Huntress

On Sunday, it's election day in Germany – who will succeed Angela Merkel as the country's new chancellor (and the most powerful person in the European Union)?
The three main candidates are Olaf Scholz (Social Democrats), who is currently leading the polls, Annalena Baerbock (The Greens), and Armin Laschet (Christian Democrats, Merkel's party).
The Left, FDP (Free Democrats) and right-wing AfD (Alternative for Germany) also hope to gain as many seats as possible. AfD is still very popular in the East 
There are also 41 other small parties you can give your to, among them the Animal Protection Party, the Free Voters, the Pirate Party, Volt Germany, or the Grey Party.

One thing is for sure: None of these candidates will have the same impact as Merkel had.

Even before the spin-off "NIHAT" has started airing, RTL announced that GZSZ will receive a third online spin-off: "Leon – Glaub nicht alles, was du siehst" (Leon – Don't Buy Into Everything That You See") focuses on the character of Leon Moreno, GZSZ's second longest-serving character. Daniel Fehlow has played Leon since April 1996, although with several breaks. On the original show, Leon leaves town next week after breaking up with Nina (Maria Wedig). In the spin-off, Leon moves to the coast of the Baltic Sea with his teenage son Oskar. There he sets up a beach restaurant and meets a new woman – who looks exactly like his dead wife Verena! Actress Susan Sideropoulos, who starred on GZSZ from 2001 to 2011, will play opposite Fehlow. On the main show, Verena was killed off in a car accident in the summer of 2011. Whether she returns as Verena or as a lookalike is still unknown.

In other casting news:

• Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) departs UU in the episode airing September 13th, 2021. Graf joined the cast in November 2019 as the unfathomable Luke who arrived in Cologne after the mysterious death of beloved Irene Weigel in Thailand. After murdering his sister Nika's parole officer, Luke flees town.
• On AWZ, Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) has been placed on contract after being recurring for almost a year. Daniela is Kim's offbeat mother and Marian's current lover. Berrit Arnold first rose to fame in the mid-90s when she starred as bisexual Annalena Bergmann on the defunct soap "Marienhof". She has also played a minor role on GZSZ.

When RTL announced GZSZ's third spin-off "NIHAT" earlier this year, it was supposed to be a streaming series only with all 10 episodes being released on TVNOW. However, TPTB have changed their minds and they're taking a huge risk: The whole series will be broadcast on RTL's main channel – in GZSZ's timeslot and during primetime. On September 22nd and 23rd, five episodes of "NIHAT" will air back-to-back between 7.40 and 10.15 pm. GZSZ will not air new episodes on these two days. "NIHAT", which deals with Timur Ülker's Nihat Güney looking for his birth mother in Hamburg, will also feature another familiar face: Gamze Senol, who played Nihat's cousin Shirin Akinci on GZSZ from 2017 to 2020, is part of the cast. In July 2020, Shirin left Berlin in the dead of night after being accidentally involved in Alexander Cöster's horrifying death.

Last week on GZSZ: Nazan catches Felix receiving oral sex in his car, Gerner takes revenge on Jay for exposing his daughter's nude pics, and Leon and Nina are close to breaking up.

Next week on GZSZ: Yvonne receives a shocking diagnosis regarding her eyesight, Lilly is about to lose her job thanks to Jonas's manipulation, and Nazan puts her failed wedding to Felix behind herself.

Some more outtakes:

Episode Counts July 2021

GZSZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 17
03. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 16
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 16
05. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 15
06. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 13
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 13
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 13
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 13
10. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 12
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 12
12. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 11
*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 11
*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 11
15. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 10
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 10
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 10
18. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9
*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 9
*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 9
21. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 8
22. Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 6
*** Christoph Moreno ("Jay" Lukas Ritter) : 6
24. Kim Schnitzer (Tamara Natascha Thelen) : 5
25. Lennart König (Fabio Beck) : 4
*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 4
27. Tamer Arslan (Murat Cetin) : 2
28. Rosa Landers (Nikki Seeger) : 1
29. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 0

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 119
02. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 112
03. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 104
04. Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 101
05. Wolfgang Bahro (Jo Gerner) : 98
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 98

AWZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 20
02. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 19
03. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 17
*** Julius Robin Weigel (Bastian Zwinger) : 17
05. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 16
06. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 15
*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 15
08. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 14
*** Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 14
*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 14
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 14
14. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 13
*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 13
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 13
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 13
18. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 12
*** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 12
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 12
21. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 11
22. Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 6
23. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 4
24. Erol Sander (Frank Giese) : 3
25. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 2
*** Paul Jumin Hoffmann (Dr. Yong Cho) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01 .Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 125
02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 121
03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 118
04. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 116
05. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 112

