Overview

• The special airs Saturday, 20 September at 20:15 on ZDF, honoring Howard Carpendale ahead of his 80th birthday and his approaching 60th stage anniversary.
• The program was recorded at Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle, with Carpendale describing an energized audience and a show without weak moments.
• Carpendale publicly praised Kerstin Ott in an Instagram post recalling their first meeting and their 2019 duet, which he says has surpassed 100 million streams.
• Confirmed guests include Kerstin Ott, Jürgen Drews, Sasha, Beatrice Egli, Ben Zucker, Nik P., Alexander Klaws, Gregor Meyle, Paul Young, and rising Schlager performers in a medley.
• Carpendale told dpa his duet with Drews might be their final one together, citing Drews’ health challenges following his retirement with a polyneuropathy diagnosis.