Huntress

Episode Counts April 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 17

02. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 14

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 14

04. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 13

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann): 13

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 13

07. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 12

*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 12

09. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 11

*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers): 11

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 11

12. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 10

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

*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers): 10

15. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 9

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 9

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee): 9

18. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 8

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann): 8

*** Lars Pape (Michael Bode): 8

21. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 7

22. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 6

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 6

24. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 5

25. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedermann): 4

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 4

*** Benjamin Trinks (Bastian Münzer): 4

28. Ilknur Boyraz (Sibel Erdemir): 2

*** Cyrus David (Mustafa Güney): 2

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 17

02. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos): 16

*** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 16

*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler): 16

*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp): 16

06. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk): 15

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht): 15

*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp): 15

09. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 14

10. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk): 13

*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski): 13

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt): 13

13. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 12

*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach): 12

*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner): 12

16. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler): 11

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer): 11

*** Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss): 11

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp): 11

20. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk): 9

21. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp): 8

22. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer): 5

23. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz): 4

24. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp): 2

*** Hannes Schmid (Kai Löwenau): 2

 

UU

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 17

02. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 16

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel): 16

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

05. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger): 15

06. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 14

*** Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber): 14

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber): 14

09. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel): 13

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel): 13

*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel): 13

12. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann): 12

*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner): 12

*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo “Easy” Winter): 12

15. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel): 11

*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 11

*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber): 11

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber): 11

19. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper): 10

20. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld): 9

*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel): 9

22. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel): 8

23. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters): 7

*** Ramon Ademse (Roger Schmitz): 7

25. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger): 4

26. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel): 3

*** Paul Eilert (Julius Engel): 3

28. Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs): 2

29. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer 1

Yep, 50 actors took part in those videos which were supposed to be satirical ... they had good intentions, but obviously didn't think it through and it sparked a huge controversy today. Many of these videos have already been taken down.

In most parts of Europe, the situation is still tense.

Germany now has a nation-wide ban on going out between 10 pm and 5 am in all cities and regions with a 7-day incidence higher than 100 (which affects 350 of 401 cities and regions).

In my city, the number of covid cases has hit an all-time high today.

The vaccination process took too long to get started. Roughly 20 % of the population has received one shot, and only 7 % of the population has been fully vaccinated yet.

 

Number of cases per 100.000 citizens in all European countries:

1. Sweden : 391
2. Croatia : 378
3. France : 343
4. Netherlands : 331
5. Lithuania : 270
6. Hungary : 266
7. Poland : 257
8. Slovenia : 240
9. Estonia : 238
10. Serbia : 217
11. North Macedonia : 216
12. Belgium : 210
13. Latvia : 208
14. Bosnia & Herzegovina : 206
15. Luxembourg : 202
16. Ukraine : 199
17. Montenegro : 189
18. Greece : 187
19. Czech Republic : 184
20. Bulgaria : 178
21. Austria : 176
22. Germany : 172
23. Switzerland : 163
24. Italy : 158
25. Spain : 126
26. Romania : 107
27. Moldova : 100
28. Denmark : 92
29. Belarus : 90
30. Slovakia : 80
31. Norway : 71
32. Malta : 65
33. Ireland : 52
34. Russia : 42
35. Albania : 36
36. Portugal : 33
37. Finland : 33
38. United Kingdom : 26
39. Iceland : 25

Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11437314

On 3/26/2021 at 10:36 AM, DRW50 said:

I wonder if he will pop up on the VL revival.

 

I don't think he will – in the first season, they brought back Olli, Clarissa, Charlie, Ansgar, Carla and eventually Tanja. It's unclear if there'll be a second season.