UU
Total episodes: 22

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 18
02. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17
03. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 16
*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 16
05. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 15
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 15
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15
09. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 14
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 14
11. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 13
*** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 13
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 13
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 13
15. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 12
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 12
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 12
*** Björn Landberg (Daniel "Danny" Oschmann) : 12
19. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 11
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 11
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 11
22. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 10
23. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6
24. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 5
25. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4
26. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
*** Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 3
28. Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 3
29. Tatiani Katrantzi (Jennifer Turner) : 2
*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2
31. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 126
02. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 124
03. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 121
04. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 119
05. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 118

4 months after winning the contest, Måneskin still have two songs on the German Top 100, with "Beggin'" sitting at #9 and "I Wanna Be Your Slave" at #14 this week.

Except Lena – which is no surprise –, no other recent ESC winner has managed to have another hit single on the German Top 100.
Loreen had a minor hit with "My Heart Is Refusing Me", which, however, didn't crack the Top 40. Emmelie de Forest, Conchita Wurst and Måns Zelmerlöw each had one song that reached the lower regions of the Top 100, but that's about it.

Here are some more "How to Eurovision" videos from the official channel:

 

And one of the most iconic performances from the noughties, finally in HD 
I think it was the first entry where you could hear the audience booing loudly.

 

 

On 8/3/2021 at 4:17 PM, Forever8 said:

@HuntressWhich of the soaps in your opinion is the best and the one that needs some help? 

From a creative angle, I'd say GZSZ is still the best. AWZ and UU aren't bad, either, though.

The reintroduction of Chris and Corinna on UU earlier this year was a good move and it helped bringing the core Weigel family back to the center. However, UU's ratings are hit and miss. On some days, they reach a market share between 10 and 12 percent, and on some days, they barely scratch at 7 percent – which is alarming. The show is now sandwiched between two editions of the magazine "Explosiv".

On GZSZ, another actor is taking an extended break: In addition to Niklas Osterloh (Paul) and Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix), Jörn Schlönvoigt (Philip) won't appear on the show for at least six months. Schlönvoigt has been a contract cast member since December 2004.

Also, there's going to be a recast: Luis Ahrens, Nina's son and Toni's brother, returns to the show this fall. From 2017 to 2019, Maximilian Braun played the teenager. Despite being a contract role, Luis only had one major storyline when he was caught masturbating on video by his classmate Brenda and was subsequently blackmailed by her. In May 2019, Luis participated in a student exchange and went to New Zealand (or Australia, the show kind of mixed this up afterwards). Now, 23-year old actor Marc Weinmann steps into the role. Weinmann promises that "Luis has changed a lot during his time abroad". He could be a potential boyfriend for Moritz 

Just found this on youtube ... the current AWZ openings:

And some old UU openings from the early years:

 

16 hours ago, gyroscope said:

Is Paul gone for good, Huntress, or is he coming back?

The actor Niklas Osterloh is taking an extended break since he has received a main role in a new crime series on ZDF which will debut in early 2022. Good for him, because so far, he has been utterly wasted on GZSZ. I mean, he's been on the show for 5 years, but he hasn't had any major storyline except that one time when that crazy author posed as his long-lost sister – and that was 4 years ago. Paul's basically just Emily's good conscience. Osterloh may not be the strongest actor but he has good chemistry with almost everyone.

As for Moritz, I'm glad they're doing this kind of story, but I still don't think that the character is working at all. Also, they're basically using this story to redeem Laura – whose faked pregnancy was just exposed – because she will be supporting her brother so dearly. Tuner will also be involved, and I'm not sure if they're aiming for a Laura/Tuner or even a Moritz/Tuner pairing. IMO, both would make awful couples.

Last Week on GZSZ:

Next Week on GZSZ:

GZSZ: Moritz gets gay bashed

GZSZ: Bye Bye, Paul

GZSZ: Outtakes

Episode Counts July 2021

GZSZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 21
02. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 16
03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 15
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 15
05. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 14
*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 14
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 14
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 14
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 14
10. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 13
*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 13
12. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12
*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 12
14. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 11
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 11
16. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 10
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 10
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 10
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 10
20. Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 8
*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 8
22. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 7
23. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 5
24. Tamer Arslan (Murat Cetin) : 4
*** Rosa Landers (Nikki Seeger) : 4
*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 4
*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers) : 4
28. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedmann) : 3
*** Hans Gurbig (Jason Rutter) : 3
*** Hürdem Riethmüller (Gülay Akinci) : 3
31. Silvana Damm (Peach Bishop) : 2
*** Lennart König (Fabio Beck) : 2
*** Christoph Moreno (Jay) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 103
02. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 102
03. Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 88
04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 87
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 87

AWZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 20
02. Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 19
03. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 18
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 18
05. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 17
*** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 17
07. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 16
*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 16
09. Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 15
10. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
11. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 13
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 13
13. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 12
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 12
15. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 11
*** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 11
17. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 10
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 10
19. Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 9
20. Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 8
21. Klaus Nierhoff (Reinhard Steiner) : 7
22. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 6
23. Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) : 4
24. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 108
02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 108
03. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 103
04. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 100
05. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos-Albrecht) : 99
*** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 99

UU
Total episodes: 22

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 19
02. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 18
03. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17
*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 17
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 17
06. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 16
07. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 15
08. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 14
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 14
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 14
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 14
12. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 13
*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 13
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 13
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 13
16. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 12
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 12
*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 12
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 12
20. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 11
21. Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 10
22. Björn Landberg (Danny Oschmann) : 9
23. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 5
*** Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 5
*** Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 5
26. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 3
*** Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 3
*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 3
*** Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
*** Marc Terenzi (as himself): 3
31. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 2 
*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 110
02. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 108
03. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 106
04. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 105
05. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 104

Definitely Vanessa on AWZ. She's basically the only sane and clever character on that show, and she is needed as a counterpart for her mother Simone and her sister Jenny. However, she and Christoph have barely had an interesting storyline in ages. Last year, Vanessa's fling with Yannik was universally hated by the fans.

Right now, the only characters that are keeping AWZ afloat these days are Justus and Chiara. Matthias Brüggenolte is such a great actor and it's well deserved that he's involved in so many storylines. (Of course it also helps that he's very attractive )

This week on GZSZ:

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Starting September 6th, AWZ celebrates 15 years on the air with a "special anniversary week". In typical AWZ fashion, there's going to be huge drama involving stolen money, blackmail and a hostage situation. Two familiar faces will return, and reportedly, a thrilling love story will keep viewers on the edge of their seats (well, we'll see about that).

Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp), Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp), Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach), Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht), Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp), Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg)

The two returnees are most likely Francisco Medina as Maximilian von Altenburg and Amrei Haardt as Nathalie Reichenbach von Altenburg, who departed the show last fall and already returned for several guest appearances in June. (I mean, why else would they be featured on the new promotional pics?)

Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner), Amrei Haardt (Nathalie Reichenbach von Altenburg), Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp), Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach), Dominik Flade (Yannik Ziegler), Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny)

In addition, three cast members are leaving the show: Original cast member Julia Augustin, who has played Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp since the 1st episode, and her on-screen husband Lars Korten, who joined the soap in February 2015 as Christoph Lukowski, are departing in early September. Augustin has been on contract from 2006 to 2009, 2010 to 2012, and since 2014. In 2013, she made a few guest appearances. Also, Cheyenne Pahde is taking a leave of absence, reportedly for a year. Pahde joined AWZ in July 2016 as Marie Schmidt, taking over from Judith Neumann who played the part from 2015 to 2016.

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After AWZ's anniversary week, RTL promises more drama on UU: An extraordinary double wedding, a strange encounter in the desert, and a cruel murder will play a huge part.

On GZSZ, Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) is exiting the soap this fall after being on contract for 5 consecutive years. According to a press release, the actor "needs a break to focus on other projects". He is set to return sometime in the future, but who knows ...

While Angela Merkel is on her swansong visit to Washington, DC, parts of Germany have been hit hard by severe floodings – also in my city.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/15/europe/germany-deaths-severe-flooding-intl/index.html

In my city, at least two people died in flooded basements. Several subway stations were flooded, and in some quarters, the water was at knee-height.

Flooded subway station:

The water level is rising:

Water in the city:

Destroyed town:

This week on GZSZ: Who poisoned Katrin?

 

 

Some new outtakes:

 

 

Episode Counts June 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 22

 

01. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 16

02. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 15

03. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 14

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 14

05. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 13

*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 13

*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 13

08. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 12

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 12

10. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 11

*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 11

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 11

13. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 10

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 10

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 10

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 10

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 10

18. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 9

*** Silvana Damm (Peach Bishop) : 9

*** Benjamin Trinks (Bastian Münzer) : 9

21. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 8

22. Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 7

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 7

24. Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers) : 6

25. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 0

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 87

02. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 82

03. Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 74

04. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 73

05. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 71

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 21

 

01. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 18

*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 18

03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 17

04. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 15

05. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 14

*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 14

*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 14

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 14

*** Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) : 14

10. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 13

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 13

*** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie Reichenbach) : 13

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 13

14. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 12

*** Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 12

*** Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) : 12

*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 12

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 12

19. Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 11

20. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 10

*** Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 10

22. Hannes Schmid (Kai Löwenau) : 9

23. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 8

24. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 5

25. Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 4

26. Finja Martens (Leonie Tauber) : 2

*** Verena Zimmermann (Manuela Geroll) : 2

28. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 1

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 92

02. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 88

*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 88

04. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos-Albrecht) : 85

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 85

 

