I’m busy over the next few nights but there are some entertaining foreign shows on, and happily because they’re on for ages there’s a chance I might get to see some of them.
Tonight at 9-11pm UK time is the Spanish version of popular Italian fun king of the hill quiz Avanti! You can watch an official live feed of the channel here.
Saturday at 7:15 UK time Stefan Raab defends a whopping €2m on Schlag den Raab. Hopefully a naughty live feed will turn up.
And that’s it! Stefan wins it 10-2
Peter 9 – 12 Stefan
A bit one sided that. I was hoping that the game would end quite quickly so they can fit in lots of extra tablecloth pulling.
What would be the Bar’s reaction if they actually DID do Tischdecken for the 15th game? 😀
“I’ve got nothing important tomorrow, guess I’m pulling an all-nighter”
It’s a big fan favourite, I think there is every chance.
It won’t be game 15 though as that’s usually sudden death.
Hmm. Peter is doing better than I thought he would.
This should be interesting. Taste…..
Shoe identification purely by ladies’ screams in the advert there. How long until that makes it into SdR?
I expect that was a take off of Wetten Das, so not for a while yet.
Spiel 7 – Weltkarte (Map of the World)
OK, the computer zooms in on a particular part of the world and Stefan and Peter are given 3 options as to where it is. First to 5 points wins.
I make it first to six.
They both answer at the same time, so I guess if they get to 6-6, it will go to sudden death.
Yes, you’re right, it IS first to 6
It’s a geography quiz, basically.
Not really a language barrier here either, which is always good.
They’re both doing well, 4-4 right now…
Peter wins it 6-5!
Peter 16 – 12 Stefan
Schmecken – looks like it could be tablecloth pulling, isn’t.
Think it’s a taste test.
Yep, another mainstay of SdR, tasting various ingredients on a plate.
Do they normally have a 6:00 time limit on this game?
I’ve not seen them play this game in this way before, I think the six minutes thing may be new. I didn’t catch how many potential spoons they will be getting.
Oh I see. They get 6 minutes total, chess clock style, and will have more than one spoon to identify the contents of I think.
They’re evidently playing Hey Ya! Quite loudly through the headphones.
They played a version of this game on Beat the Star, identify as many of the things on the spoon as you can.
This is like watching Raabits eating food! #thankyouverymuch.
This first spoon is Currant, Courgette, Watermelon, Mozzarella and Pistachio.
In the original version of this there were three foodstuffs to identify on each spoon. Now with five it’s much harder.
Peter’s not doing well, using lots of his time to identify only 1 item correctly. This might well be Stefan’s game.
Spoon 2 – Cucumber, Kohlrabi, Potato, Pumpkin, Radish
Kohlrabi is a bit like a turnip.
Oh, Peter’s caught up.
Peter ties it up 4-4 but has less time on his clock…
Spoon 3 – Ginger, Plum, Salami, Noodle, Broccoli
And apparently that’s the last spoon, Stefan’s taken off his amusing goggles.
So Peter just needs to get 3 out of the 5 ingredients to win…
And he can’t do it! Stefan wins 6-5
Peter 16 – 19 Stefan
Tough game, that.
I once played it with jellybeans (of known flavour). That was a bit easier as the flavours don’t intermingle unless you chew each jelly bean. It’s a surprisingly fun game.
Stefan wins it, 6-5!
Peter 16 – 20
uh, that should read 20 Stefan of course.
That was Game 8, right?
Yes, I realised my error when the scoreboard came up JUST as I clicked Submit 😀
I was unsure, waited for the scoreboard, and forgot to type Stefan’s name in! Oh the perils of trying to be up to date.
Spiel 9 – Schneiden (Cutting)
It’s iOS favourite Cut the Rope! Except it’s just a ton of ropes and I guess they all have to be cut in a race.
OK, this looks like it involves Peter and Stefan cutting their way through a large number of ropes with a pair of scissors. First to reach the end wins.
Another Autoball tournament coming!
The third Autoball tournament since they have them every two years.
I hope there will be a naughty feed as it’s five hours of constant extreme car football.
Hurrah, a non-leggy physical game! Looks like rope cutting.
Fifty ropes?! This is going to induce some serious hand cramps!
This is going to get very tiring on the wrists quite quickly I expect.
Raab well ahead but will his technique hurt in the long run?
Stefan’s worked out that he can twist the rope to cut it better, giving him a HUGE lead!
Wow, Stefan got that technique down quickly!
Peter 16 – 29 Stefan
I don’t know why they make these games so long. If someone works out a better technique by 30 ropes, it’s unlikely the lead will change by 50 ropes.
Conclusion: The Germans are impressed by length.
Spiel 10 – Letters Salad.
Spiel 10 – Buchstaben-Salat (Alphabet Soup)
Only seen this game once before, it involved solving anagrams, and the letters are placed randomly in the word, one letter at a time.
This may or may not be a good anagram round for English speakers.
A language-dependent game then. Lovely.
First to 6 wins, usual rules I’m guessing.
Oh is it all countries? Maybe not language dependent after all!
They just did Einskunstlauf which is figure skating, so they’re not all countries.
Sorry, EISkunstlauf…
Stephen reveals the category before each question.
Handy runner comes on with plasters. There look like there are some sore hands!
They think they’re having buzzer problems, but it seems clear the buzzer isn’t lighting up until after a letter animation is done.
Stefan is just tapping at the buzzer instead of putting proper downward pressure on it.
I’m not convinced that’s the case. How long has he been doing this now?
This game is mainly a joke about the length of German language words.
Conclusion: The Germans like length.
IalwaysfinditfunnhowtheGermanscancramanumberofwordsintoone.
Stefan gets an early lead, but Peter’s starting to make a comeback here.
And another buzzer test.
And due to a slip-up by Peter trying to go early, Stefan wins it 6-2.
Peter 16 – 39 Stefan
Stefan can win this in 2 games.
Spiel 11 – Horseshoe Throwing
Spiel 11 – Hufeisenwerfen (Horseshoes)
The word ‘werfen’ usually implies throwing, so this is no different. It’s a game of horseshoes.
On betfair, Raab is trading at 1.2, Peter at 4.2.
Ooooh, carpet.
Who knew Horseshoe throwing would require so mich explanation?
We still haven’t had Cash-or-Shame. Will Elton even get a look-in tonight?
Jinx!
Are we going to get a rare episode without Elton?
What are the odds that Blamieren oder Ksssieren will be the Matchball game?
It has happened before. Which Stefan won the contest outright.
Elton always shows up. I know from a previous show he can turn up late into the game. As late as game 13.
I’m pretty sure there have been episodes where the match is over before Elton is due to show up. It happened a few episodes ago in fact, and was rewarded with wxtra appearances in the next show.
Alright, I think it’s basically a bit like bowls, but you only s ore if your shoe lands in the target area, and you score three points for a ‘ringer’.
Yes, and I think you get 2 for a ‘leaner’.
Brilliantly I think I’ve played an aracade game like this.
That was a brilliant second shot from Stefan, it bounced back from the edge of the sand box!
This is VERY EXCITING.
Who needs a bunch of foreigners at Wembley when you can watch a bunch of foreigners in Berlin?
This should totally be an olympic sport, the summer games version of curling.
Aww! Not quite a ringer for Peter, but it stopped Stefan from scoring that round nonetheless.
3-2 to Stefan after 5 rounds, 1 round to go.
And it’s 3-3 after round 6! Sudden death!
And Peter ties it up in the last round, so we go into Sudden Death…