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Joko & Klaas Turn 15-Minute Prize Into Viewer-Guided Recut, Overloading Phone Lines

The stunt shows how the show’s prize can hand real creative control to the audience.

Overview

  • Joko Winterscheidt, Klaas Heufer-Umlauf and guest player Steven Gätjen won their ProSieben challenge show and earned a free 15-minute prime-time slot.
  • Victory came in a final “Trickshots” round when Klaas slid a half-filled water bottle into a target, securing the airtime reward.
  • Joko used the live window to re-edit the next episode with viewers, taking phone calls and Instagram inputs while a FloridaTV editor made changes on the spot.
  • The call-in push drew more than 100,000 attempts and jammed the lines, prompting Joko to ask people to hang up so some could get through.
  • The viewer-made edits are set to appear in the next broadcast on ProSieben and on Joyn, with the season running weekly and produced by Florida Entertainment/FloridaTV.