UU

Total episodes: 22

 

01. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17

*** Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 17

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 17

*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 17

05. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 15

*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 15

07. Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 14

*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 14

09. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 13

*** Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 13

*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 13

*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 13

13. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 12

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 12

*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 12

*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 12

17. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 11

*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 11

*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 11

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 11

21. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 8

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 8

23. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 7

24. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 4

*** Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 4

26. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 3

*** Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 3

*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 3

29. Sarah Maria Besgen (Esther Guth) : 2

*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 2

*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2

32. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 1

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 95

02. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 90

03. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 89

*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 89

05. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 87

Making of: RTL's Summer Campaign with several GZSZ actors

 

 

Last Week on GZSZ:

 

 

 

This Week on GZSZ:

 

 

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Episode Counts: 1997

 

January 1997

Total episodes: 22

 

01. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 20
02. Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 19
03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 18
*** Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 18
*** Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 18
06. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 17
*** Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 17
*** Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 17
09. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 16
10. Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 16

11. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 15
*** Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 15
13. Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 14
*** Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf) : 14
15. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 13
*** Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 13
17. Thomas K. Lehmann (Thorsten Kiepe) : 9
*** Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 9
19. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 8
20. Frederic Sieber (Kevin Schäfer) : 7

21. Marina Erdmann (Dagmar Jäger) : 6
22. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 0

 

February 1997

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 18
*** Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 18
03. Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 17
04. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 16
*** Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 16
*** Frederic Sieber (Kevin Schäfer) : 16
*** Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 16
08. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 15
*** Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 15
*** Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 15

11. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 14
*** Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 14
13. Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 13
*** Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 13
*** Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf) : 13
16. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 12
17. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 9
*** Thomas K. Lehmann (Thorsten Kiepe) : 9
*** Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 9
20. Marina Erdmann (Dagmar Jäger) : 2
21. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 1
*** Bernhard-Heinrich Herzog (Steffen Jente) : 1
23. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 0

This week on GZSZ:

 

 

Episode Counts May 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 19

 

01. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 18

02. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 12

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 12

04. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 11

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 11

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 11

07. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 10

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 10

*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 10

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 10

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 10

*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers) : 10

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 10

14. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 9

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 9

*** Lars Pape (Michael Bode) : 9 

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 9

*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 9

19. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 8

20. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 7

21. Cyrus David (Mustafa Güney) : 6

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 6

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 6

24. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 5

*** Benjamin Trinks (Bastian Münzer) : 5

26. Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 4

27. Ilknur Boyraz (Sibel Erdemir) : 3

28. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedermann) : 1

29. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 0

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 76

02. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 68

03. Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 62

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 62

05. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 57

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 19

 

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 16

02. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos-Albrecht) : 15

03. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 14

*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 14

05. Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 13

*** Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) : 13

07. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 12

*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 12

*** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 12

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 12

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 12

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 12

*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 12

14. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 11

*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 11

16. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 10

*** Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 10

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10

*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 10

*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 10

21. Hannes Schmid (Kai Löwenau) : 9

22. Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 8

23. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 5

24. Finja Martens (Leonie Tauber) : 4

25. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 3

*** Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 3

27. Mia Ermel (Annabelle Steinkamp) : 1

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 82

02. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos-Albrecht) : 75

03. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 73

04. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 71

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 71

 

UU

Total episodes: 19

 

01. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 16

*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 16

03. Isabelle Julie Geiss (Nika Färber) : 15

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 15

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15

06. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 14

*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 14

08. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 13

09. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 12

*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 12

11. Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 11

*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 11

*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 11

14. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 10

*** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 10

*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 10

17. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 9

*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 9

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 9

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 9

21. Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 8

22. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 7

23. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 4

*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 4

25. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 3

*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 3

27. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 2

*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 2 

*** Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 2

 

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 82

02. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 77

03. Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 74

*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 74

05. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 72

On 5/20/2021 at 12:03 PM, DRW50 said:

That last clip with the cult is genuinely shocking. How was this story received? Did any of the main characters die?

 

No, all of the main characters survived – at least until the cult leader escaped from prison and poisoned Andy a few weeks later. He eventually died in the hospital.

 

On 5/20/2021 at 12:03 PM, DRW50 said:

I guess Katrin and Jo are gone now...

 

No  They are still on the show and are the most important and popular characters.

 

This week on GZSZ:

 

 

Here's another Best of: The 25 Most Beautiful Weddings
(Most of them weren't exactly beautiful ...)

