''Immer wieder Sonntags'' (''Again on Sundays'') is a German television entertainment show which is broadcast live every Sunday in the summer months from

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, Southwest Germany. The series was first aired in 1995 and is produced by Werner Kimmig GmbH on behalf of

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(SWR) (''southwest Broadcasting''). There are usually 10-14 episodes aired during the summer season live from the theme park along with ''Das Beste aus Immer Wieder Sonntags'' (''The Best of Again on Sundays''). In 2002 a winter edition called ''Immer Wieder Samstags'' (''Again on Saturdays'') was broadcast for three Saturdays. The show takes its name and opening song which is sung by Stefan Mross from the 1973 hit by

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singers

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History

The show has regular guests and revolves around comedy and singers of pop and folk music. First presented by Max Schautzer, the first broadcast was in 1995 and included performances by

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. Sebastian Deyle then took over as the shows presenter, however a decline in ratings resulted in Stefan Mross taking over after one year which caused a ratings recovery. In 2010,

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presented an episode in August while Stefan Mross was absent for private reasons. During a live show on 10 August 2014, Stefan was forced to leave the stage after chili tasting on various levels of the

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. He later collapsed behind the stage due to circulatory failure and had to be taken to hospital. The remainder of the show was taken over by performing guests Marc Pircher and Guido Cantz. In 2014, the show celebrated its 10th Anniversary of Broadcasting with Stefan Mross as the host by airing three episodes for a longer air time of 120 minutes on 31 August and 7 and 14 September. On 5 October, "''Immer wieder Stefan – Die große Jubiläumsshow''" (''again and again, Stefan — the big anniversary show'') will be broadcast.

Summer hit winners

Since 2007, each show has crowned a Sommerhitkönig/königin (Summer hit King/Queen) were singers and groups compete for the title, with 2 winners being determined by viewers voting by telephone. Previous winners include

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References

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