Golden gong
The Golden Gong is a media award from the television magazine Gong and was awarded for the first time on March 16, 1979. The award is usually made annually and is awarded by the editorial conference for fictional and non-fictional programs; the jury honors outstanding achievements on television.
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The golden gong is not endowed with a monetary amount. The award winner receives a certificate and a sculpture designed by the artist Christoph Böllinger.
jury
The jury is made up of all of the magazine's editors. The vote on the award must be unanimous. If no agreement can be reached on a prize winner, the prize will not be awarded.
Divisions
The prize can be awarded in the categories of acting, direction, editing, sound, supervising editing, script, moderation, camera or production.
Award winners
1979
- Ernst-Ludwig Freisewinkel for his coverage of Iran
- Pit Klein for leeway
- Ernst Arendt and Hans Schweiger for two episodes of the television series Animals in front of the camera
- Dieter Kürten for his report on the international soccer match between the Federal Republic of Germany and Argentina
- Jürgen Haller and the Spielraum team
1980
- Christian Weisenborn and Michael Wulfes for the film The lawn of your dreams about soccer
- Eberhard Fechner (director) and Edda Seippel (representation) for a chapter of its own
- Bruno Moravetz for his reports on the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid
- Max H. Rehbein and Jens-Uwe Scheffler for marathon in New York
- Ralf Reck for his report on drugs in Report magazine
- Friedrich Nowottny for moderating the 1980 federal election
1981
- Harry Valérien for his report on a fall during the downhill ski race in Kitzbühel
- Siegfried Hofmann for The Funny World of Animals
- Wolfgang Becker and Gerd Böckmann for the television game From one day to the next
- Georg Stefan Troller and team for encounter in jail
- Alfred Weidenmann (director), Martin Böttcher (music) and Harald Vock (book) for special department K1 , Die Rache des V-Mannes
- Helmut Pfleger for chess you can touch
- Rudi Carrell for Rudi's daytime show
1982
- Peter von Zahn for the entertainment program Fun, Games, Sports and Spook
- Hermann Leitner for his Heinz Rühmann portrait trial portrait
- Dana Vávrová (performance), Franz Peter Wirth (direction) and Janina David (book) for A Piece of Heaven
- National soccer teams Germany and France for the semi-final game of the soccer world championship in 1982 with subsequent penalty shoot-out
- Horst Schättle , Horst Keller , Ruprecht Eser , Claudia Pörings and Wolf von Holleben as authors of reconstructions: Schleyer's kidnapping
1983
- Gustl Bayrhammer for his portrayal of Meister Eder in Meister Eder und seine Pumuckl
- Egon Monk for his two-parter Die Geschwister Oppermann
- Helmut Dietl , Helmut Fischer and Ruth Maria Kubitschek for Monaco Franze
- Bo Eriksson , Carl Löfmann and Lennart Nilsson for the report The Miracle of Life
- Thomas Gottschalk for something like that! Extra!
- Wolf von Lojewski for his report about Big Ben
- Hellmut Gassner (production designer) and Klaus Emmerich (director) for the television series Rote Erde
1984
- Peter Krebs for his documentary Children in Vietnam
- Jindřich Polák (director) and Ota Hofman (book) for the children's series The Visitors
- Damiano Damiani (Director) and Michele Placido (Representation) for Alone Against the Mafia
- Edgar Reitz for directing Heimat
1985
- Rolf Seelmann- Eggebert for day for Africa
- Reinhard Donga for the script and direction of Das Hintertürl zum Paradies
- Wolfgang Petersen (director) and Jost Vacano (camera) for Das Boot
- Dieter Meichsner (book) and Dieter Wedel (director) for Schwarz Rot Gold : Don't shoot!
