my stream:
http://kinofilm2020.ucoz.com/index/stream/0-9
Seems to be okay quality, it’s a 16:9 stream too.
Nice one. Note to readers that I couldn’t get it loading off the bat in IE, Safari seems to work fine.
I’m using Chrome and it’s working fine.
Works on Firefox for me, and also the PS3 browser although it doesn’t seem to like that browser as much.
Oh wow, I’m going to have to try that during the next break.
You might have to reload it a few times, the first time I tried it just didn’t work, seems to be okay at the moment though. Typically, as I’ve typed that it’s started to jump about.
That’s the general stream I think as mine was jumping also.
An advert for Celebrity Boxing, there.
So, tonight’s 5 Kandidaten are Alexander, Marco, Susi, Fabian and Rainer.
The results are in. It’s not Susi, it’s not Rainer, it’s not Fabian and it’s not Marco.
It’s Stefan vs Alexander.
And tonight’s contestant IS… Alexander!
For everyone not watching live, Alecander looks a little bit like TinTin.
TinTin crossed with the DJ Christian O Connell.
Game 1 is Pedalo.
Ok, it’s a race on a step machine on wheels, basically.
This should be a laugh. An early fall by Alexander and Stefan cruises to an easy first victory.
Alexander loses his balance and has to start again, Raab wins by miles. 1:0.
Game 2 os the trad. Game of Stimmts. It’s true ir false, first to get four wrong loses.
Oh my stream has gone.
Refresh and it’s back.
Same, still works after reloading though.
A tense nailbiter gives Alexander the win.
Alexander 2 – 1 Stefan
Raab gets a question on Russia sharing a border with North Korea wrong, it’s 2:1 to Alexander.
Game 3 is Eiskart, karting on an ice rink.
Spiel 3 – Eiskart
Go-karting…ON ICE!
This game looks immediately amazing. Ice go-karts.
Looks like this is happening in a different building, probably about to go for a lengthy break.
Let’s see what tonight’s funny competition question is.
What can the kandidat win on Schlag den Raab?
A million Euro…or a lifejacket with 8 reflectors? 😀
For info – anyone having troubles with the Kino2020 stream atop of the page, the live stream via Mr Justins website is now up and running.
And has been fantastically stable for the last 10 minutes.
http://www.justin.tv/xstreamx86#/w/2775355712
We’re back, and Elton’s by a swimming pool.
Looks like there’s going to be an event in the pool later on.
I also suspected that looked like ‘filler until they actually arrive’.
It’s Elton! Not wearing a red suit!
And they’ve driven across Cologne (is it?) to get to the location – looks like ice karting and then a swimming challenge! EPIC.
They’re getting changed in the women’s changing room. And there’s the second edition of the box game, and all the video games.
And did they just show that Stefan and Alexander got changed in the WOMEN’S shower room? 😀
Product placement in the ladies shower room – i was not expecting that this evening. Brilliant.
Comedy walking on ice moment. This looks like a straight race rather than a time trial
It’s best of five.
I hope they have a Le Mans style start, just for a laugh.
YES!
I forgot about the untranslatable German expression “best-of-five”
So many flags, the race ref can’t hold them all.
Some flag slapstick whilst the rules are explained.
Another comedy moment, the race marshal dropping his yellow flag 😀
No running to the karts, alas. Another break though. I’ve seen several of the comic styled Schlag den Raab ads over the last few days, they look really good.
Have to say – ProSeiben really do push the boundaries of what can be achieved in live television, don’t they?
I wonder how many times they rehearsed this week, that journey from Brainpool studios to the swimming pool location, so they could backtime the commercial break to the degree, that they were only less that a minute away when we came back from the break.
Anyway, as a some time karter myself – they sometimes are difficult to control on a normal track – let alone ice.
Should be fun.
We are here, by the way..
http://www.koelnbaeder.de
And the host is deafened with an air horn.
Practice lap, it’s an oval, Raab has trouble controlling his vehicle, Alexander is fine.
Brilliant.
Ice is slippery. Awesome.
And our first comedy pratfall of the night!
Lots of comedy drifting into walls here.
And Raab takes advantage of just running against the boundary
Looks like Stefan has worked out he can just skim around the outside edge to prevent skidding.
Raabs tactic go full pelt using the outside rails as a guide. The drunk Mario Kart strategy, effectively.
Races are three laps each.
Stefan really should be excluded from the 1st heat. Quite obviously using the track barriers as a steering guide.
They’re both doing it now, so I guess it’s an allowed strategy.
All this is missing is red shells, really.
Well this event could have been a lot more fun, it’s a pity no-one considered the ‘follow the barrier’ tactic when they decided to do the game.
Yeah, needed a couple of extra wiggles put in to stop that tactic. Never mind!
My thoughts exactly, it’s not as fun now they’re doing that. If they had some areas where the track narrows, that could have helped.
I agree with the disappointment. That first round, at least the brief window before the tactic was discovered, was excellent.
It’s fun going into the first corner, but that’s about it. Pity.
Aww, the first half the deciding race was exciting though. 4:2 to Raab.
That was a bit more like it. It does seem as though it’s first to spin out loses unfortunately.
Game 4 – Tauchen.
I would love to know how expensive this show is. All the effort that must have gone in to that one game, all the rigging, lights, etc.
Well the first series of the Uk show, filming in Germany, was said to be a million a show.
Spiel 4 – Tauchen (Diving)