“The Helene Fischer Show”: Reinhard Mey celebrates his TV comeback

The “Helene Fischer Show” provided lots of magical moments on Christmas Day. A special highlight was Reinhard Mey’s comeback: the songwriter had not appeared on television for 25 years.

Helene Fischer (40) has her big one Christmas show am 25. December I am ZDF a special guest on the stage Welcomed. “A very big wish of mine is coming true. The next artist who is coming to us is someone I’ve really wanted to invite to my show for so long, and now he’s finally here,” announced the pop singer and was finally called the songwriter Reinhard Mey (82) on the stage Welcome. It was Mey’s first appearance on television in 25 years.

The 82-year-old Mey performed his current song “You can fly” before joining Fischer duet coordinated. Together they sang the Mey hit “We” from 1990. Visibly moved and with tears in her eyes, the presenter then emphasized again what a “huge honor” the performance was for her: “We have been waiting for you for 25 years. “”

“Waiting for the right show”

Reinhard Mey has been one of the most successful songwriters in German-speaking countries for over five decades. He has released numerous albums, most recently in 2024. His biggest hit “Über den Wolken” celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Even today, Mey is still on tour stage.

The musician emphasized that he had not ventured onto television for 25 years Broadcast. “I was just waiting for the right show,” he said, explaining his comeback on the “Helene Fischer Show”. The audience in the Exhibition hall In Dusseldorf thanked him too Standing ovation.

There are also other star guests

There were further highlights in the Christmas show among.different Marianne Rosenberg, Giovanni Zarrella, Alvaro Soler and Helene Fischer’s ex-partner Florian Silbereisen. With the latter sang the hostess a romantic duet and emphasized: “My dear, when we meet, it is always nice and honestly friendly.” Other guests in the three-hour show included Ayliva, Hape Kerkeling as well as the musical ensembles of “Hercules” and “Billy Elliot”, as well as the dance performance of the formation “Urban Theory & Black Widow”.

Provided international flair Robbie Williams (50). The Pop starthe one with Helene Fischer be ready duet From “Santa, Baby” performed his new song “Forbidden Road”. The spectacle in ZDF am 1. Christmas Day saw according to AGF in Average 3.61 million people.