- Dieter Kronzucker and Hanns Joachim Friedrichs for pictures from America
- Friedrich Nowottny for his 571st moderation of report from Bonn
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (representation) and Peter Schulze-Rohr (direction) for Hautnah
1986
- Klaus Wennemann for his portrayal in Der Fahnder
- Georg Stefan Troller for the three-part Wohin und zurück
- Manfred Krug for his portrayal in Liebling Kreuzberg
- Alois Fink and Fritz Zeilinger for the report from the Munich Oktoberfest parade
- Gernot Roll for the picture guide in the three-part series With my hot tears
- Gert Monheim for his documentation Wanted is ... a cause of death
1987
- Jan Niklas for his portrayal as Peter the Great
- Georg Thoma for his commentary on the Nordic World Ski Championships
- Karin Thaler for her portrayal in Gunda's father
- Franz Xaver Bogner for writing and directing the series Zur Freiheit
- Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff for his last show One will win
1988
- August Everding for his conference of the singing gala
- Jurek Becker for Liebling Kreuzberg's book
- Martin Steinhoff , Hanspeter Oswald , Wolfgang Pfetzing and Jörg Gücking from the Hessischer Rundfunk for the saving idea of the micro in the Borken borehole
- Ilona Christen for moderating the ZDF television garden
- Felix Kuballa for his report We are looking for ... a cause of a crash
- Hannelore Hoger for her portrayal in Die Bertinis
1989
- Gerhard Polt and Gisela Schneeberger (representation) as well as Hanns Christian Müller (direction) for Fast wia in real life
- Friedhelm Busch for the program Telebörse on Sat.1
- Henric L. Wuermeling for August 39
- Max H. Rehbein for Report from Hell
- Götz George (representation) as well as Krystian Martinek and Neithardt Riedel (screenplay) for Schulz and Schulz
1990
- Harald Windisch for the idea of the Musikantenstadl
- Olaf Kracht and Ulrich Meyer for Explosiv - The Hot Chair
- Raimund Weber / Tillmann Scholl for In Search of Albert Richter
- Gabriele Krone-Schmalz for her report on KGB crimes and glasnost
1991
- Hape Kerkeling for the last three episodes of Total Normal
- Willy Purucker (screenplay) and Rainer Wolffhardt (director) for Löwengrube
- Eberhard Fechner for the documentary Wolfskinder
- Heinrich Breloer for the television play colleague Otto
- Gerd Ruge for reporting from Moscow during the attempted coup
1992
- Gerhard Polt for his sketch in Wetten, dass ..?
- Bodo Fürneisen (director), Jutta Wachowiak , Walfriede Schmitt , Ursula Werner and Christine Schorn (performance) for Scheusal
- Hans Christian Blech and Rolf Hoppe for the presentation in Das Große Fest
- Susanne Gelhard and her team Stephan Radke, Patrick Ritter, Wolfgang Köhler and Katarina Rasulić for the report Vukovar - a winter drama
1993
- Harald Juhnke for his portrayal in Der Paragei
- Dieter Wedel for directing Der Große Bellheim
- Susanne Lothar and Ulrich Mühe for their portrayals in The Deadly Eye
- Udo Samel for the multi-part transit - The story of a company
- Heinrich Breloer (director) and Monika Bednarz-Rauschenbach (editor) for Wehner
- Dieter Moor for his show Canale Grande
- Dominik Graf for his film Morlock. The entanglement
- Rainer Kaufmann for Then by force
- Karlsruher SC for the game against FC Valencia
- Heinz Hoenig always pays for his portrayal in One
1994
- Ines Braun (editor) is coming for Kati
- Max Färberböck (director) for Bella Block
- Fred Breinersdorfer (book) and Peter Schulze-Rohr (director) for The Man with the Mask
- Steffen Seibert for the horror and the beautiful appearance
- Günter Lamprecht (representation) and Matti Geschonneck (direction) for Tatort : Closed files
1995
- Hanns Christian Müller for Tatort: ... and the music plays along with it
- Max von Sydow for his portrayal in Radetzkymarsch
- Otto Waalkes and Julia von Frihling (technology) for Otto - The series
- Martina Gedeck for her performance in Hölleisengretl
- Nico Hofmann (director) and Matthias Seelig (book) for Der Sandmann
- Dominik Graf for crime scene: Ms. Bu laughs
- Harald Juhnke for his portrayal in Der Trinker
1996
- Peter Zingler and Tilo Prückner for Tödliche Wende
- Robbie Coltrane (depiction), Brigitte Hantke (dialogue book) and Osman Ragheb (dubbing director) for Fitz for all cases
- Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun for doctors
1997
- Natalia Wörner for her portrayal in Tatort : Perfect Mind
- Nina Hoss for her performance in Das Mädchen Rosemarie
- Ruth Drexel and Ottfried Fischer (representation) in Der Bulle von Tölz
- The program with the mouse
- Mona Botros and Egmont R. Koch for the report We are looking for ... the dark side of Scientology
- Max von Sydow for Hamsun
- Monika Bednarz-Rauschenberg (editor), Heinrich Breloer (script and direction) and Hans Brenner (depiction) for Death Game
- Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert for reporting on the death of Diana of Wales
