Overview
- The jubilee season opens from Mainz’s Lerchenberg on Sunday, May 10 at 12:00, with ZDF broadcasting the show live.
- Andrea “Kiwi” Kiewel returns as host, continuing a run that began in 2000 with a single‑season absence in 2008.
- ZDF named the opener’s guests, including Palina Rojinski, Beatrice Egli, Vanessa Mai, Peggy March, Deine Freunde, Marti Fischer, the Twins on Ice, and Hugo Egon Balder with the Bad Falling Bostels.
- Viewers can expect the usual open‑air mix of music, comedy, games, show acts, and service tips staged before a large on‑site audience.
- ZDF says the show has aired 1,384 hours of live TV from Mainz through 2025, drew up to about two million viewers per episode, and welcomed an estimated three million people on site over four decades.