Saturday, February 15, 2025

"It's getting on my nerves": Stefan Raab's "Chefsache ESC" fails with viewers

FOCUS online "It's getting on my nerves": Stefan Raab's "Chefsache ESC" fails with viewers Sebastian Berning • 8 hours • 2 minutes reading time The icon is back on TV in full force. Stefan Raab's format "Du gewinnst hier nicht die Million" celebrated its free TV premiere on RTL on Wednesday (February 12th) - but the somewhat outdated humor failed to impress many viewers. On Friday (February 14th) Raab's next TV show was scheduled: "Chefsache ESC". Entertainer Stefan Raab wants to find a suitable candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest again. The special thing: In the preliminary round of the RTL/NDR cooperation, the artists only competed with cover songs. Raab described the contribution by the metal band Feuerschwanz as a "crap song". Viewers disappointed by Raab's "ESC is a matter for the boss" Devastating criticism of the artist, but Raab also has to take a lot of flak on social media for his show concept. The RTL broadcast was only really well received by a few. "Raab really gets on my nerves. Yvonne Catterfeld is the only one who makes sensible comments," rants one viewer on social media. You can also read: "Conclusion: Raab's time is completely over for me." Or: "I'm glad that we're finally getting a more diverse selection of genres. Raab's behavior yesterday was abysmal, though." One user even questions the whole concept of the show: "Raab presents himself as a savior and redeemer and now he says he doesn't know the formula for winning. So what are we doing here? We might as well leave it to the NDR again..." A similarly minded comment reads: "Overall, no different or even better than usual. What the 'boss's business' consists of still needs to be explained in more detail." After all, Barbara Schöneberger was not only able to surprise with her "boss's business" look, but also scored points.