Wetten, dass..?
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| Genre |
Game show Late-night talk show Variety show |
| Created by | Frank Elstner |
| Presented by |
Main Host: Frank Elstner (1981–1987) Thomas Gottschalk (1987–1992, 1994–2011) Wolfgang Lippert (1992–1993) Markus Lanz (2012–2014) Sidekick: Michelle Hunziker (2009–2011) Cindy aus Marzahn (2012–2013) |
| Country of origin | Germany Austria Switzerland |
| No. of episodes | 153 (Gottschalk) 39 (Elstner) 12 (Lanz) 9 (Lippert) Total: 213 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Germany Austria Switzerland |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF, ORF, SF DRS |
| Picture format |
576i (4:3 SDTV) (1981–2007) 576i (16:9 SDTV) (2007–2010) 720p (16:9 HDTV) (2010–2014) |
| Original release | February 14, 1981 – December 13, 2014 |
| Website | |
Wetten, dass..? (German for "Wanna bet, that..?") was a long-running German-language entertainment television show. It was the most successful Saturday television show in Europe. Its format was the basis for the British show You Bet! and the US-American show Wanna Bet?.
The shows were broadcast live six to eight times a year from different cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. There were also seven open-air summer shows, broadcast from Amphitheatre Xanten, Plaça de Toros de Palma de Mallorca, Disneyland Paris, Waldbühne Berlin, and Aspendos Roman Theatre. Each of the shows, which were shown without commercial interruption, were usually scheduled to last for about two hours, but it was not uncommon for a show to run as much as 45 minutes longer.
On 14 February 1981, the German channel ZDF broadcast the first episode in cooperation with the Austrian broadcaster ORF and the Swiss channel SF DRS. The inventor of the show, Frank Elstner, hosted the show until its 39th episode in 1987. Wetten, dass..? has since been hosted by entertainer Thomas Gottschalk, except during a brief interval from 1992 to 1993, when nine episodes were presented by Wolfgang Lippert. Gottschalk hosted his 100th episode of the show on 27 March 2004.
In summer 2007, Wetten, dass..? had its first show in 16:9 widescreen. Since late 2009, Michelle Hunziker has assisted Gottschalk in hosting the show. The show on 27 February 2010 was the first show broadcast in HD. Thomas Gottschalk left the show on 3 December 2011, the end of the 2011 season, because of an accident involving Samuel Koch, a 23-year-old man who became a quadriplegic due to a stunt which he performed on the show of 4 December 2010.
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