Günther Jauch and Thomas Gottschalk (archive image)
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First a new show idea, which is stored here for free use.
Its working title would be »Wer rockt, loses«, its structure is based strongly on the current and surprisingly funny »LOL - Last one laughing« on Amazon Prime - with the crucial difference that with »Wer rockt, loses« ten comedians are not locked up together who shouldn't laugh, instead a Thomas Gottschalk is interned with his favorite bands Status Quo, The Kinks and so on, who then gradually play their biggest hits or even just hum.
The show would last until Gottschalk succumbs to the temptation to sing along or pimp imaginary guitars, about five minutes, but in no case four and a half hours, like the latest edition of "Because they don't know what's happening."
On Saturday evening, it turned out to be a bit more unpredictable than it was already planned, because Günther Jauch, who, along with Gottschalk and Barbara Schöneberger, is part of the permanent cast of this on-call conversation, was sick with Corona.
His replacement was only announced at the beginning of the live broadcast and, surprisingly, consisted of eight Jauchetten: female RTL show faces who, however, hid behind giant Günther masks when they marched into the studio, and from whom Gottschalk was allowed to choose a partner for each round of the game - Schöneberger moderated his competition against long-distance runner Sabrina Mockenhaupt and actress Caroline Frier.
The Günther women unmasked themselves - most of them quite predictable - in the course of the show as Sonja Zietlow, Motsi Mabuse, Laura Wontorra, Victoria Swarowski, Lola Weippert (who of course did not get away without a reference to the Kinks hit of the same name by Gottschalk), Frauke Ludowig , Evelyn Burdecki and Amira Pocher, and the idea behind it is both good and disappointing.
Good, because the bundled female presence and dominance reverses and attacks learned viewing habits (and because they had secretly come to terms with the fact that Oliver Pocher would give the replacement yes before the show).
Disappointing because you could read the diverse women's team as proof that you didn't trust any single woman to take over the full representation.
Due to the revolving door-like constant change, the usual dynamics of the show suffered a little, which also lives from how well or poorly the teams can adapt to each other over the course of the hours.
Sonja Zietlow, for example, would have liked to have seen longer and with varying challenges, she was only allowed to show for a few minutes in round one how well she can transport cotton balls without hands by sticking her creamy nose into a bag bowl.
Your own point of view ultimately decided whether you saw this replacement idea as a positive presentation of the RTL show women's portfolio - or whether the message was more that it would take eight women to replace one man.
Jauch, who was ill, was then briefly integrated via video, he reported pain in the larynx and limbs and briefly corrected the possible irritations that could arise because he was also using post-prick plasters on posters for the federal government's "Impfluencer" campaign What can be seen is: He was not sick with Corona despite being vaccinated, but simply not yet really vaccinated because it was not his turn in terms of age, explained Jauch.
But he definitely intends to do it, no matter what vaccine.
For four and a half hours, balloons were burst in the studio wearing cactus helmets, efforts were made to weigh sweets to the gram and assigned spectator photos of filled spectators to the mini sociograms of their owners, then Gottschalk and United Jauchs won.
Two other things were noteworthy that evening beyond the women’s question: Firstly, the sour promotions, with which last week's crowned »Germany is looking for the Superstar« winner Jan-Marten Block live in the studio after every commercial break, transitionally the same little bit of his victory song - Let choruses sing - humiliation has many faces.
And secondly, the joyful detachment with which the (admittedly tested) Jauchfrauen toasted Motsi Mabuse's birthday at midnight.
When it comes to the question of women, you may be undecided as to which signal this idea sends - with these images the effect is clear.