Red Nose Day
The Red Nose Day in Germany is one of the United Kingdom originating, 1988 by the charity Comic Relief launched fundraiser . The TV broadcaster ProSieben took over the campaign to Germany in 2003. The sponsor is the association for the promotion of RED NOSE DAY eV based in Unterföhring .
Through the sale of red plastic noses and other campaigns, donations are to be collected for the aid organizations PowerChild , German Children's and Youth Foundation , Kindernothilfe and Comic Relief .
history
Red Nose Day in the UK
The idea of Red Nose Day comes from the UK. There, for the benefit of the charity organization Comic Relief founded by Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry , a television show lasting several hours took place for the first time on February 5, 1988 on the British broadcaster BBC , in which celebrities asked the population for donations. Thanks to Red Nose Day, Comic Relief was able to use around 1.5 billion euros for aid projects.
In the UK, Red Nose Day is now close to being a public holiday. In 2001, 5.8 million red plastic noses were sold. This is one tenth of the total UK population.
Red Nose Day in Germany
The television station ProSieben brought the idea of the Red Nose Day to Germany. Under the motto “Do something crazy and collect money!”, The first German Red Nose Day took place on March 14, 2003 at the same time as it was broadcast on the BBC. The total proceeds of this campaign in 2003 amounted to 2,027,830 euros.
The second Red Nose Day took place on March 25, 2004 under the motto “Red hair for children in need”. The program was moderated by Sonya Kraus and Thomas Hermanns . The bands Overground , Preluders and Bro'Sis formed the formation Popstars United and recorded the theme song for the second Red Nose Day. It was a cover of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends .
At the third Red Nose Day on March 11, 2005, at which Kai Pflaume also moderated, a new record of donations was achieved with a total of more than 3 million euros.
The fourth Red Nose Day took place on April 20, 2006 and was moderated by Thomas Hermanns and Sonya Kraus . He could not build on previous donation results and with 824,754 (more than half of them from major sponsors) did not reach the self-set goal of 2 million euros.
There was no main show on the fifth Red Nose Day on December 22, 2007. In the show Quatsch goes Christmas at 8:15 p.m., there were several switches to Sonya Kraus . After the broadcast, she reported live with a 30-minute talk-talk-talk special.
On the sixth Red Nose Day on December 4, 2008, there was again no main show. There was a live connection to the donation hotline from 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Sonya Kraus also drew attention to Red Nose Day during the program Popstars , which was broadcast from 8:15 p.m. Kraus also encouraged viewers to donate at the subsequent Switch reloaded annual review. Pop star contestants also sang the theme song for Red Nose Day 2008 I Believe in X-Mas . In 2008 the children's aid organizations CHILDREN for a better world, Kindernothilfe , Off Road Kids , Die Arche and HORIZONT eV were supported
There was no main show on the 13th Red Nose Day on May 18, 2015, the event started a week earlier with the "Week of WOW", in which various award-winning films were shown. In some of the programs produced by ProSieben, comments on Red Nose Day were incorporated. The donations go to a new " Arche " in Berlin-Treptow and to "CARE", which forwards the money to the earthquake victims in Nepal or helps them to rebuild. This time, pictures / calendars were also sold by the finalists from GNTM and counted among the donations. This year, ProSieben is using commercials for various celebrities who have red clown noses around them.
Moderation
- Thomas Hermanns (moderator, 2003 to 2007)
- Sonya Kraus (moderator, since 2003)
- Kai Pflaume (co-moderator, 2005)