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Are you still a fan of the format now it's just 'Schlag den Star' where two celebrities face off against each other and there's no involvement from Raab?
I still really enjoy it, much better than the few episodes where they changed it to 'Schlag den Henssler', which saw members of the public face off against Steffen Henssler. I didn't think he suited the format at all, and was much better on the cooking shows as a celebrity chef.
Last night's episode ran until 1:20am German time - so lasted just over 5 hours! It was one of the best episodes in a long time in my opinion - and shows that its much more about casting the right personalities who are matched well against each other rather than particular sporty people etc.
I now watch it as they are editing out the post game chatter and putting each spiel/game on You Tube via the official SdS channel.
I do miss Stephan and him playing to the 'pantomine villain' role when he was steamrollering the challengers for a quite considerable cash prize. When the jackpot was over 1,000,000 Euro and he was on a winning streak, it did add an extra narrative to the proceedings.
His competitveness was compulsive viewing no matter what the game was. When you cant move your eyes away from the screen as he is trying to win a game based on nothing more than flipping a sugar cube into a cup using a teaspoon as the catapult launchpad, the show is doing something right!
I find SdS sometimes a bit 'mehh', and interesting you mention casting, because the last two shows have featured an all-women line upfrom a similar celebrity background, and both seem more concerned with protracted arguing against the rules of some of the more physical games, which if done occasionally is ok, but every game, just gets tiresome.
That said, the design of the games that don't require the pressing of the buzzers whilst perched on those uncomfy looking seats, are still consistently high - and I would love to see ITV or the BBC buy the rights and give this format another go.
Are you still a fan of the format now it's just 'Schlag den Star' where two celebrities face off against each other and there's no involvement from Raab?
I still really enjoy it, much better than the few episodes where they changed it to 'Schlag den Henssler', which saw members of the public face off against Steffen Henssler. I didn't think he suited the format at all, and was much better on the cooking shows as a celebrity chef.
Last night's episode ran until 1:20am German time - so lasted just over 5 hours! It was one of the best episodes in a long time in my opinion - and shows that its much more about casting the right personalities who are matched well against each other rather than particular sporty people etc.
I now watch it as they are editing out the post game chatter and putting each spiel/game on You Tube via the official SdS channel.
I do miss Stephan and him playing to the 'pantomine villain' role when he was steamrollering the challengers for a quite considerable cash prize. When the jackpot was over 1,000,000 Euro and he was on a winning streak, it did add an extra narrative to the proceedings.
His competitveness was compulsive viewing no matter what the game was. When you cant move your eyes away from the screen as he is trying to win a game based on nothing more than flipping a sugar cube into a cup using a teaspoon as the catapult launchpad, the show is doing something right!
I find SdS sometimes a bit 'mehh', and interesting you mention casting, because the last two shows have featured an all-women line upfrom a similar celebrity background, and both seem more concerned with protracted arguing against the rules of some of the more physical games, which if done occasionally is ok, but every game, just gets tiresome.
That said, the design of the games that don't require the pressing of the buzzers whilst perched on those uncomfy looking seats, are still consistently high - and I would love to see ITV or the BBC buy the rights and give this format another go.