 

Episode Counts March 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 23

 

01. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 16
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 16
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 16
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 16
05. Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 15
*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 15
07. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 14
*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 14
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 14
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 14
11. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 13
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 13
13. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12
*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers) : 12
15. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 10
*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 10
17. Vildan Cirpan (Nazan Akinci) : 9
*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 9
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 9
21. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 8
22. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 7
*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer) : 7
*** Lars Pape (Michael Bode) : 7
25. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 6
26. Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 4
27. Zoé Baillieu (Kate Wiedmann): 2

 

AWZ

Total Episodes: 23

 

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 19
*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 19
03. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 18
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 18
05. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 17
*** Christopher Kohn (Finn Albrecht) : 17
07. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 16
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 16
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 16
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 16
11. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 14
*** Tijan Nije (Moritz Brunner) : 14
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 14
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 14
16. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 11
*** Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 11
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 11
19. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 9
20. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 7
21. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 5
22. Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) : 3
23. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 1
24. Julia Augustin (Vanessa Steinkamp) : 0

 

UU

Total Episodes: 23

 

01. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 22
02. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 19
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 19
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 19
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 19
06. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 18
07. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 16
08. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 14
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 14
10. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 13
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 13
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 13
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 13
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 13
15. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 12
*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 11
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 11
18. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 9
*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 9
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 9
21. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 8
22. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 7
*** Matthias Paul (Anton Hoffmann) : 7
24. Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 6
*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 6
*** Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6
27. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 5
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 5
29. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 4
*** Stefan Franz (Rolf Jäger) : 4
*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 4
32. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
33. Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2
34. Jonathan Elias Weiske (Sebastian Hoffmann) : 1

 

Episode Counts 1996

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 248

 

It was a year of change for GZSZ: Of the 18 contract cast members that were on the show in January, only 8 of them were still part of the cast in December: Original characters Clemens, Vera, Elisabeth, Daniel and Elke plus Jo, Charlie and Andy. Everyone else departed the show for various reasons: Some actors wanted to pursue primetime gigs, others were reportedly only taking a break – but eventually never returned. The voids were filled with a bunch of newbies who were gradually upgraded to contract roles. During the summer months, the show only had 14 contract roles, compared to 22 to 24 which has been the standard since the late 90s.

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:

Victoria Sturm (Milla Engel) – January (with 2 more appearances in March)
Alexander Kiersch (Patrick Graf) – January

Sali Landricina (Peter Becker #2) – January (short-term return)

Julia Gerke (Jenny Gruber) – January

Judith Gerke (Jessi Gruber) – January

Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) – February (maternity leave)

Irene Neuner (Dr. Rebecca Scheele) – March

Jan Sosniok (Tom Lehmann) – March

Andreas Elsholz (Heiko Richter) – April

Saskia Valencia (Saskia Rother) – May

Alexandra Finder (Kim Scheele) – June
Sandra Keller (Tina Zimmermann #1) – July

Norbert Hülm (Robert König) – November

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf #2) – February (recurring since January 1996)
Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) – April (recurring since January 1996)

Norbert Hülm (Robert König) – April (recurring since March 1995)

Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)
Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)

Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)

Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) – May (recurring since March 1996)

Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) – September (return from maternity leave)

Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) – December (recurring since February 1996)

Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) – December (recurring since May 1996)

Kea Könecker (Chrissie Lehmann) – December (recurring since July 1996)

 

01. Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 186
02. Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 184
03. Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 176
04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 164
05. Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 156
06. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 145
07. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 140
08. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 139
09. Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 133
10. Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 131

 

11. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 130
12. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 121
13. Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf #2) : 117
14. Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 112
15. Sandra Keller (Tina Zimmermann #1) : 103
16. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 102
17. Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 93
18. Norbert Hülm (Robert König) : 81
19. Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 71
20. Saskia Valencia (Saskia Rother) : 68

 

21. Gerd-Lukas Storzer (Götz von der Heyde, Gerner's henchman) : 64
22. Alexandra Finder (Kim Scheele) : 61
23. Andreas Elsholz (Heiko Richter) : 58
24. Jan Sosniok (Tom Lehmann) : 44
25. Claudio Maniscalco (Felix Reinecke, magician, Vanessa's first love) : 42
26. Nicole Dirks (Carolin Carnet, gossip reporter, Leon's affair) : 35
*** Rhoda Kaindl (Eva Reichel, Charlie's crazy aunt, murdered Lizzy) : 35
28. Mey Lan Chao (Harumi Shimizu, Japanese businesswoman, Tom's affair, Saskia's girlfriend) : 33
29. Irene Neuner (Dr. Rebecca Scheele) : 32
30. Regina Lorenz (Sophie von Strehlow, socialite, Charlie's girlfriend) : 31

 

31. Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 30
32. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 29
*** Andreas Krätzig (Claudius Mohr, tax collector, Tina's affair, deceased) : 29
34. Roland Boecker (Volker Wettstein, drug lord, Katja's father, Elisabeth's affair) : 28
35. Hans Klima (Arndt Oliver, police officer) : 21
*** Joseph Rothmann (Benno Driese, Barbara's kidnapper) : 21
37. Andrea Günther (Britta Werder, Nataly's classmate, accused Jörg of molesting her) : 19
38. Joyce Prochnow (Melissa Becker, Peter's Australian wife, Elisabeth's daughter-in-law) : 15
39. Thomas Franz (Gottfried Wenzel, Carolin's boss, blackmailed Flo) : 13
*** Matthias Fuchs (Markus, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13
*** Daniel Höferlin (Hoff, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13
*** Anna Lübbecke (Lizzy Ehlers, Kim's best friend, murdered by Eva) : 13
*** Sabine Manke (Susanne, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13

44. Alexander Kiersch (Patrick Graf) : 12
*** Viktor Neumann (Dr. Sonnemann, Gerner's lawyer) : 12
46. Julia Gerke (Jenny Gruber) : 11
*** Judith Gerke (Jessi Gruber) : 11
48. Kerstin Gold (Kommissarin Meier, police officer) : 11
*** Peter Hladik (Heinrich Rother, Saskia's father) : 11
*** Klaus Tilsner (Polizist Bause, police officer) : 11

 

51. Victoria Sturm (Milla Engel) : 10
*** Monica Gruber (Mrs. Wolgast, lawyer) : 10
*** Georg Leumer (Mr. Brandt, DA) : 10
*** Dietlind Stahl (Mrs. Ziegler, judge) : 10
55. Jessica Schulte am Hülse (Jessica, new member of pop group "Just Friends") : 9
56. Sali Landricina (Peter Becker #2) : 8
*** Markus Boestfleisch (Micky Menzel, owner of "King") : 8
*** Marina Erdmann (Dagmar Jäger, Nataly's mother) : 8
*** Peter Groeger (Richard Graf, Jo and Patrick's father) : 8
*** Wolfgang Lohse (Erwin Blohm, employee of "Der kleine Graf") : 8
*** Roberto Thoenelt (Arne Alberts, drug dealer) : 8
62. Maurice Jones (Cecil Pitt, Jenny and Jessi's biological father) : 7
*** Lena Lessing (Joanne Pitt, Jenny and Jessi's biological mother) : 7
*** Nadine Winster (Jeanette, guardian at "Villa Regenbogen") : 7
65. Ana Fonell (Annette Siepermann, member of teacher-parent association) : 6
*** Bärbel Röhl (Hilde Lehmann, Tom, Andy and Chrissie's mother) : 6
*** Werner Schuster (Manni Fürst, reporter at "Morgenecho") : 6
*** Giso Weissbach (Rudi Lehmann, Tom, Andy and Chrissie's father) : 6
*** Denise Zich (Daniela, former member of pop group "Just Friends") : 6
70. Sylvia Esch (Kate Popp, model) : 5
*** Dietmar Irmer (Pastor Schulenburg, priest) : 5
*** Niklas Zander (Mickey, child at "Villa Regenbogen") : 5

My Top 10 at the moment:

 

1. Norway

2. Cyprus

3. Belgium

4. San Marino

5. Denmark 

6. Netherlands

7. Romania

8. Australia

9. Albania

10. Ireland

 

My joint last place goes to North Macedonia, Georgia and Latvia.

Huge hits here right now ... the first two are remixes / reinterpretation of 90s songs.

 

 

 

 

 

Belarus is out: https://eurovision.tv/story/ebu-statement-on-belarusian-entry-2021?fbclid=IwAR05RRUrYTWS0yJxPVZiU3L8iLrHHS7TRDtgFVAR4tPbJe33cvwMQPMPUfE

 

That leaves us with 39 participating countries.

On 3/15/2021 at 2:43 AM, DRW50 said:

Why was the abortion story controversial? Her age? Or just the abortion element?

 

Yes to both reasons. There are enough conservative people who openly speak out against abortions, and on GZSZ, it was only the second time that a character had an abortion – in almost 30 years (the first one was Milla Engel in 1995).

