Overview

• Jürgen Drews, who stepped back from performing in 2022 because of polyneuropathy, joined Howard Carpendale for a duet on "Es war alles am besten" in a rare stage return.
• Carpendale said it was "possibly the last time" they would sing together and expressed concern about Drews’ health.
• Wayne Carpendale surprised his father with a filmed tribute drawn from his documentary, moving the honoree to tears and prompting a public thank-you.
• Drews shared that he once narrowly missed the U.S. Top 40 and would have stayed in America had he made it, a path he now says he is glad he didn’t take.
• Taped in August at Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle, the show gathered Beatrice Egli, Kerstin Ott, Ben Zucker, Alexander Klaws, Paul Young and others, and is available in the ZDF Mediathek as viewers debated the guest lineup and target audience.