Saturday, 7:15pm (UK)/8:15pm (Germany)
ProSieben or your naughty alternative of choice.

Join us for another exciting edition of Schlag den Star where once again two celebs will be battling it out over 15 mystery events for €100,000.

If you’ve got a microphone you’ll be welcome to join us and hangout in the Hangout – link will appear here soon after the show starts.

This episode, two WORLD CHAMPIONS take each other on for Elton’s suitcase, Felix Neureuther (skiing) against Christoph Kramer (footballer). And Bryan Adams is one of the musical acts! And German pop singer Sarah Connor, fresh from The Terminator.

This episode features extra jeopardy as the Bother’s Bar Megacomputer has been playing up all week. Anything could happen!

The link to the commentary stream will be live here from 7:15 until end of broadcast.

This stream is commentary only. You will need to have a naughty stream running at the same time for the visuals. We are likely to be about 15-20 seconds behind the visual stream (and about a full minute behind if you’re watching an actual satellite feed), sorry.

The Opera VPN has apparently stopped being useful for SdS. Bother’s Bar recommends shelling out for a proper VPN service. Bother’s Bar uses Tunnelbear, other VPN services are available. Matt Clemson recommends Windscribe as a free alternative. We cannot take responsibility for anything you do to your system, so be careful and use some common sense.

To watch it would be useful to sign up for ProSieben’s catch-up service – it’s pretty simple to work out, don’t click the box if you don’t want e-mail messages. You will need to put in a proper e-mail because it will send you a confirmation. 

If anyone knows of any relatively safe livestreams, do feel free to share.

Unfortunately it’s also the final week of my crunch period, so I don’t know when I’m going to get to process it all. Still, though.

• Loads of new gameshow revivals start in the US this week, we’re probably most interested in seeing how Press Your Luck and Card Sharks turn out, both of those go out Wednesday. Wipeout-meets-crazy-golf Holey Moley starts next week.
• It’s Schlag den Star this Saturday! Just what I want at the end of eight weeks of 13-hour days, Still, we’ll be doing it so keep your eye out for more info later.

Thrills! Spills! Crossbows at 5am! Inevitably disappointing Deal or No Deal finale!

This has rather crept up on us somewhat, but 24 Hr Gameshow Marathon 8 is *this* Saturday and Sunday from 5pm UK time raising money for Child’s Play.

All the details, and a link to the live Twitch stream, can be found on the official site.

UKGameshows received a query and forwarded it to us, and I have to say I’ve drawn a complete blank. Anyone?

Contestants had to work their way along a giant board which culminated at a white van.  The quizmasters were a family (?) that owned the white van.  The opening credits had scenes of the family having a picnic while the van would roll off down a hill without them. 
 
No one I speak to has any recollection of this and it’s possible my description above is incorrect but I’m sure it exists in some form.
 
Does this sound familiar?

Sounds like a less extreme version of Hold Tight, but I suspect it isn’t. Does this ring any bells for anyone?

In other news, Emma Willis is being tapped up to host Pants on Fire for E4, a show where a celebrity panel try and work out which contestant has actually done an unbelievable thing. A bit like that challenge from Wie is De Mol? the other year, where it was quite funny.

TV’s David Bodycombe writes:

Run-through contestants required for testing season 2 of Tom Scott’s ‘The Game Garage’. It’ll take place at Limehouse Town Hall, London E14 on Friday 14th June from 10.30am to 4.30pm (at most – we aim to finish earlier). You’ll be helping to try out new game show formats – some quizzes, some task-based. Willingness to have fun and try things more important than quizzing prowess. We can pay travel from London/South East and a lunch will be provided. If interested, please contact us via thelab@qwertyuiop.co.uk with your name and mobile number.
 
For season 1 of ‘The Game Garage‘, take a look here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLafls3cRlsSGGjjXiiqHTU

I can’t make that date which is mildly annoying as I went to the first one and it was really good fun. If you can, you should.