Overview
- Performing her self-composed song 'Die weißen Tauben,' Andrea Berg grew visibly emotional on the ZDF charity broadcast.
- She urged viewers not to look away from children suffering in conflicts, citing UNICEF’s one-in-five statistic as her motivation.
- Host Johannes B. Kerner acknowledged her reaction on air and thanked her for bringing the song to the gala.
- The 25th-anniversary show gathered more than 80 prominent guests to support child-focused aid projects in Germany and abroad.
- The broadcast ended with a reported total of €26,158,736 raised, described by Bild and cited by tz.de as the second-highest in the gala’s history.