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 Discord – link will appear here after we start broadcast – remember it’s a privilege not a right. To avoid cutting out, we advise turning Auto-sensitivity off and setting it to -85dB or so in your settings.

This episode chef Frank Rosin takes on footballer Mario Basler. Music provided by Johannes Oerding and Robin Schultz.

The link to the commentary stream will be live here from 7:15pm 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 ExpressVPN, 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.

Lost in the shuffle yesterday, FOTB Alex McMillan is “doing” a Richard Osman’s World Cup Of Richard Osman’s House of Games you can still join in with. Check out his other tweets for the other ties.

We’ve just heard about the death of Just a Minute host Nicholas Parsons at the age of 96.

Has there ever been anyone still regularly broadcasting at that age? Incredible.

Join us for a good old chinwag occasionally referencing whatever is going on on Schlag den Star this Saturday from 7:15 UK, chef Frank Rosin takes on soccer legend (it says here) Mario Basler over 15 mystery events (our money is on “extending a tape measure vertically as far as possible before it bends under its own weight”) for Elton’s €100,000 briefcase. Johannes Oerding and Robin Schulz are your musical turns for the evening. Join us!

I discovered Tipping Point Blast this morning, ended up playing for half an hour and now basically hate myself.

It seems like a pretty natural tie-in, plenty of coin pushing apps on the market, this one’s got all the bells and whistles you could ask for (lights! Sound effects from the show! Bonus minigames where you can answer questions, spin wheels and drop more coins! Prizes! Flashing lights! More flashing lights! Even more flashing lights!).

It is empty calories, but it’s a slick experience. It’s also free to play with the option of buying extra coins in the shop if you want to, but you probably won’t need to. Brig’s Pro Tip For The Top – don’t bother with the cascade booster, just tap to drop in quick succession for basically the same effect. Do use the walls though.

It’s out on Android, presumably it’s out on iOS as well.

Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate the Year of the Rat, here’s some Roland’s Rat Race I found on Youtube.