Huntress

In many European countries, the situation is getting out of control once again. Denmark had to introduce restrictions again after their freedom day, and some regions of the Netherlands have trouble coping with all the hospital admissions. In Germany, not even 70 % of the population have been vaccinated. This means there are still more than 25 million people without protection. There are a lot of anti-vaxxers, especially in the eastern states and in Bavaria. The latter declared a state of emergency today because the hospitals have run out of intensive care beds. In one region, the 7-day incidence has risen to over 1100. Politicians are of course helpless and they didn't see this fourth wave coming ... Worst off is Saxony where the virus already ravaged the most last year. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-in-saxony-the-long-covid-winter-has-already-begun/a-59767646 The media happily reports every breakthrough infection of "celebrities" so these anti-vaxxers feel vindicated in their decision to "swim against the stream", as they call it.

Not much going on at the moment except that GZSZ is introducing a new contract role: German-Israeli actor Nassim Avat debuts on November 12th, 2021, as Kian Dawalu, a charming and self-confident businessman. He is best-known for his main role on the primetime soap "Nachtschwestern" (Night Nurses) which ran for two seasons on RTL. Last week on GZSZ: "A Race Against the Clock!" Next week on GZSZ: "You Are a Great Kisser!" ------ Episode Counts October 2021 GZSZ Total Episodes: 21 01. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17 *** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 17 03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 15 *** Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 15 *** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 15 06. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 14 07. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 13 08. Sara Fuchs (Miriam Behnke) : 12 *** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 12 10. Norbert Ghafouri (Prof. Dr. Lothar Degenhardt) : 11 *** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 11 *** Marc Weinmann (Luis Ahrens) : 11 13. Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 10 14. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9 *** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 9 *** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 9 17. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 8 18. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 7 *** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 7 20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 6 *** Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 6 *** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 6 *** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 6 *** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 6 25. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedmann) : 4 26. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 0 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 141 02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 138 03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 134 04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 129 05. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 124 AWZ Total Episodes: 21 01. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 19 02. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 18 03. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 17 04. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 16 *** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie von Altenburg) : 16 06. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 15 *** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 15 *** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 15 *** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 15 10. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14 *** Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) : 14 12. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 13 13. Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 12 14. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 11 *** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 11 16. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10 *** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 10 18. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 8 19. Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 5 *** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 5 21. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 2 *** Ivan Gallardo (Ninan Diaz) : 2 *** Jasmin Wagner aka "Blümchen" (Dr. Ines Bandura) : 2 24. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 1 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 152 02. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 150 03. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk): 145 04. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 142 05. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 141 UU Total Episodes: 21 01. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17 *** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 17 *** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 17 *** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 17 *** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 17 06. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 16 07. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15 *** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 15 09. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 14 *** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 14 *** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 14 12. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 13 13. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 12 14. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 11 *** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 11 *** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 11 17. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 10 *** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 10 19. Mirja du Mont (Mareike Ott) : 8 20. Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 6 21. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 5 *** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 5 23. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 4 *** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4 *** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 4 *** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 4 27. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3 *** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 3 29. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 1 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 154 02. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber): 151 03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 150 04. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 149 *** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 149

41 countries will take part in the 2022 contest. All the countries that participated in 2021 will return – in addition, Armenia and Montenegro are back in the game. Both countries last participated in 2019, with both failing to qualify for the Grand Final.

Yeah, you named the only stories of that time that could be considered good 🤣 Leon's mob story and Gerner and Barbara driving Katja crazy with a zombie happened in early 1999, so I give you that. Also, Anna's schizophrenia was a good storyline, with her three personalities and then killing her therapist. That also happened in the first half of 1999. After that, it went downhill quickly. The Barbara recast destroyed the character and pairing her with the equally bad Peter recast didn't help. To make things worse, they had this awful triangle going on with that Lara chick which lasted forever. IIRC, the actress playing Lara became a contract role before she was quietly dropped from one day to the next. Xenia was a shrew, and the Bohlstädt family (Chris, Charlotte & Franziska) were duds, hence they were written off in 2000/2001. The actor playing Jan was godawful, and he and Charlotte didn't have the slightest chemistry. Flo and Martin were simply boring. The only saving grace was Sonja constantly interfering in their love life. The less I say about Kai, Marie, Moritz and Sandra, the better. I couldn't stand any of them. Losing Nataly and Fabian was a mistake as I felt both still had enough ties to the canvas. AFAIK, the actress playing Nataly was fired because "her character's story had been told". I don't remember Clemens, Elisabeth, Daniel or Jo having an important storyline during this time, either. The only good addition during this period was Senta but it took some time until she had a good story. Oh, and I forgot about Inka. Too bad she went psycho that quickly. Well, at least she shot Chris. And re: the Teens – in the late 90s/early 00s, the show was targeted at a (mainly female) teenage audience, hence the monthly "Official GZSZ Magazine" with posters and beauty stuff, the official GZSZ CDs, singing soap actors, the official GZSZ perfume etc. I was a teenager back then as well, and a lot of people in my class watched GZSZ and the other soaps. These days, GZSZ is mainly targeted at women in their 30s. That's why characters like Katrin, Nina, Yvonne and Maren and their love lifes have become the main focus. 4 women in their 40s/early 50s as lead characters wouldn't have been possible in the 90s since most characters were supposed to be younger than 30 back then (that many actors looked older is a different thing).