 

 

#25: Marina Geppert (Natascha Pfeiffer) und Karsten Richter (Thomas Gohlke) [1992]
#24: Elisabeth Meinhart (Lisa Riecken) and Clemens Richter (Frank-Thomas Mende) [2009]
#23: Elisabeth Meinhart and A.R. Daniel (Hans Christiani) [1997]
#22: Ricky Marquardt (Oliver Petszokat) leaves Nataly Jäger (Nadine Dehmel) on their wedding day [1998]
#21: Ayla Özgül (Sila Sahin) and Tayfun Badak (Tayfun Baydar) (the scenes are from their engagement party – eventually, they didn't get married) [2011]
#20: Iris Gehbauer (Andrea Kathrin Loewig) and Michael Gundlach (Udo Thies) [1993]
#19: Patrizia Bachmann (Christin Baechler) and Jo Gerner (Wolfgang Bahro) [2002]
#18: Elke Opitz (Claudia Weiske) and Patrick Graf (Alexander Kiersch) [1995]
#17: Anni Brehme (Linda Marlen Runge) and Amar Akram (Thando Walbaum) (fake marriage) [2015]
#16: Sunny Richter (Valentina Pahde) and Vince Köpke (Vincent Krüger) (wedding was cancelled) [2016]
#15: Dascha Petrova (Lena Ehlers) and Tayfun Badak [2011]
#14: Ayla Özgül and Philip Höfer (Jörn Schlönvoigt) [2012]
#13: Katrin Flemming and Marc Hansen (Arne Stephan) [2007]
#12: Elena Castillo (Elena Garcia Gerlach) and Dominik Gundlach (Raul Richter) [2014]
#11: Katrin Flemming and Jo Gerner (2nd attempt) (wedding was cancelled) [2016]
#10: Paula Rapf (Josephine Schmidt) and John Bachmann (Felix von Jascheroff) [2005]
#09: Katrin Flemming and Jo Gerner (1st attempt) [2008]
#08: Flo Spira (Rhea Harder) and Andy Lehmann (Raphael Schneider) [1998]
#07: Sandra Lemke (Maike von Bremen) and Viktor Hansen (Arne Stephan) (fake/hostage wedding) [2006]
#06: Sophie Lindh (Lea Marlen Woitack) and Leon Moreno [2015]
#05: Cora Hinze (Nina Bott) and Leon Moreno [2002]
#04: Sandra Lemke and Deniz Ergün (Ismail Sahin) [2005]
#03: Verena Koch (Susan Sideropoulos) and Leon Moreno [2010]
#02: Pia Koch (Isabell Horn) and John Bachmann / Emily Höfer (Anne Menden) and Tayfun Badak (double wedding) [2014]
#01: Katrin Flemming and Till Kuhn (Merlin Leonhardt) (symbolic wedding) [2016]

2 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

So bad. 

 

It was my favorite song of the night and I voted for it 7 or 8 times

Måneskin from Italy won the 65th Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Zitti e buoni". This was Italy's 3rd win.

 

Winning performance:

 

France received their best placing since 1991.

 

Four countries received zero points in the televoting: Hosts Netherlands, plus Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom finished with no points at all.

 

Recap:

 

 

Full results:

1. Italy (524)
2. France (499)
3. Switzerland (432)
4. Iceland (378)
5. Ukraine (364)
6. Finland (301)
7. Malta (255)
8. Lithuania (220)
9. Russia (204)
10. Greece (170)
11. Bulgaria (170)
12. Portugal (153)
13. Moldova (115)
14. Sweden (109)
15. Serbia (102)
16. Cyprus (94)
17. Israel (93)
18. Belgium (74)
19. Norway (75)
20. Azerbaijan (65)
21. Albania (57)
22. San Marino (50)
23. The Netherlands (11)
24. Spain (6)
25. Germany (3)
26. United Kingdom (0)

 

In the semi-finals, Ireland and Latvia came last.

 

Semi-final 1:

With televoting only, Croatia would have qualified instead of Belgium.

With jury voting only, Romania and Croatia would have qualified instead of Norway and Azerbaijan.

 

Semi-final 2:

Czech Republic received zero points in the televoting.

With televoting only, Denmark would have qualified instead of Albania.

Yeah, Denmark is the only song that I will dearly miss in the final.

