City duels in Germany's biggest theme park - TV-show "Deutschland Champions" at Europa-Park

In 2003, a new entertainment show with exciting, action-packed games will be broadcast throughout Germany. Bavarian Television presents the new ARD Saturday evening show "Deutschland Champions?. The show will be produced in Europa-Park, Germany's largest theme park.

Once again in 2003, Europa-Park presents itself as a popular media spot.  A first-class television event will take place on four evenings in June in Germany's largest theme park. Eight German cities have the chance to present their best sides in the 90-minute ARD television show. Similar to the old, popular show "Spiel ohne Grenzen?, this new production will have spectacular games on the program.

"Deutschland Champions", the sports duel between German cities, is a new entertainment program from Bavarian Television. On four Saturday evenings at 8:15 PM, two of the cities will face off in a competition that measures their athletic ability.

Participants on each show include two celebrities representing each city as well as 10 athletic candidates who attempt to win as many points as possible for their team in six rounds of exciting games. In addition, the mayor of each city's team will be there for support and to cheer the team on. After the team members have used almost all of their energy during the numerous action-packed games, they move on to the final round, the "Champions Wall?, that will determine victory or defeat.

"Deutschland Champions" will be filmed in Europa-Park on the 11^th, 14^th, 18^th and 21^st of June 2003.  The pairings for the competition are Sylt vs. Garmisch, Frankfurt a. d. Oder vs. Frankfurt a. Main, Köln vs. Düsseldorf and Bonn vs. Berlin.

With over 200 television productions in 2002, Europa-Park, with its ideal infrastructure, has become an established media location and a proven competent partner for numerous TV stations. The tradition of producing the show "Immer wieder sonntags" with host Max Schautzer will continue in the 2003 season on the 22^th and 29^th of June, 6^th and 27^th of July, the 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th and 31^st of August and 7^th and 14^th of September.