Stefan Raab: ESC flop and TV debacle-Show now finally discontinued!

Stefan Raab: ESC flop and TV debacle-Show now finally discontinued!

The return of Stefan Raab to the RTL show "You don't win the million" has proven to be less glorious than hoped. On May 28, 2025, the first regular edition was broadcast after the show was removed last year. Raab's ESC contribution "Baller" only landed in the disappointing 15th place at the Song Contest, far from the target of the victory, which put pressure on the creators of the show. According to tz.de, Raab did not comment on the program Failures, and the audience looked at him that the fun was missing.

The quotas of the show were sobering. Raab's show was only able to attract 0.377 million viewers in the target group of 14 to 49-year-olds, which corresponded to a market share of 9.1 %. In comparison, the competitive program "Joko & Klaas against ProSieben" recorded 0.529 million viewers and a market share of 13.2 %. The total number of spectators of Raabs broadcast was only 730,000 on Wednesday evening, which was classified as catastrophic, report t-online.de .

dismantling of the show after a short time

Due to the continuously falling ratings and the dissatisfaction of RTL program managing director Inga Leschek, it was decided after eight months to break off the show. This is particularly annoying because the show was originally intended as a retrospective in a new format. Critics criticize the lack of creativity in the concept, which is strongly oriented towards old formats, such as Rollingstone.de reported.

The next episode of "You don't win the million" will be broadcast on RTL on June 4 at 8:15 p.m. In this episode, the candidate Arthur, who won 5,000 euros in the current episode, will be allowed to compete again. Raab's show was often referred to in the press as a "blow the Raab" abdress with quiz elements, whereby the main prize appears to be difficult for the candidates.

strategic changes in the streaming area

Although the ratings of the shipment on classic television are weak, a positive trend can be seen on the streaming platform RTL+. Inga Leschek emphasizes that the format has been viewed over 1.5 million times in the first five days. The majority of the new subscribers come from the age group of 30- to 59-year-olds. This reorientation is strategically important in order to reach fewer young spectators who have increasingly left the classic formats in recent years.

In addition, Raab recently celebrated a comeback in a boxing match against Regina Halmich, which was humorous by Hape Kerkeling in the talk show "3 after 9". It remains to be seen whether this can help Raab to recapture its place on German television. The challenge of increasing the 5.6 million subscribers from RTL+ will certainly be an important task for the transmitter and Raab.