 

Running order for Saturday:

1. Cyprus / Elena Tsagrinou – "El Diablo"
2. Albania / Anxhela Peristeri – "Karma"
3. Israel / Eden Alene – "Set Me Free"
4. Belgium / Hooverphonic – "The Wrong Place"
5. Russia / Manizha – "Russian Woman"
6. Malta / Destiny – "Je me casse"
7. Portugal / The Black Mamba – "Love Is on My Side"
8. Serbia / Hurricane – "Loco Loco"
9. United Kingdom / James Newman – "Embers"
10. Greece / Stefania – "Last Dance"
11. Switzerland / Gjon's Tears – "Tout l'Univers"
12. Iceland / Da∂i Freyr og Gagnamagni∂ – "10 Years"
13. Spain / Blas Cantó – "Voy a querdarme"
14. Moldova / Natalia Gordienko – "Sugar"
15. Germany / Jendrik – "I Don't Feel Hate"
16. Finland / Blind Channel – "Dark Side"
17. Bulgaria / Victoria – "Growing Up is Getting Old"
18. Lithuania / The Roop – "Discoteque"
19. Ukraine / Go_A – "Shum"
20. France / Barbara Pravi – "Voilà"
21. Azerbaijan / Efendi – "Mata Hari"
22. Norway / TIX – "Fallen Angel"
23. The Netherlands / Jeangu Macrooy – "Birth of a New Age"
24. Italy / Måneskin – "Zitti e buoni"
25. Sweden / Tusse – "Voices"
26. San Marino / Senhit feat. Flo-Rida – "Adrenalina"

This is quite an open race this year ... I hope that Italy win.

 

 

Recap of the 2nd semi-final:

 

 

The following countries qualified from the 2nd semi-final:

• Albania
• Bulgaria
• Finland
• Greece
• Iceland
• Moldova
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Switzerland

The following countries did not qualify:

• Austria
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Latvia
• Poland

Now Duncan Laurence, the 2019 winner, also tested positive for covid-19.
He appeared in Tuesday's semi-final and was also supposed to perform in the Grand Final on Saturday.

 

http://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-duncan-laurence-tests-positive-for-covid-19

UU is desperately trying to win back its former audience – after bringing back Chris and Corinna Weigel after 23 years and having presumed dead villain Rolf pop up for a guest visit earlier this year, it's time for another long-forgotten character to reappear: It's Jennifer "Jenny" Turner, a fan favorite during the show's early years. Back in 1994, Jenny and Corinna were best friends and roommates. In 1998, Jenny departed to Ruanda, Africa, in the dead of night, leaving her life in Cologne behind. She only said goodbye to landlord Margot Weigel, who tearfully told her: "Schillerallee 10 will always be your home, my little girl".

 

 

Corinna, Jenny and Chris in the show's first episode.

 

Unlike Chris and Corinna, who returned as recasts, Jenny will again be played by her original portrayer Tatiani Katranzi. The Greek-born actress was on contract from November 1994 to August 1998. Her first airdate back is August 3rd, 2021.

 

 

This Week on GZSZ:

 

 

GZSZ: The 25 Most Dramatic Moments

 

 

