{"id":6826,"date":"2013-01-12T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=6826"},"modified":"2013-01-12T22:16:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T22:16:36","slug":"live-schlag-den-raab-12th-january-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=6826","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! Schlag den Raab – 12th January 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Saturday 7:15pm UK time<\/strong>
\n Pro Sieben or dodgy internet streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get your Wodka Gorbechow ready, this episode, Bother’s Bar ONCE AGAIN brings you Only Connect<\/strong>‘s David J Bodycombe, Daniel Peake and Lewis Murphy from Fifty 50<\/strong><\/a> and myself guiding you through the evening’s Schlag den Raab<\/strong> – LIVE! Come back here at 7ish for a link to our live stream. We’re hoping to go on through until the close of play which could be any time between 11pm (if it’s a whitewash) and 2am (if it goes to the wire). Even if you can’t join us for the entirety of it, just tune in when you want!<\/p>\n

And we want you to get involved! Your best way is either opening up the stream in a new window and making YouTube comments or tweeting with the hashtag #bbsdr<\/strong>. We’ll read out the most worthwhile ones. And some of the not-so-worthwhile ones. And we’ll be doing it LIVE.<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0stream we\u00a0are using to commentate<\/strong><\/a>. If you have VLC and Firefox, you can get a higher quality stream by clicking on the ProSieben VLC button. The VLC stream is around 10 seconds ahead of the non VLC stream. Our commentary will be based on that one – If you watch the non VLC stream it should work out about right for synching!<\/p>\n

Here is our commentary!<\/strong><\/a> This is Part TWO,\u00a0we will be there until the end.<\/h3>\n

The jackpot was won last episode so it resets to a still ginormous \u20ac500,000! The musical guests this evening ate XEVIAS, Max Raabe & the Palast Orchestra AND Ellie Goulding!<\/p>\n

If you’re new to Schlag den Raab then welcome! I’ve included a basic FAQ under the cut.<\/p>\n

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What is Schlag den Raab?
\nSchlag den Raab<\/strong> (Beat Raab<\/em>!) is a German TV show on six times a year where members of the public take on TV personality Stefan Raab in a series of games for a lifechanging cash prize – \u20ac500,000. If Raab wins, the money rolls over. The action is broken up by musical guests.<\/p>\n

Who is Stefan Raab?
\n<\/strong>Part Jonathan Ross, part Simon Cowell, Stefan Raab is one of Germany’s most popular TV personalities. The show he is probably most famous for is weekly chat show TV Total<\/em>, but elements of this have spun off into their own shows – annual wok racing championships (it’s going down a bobsled run on a wok), celebrity diving, celebrity stock cars… all sorts of things. He’s also a song writer who has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and runs the German Song Contest. It was a Stefan Raab show that found Lena, of Satellite fame. And he’s competitive, very<\/em> competitive.<\/p>\n

How does it work?
\n<\/strong>Five contestants limber up and the public decides who will be the evening’s challenger through a live telephone vote. Contestant chosen, they will face-off against Raab in up to fifteen games – the first game is worth 1pt, the 2nd two all the way up to game 15 worth 15 points. With 120 points on offer, the winner is the first player to reach 61 points. At least 11 games have to be played (that will get you 66 points, and yes there have been 66-0 shutouts) but with the big points towards the end you’re rarely out of contention.<\/p>\n

What sort of things do they do?
\n<\/strong>Literally anything could come up but there are a few things you can bet will happen:<\/p>\n