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Winning prizes is a pleasure: the German TV prize was awarded in Cologne's MMC Studios on Wednesday evening.
Joko Winterscheidt was one of the winners.
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With his ProSieben quiz "Who is stealing the show?", Joko Winterscheidt received the award for the best entertainment show - like last year.
"I never would have thought that this was really possible," said the somewhat bewildered Winterscheidt about the successful defense of the title.
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Mala Emde celebrates the award in the category »Best Comedy Series«.
The actress plays the eponymous Helene, known as Hell, in »Oh Hell«, an eight-part series by Johannes Boss that will be broadcast on Magenta TV.
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As in the award-winning show, Michael Bully Herbig viewed the events from a different perspective at the presentation of the German Television Prize.
Herbig was honored as the director of »LOL – Last One Laughing«.
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Among those present in Cologne were Otto Steiner (left) and Volker Neuhoff (2nd from right), who and their team accepted the award in the category »Best Comedy/Late Night« for »LOL – Last One Laughing«.
The show runs on Amazon Prime Video.
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Congratulations, dear colleague!
SPIEGEL author Markus Feldenkirchen received the television award in the category "Best Infotainment" for the episodes of the WDR program "Konfrontation", in which he met Robert Habeck and Karl Lauterbach.
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The long-lived 3Sat format »Kulturzeit« was recognized as the best information broadcast.
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Journalist Katrin Eigendorf, speaking from the Ukraine, thanked her for the award in the category "Best Moderation/Individual Achievement Information" for reporting on the Ukraine war.
Eigendorf dedicated the award to all reporters working in the war-torn country.
It was certainly one of the wars in which "propaganda and disinformation played an above-average role," she said.
"That's why it's important that we, as reporters that viewers can trust, show what's really happening here."
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The award gala was also broadcast on television and moderated by Barbara Schöneberger.
She insisted on contributing a song - together with Giovanni Zarrella, who was the winner himself: The 44-year-old, who presents "Die Giovanni Zarrella Show" on ZDF, was awarded the coveted trophy for the best individual performance as an entertainment presenter .
His first comment was, "Okay, that's awesome." Later, tears flowed.
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He also sang in a duet with Schöneberger.
This time comedian Bülent Ceylan and his team were delighted about the award in the category »Best Factual Entertainment« for »Don't stop the music« and »Don't stop the music kids«.
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For Cathy Hummels, too, the German Television Award became reality: the presenter received the award in the category "Best Entertainment Reality" for "Battle of the Reality Stars".
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Strong men for sport: The »ran« team received an award for their football reporting on ProSieben.
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As early as Tuesday evening, the TV trades, who mostly operate in the background, were honored in a separate »Night of Creatives«.
A few prominent faces could also be seen there: Nora Nagel, Hanna Herbst, Jan Böhmermann and Markus Hennig received the award in the category »Best Book Entertainment« for »ZDF Magazin Royale«.
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The directors Wolfgang Groos (left) and Tobias Baumann from "Faking Hitler" (RTL +) could feel among the bigger winners of the evening.
The series about the scandal surrounding the forged Hitler diaries was honored as "Best Drama Series".
In addition, leading actor Moritz Bleibtreu, who plays the art forger Konrad Kujau, was honored as best actor.
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Friederike Becht won the television prize for actresses for her role in "Schneller als die Angst" (ARD).
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Oliver Berben with the award in the »Best TV Film« category.
He was able to accept the award in his capacity as Executive Producer for »The Wannsee Conference«.
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No wonder that Iris Berben was visibly moved: The 72-year-old received the honorary award for her life's work.
"It's so beautiful," she said, fighting back tears.
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