#25: In an accident, Charlie Fierek (Julian Scheunemann) had killed Katja's then-boyfriend Oliver. He was acquitted of charge. In the courthouse, Charlie is shot by Oliver's mother Dorothea. [1998]
#24: André Holm (Matthias Matz) pushes Lilo Gottschick (Susanne Ziellenbach) down a flight of stairs. "You apparently don't know who you're dealing with!" Lilo says. "You clearly don't know, either," André replies. Push forward. [1993]
#23: After a physical fight with Tayfun, Leon Moreno (Daniel Fehlow) has trouble with his vision. At the "Mauerwerk" nightclub, he faints and falls down the stairs. [2009]
#22: Silke Balzer (Susanne Evers) is threatened by her ex-husband David. When she tells him that it's over and that she's now with Fabian Moreno, David grabs her and breaks her neck. "You belong to me!" he screams. [1999]
#21: When Iris Gundlach (Andrea-Kathrin Loewig) starts her car, a bomb detonates, killing her instantly. [1994]
#20: Jörg Reuter (Daniel Enzweiler) has kidnapped Sonja Wiebe (Tina Bordihn) in his car. Andy Lehmann (Raphael Schneider) follows them on his motorcycle. Both vehicles almost collide. Andy crashes into a ditch and the car crashes against a tree. (In the aftermath, Andy was left paralyzed and Sonja's face was destroyed.) [1998]
#19: Another car crash involving Tim Böcking (Oliver Böcking), Caroline Neustädter (Jessica Ginkel), Verena Koch (Susan Sideropoulos) and heavily pregnant Isabel Eggert (Natalie Alison). (In the aftermath, Isabel gave birth to her son and died two episodes later.) [2006]
#18: David Brenner's (Philipp Christopher) traumatic experience in a Malaysian prison. [2015]
#17: After having found out that Friederic Riefflin (Dieter Bach) has an affair with his own daughter Jasmin, Katrin Flemming (Ulrike Frank) begs Frederic to leave the country and to stay away from Jasmin. Frederic threatens Katrin. Katrin's best friend Maren Seefeld (Eva Mona Rodekirchen) appears and kills Frederic in self-defense. [2016]
#16: Only a few hours after his wedding to Elena Castillo (Elena Garcia Gerlach), Dominik Gundlach (Raul Richter) dies in a motorcycle accident. [2014]
#15: Emily Höfer (Anne Menden), Philip Höfer (Jörn Schlönvoigt), Lena Bachmann (Uta Kargel), John Bachmann (Felix von Jascheroff) and Paula Rapf (Josephine Schmidt) are trapped in a subway tunnel. [2005]
#14: On the beach, Katrin finds Till's clothes after Till has walked into the ocean to commit suicide. [2017]
#13: In a nightly forest in Poland, Jo Bahro (Wolfgang Bahro) is shot by one of his former business partners. [2012]
#12: High on coke, Emily and Franzi (Jasmin Weber) cause an explosion at the "Fasan" restaurant. Franzi dies in the fire. [2008]
#11: Cora Hinze (Nina Bott) and Nico Weimershaus (Raphael Vogt) are looking for their daughter Antonia. In the forest, they find a shrine with candles and baby clothing. [2000]
#10: Katrin wants to know where Jo has been keeping their daughter Johanna and turns to brutal methods. [2007]
#09: A bomb placed by the mafia detonates in Fabian Moreno's (Ralf Benson) trailer. [2000]
#08: The "Mocca" café is left in ruins after a landslide. Philip Höfer, Ayla Özgül (Sila Sahin), Lucy Cöster (Sarah Tkotsch) and Carsten Reimann (Felix Isenbügel) are trapped inside. [2010]
#07: The mafia has taken over the "Mauerwerk" restaurant. Tayfun (Tayfun Baydar) is shot. [2014]
#06: Nataly Jäger (Nadine Dehmel) wants to castrate Jo. "It's called justice," she says. "I have nothing to lose." [2000]
#05: Almost the whole cast is on board of a plane that is about to crash. [2004]
#04: Kai Scholl (Tim Sander) dies in the arms of his best friend Moritz Demand (Hendrik Borgmann).
#03: Hannes Bachmann (Klaus-Dieter Klebsch) and Senta Lemke's (Hanne Wolharn) first flight with their new plane ends in disaster as they crash into a field. "We are not dead?," a heavily injured Senta asks Hannes. She doesn't know that a huge piece of metal is stuck in her body. (Senta died in the same episode and Hannes died a few episodes later.) [2007]
#02: "Daniel's Bar" is the scene of a huge explosion that changed the show forever. [2002]
#01: After being hit by Philip's car, dearly beloved Verena Koch (Susan Sideropoulos) dies at the hospital. [2011]

 

GZSZ: The Most Shocking Cliffhangers

 

 

