Matthias Opdenhövel: Hours after Sat.1 appearance, the shock is deep

For some time now, Sat.1 has been focusing on the music show “The Tribute – The Show of Music Legends”. The station hopes to use this to provide more musical highlights on German TV.

The whole thing is hosted by none other than Matthias Opdenhövel. But are viewers really convinced by the format? A look at the ratings quickly provides clarity.

Bitter news for Matthias Opdenhövel

On Friday evening (30 August) viewers saw a new episode of “The Tribute – The Music Legends Show” on TV. At 8:15 p.m. sharp, Matthias Opdenhövel welcomed viewers and then introduced the candidates. The new Sat.1 show is looking for Germany's best cover band.

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However, Sat.1 did not reach too many people. As the industry magazine DWDL reports, only around 0.60 million people watched the show with Matthias Opdenhövel. That corresponds to a market share of 5.7 percent. This means that the quote was worse than the official show.

Matthias Opdenhövel must be very strong

Two weeks ago, around 0.23 million more viewers tuned in to watch the talents on “The Tribute – The Music Legends Show.” But this Friday, the competition was simply too great.

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RTL's jungle camp achieved a fantastic market share of 21.9 percent and attracted 2.42 million people to their TV screens. And the “hour after” also achieved good results: it had a market share of 16.3 percent at the end of the evening.

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Sat.1 shows all episodes of “The Tribute – The Show of Music Legends” online in the media library at Joyn.