Apparently Susan will not be returning as the late Verena, but as a different character. She's probably a lookalike – or maybe Leon just wants to believe that she looks like Verena. Moritz did have a storyline and even a short-term boyfriend (Fabio, image below). After being gay-bashed, he wanted to fight back and started working out to gain physical strength. However, he got into some legal trouble (again). Right now, they're slowly developing a triangle between Moritz, the Luis recast and Luis's girlfriend Miro (played by Sara Fuchs, another new contract role). TVNOW (soon rebranded as RTL+) is the only website where you can legally watch GZSZ and the other soaps. RTL is very strict when it comes to their copyrighted material so they take everything else down quickly. At least the subtitles on TVNOW are accurate – the auto-generated subtitles on youtube or other platforms are just horrible gibberish. None of the grammar makes sense. Btw, TVNOW has almost finished uploading all episodes from 1998. So only the years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are still missing – everything else is complete. Out of these missing years, only the period between 2002 and 2003 was worth watching. 1999 to 2001 were probably the show's worst era because there was too much focus on the teenagers. This week on GZSZ:

Last week on GZSZ: Next week on GZSZ: Episode Counts September 2021 GZSZ Total episodes: 20 01. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 18 02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17 03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 16 04. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 15 05. Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 14 06. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 13 *** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 13 08. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12 *** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 12 10. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 11 *** Lennart König (Fabio Beck) : 11 *** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 11 *** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 11 14. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 10 15. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 9 *** Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 9 17. Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 7 *** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 7 *** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 7 20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 6 *** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 6 *** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 6 23. Norbert Ghafouri (Prof. Dr. Lothar Degenhardt) : 5 *** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 5 25. Marc Weinmann (Luis Ahrens) : 4 26. Christoph Moreno ("Jay" Lukas Ritter) : 2 *** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 2 28. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedermann) : 1 *** Sara Fuchs (Miriam Behnke) : 1 *** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 1 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 132 02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 121 03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 119 04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 114 05. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 109 *** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 109 AWZ Total episodes: 22 01. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 21 02. Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 19 03. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 18 04. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 17 *** Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 17 06. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 15 *** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie Reichenbach) : 15 *** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 15 *** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 15 10. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14 *** Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 14 *** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 14 *** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 14 *** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14 *** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 14 16. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 13 *** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 13 *** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 13 19. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 11 20. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10 21. Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) : 9 22. Erol Sander (Frank Giese) : 6 *** Verena Zimmermann (Manuela Geroll) : 6 24. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 5 *** Maurice Pawlewski (Marc Giese) : 5 26. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 3 27. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 2 *** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 2 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 139 02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 137 03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 131 04. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 129 05. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 126 *** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 126 UU Total episodes: 22 01. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 19 02. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 18 *** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 18 *** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 18 05. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 17 06. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 16 *** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 16 08. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 15 *** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 15 *** Isabelle Julie Geiss (Nika Färber) : 15 *** Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 15 *** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15 13. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 14 14. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 11 *** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 11 16. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 10 *** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 10 *** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 10 *** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 10 20. Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 9 21. Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 7 22. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6 23. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 5 24. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 4 *** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4 *** Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 4 *** Angelika Milster-Bauer (Hilde Müller) : 4 28. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 2 *** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2 *** Lisa Küppers (Angelina Köhler) : 2 31. Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 1 *** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo “Easy” Winter) : 1 Yearly Top 5 so far: 01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 142 02. Isabelle Julie Geiss (Nika Färber) : 137 03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 134 04. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 132 *** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 132 *** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 132

Well, they are not forgotten – I just don't consider them typical "daily soaps". ARD labels "Sturm der Liebe" and "Rote Rosen" as telenovelas. Even though they have been running continously since 2005 and 2006, respectively, they are produced in "cycles", i. e. the main couple is replaced after ~ 200 episodes. In addition, both shows clearly attract an older audience (there was a running gag that everytime "Sturm der Liebe" is pre-empted, there are riots in every nursing home across the country). Both shows are rumored to be cancelled after the next season because ARD wants to restructure their afternoon line-up and both shows are quite expensive to produce. "Dahoam is Dahoam" only runs on ARD's Bavarian station BR and is very popular in the Southern states – but it does indeed have a strong local color and represents many clichés that people in other regions expect of Bavaria. (I'm from the Northwest and don't like the Bavarian dialect at all ) I think they have a market share of 2 or 3 percent.

Yeah, this is going to be a tough race ... I don't want Laschet to become the next chancellor – simply because he is a clown and I can't take him seriously. Well, at least right-wing AfD only managed to receive 10% of the vote. In my city, they had their best results in the poorer suburbs where a lot of immigrants live – which doesn't really make sense. The Greens won the city vote by a close shave.

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.

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:

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: --- 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. --- 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: --- 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

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. 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]

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