#25: In a parking garage, Saskia Rother (Saskia Valencia) steps into an elevator to meet one of her clients on the upper floor. She doesn't know the man's planning to kill her. Tom Lehmann (Jan Sosniok) wants to rescue Saskia. [1995]
#24: Senta Lemke (Hanne Wolharn) walks home to find a cluster of people in front of her house. Senta is shocked when she realizes that her daughter Sandra (Anna Frenzel-Röhl) is about to jump from a window. [2001]
#23: Jo Gerner (Wolfgang Bahro) and Katrin Flemming (Ulrike Frank) are desperately trying to their daughter Johanna, who has been kidnapped. In the cold and snowy forest, the police finds Johanna's beanie. [2007]
#22: During one of their bizarre BDSM sessions, Tina Zimmermann (Sandra Keller) tries to choke Claudius Mohr (Andreas Krätzig) by pushing a cushion onto his face. "Now you get what you've deserved for a long time," she says. [1996]
#21: During a press conference, Sonja Wiebe (Tina Bordihn) accuses Jo of having molested several children. [1998]
#20: In Sonja's apartment, Barbara Wiebe-Graf (Maren Thurm) and Frank Richter (Torsten Stoll) find Sonja on the bathroom floor after a suicide attempt. [1997]
#19: When Katrin provokes Jo to the utmost, Jo is about to hit her in the face. [2006]
#18: Elisabeth Meinhart (Lisa Riecken) tries to kill herself by turning on her gas oven. [Cliffhanger of the very first episode in 1992]
#17: Katrin confronts Jasmin's adoptive father Dieter Nowak with a gun. She wants him to suffer for what he did to Jasmin all of these years. "You little piece of s*it!" she screams into his face. [2009]
#16: During his brief stint as a journalist, John Bachmann (Felix von Jascheroff) wants to write a story about life in prison. Suddenly, he is threatened by an inmate. [2007]
#15: Jo is arrested for fraud and betrayal. [2007]
#14: During a family gathering in Christmas Eve, Senta spills the beans about having an affair with Hannes Bachmann (Klaus-Dieter Klebsch), her sister Patrizia's (Christin Baechler) ex husband. "He's a hypocrite, and I'm a hypocrite. But don't think you can crawl back into my bed tonight!" she says. Everyone else is shocked and ashamed. [2002]
#13: In prison, Jo is brutally beat up. [2007]
#12: Patrick Gerner (Björn Harras) is kidnapped in front of Dominik's (Raul Richter) eyes. [2011]
#11: Standing at Sonja's grave, Marie Balzer (Jeanette Biedermann) hears strange noises. There's a man in the bushes. Is it Fabian Moreno (Ralf Benson)? [2003]
#10: Katrin and Leon Moreno (Daniel Fehlow) are shocked: A baby doll has been placed in Johanna's stroller. But where's Johanna? [2006]
#09: David Brenner (Philipp Christopher) is sure that the police will find Frederic Riefflin's corpse at the construction site. Katrin and Jo are nervous as hell, but then the police tells them that no body has been found. Katrin is relieved. But what happened to the corpse? [2017]
#08: On a rooftop, a stoned Patrick celebrates the revelation that he's Jo's biological son. He pees from the rooftop and screams "I'm the king of the world!" Suddenly he loses his balance and falls to his death. [2012]
#07: Leon finds Johanna in a nursery in Switzerland. It was Jo who had kidnapped his own daughter! Leon informs Katrin via phone. Jo appears and knocks Leon down. "You will regret this," he says. [2007]
#06: On the houseboat, Sandra wants to play a prank on her ex-boyfriend Moritz Demand (Hendrik Borgmann). Then she catches him in bed with her mother Senta! [2001]
#05: Robert König (Norbert Hülm) wants to blow up Jo with dynamite – which he strapped onto Jo's body. [1996]
#04: During a school dance, teacher Jonas Vossberg (Dominic Boeer) and student Julia Blum (Yvonne Catterfeld) are about to have sex on the school toilet. [2004]
#03: Cora Hinze (Nina Bott) and Nico Weimershaus (Raphael Vogt) are looking for their daughter Antonia who has gone missing in a shopping mall. When Cora eventually finds the stroller, it is empty. [2000]
#02: Jo and Katrin hold each other at gunpoint. Both want the other one to stay out of Johanna's life forever. They don't notice that Johanna's stroller is about to collide with an ambulance. [2007]
#01: The cult "Ring der Welt" (The Ring of the World) is about to commit a mass suicide. Andy Lehmann (Raphael Schneider), Nico, Nataly Jäger (Nadine Dehmel) and Cora are among the victims. "What you drank ... is poison. In a few minutes you will all be dead," the cult leader tells Andy. [1999]

One of the Icelandic performers tested positive for Covid-19, so Iceland will not be able to perform live in tomorrow's semi-final and in the Grand Final on Saturday.
However, "their song will remain in the competition and [they] will broadcast their rehearsal performance, recorded on the stage on 13 May."

 

https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-regarding-icelandic-delegation-wednesday-19-may

Recap of the 1st semi-final:

 

 

The following countries qualified from the 1st semi-final:

• Azerbaijan
• Belgium
• Cyprus
• Israel
• Lithuania
• Malta
• Norway
• Russia
• Sweden
• Ukraine

The following countries did not qualify:

• Australia
• Croatia
• Ireland
• North Macedonia
• Romania
• Slovenia

I'm happy with the results although I would have switched Croatia for either Azerbaijan or Israel.
IMO, Ireland and Romania were a mess on stage, and Slovenia and North Macedonia were plain boring.

After the success of "SUNNY – Wer bist du wirklich?" which featured Sunny (played by Valentina Pahde) in her own series, GZSZ will receive another spin-off this fall: In "NIHAT – Alles auf Anfang" (NIHAT – Starting Over), Nihat Güney (played by Timur Ülker) will be the leading character. In GZSZ's current episodes, Nihat, who has been on GZSZ since 2018, finds out that he's been adopted. In the new spin-off, he will dive into his past and tries to find his real parents. Like "SUNNY", the show will be produced for RTL's streaming service TVNOW.

 

Speaking of GZSZ, the show now has its own youtube channel where they have uploaded a lot of old videos from RTL's main channel.

 

Preview for this week:

 

 

The 25 Most Romantic Moments
(IMO, very questionable choices  )

 

 

Outtakes: