Overview
- The live broadcast reported a final on-air total of €26,158,736, with further donations still possible online and via the 01802–10 10 10 hotline.
- More than 80 public figures from entertainment, sport and politics staffed the phones in Berlin as over 2,100 Deutsche Telekom volunteers took pledges at 17 locations and from home.
- Host Johannes B. Kerner acknowledged a brief phone-system problem at the start of the show and urged viewers to call again once lines were cleared.
- Andrea Berg debuted her gala-specific song “Die weißen Tauben” in a visibly emotional performance, alongside music from Roland Kaiser and pianist Lang Lang.
- The program opened with a staged Wilsberg segment featuring Leonard Lansink before he joined the phone bank, and the telecast drew about 2.89 million viewers for a 13.8% market share.