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ESC 2025: The disenchantment of Stefan Raab
“If you can lose with dignity, show what you learn in life” is a somewhat old -fashioned aphorism. TV presenter and casual musician Stefan Raab have had a lot behind her on Viva TV since the early years. Review is his vegetables, and his vita mostly shows him on the winning page.
A return with belly landing
When Raab from his feather bed in the Sunday morning (May 18) ESC-Kunstlerhotel in Basel has risen, he will once again think about his “boss” project with the protégés Abor & Tynna. A 15th place with two 12s voting from Ukraine and the Czech Republic. After all, better than zero. But is that enough for the leading institution NDR? Is that enough for him?
Raab’s statement: responsibility yes, euphoria no
“I take responsibility,” he says as a borrowed RTL man in the ARD’s after-show camera. He has to collect his full -bodied promise of victory. When viewed in light, she was only a saying from the motivation trick box. “This is also the best thing you can do. Otherwise you don’t need to go anywhere.
Medienecho: “Raab gambled away”
Shortly after the winning room, it made the first comments. “Raab gambled!” title “picture”, which is only too happy to diagnose his decline. A look at the after-basel headlines shows keywords such as “worst crisis in his career”, “horror week”, “disappointment” and “Raab has finished”. And as a cherry on the bashing cake: “Finger away from the ESC”.
Magic lost?
Even if you do not fall into the usual reflexes, you have to determine the disappearance of your formerly magical media forces. The RTL+ and RTL offensive, bought in the sin, seems to have failed after the old school show “You don’t win the million here”. Or at least a revision requires, because his contract is still running for a few years.
Has Raab arrived in the wrong decade?
The question is whether the wet researcher “Wok World Cup” and “hit the raab” -raab still has fun. On the one hand, the TV biz is in a permanent break anyway. And according to the ESC statements about “The Young People”, his pop music expertise may have stopped somewhere in the zero. Which is no longer dramatic for a 58-year-old, provided you recognize it yourself.
Like the 79-year-old composer size Ralph Siegel (“a little peace”) slipped into the background, which with his songs for different countries took 25 times in the ESC/Grand Prix.
Foreign bodies on the show – Raab and the wrong stage?
In any case, he looked like a foreign body at the ESC upgrade round of moderator Barbara Schöneberger. And not only because he insisted on boss-hibbled every five minutes that he had to “go back to the hall” right away. The later striking fist of fists in the ABOR-&-Tynna corner also seemed set up and compulsory euphoric. Win for the sake of profit. A football coach who no longer reaches his team.
Raab’s future at RTL – new ways instead of old fame?
In autumn 2025, the specialist media report, there will be a new TV format for Stefan Raab at RTL. He will now have time to come back from the defensive. However, it seems unlikely whether he will be able to change the ARD-internal management from the NDR to the MDR again at the ESC. The program directorate was (very) high. 15th place on the right side of the Europa-Charts should hardly be enough.