The second triall starts on TV on Sunday. ARD and ZDF have teamed up and broadcast the live program together.
Time: ARD and ZDF will be showing TV triall number two this Sunday, after RTL and ntv at the end of August and before ProSiebenSat.1, which will be a week before the election on September 26th. ZDF editor-in-chief Peter Frey estimates the importance of the current Triells as very great. The proportion of the undecided is currently decreasing a bit.
“People are in the process of forming their minds. And this is exactly the phase in which this program hits, ”he said. He hopes for a double-digit million participation in TV viewers. 16.23 million people watched the duel between Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz in 2017.
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Focus on conversation: ARD broadcaster Rainald Becker announced that there would be no clips as clips in the show. It was decided to make a pure offer to talk. The aim is to give the viewer the opportunity to concentrate on the candidates’ answers, reactions, facial expressions and gestures. The broadcast lasts around 95 minutes.
The moderator team: ZDF sends the experienced presenter Maybrit Illner to the live broadcast. In her weekly ZDF political talk show, she repeatedly speaks to top politicians. Illner also has a long history of duels for chancellor candidates – she has been part of the moderation team since 2002. With her, ARD editor-in-chief Oliver Köhr will moderate the show. The journalist is known to TV viewers for moderating summer interviews with top politicians. Köhr has been editor-in-chief of ARD since May, succeeding Rainald Becker. Before that, Köhr was deputy head of the ARD capital studio.
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Round arrangement: The TV studio in Berlin-Adlershof is similar to the first TV triall from RTL and ntv at the end of August. The moderators and chancellor candidates each have their own standing desk. No props other than pen and notepad are allowed. The three politicians face the team of moderators. Baerbock will be standing between Laschet and Scholz again. The speaking time is repeatedly faded in to ensure equal opportunities for speaking. Nine cameras record the whole thing. There will also be two quick polls among TV viewers by the broadcasters, the results of which will be evaluated later in the evening. (dpa)
