German TV: I am a celebrity get me out of here

Hey there,

Those of you who are of an equally shallow disposition as I, may be able to make some sense of the above show. My wife and I will start to watch it now as it is extremely funny. It is a rip off of "I'm a celebrity...get me out of here!" in the UK.

The viewers must every night choose a celeb to undertake some ghastly feat...and so far my wife tells me they have selected Daniel Kühlböck that irritating shit from last years DSDS every night! He was crying in some guy's arms last night!

I also saw him do yoga stretches and he couldn't even hold up his leg without it shaking! Bloody funny!

Anyone else tell me who the other 'stars' are?

I have a new idea for a Toytown gameshow on the Internet...I am a Toytowner...log me out of here!!!

Jeremy.

I've watched this show twice so far, having been trapped and brainwashed into watching it after my first episode of DSDS.

I've never liked Daniel Küblböck, but having seen what he has gone through the last couple of days, he is rising in my estimation. Yeah, he was all crying and whiny before and after the stunts, but hey, he still was game enough to try them. The first one he had to do was cross a rope bridge and collect the stars. The entire thing collasped beneath him and he still gamely hung on and kept collecting. The guy is only 18 after all, and I think he's actually doing great.

As for the yoga pose jeremy, unless you've been doing it for a while, that's a hard pose to hold for a long time. My leg certainly shakes!

The other "stars" are some 2nd rate actors, caberet stars, an ex-long jumper and some singers and a TV presenter.

I thought Küblbock had to do something with maggots or cockroaches. Haven't seen it but I saw some piccy in the newspaper where he was covered with insects.

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Theres loads of pics and stuff in german on www.bild.de

Pootle

@showem,

yes you are right that pose is hard.

maybe you are right, Daniel does deserve some respect for what he has been through.

hmmm...am I easily influenced or what?

Come on what about I'm a Toytowner! game on the internet?

Crazy what people will do for money. I saw once on the American version - Fear Factor, the players had to eat a Bull's ball (might have been buffalo), anyway several actually chowed down on it!

(at least that is what they said, it's television, so I don't necessarily believe all of the hype, still the thought is pretty disgusting)

maybe it wasn't exactly that, been a while,

This link shows some pretty appetizing stuff though - http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/stunts/stun...pigrectum.shtml

So, anybody up for dinner?

Breaking News! (my favcurite expression!)

I may have misunderstood it but in the tabloid I just glanced at in the Tankstelle when I bought milk for my coffee I believe Daniel may be out!

Can anyone confim this?

The American version of Fear Factor is quite tame compared to the UK Version. The worst thing I have seen the UK contestants eat was a boiled rat. The only part they did not have to eat was the head, feet and tail. Everything else, including the juice that the rat was boiled in had to be eaten. They actaully did eat it as well, talk about stomach churning.

What is amazing about this show is that everyone forgets that the contestants have a choice about whether or not to appear on these shows. We live in a free country after all.

Nah he's still in there so far.
Ha ha ha Caroline Beil bitching about the other contestants oof she's a right cow! You can read the exact text of what she said in Bild.
Mind you I think that everyone should vote for Lisa Fitz because she keeps filming in our street and nicking all the parking spots so she deserves to eat worms or worse.
Katrina x

I read Bild a bit (so far as I could translate)

Shouldn't we rename her Caroline Bile?

Is Lisa Fitz the one with the long black hair with the big ones?

Right then,

Last night was somewhat dull. The only highlight was that Caroline Bile in a pen with ten Emus covered in molasses and emu food so they had to pick it off her arms and legs. At a push I think I could handle that one. Shame that Daniel didn't get anything.

Asked Wife who they all wre and even she didn't have a clue. The Typ with the dark hair who looks like someone off Harry Enfield she said was some star she hadn't seen in 20 years. All of them were has beens trying to resurrect a probably tenuous career in showbiz.

Funny enuff, when I saw the emus I immediately thought of Rod Hull. Now being stuck in a pen with Rod Hull and Emu is one I definitely couldn't handle. Ever remember Parkinson?

The stench of his decomposed corpse would be too much for anyone to handle, I reckon.

Well that shows how long I have been expat!

Five years Saudi and almost 3 years here! I didn't even know he was dead!

Rod Hull fell off a roof trying to fix his telly aerial and died (I am not joking).

That Antonia woman does the horoscopes on RTL Punkt 9 and Punkt 12 apparently, Costas is a cheezy Schlager singer for the laydeez, Lisa Fitz blocks our car parking spaces but apart from that she does cabaret and has lots of plastic surgery (I've seen you in bandages love), the Mariella woman did Playboy and went out with Boris Becker and alledgedly acts too, Caroline Bile did Playboy and used to present SAT1 Blitz!, Susan Stahnke did Playboy and used to read the ARD news (can you see a pattern forming here?).

RIP Rod Hull. Did Emu get recycled? I am sure he was plastic? What year did he die?

I was in Spain on the Costa Brava when I was 10 years old and this guy brought a replica of Emu on the holiday bus. He used it to feel up all the women.

Same thing Rod Hull used it for !!

@Tallicame - Yep, eating rats is the winner hands down. How much was the prize money to motivate someone to actually do that?

I think that it was £3,000. Four people in all ate the rat, one woman though didn't eat it quick enough within the time and didn't get the money. I cannot imagine what she felt like...

It was one of those parts of a show where you do not want to watch because you cannot imagine people are doing it but you just have to watch just to see the people doing it.

That would have to be even worse than actually eating the thing in the first place.

Okay an update on this pointless show.

Last night Daniel got into a row with the wrinkly woman cos she accused him of being selfish and trying to be the star.

Costa had to put his head in aquariums full of spiders, snakes etc and pull out star shaped objects.

The male presenter is getting on our nerves and we want to get rid of him and keep the celebs!

I hadn't realised just how crap RTL was until I saw this show.

German I'm a celebrity show exposed as a con

The German version of the TV reality series "I'm a celebrity - Get me out of here!" has been exposed as a con after it was revealed most of the dangers the stars were supposed to face are non-existent.

Broadcasters RTL had claimed that the celebs would have to survive "life in the real Australian jungle, one of the most dangerous in the world". Yet the supposedly remote camp even has a psychiatrist on hand to give counselling to stars if they get upset by the experience.

The 'camp' is also near a busy road, and rather than being exposed to the elements is under a giant tarpaulin to keep out rain. The area was also cleaned by staff to make sure no dangerous animals like spiders and snakes were left behind.

German newspaper "Bild" which exposed the scam said that the camp is protected from tropical rainfalls by a large cover - and was cleared of dangerous animals before the stars arrived.

Fans have jammed the stations switchboard with complaints after discovering the claims of "two weeks of authentic jungle life in the outdoors without contact to the outside world" were a fraud.

Antonia Langsdorf, one of the candidates at the camp, admitted, "We heard cars driving past. Civilisation was just a few minutes away."

Although presenters Dirk Bach and Sonja Zietlow are seen fighting through the downpour, the camps residents are spared the rain thanks to the expensive cover.

A spokeswoman for the production company confirmed it was true that "the camp is covered."

German I'm a celebrity show exposed as a con

I read this today when I came in and it surprised me. When the UK version of the show was running it was also declared that the 'camp' was basically a fake and that the people were never exposed to any real danger at all. So it hardly comes as any great surprise that the German one is the same. I watched about 10 minutes of it the other night and although I seem to have turned on during a particularly boring period there were a couple of things that struck me.

1. There's one bloke who looks the spitting image of Bill Nighy who played the ageing rocker in "Love Actually" and a very similar role in "Still Crazy".

2. Daniel Kubel..thingy comes across as much less of a twat!

3. The gay midget co-host is one of the most annoying individuals I've seen in a long time.

I did like Daniel's comment last night:
"I've been thinking...about the fish. Was it murder?"
I just creased up at this. Best laugh I've had in ooo ages.
Katrina

Thing is those hairstyles could be damaged if the camp wasn't covered.

I am new to this type of low class telly. Anyone know if the non-celeb version in Britain (I think there was one, oder?) was more dangerous?

Last bight while Daniel was sleepiing there qas this massive snake slithered past his bed! So they are creeping back in! Also there was this huge rat which got Daniel screaming!

The program is dull apart from the challenge bits.

Dnaiel Kulbibibock is as Keydeck says not so much of a twat! I agree he has guts. He screams and cries in the old ones shoulder but is being very brave. But last nights was easy. I am sorry but I had to laugh when he lost his glasses and couldn't even see the log!

Also I think that the gay dwarf should go!

Jeremy, here's what was said about the UK version.

A producer on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here says most of the "jungle" where it is filmed is fake.

According to reports, the show's secret set includes plastic flowers, fibre glass rocks and a canvas roof to protect the stars from the worst of the rain.

The jungle is less than a mile from local farms and houses a crew of 350 technicians, cameramen and staff.

Producer Alex Gardiner admitted to The Sun: "There is nothing natural or real about the camp - it's a film set."

The plastic flowers were introduced because Australian regulations make it illegal to harm or move native fauna.

And producers had to build a 70ft roof over the camp after stars in the US version of the show - filmed at the same site - threatened to quit following a downpour.

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_779664.html

I also read in The Sun that the UK version is filmed at the same camp as the German one. I assume that when the German one finishes filiming the UK one will start.

These people are up for the UK version.

"Celebrities tipped for the new series include TV presenter Kerry McFadden, actor Sid Owen, ex-prisoner Lord Brocket, ex-Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten, footballer Stan Collymore, former Boyzone singer Shane Lynch, singer Peter Andre, tennis star Anna Kournikova and glamour models Jordan, Jodie Marsh, Lindsey Dawn McKenzie and Alex Best."

Could make for interesting viewing.

Jordan (Katie Price) still hasn't signed yet and if she does she will be on four times as much money as the rest of them.
Her plus John Lydon will be perfect, they would probably go and get married ha ha.
Jordan was on UK TV last week talking about her dalliance with Gareth Gates. Sat with her son on her knee, she laughed and stroked the child's hair, quote: "he touched your little head then didn't he?"
Now have a think about that one...she's a classy girl isn't she?
Lyndsey Dawn is the roughest old trout you could ever hope to meet and is allegedly available for money for other more private events *cough* at £3000 for the evening...

Lyndsey Dawn was on the box a few years back proclaiming her love for her new fella - a plumber I think. She was giving the industry up blah blah...6 months later with a string of pornos behind her, mostly starring her and hubby, she gave up on the marriage and became a glamour model in the 'Sport' once more...sad really.

And yes - minging old trout isn't she?

Dreadful. Face like a slapped @rse but I guess not many people look at that.
But she's pulling in £3K a night for an "overnight stay" and will even bring here sister along. Allegedly.
He was indeed a plumber with the side job in hardcore.
You ever seen the Jordan/Dane Bowers video going around? Not pretty (particularly the bit involving his hairy big toe).
I do still think that Jordan/Katie was very pretty to begin with and would be very pretty again if she got rid of the implants/drag queen make-up/hair extentions/trashiness/etc.
Anyway, was the fish murder?
Katrina

Jordan? Boat like a bulldog chewin' a wasp.

I have never seen any of this celebrity TV stuff, but there was one with "normal" members of the public stuck on an island. Survival? Something like that.
I only saw it once of twice, but it was top notch. They were eating rats, as they had nowt else. Not for everyones viewing maybe, especially 8PM prime time when you are munchng down your din dins, but they had to catch, drown, skin and fillet RATS. It was ace. They had this girl who sat quietly down with a small blade, filleting these rats.

SURVIVOR! That's the one!

Survival was the Anglia TV series about African wildlife featuring lions and stuff. Quite entertaining.

I am waiting for the home makeover craze to reach Germany. I saw one the other day but it was tame compared to our crap. No irritating long haired snob coming to tell you how to mess up your own home.

They won't do that house stuff here because people don't tend to buy their own home until they are older and who can be bothered to paint it all back to white afterwards?
Herr Indoors went into shock after seeing just one episode of "Changing Rooms", had to promise never to attempt the like.
I would like to see "What not to wear" come over, it is already on in the US. Can't see German women being told to bin their leggings, 80s hairdos, aubergine hairdye and white frosted lipstick though.

Or inherit which seems to be much more prevalent in Germany than in UK. German families seem to be stronger units here than in the UK, or am I speaking only for my own somewhat narrow experience in a sense?

I would like to start a more sensible discussion (as well as keeping this wonderfully shallow TV thing going) on cultural differences between here and the UK.

See "Life in Germany"

Well the odds are out for the new UK version. Hmmm, some money to be made on the puppies!

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Bookies have made Neil Ruddock and John Lydon the joint 3/1 favouirtes to win the new series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

Ladbrokes spokesman Warren Lush said, "We can't split John Lydon and Neil Ruddock. Both are popular in their fields and are known for causing trouble.

