Hard to believe!
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Hard to believe! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | since 2014 |
| Production company |
Mr. P. , Endemol |
| length | 45 to 60 minutes specials up to 150 minutes |
| Episodes |
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| Broadcasting cycle |
Sundays at 9.45 p.m. or 10:05 p.m. (first season on Mondays at 10 p.m.) |
| genre | Advice broadcast |
| Theme music | Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle |
| idea | Jörg Pilawa |
| Moderation | Kai plum |
| First broadcast | July 14, 2014 on NDR television |
Hard to believe! is a guessing program that has been broadcast on NDR television since July 2014 . In the show, hosted by Kai Pflaume , a four-person guessing team has to guess the strange secrets of a guest.
Gameplay
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At the beginning of each guessing round, one or more guests are introduced in different ways. Mostly, but not always, this is the real name (s) and the origin or place of residence of the candidate. They had an unusual job, a strange hobby or a special experience. If there are several guests, there is often something in common in their careers or experiences. The secret is briefly faded in for the TV viewers and the studio audience. The moderator announces the fade-in with a horn signal . Then he gives the advice team a first, general and, if possible, ambiguous reference to the secret. Each of the counselors has 45 seconds, one after the other, to approach the secret with decision-making questions . The guest only replies with "yes" or "no". If the secret is guessed, the moderator confirms the solution. Otherwise, the guest receives 200 euros each after the 45 seconds . After all the members of the advice team have had their turn, the team can briefly discuss and each member can give a tip. If the secret is then not guessed, the guest gets another 200 euros and the puzzle is solved. So he can receive a maximum of 1000 euros. The curious story is then presented with a short video and / or a demonstration in the studio. Anyone who thinks their story is curious enough can apply for the show. If necessary, the editorial team will contact you and organize everything else.
Advice team
The advice team consists of Bernhard Hoëcker , Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt , Stephanie Stumph and Jörg Pilawa . In the 2017 summer season, Jörg Pilawa was no longer an integral part of the advice team. Instead, a different prominent guest alternately took his place in each program ( Bernhard Bettermann , Elton , Axel Prahl , Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel ). Thereafter, Pilawa returned to the advice team.
Bernhard Hoëcker
Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt
Stephanie Stumph
Jörg Pilawa
Changes 2020
Due to the prescribed distance rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the broadcast has been without an audience since season 7. The advice team no longer sits at one table, but each at their own, at a suitable distance.
Broadcasts
The show was first broadcast on July 14, 2014 by NDR . The premiere saw 0.82 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 3.6 percent in the total audience. A further seven episodes were shown on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. until January 5, 2015. Since 2015 the show can be seen on Sundays at 9:45 p.m., in some third television programs it is also repeated at other broadcast times or days.
Various special programs were broadcast:
- January 4th, 2016: The best
- February 8, 2016: The funniest
- May 16, 2016: The most amazing
- February 27, 2017: The craziest
- April 15, 2017: The best
- October 31, 2017: The best of the best
- January 1, 2018: The most spectacular
- March 31, 2018: The most adventurous
- December 16, 2018: The most worth seeing
- December 30, 2018: Slivester Special
- February 9, 2019: The most amazing thing
- March 4, 2019: The hottest
- March 31, 2019: The most extraordinary
- October 3, 2019: Germany special
- December 19, 2019: The best of 2019
- December 23, 2019: The weirdest
- March 21, 2020: The most unusual
- April 13, 2020: Children special
- May 21, 2020: Fathers special
- August 15, 2020: The most incredible stories
On July 17, 2016, the first episode of the third season was broadcast. With 0.5 million viewers, it achieved a market share of 9.7 percent.
So far thirteen XXL editions with a length of 90 and 120 minutes have been shown.
- July 26, 2016
- December 27, 2016
- July 22, 2017
- August 12, 2017
- December 27, 2017
- July 14, 2018
- October 31, 2018
- 22nd December 2018
- June 15, 2019
- 17th August 2019
- 9th November 2019
- July 11, 2020
- August 15, 2020 with a length of 150 minutes
Idea and Production
The idea for hard to believe! came from Jörg Pilawa, who is also part of the advice team. The concept has been adopted almost completely from other programs, such as Pssst… . Hard to believe, the typical duck flute was also copied in a slightly modified form. Pilawa's company Mr. P. produces the show together with Endemol and the NDR. The recordings take place in Hamburg .
reception
After the first edition, Manuel Nunez Sanchez certified the show atquotemeter.de as "entertaining entertainment" and praised the "relaxed and humorous manner" of the "sympathetic and committed guessing foxes". At the same time, he criticized the producers' lack of ideas, as the concept of the show was very reminiscent of earlier programs such as Pssst ... and What am I? remember.
Special occurrences
There were three guests on the show who had a personal relationship with a member of the council team. In the third episode (July 28, 2014) Bernhard Hoëcker's former kindergarten teacher appeared. In the 15th edition, Katharina von Keller appeared, who appeared in 1995 together with Stephanie Stumph in the second episode of the crime series Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall ( Stubbe sees red ). In the XXL edition of October 31, 2018, a man appeared who had contested a donkey race against Bernhard Hoëcker in which he had broken his collarbone .
In the XXL edition of August 12, 2017, a guest brought along two independent stories for the first time, both of which had to be solved by the advice team. Both stories could be guessed, so that the candidate won a total of 1,200 euros (800 euros + 400 euros).
In the broadcast of June 15, 2019, Germany's only "real" Max Mustermann was a guest for the second time as a 16-year-old young man after 2016.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d episode list at fernsehserien.de
- ↑ «Hard to believe!» makes a very strong debut. Quotemeter.de , July 15, 2014, accessed on July 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Audience ratings of NDR on Sunday, July 17th, 2016. NDR television, accessed on July 18, 2014 .
- ↑ a b «Hard to believe!»: Cleverly stolen. Quotemeter.de , July 15, 2015, accessed on July 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Mr. P. produces new guess show “Hard to believe!” for the NDR. Endemol, accessed July 26, 2015 .