Review – Dear Kilchsperger than nati

Beautiful summer evening, good atmosphere, no more boring than the Swiss football nati, Roman Kilchsperger in his usual best form – the "Donnschtig-Jass" of Zweisimmen was fun. The moderator is on the thing. God is only mood with the bureaucrats on Leutschenbach. Reason: During an open conversation with the "World Week", the honest Kilchsperger, among other things, how he had to censor himself at SRF and "virtually euthanized" (personal.com reported). In the coming days, he must dig into his bosses because of his current statements.

It's the old song: Since its inception, Swiss television has struggled with real stars (and sparsely populated!). Unfortunately, Heidi Abel and Mäni Weber can no longer complain, but during their lifetime, they have done so often and repeatedly. Sascha Ruefer, the best Swiss football commentator, had to play repeatedly for former sports director Urs Leutert for vague words and take a bitch. Although Beni Thurnheer loved to strike proverbs, they were not as bold and brave as those of Kilchsperger or Ruefer. That's why they went through there.

Roman Kilchsperger has always been able to count on the support of his SRF teams. Even if one of his words has already caused problems. His bosses, however, failed. And let him fall. Even when his biggest star was the president of Juso Funiciello, vulgarly called "sexist asshole".

Things have also been very different in this respect with public broadcasters in Germany. Stars like Thomas Gottschalk and Harald Schmidt have been allowed to talk about "hip" for decades on the television tabloid. In the ZDF show "Well, something like this!" Gottschalk said in 1986 to a slightly dressed, older acrobat: "Do not be cold – at this age, you have to be careful about your ovaries." A question of taste. The old bosses of the ZDF were not happy either. But they had eggs and did not leave Gottschalk in the rain. Incidentally, in the same year, the artist was awarded the "Golden Camera" for this series. The filmmakers always knew what they had about Gottschalk. In addition to "Wetten, dass …?" And specials for the station Mainz, he was also able to moderate a daily show of late evening on RTL.

Germans also know and use that some moderators of entertainment can also play sports. Or vice versa. Oliver Welke, Reinhold Beckmann or Johannes B. Kerner do or have both. Roman Kilchsperger, also a talented sports presenter, had been advertising for years at the SRF Sports Department. In vain. Now, the viewers of Teleclub can look forward to it.