- Uschi Glas and Georg Kofler ; First award of the Great Golden Gong as a television woman or television man of the year 1997
1998
- Ulrich Noethen for his portrayal in Mein ist die Revenge
- Joachim Roering ( script and direction) for Der kleine Dachschaden
- Heiner Lauterbach (representation), Urs Egger (direction) and Gundula Leni Ohngemach (screenplay) for the two-part Opera Ball
- Harold Woetzel for his report The Last Battle Songs
- Dietmar Bär , Gunther Witte and Klaus J. Behrendt for Tatort : Iconoclasm
- Thorsten Näter and Katharina Thalbach for total loss
- Harald Schmidt for The Harald Schmidt Show
- Christian Berkel for his portrayal in Tatort : Schwarzer Advent
- Gabi Bauer and Alfred Biolek ; Awarded the Great Golden Gong for TV Woman or TV Man of the Year 1998
- Jo Baier (director) and Gernot Roll (camera) for Der Laden
1999
- Inge Meysel for The Forgotten Life
- Bernd Burgemeister (production), Bernd Fischerauer (director) and Bobby Brederlow (performance) for love and other disasters
- Sigmund Gottlieb for ARD focal point
- Ann-Kathrin Kramer and Suzanne von Borsody for their portrayal in Die Mörderin
- Udo Lielischkies for the ARD reporting from Brussels
- Maja Maranow and Florian Martens for their portrayal in A strong team : Brown eye
- Wolf-Dieter Poschmann for outstanding screen performance
- Henric L. Wuermeling and Meggy Steffens for the series 20 Days in the 20th Century
- Stephan Wahl (pastor) for his contribution to the summer sale in Das Wort zum Sonntag
- Rudi Carrell , Kalle Pohl , Bernd Stelter , Jochen Busse , Gaby Köster , Mike Krüger , Dieter Nuhr as a team of 7 days, 7 people
2000
- Peter Hahne for his comments on ZDF special about the CDU donation affair
- Heribert Schwan for the documentation Tod dem Verräter about the case of the soccer player Lutz Eigendorf
- Thomas Bohn (director) for Tatort - Cold Hearts
- Christiane Balthasar (director) for My life is mine
- Markus Schächter for the ZDF broadcast of the production of La Triviata at original locations
- André Heller for the final presentation of the successful application by the Federal Republic of Germany to host the 2006 World Cup
- Guido Knopp and Hans-Christoph Blumenberg for the documentary Deutschlandspiel
- Maurice Philip Remy (writer and director) for the series Holokaust
- Mario Pisano , Niki Lauda , Christian Danner , Kai Ebel , Florian König and Heiko Waßer as RTL's Formula 1 crew
2001
- Günther Maria Halmer (representation) for Tatort: Bienzle and the double game
- Volker Weicker (director) and Manfred Loppe (head of sport) for reporting from RTL about the Four Hills Tournament
- Roland Suso Richter (director) for Der Tunnel
- Wilfried Huismann for the documentary Lieber Fidel
- Sonja Goslicki (production) for Tatort: Kindstod
- Britta Wauer for the documentary Heldentod - The tunnel and the lie
- Peter Kloeppel for his RTL moderation on the day of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
- Nico Hofmann for The Dance with the Devil - The Abduction of Richard Oetker
2002
- Anneke Kim Sarnau for her portrayal in Hope dies last
- Maybrit Illner (moderation) and Volker Wilms (editor-in-chief) for an episode of the Berlin-Mitte political talk show before the 2002 federal election
- Toni Osmani , Ioannis Tsialas , Alexander Adler ( amateur actor), Susanne Korbmacher-Schulz (idea), Christian Wagner (director) and Gabriela Sperl (script) for ghettokids
- Rolf Schlenker and Christoph Hauser for Black Forest House 1902
2003
- Petra Gerster ; Readers' choice of Germany's No. 1 news presenter
- Dieter Hildebrandt for windshield wipers
- Michael Baier (idea and script) for Adelheid and her murderers
2004
- Sebastian Koch for his portrayal in Stauffenberg
- Katrin Bühlig (screenplay) for Bella Block : The freedom of the wolves
- Ulrike Kriener for her portrayal of Commissioner Lucas : Trust to the end
2005
- Matthias Glasner (director) for The Stranger Woman
- Christoph Maria Herbst for his portrayal of Stromberg
- Bruno Ganz for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang
2006
- (no award)
2007
- Kathrin Breininger for the production of the series KDD - Criminal Permanent Service
- Christian Ulmen for his presentation in Dr. Psycho - The bad guys, the cops, my wife and me
- Michael Souvignier as producer of the television film Contergan
2008
- Lukas Roegler as author and director for the documentary My Hell Europe
- Wolfgang Rademann for his life's work
- Hans R. Beierlein for his life's work
- Roland Suso Richter and Maurice Philip Remy for the direction and screenplay for the ARD film Mogadishu
2009
- Stefan Krohmer and Daniel Nocke for the docudrama Dutschke
2010
- Christian Jeltsch and Stephan Wagner for the script and direction of Polizeiruf 110 : Click made
- Aelrun Goette for the direction of the social drama Don't worry
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- Letter from the editor-in-chief of Gong magazine