Putin stays and Beni goes. Is that fair? Not for the latter, at least. Beni Turnheer would have deserved a better exit - and here I probably disagree with most critics. It may be true that the ratings of "Benissimo" are plummeting (which show isn't?), the concept is outdated and the lifespan of 20 years has exceeded all TV norms. But immortality also comes from consistency: "Wetten dass..." is even older, "Samschtig-Jass" of course, and the French star talker Michel Drucker has been chatting south korea rcs data weekly for almost forty years on his red sofa close to the Champs-Elysees. The people in charge of programming at Swiss television refuse to accept that Beni Turnheer is one of the last big stars of Leutschenbach. Completely in the tradition of Heidi Abel, Mäni Weber and Kurt Felix. With the death of "Benissimo" an entire TV era dies.
Beni was the epitome of Swiss television: sometimes clumsy, sometimes brilliant, but always Swiss. Of course, Beni should never have been fired. The idea of him getting the slip from entertainment director Christoph Gebel or being invited to a farewell meeting is strange. Someone like Beni would have to announce his departure himself: with a bang.
That would be the second worst case scenario, but at least it would be stylish. Surrounded by his friends Tina Turner, Robbie Williams and Udo Jürgens. Stars who have all appeared on his show. Sandra Studer demonstrated on "Swiss of the Year" how to celebrate your farewell. "The perfect exit is part of every show," teaches old master Kurt Felix. Swiss television has now taken away this opportunity from the "Plauderi of the Nation". Without Beni, things will definitely be duller at Leutschenbach.