 

In case anyone remembers Thore Schölermann, one half of the popular "Chrolli" couple from VL, he took part in the 4th season of "The Masked Singer Germany" and finished in 5th place. Schölermann posed as the purple-colored "Monstronaut", the cheeky child of the "Astronaut" and the "Monster", two costumes that took part in an earlier season.

Songs he sang were: "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga, "When You Were Young" by The Killers, "T.N.T." by AC/DC, "Can't Stop"/"Give It Away" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Careless Whisper" by George Michael, "Bad Boy for Life" by Diddy, and "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.
Since leaving his acting career behind, Schölermann has been a tv host, known for presenting "taff", "The Voice of Germany", "The Voice Kids" and other shows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Dion said:

I'd hazard a guess and say they probably copied the spelling from the character in The Sound of Music

 

... which takes place in Austria where again another variation of German is spoken  Fun fact: While a classic in the US, the movie The Sound of Music is basically unknown in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and was a huge commercial failure when it was released.

On 3/17/2021 at 8:36 PM, Faulkner said:

Watching Quebec-born Kathleen Gati play German doctor Obrecht on today’s GH got me thinking: what are some of the best and worst accents you’ve seen actors do on soaps over the years? 

 

I've watched some of Gati's scenes on Youtube, and as a German, I can say that her accent isn't that accurate. Especially her intonation sounds wrong to my ears... it's way too melodic, like French or Italian, and she also swallows a lot of consonants. If she's supposed to be from Switzerland, then she wouldn't have a stereotypical "German" accent because they speak a different variation of German there. (By the way, why is the character called "Liesl"? The proper spelling would be "Liesel", a short form of Elisabeth, but that variation has been out of fashion for almost 100 years.)

North Macedonia could withdraw as well ... there's been some controversy because an artpiece resembling the Bulgarian flag appeared in their music video, and some nationalists called for a boycott. These people are also attacking singer Vasil on social media with homophobic slurs.
There's also been an incident surrounding the singer from Georgia because he allegedly called Eurovision a "sh*tshow" on Twitter.

 

What would Eurovision be without some annual drama from Eastern European countries

Azerbaijan:

 

 

So, the mysterious stalker who kidnapped the children of Schillerallee 10 during UU's event week was indeed Rolf Jäger, the show's resident lunatic. Presumed dead after driving his motorcycle into a canyon in 2016, he returned to wreak new havoc. The character was again played by Stefan Franz who was on contract from 2002 to 2013 and again from 2014 to 2016. It's still unclear if he'll return fulltime.

 

On GZSZ, contract star Ronja Herberich departs the show this spring. She was introduced as Erik's teenage daughter Merle in January 2020. She was in a relationship with Jonas and became pregnant. Eventually, she had an abortion (which was a very controversial story). Since then, Merle has been on the backburner, so her exit doesn't come as a surprise. 

 

Flashback: GZSZ Episode count December 1996
Total episodes: 18

01. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 18
02. Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 17
*** Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 17
04. Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 16
*** Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 16
06. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 15
*** Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 15
*** Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 15
*** Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 15
10. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 14
*** Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 14
*** Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 14
*** Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 14

14. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 11
15. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 10
16. Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf) : 9
17. Claudio Maniscalco (Felix Reinecke) : 8
18. Hans Klima (Kommissar Arndt Oliver) : 6
*** Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 6
20. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 5

21. Roland Boecker (Volker Wettstein) : 4
*** Regina Lorenz (Sophie von Strehlow) : 4
23. Ana Fonell (Mrs. Siepermann) : 3
24. Yasmina Bohlen Filali (Yasmin Hüttermann, Sophie's friend) : 2
*** Dietmar Irmer (Pastor Schulenburg, priest) : 2
*** Wolfgang Lohse (Erwin Blohm, employee of "Der kleine Graf" ) : 2
*** Werner Schuster (Manni Fürst, reporter at "Morgenecho" ) : 2
*** Marlene Tackenberg (Jazzy, member of pop group "Tic Tac Toe") : 2
*** Ricarda Wältken (Ricky, member of pop group"Tic Tac Toe") : 2
*** Liane Wiegelmann (Lee, member of pop group "Tic Tac Toe" ) : 2
31. April de Luca (Franziska Moretti, madam) : 1
32. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 0

The entry from Belarus will most likely be disqualified because of its political lyrics.