"We expect Neil to use his razor sharp tongue and believe Lydon could have enough left in him to bring anarchy to the Australian jungle."

William Hill predicts strong interest in the likely rivalry between Kerry McFadden and Jordan and gives the former Atomic Kitten star a slight edge.

Hills spokeswoman Jennie Prest said: "The feeling is that Kerry and Jordan are either going to become bosom buddies or cause a big bust-up, and there is much speculation about how long they will cope with out their families and creature comforts.

"We are offering a match bet for which one will leave first - either by evictions or personal choice, making Jordan 8-11 and Kerry evens.

"We are also speculating on which of the two girls goes topless first - Jordan is famed for her exposure and is odds on at 4-9, and whilst Kerry has just as much to show off we think she is less to likely to bare all and make her an ample 5-1. It is 5-2 that neither girl goes topless."

Ladbrokes full odds are: Neil Ruddock and John Lydon 3/1; Alex Best and Kerry McFadden 6/1; Jordan and Mike Read 8/1; Jennie Bond and Lord Brocket 14/1, Peter Andre 16/1 and Diana Modahl 20/1.

Hills odds are Neil Ruddock and John Lydon 3/1; Alex Best 9-2; Kerry McFadaden 6/1; Jordan 7/1; Mike Read 8/1; Lord Brocket 12/1; Peter Andre and Jennie Bond 16/1; and Diana Modahl 25/1.

Phil Tuffnell on this year's contestants, 4/9 on Jordan to go topless is easy money.
Much as I would love Lydon to win, I think he'll get chucked out early after fighting with Mike Read (Read being the DJ who got Frankie goes to Hollywood's "Relax" banned and Lydon being a big supporter of free speach, ok well sort of).

Oops...

A TV presenter has been sacked for taking part in the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

State broadcaster SR has said Lisa Fitz's decision to appear in the reality TV show was "devastating" for the channel's image.

SR head Fritz Raff said that there was no longer a future for Fitz, a 52-year-old presenter who hosts a monthly comedy show, at the station.

Only last week the TV reality series came under fire after it was exposed as a con as most of the dangers the stars were supposed to face were non-existent.

Broadcasters RTL had claimed that the celebs would have to survive "life in the real Australian jungle, one of the most dangerous in the world".

Yet the supposedly remote camp is near a busy road and covered by a giant tarpaulin to keep out rain. Staff also checked the area to make sure there were no dangerous spiders or snakes.

I hate Lisa Fitz. Her son lives near me and they keep on filming stuff in his flat thus taking up all of the parking spaces with her hefty make-up caravan and lighting rigs. At least Uschi Glas was nice when she filmed next door...
So the beeyatch can eat worms permamently as far as I am concerned, the longer that she's in the jungle the better.
Although, I am now quite pleased that her show has been cancelled as hopefully she'll have nothing to film for HURRAH
PS 52? One two miss a few, I think there...

Tonight they're showing the final of "Ich bin ein Stern..." on the big screen in the club in the Kultfabrik. Then afterwards it's the big Jungle Party. I suppose you'll be first in the queue down there tonight then Jeremy?

Only if they allow in children under four months of age.

Can't believe anybody actually watches this shit. Still, at least it gives the cartoonists something to take the piss out of:

Have to be honest and admit I am surprised at myself! It started as a laugh with Wife because we couldn'T watch any serious films anymore whilst the baby would start screaming in the miccle of important scenes. Now she is older we can start to regain our lives a bit and watch more intelligent telly. Watching some stuff like docus on Bayern 3 takes some concentration to translate you see.

There are far to many of these investigative type programs on German TV. Take last friday for example. Focus had a special on Standby mode on electrical appliances. They were getting so indignant that most tvs / videos use a quarter so much power in standby as in full running mode. Ummmm, hello, that is while these applíances don't use much in the first place. They then went on to coduct an experiment: they had a huge pile of aforementioned appliances TV, Video, DVD, Stereo and more. The whole shebang was using a whopping 15 fucking watts together, in standy mode. 15 fucking watts. They were getting so hot and bothered as if this was the reason why the environment is fucked and how the evil producers would not comment. I wouldn't comment on such a preposterous question either. Advice was plug them all out. My calculation you save 10c every 60hours.