Thomas Johannes Gottschalk is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting Wetten, dass..?, for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol between 1987 and 2023. Until 2015, he was also the brand ambassador in television advertisements for Haribo confectionery.
Wetten, dass..? is a German-language Saturday entertainment television show. It is the largest and most successful television show in Europe. Its format was the basis for the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?
Jumping stilts, bounce stilts or spring stilts are special stilts that allow the user to run, jump and perform various acrobatics. Spring stilts using fiberglass leaf springs were patented in the United States in 2004 under the trademark "PowerSkip", marketed for recreational and extreme sports use. Spring stilts are often mostly made of aluminium. Using these stilts is also called "bocking" or "powerbocking", a corrupted version of the name of the stilts' inventor, Alexander Böck.
Mirjam Weichselbraun is an Austrian television host and actress, best known in Austria for presenting Dancing Stars, Life Ball and the Vienna Opera Ball. She is best known, outside Austria and Germany, for co-presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.
Wolfgang Lippert is a German entertainer, singer, and actor. He was one of the most popular entertainers of the GDR. After working as an auto mechanic and photographer, he came into the show business as a TV show host and singer.
Timm Franz Maria Elstner, known as Frank Elstner, is an Austrian-born German television presenter.
Jan Josef Liefers, is a German actor, producer, director and musician.
Christiane Herzog (née Krauss; was the wife of Roman Herzog, the former President of Germany.
Larissa-Antonia Marolt is an Austrian fashion model and actress. She was the winner of the first cycle of Austria's Next Topmodel. After her victory she also participated in the fourth season of Germany's Next Top Model, where she was placed eighth.
Jürgen Ludwig Drews is a German schlager singer.
Das Supertalent is a German talent show, part of the internationally successful Got Talent franchise, presented by Victoria Swarovski and Knossi. Just like in all other versions of the franchise, auditions take place and the judges review their talent and then later the home audience votes in an election to deem who wins. The prize money is €50,000.
In German humour, a Manta joke is a joke cycle about the Mantafahrer, the male owner of an Opel Manta, whose name usually is Manni, who is an aggressive driver, lower class, macho, of lower intelligence, and infatuated with both his car and his blonde hairdresser girlfriend. He always drives with his elbow sticking out of the window, his car is always lowered, tuned and decorated with a foxtail on the aerial and a "Kenwood" sticker on the rear window. His education level is generally at most limited to Hauptschule, where he may have had to repeat several classes, and he likes to use interjections "Ey" and "Boah". When speaking to women, he shows extremely direct flirting behaviour. The Manta owners also have a rivalry with Volkswagen Golf GTi owners, often racing them.
This is a list of German television related events from 1995.
This is a list of German television related events from 1996.
This is a list of German television related events from 1987.
Viktor Worms is a German radio and television host and producer.
Friedrich Paul Kühne is a German slackliner and multiple highline world record holder best known for numerous first free solo crossings of some of the world's tallest and most renowned highlines. He is also credited with the invention of various acrobatic highline tricks.
Florian Andreas Wieder is a German production designer, set designer and creative producer.
