Quirky scenes at the Tagesschau: presenters dance to rap songs - there's a challenge behind it

You never actually see the “Tagesschau” presenters like that.

ARD duo Caren Miosga and Jens Riwa suddenly dance to a rap song at the desk.

What's behind it?

• The “Tagesschau” presenters face a hip internet challenge.

• Caren Miosga and Jens Riwa dance to a rap song at the news desk.

• The ARD broadcast posted the clip on its Tiktok page.

Berlin - The "Tagesschau" in the ARD.

Always sober, serious and buttoned up?

Not quite.

The moderators and makers of what is probably the most famous news program in Germany show that serious journalism can sometimes be very relaxed.

ARD “Tagesschau” on Tiktok: News program reaches young people via a hip platform

In fact, they have been showing this since November 2019. News legend Jan Hofer and his tie made the Tiktok debut for the Tagesschau.

Since then, the program has been reaching hundreds of thousands of mostly young people every day via the trendy portal.

The short Tagesschau clips are also well received by the young Tiktok community.

Caren Miosga and Jens Riwa take part in the Tiktok Challenge - and land an Internet hit

However, Caren Miosga and Jens Riwa only landed the first absolute hit now.

The moderator duo did not accept a request.

They collected 2.7 million clicks and over half a million likes.

US news anchor Megan Mitchell and colleague had shown the way.

The two anchors from WLWT5-News accepted a challenge that is currently circulating at Tiktok.

A short choreo is danced to the song “Foot Fungus” by rapper “Ski Mask the Slump God”.

“Tagesschau could neva”: ARD presenters prove the opposite

“Tagesschau could neva”.

"But safe," the users argued under the video from Cincinnati.

For non-teenagers translated: "They would never dare to do that".

"Yes, certainly".

The request became specific and a user simply asked per day: "Tagesschau, can you do that too?"

@daily News

POV: No problem.

@ megan.mitchellll ## tagesschau

♬ Ski Mask The Slump God - Foot Fungus - Kiersten

We can, Caren Miosga and Jens Riwa obviously said to each other.

At their desk, the two perform the choreography flawlessly.

To the delight of the followers.

A cameraman or chambermaid records it with the smartphone.

Of course, the dance did not make it into the main program.

With the young audience on the net, the ARD seems to have gained some plus points.