Schlag den Raab

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Schlag den Raab (Beat Raab)

Genre	Game show
Presented by	Matthias Opdenhövel
Starring	Stefan Raab
Country of origin	Germany
Language(s)	German
No. of seasons	no seasons
No. of episodes	11+
Production
Producer(s)	Jörg Grabosch
Location(s)	Germany
Running time	approx. 4 hrs.
Production company(s)	Raab TV Brainpool
Broadcast
Original channel	ProSieben
First shown in	September 23, 2006
Original run	September 23, 2006 – present
External links
Official website
Production website
IMDb profile

Schlag den Raab (German for Beat Raab) is a game show airing on the German television channel ProSieben. A candidate, who can beat Stefan Raab in a number of disciplines, wins the jackpot.

1 Premise
2 Awards
3 International format
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Premise

Each episode features one contestant battling against TV personality Stefan Raab in up to fifteen games for prize money of €500,000. The games have included sports contests such as biathlon and ice hockey, puzzles and various other challenges. Raab and his opponent compete in a maximum of 15 games. After the first game the winner gets one point, for the second game two points and so on. The show ends, when Raab or his opponent gain 61 of possible 120 points. So there is no fixed time limit for the show. It easily runs about four hours or more. The jackpot rolls over if the contestant is not successful in one episode. Raab was first defeated in the third episode, where contestant Matthias Göbel won €1.5m. After his victory, two other contestants have won. Because Raab won the last 4 shows, the last candidate to win on May 31, 2008 won €2.5m.

It is an occasional show; eleven episodes have been broadcast since the first episode on September 23, 2006.

[edit] Awards

The show was nominated for Adolf-Grimme-prize 2007 category entertainment/special and won the German TV prize 2007

[edit] International format

A UK version started airing in April 2008 on ITV, entitled Beat The Star, in which a well known celebrity competes against a member of the public, who wins £50,000 if successful. Vernon Kay hosts the show. Gallowgate produces it.^[1]