It was the evening when one person in particular didn’t want to let anything burn: Olli Schulz. The popular musician and joker, who recently didn’t cut a good figure on “Who steals the show from me?” (“I’m so stupid”), brought a loyal helper to the studio – a cute plush cat named Thorsten, who gave him should bring good luck.

Unspecified family members had given the 48-year-old the third attempt – “because I had done so miserably,” whimpered Schulz, remembering the recent failures. Apparently he had even gone into therapy in the meantime. And there they came across an ancient, apparently still painful trauma from their youth: “exam anxiety”.

But now lucky hangover Thorsten sat on the candidate desk. There were always encouraging words from fellow players – and later even hugs and hugs. Olli Schulz had a dream. This time he raved about it right at the beginning of the show. “I’m mega keen to win because I have a mega-dirty idea.” Apparently he already had big, bizarre, unprecedented ideas in mind for the moment when Schulz would actually take over the moderation of the show from Joko Winterscheidt. But first of all, points had to be scored and nerves had to be preserved.

Of course, the comrades-in-arms should not be underestimated either, above all actor Fahri Yardim, who after a comparatively civilized round in the previous week fully immersed himself in the role of the Hamburg riot brother. “You’re due today,” he snapped at game director Joko Winterscheidt – and testosterone seemed to spray from his eyes. It went well with the fact that he kept reminding Winterscheidt of supposed obligations: “You have to adapt the questions to us,” said Fahri Yardim. “We’re the dumbest bunch.”

However, he is also an actor and not nearly as stupid as he wanted Winterscheidt to believe. In any case, Yardim kept collecting his points. In the meantime he even led. But Olli Schulz also had a good run. He first completed the first and later even the second prize level as a points winner – and had already secured two of the game coins that were so important for the final duel with Joko Winterscheidt. Fahri Yardim only tried to slide in with played emotion. But Olli Schulz didn’t always believe that. “Stop acting,” Schulz scolded his colleague. “You’ve never been very good at that.”

Nilam Farooq, who made it to the final last week, was often amazed at how (over)motivated the celebrity men were this time. And she tried to slow down Fahri Yardim’s verbal gaffes a little. With every expletive from the “Jerks” star, she threw confetti in the air. When the confetti was gone, Winterscheidt suggested: “Just hand out the bells”.

But of course there was never a bad mood. The “The Mighty Winterscheidts” not only lived up to their good reputation with various music games, but also with spontaneous sound interludes. “You have the best show band on German television,” Olli Schulz congratulated host Joko Winterscheidt. “You didn’t deserve that.”

Beyond the musical highlights, the games editors had also put a lot of effort into it. Trivia rounds like Life is a Give-and-Take Job (for guessing fictional companies from movies or TV shows), a somewhat chaotic whisper-mail challenge involving the studio audience, and the hide-and-seek classics Ready or Not, Here I Come, You Can ‘t Hide” provided grandiosely original entertainment moments.

Then came the moment of truth: Fahri Yardim and Olli Schulz faced each other in the semifinals. Both gave brash gala performances as fast-talking tour guides on “The Fast and the Tour bus.” This time, ProSieben moved the notorious teleprompter game – with a selection of studio guests – to a double-decker that ran around the studio grounds. Olli Schulz won the gap text, pocketed the third coin and suddenly received a very collegial and encouraging hug from Fahri Yardim. “Olli, I’m looking forward to your show.”

However: Before that, the sympathizer Schulz, who often fluctuated between megalomania and extreme shyness, had to stand up to Joko Winterscheidt. “You can destroy it with three coins – even without knowing it,” said Fahri Yardim. “Olli. do it!” And in fact, Olli made clever use of his advantages – also because he listened to the friendly advice of final presenter Katrin Bauerfeind when using the coins. Shortly before the end, Bauerfeind even squeezed the candidate Schulz passionately. Nothing could go wrong – at least not for Olli Schulz.

The last question was: “In which sport is a poodle a bad thing?” Schulz pondered for a long time, tried to reactivate old enthusiasm for sports from the 80s and in the meantime also tried jokes. Of course, it’s always bad for horsewomen when a poodle suddenly crosses the track. Or bobsledding.

But then he didn’t need to be silly. Olli Schulz’s answer “bowling” was spot on. And he had defeated Joko Winterscheid. “Is ProSieben sure what that means?” the winner rejoiced. Thieving grin! And one can be very curious what is behind his “mega-dirty idea” for the next week. Even Joko Winterscheidt is looking forward to the Olli moderation: “Make something out of it, boy!”

After her victory at “Joko

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