 

United Kingdom:

 

 

This is great and will probably give San Marino its best result ever (ok, given their poor track record, this is not that hard to manage  ).
However, it's still not clear if FloRida will appear on stage with Senhit ...

Estonia is just as bland as their entry last year. Portugal is a snoozefest as well. Quite a lot of songs this year lack a proper hook or a distinctive melody.

 

Denmark rides on the current 80s retro trend – I kind of like it. By the way, this will be the first time since 1997 that we will hear the Danish language in the contest.

Armenia withdraws from the 2021 Contest: https://eurovision.tv/story/armenia-withdraws-from-eurovision-2021

20 hours ago, OzFrog said:

Why?

 

I just don't like his "Oh, I'm so quirky and bubbly" personality and the song is nothing I would give a second listen to. It's too chaotic, hectic and disjointed for my taste.
But we'll see ... I didn't like Lena either 

 

Meanwhile ... Ireland:

 

 

Germany's entry ... I'm so embarrased for my country.

 

 

Episode Counts: February 2021

 

GZSZ
Total episodes: 20

 

01. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 15

02. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 14

03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 13

*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 13

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 13

06. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 12

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 12

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 12

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 12

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

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 11

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 11

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 11

15. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 10

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 10

16. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 9

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 9

*** Birgit Würz (Patrizia Araya) : 9

19. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 8

20. Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 7

21. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 6

22. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 5

*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer) : 5

24. Lars Pape (Michael Bode) : 3

25. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 2

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
– none –

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

– none –

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 18

02. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 17

*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 17

04. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 16

*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 16

07. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 15

*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 15

09. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 14

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14

*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 14

12. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 13

*** Christopher Kohn (Finn Albrecht) : 13

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 13

*** Tijan Nije (Moritz Brunner) : 13

*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 13

17. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 11

18. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 10

19. Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 8

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 8

21. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 6

22. Pingting Zang (Naoko Takano) : 5

23. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 4

*** Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 4

 

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
– none –

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]

Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) – 03/??/2021 [upcoming]

 

UU

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 16

02. Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 15

*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 15

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 15

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15

06. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 14

*** Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 14

*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 14

*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 14

10. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 13

11. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 12

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 12

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 12

*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 12

15. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 11

*** Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 11

*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 11

18. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 10

19. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 9

*** Jonathan Elias Weiske (Sebastian Hoffmann) : 9

21. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 8

22. Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 7

*** Kayden (Aaron Weigel) : 7

24. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 6

*** Matthias Paul (Anton Hoffmann) 6

26. Josephine Becker (Leni Weigel) : 4

*** Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 4

*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 4

29. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 3

*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 2

31. Roger Schmitz (Ramon Ademes) : 2

 

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Josephine Becker (Leni Weigel) – 02/04/2021

Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) – 03/10/2021 [upcoming]

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]
Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]

I fear this will be another bottom 5 placing for Spain ... the song goes nowhere.

 

So far I only like Norway's entry, although it was better in Norwegian. The English lyrics sound a bit clumsy.

 

Btw, the official youtube channel has started uploading videos highlighting each countries' past entries. So far, 5 countries have been featured:

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Skylover said:

I had to laugh when Moritz was sick from smoking a cigar. Up to this point we've been led to believe he's this quite street-wise lad, so that storyline felt a bit at odds with his character.

 

I guess they originally had different plans for Moritz including a "real" relationship with another guy, but had to change storylines due to Covid-19. When he joined the show, he was supposed to "turn a straight guy's head". So now he's kind of floating around with no strong ties to any of the other younger characters.

 

It was the same on AWZ last year ... they had to abruptly stop the Chiara/Ina relationship because they couldn't film intimate scenes between the two actresses and they wanted to tell the story differently. While Chiara was still used in the figure-skating storylines, Ina was reduced to being a prop in her siblings' storylines. Fans of the couple were furious.

Norway:

 

 

Finland:

 

 

While it's not a soap per se ... I just started binge-watching "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" (We, the Children of Berlin Zoo Station), an Amazon Original. The series is based on the 1978 autobiographical book and 1981 movie of the same name (the English title is "Christiane F.") and follows the lives of teenagers Christiane, Stella, Babsi, Alex, Benno and Michi in West Berlin in the 1970s. They all come from broken homes and descend into a downward spiral with drugs, prostitution, rape, murder etc. The show is quite disturbing, but also very moving and it has some good acting.