Hazel Brugger to host the Wetten, dass..? outside bet in Sursee on 5 December

Brugger takes the outside bet

ZDF has confirmed that Swiss comedienne Hazel Brugger, 32, will host the outside bet of the next Wetten, dass..? on 5 December. The network made the announcement on Instagram on Friday, 13 November, in a clip showing a string of well-known faces, among them the Wolter twins, Carolin Kebekus, Atze Schröder, Motsi Mabuse, Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, Edin Hasanović, Horst Lichter and comedienne Parshad, competing for the post. In the clip the field is interrupted by Brugger herself, who stands up and takes the role on.

“Stop, thanks. That's enough, that's enough. I'll do it myself.”

Addressing viewers directly, Brugger told the camera that she would host the outside bet on 5 December on the Second German Television. ZDF had left open who would win the contest and promised to reveal the answer only at the end of the clip. Brugger is not new to the role, having presented the Swiss outside bet at Thomas Gottschalk's last Wetten, dass..? edition on 25 November 2023.

The first show for the Kaulitz twins

Bill and Tom Kaulitz, the musicians known from Tokio Hotel, will host Wetten, dass..? for the first time on 5 December, taking over from Thomas Gottschalk, who last presented the show in November 2023. The show returns after a three-year break, and the main edition is set to take place in Halle (Saale), where the twins will welcome the guests. The guest list is still secret. In the podcast Kaulitz Hills - Senf aus Hollywood the brothers hinted that they had received a very big commitment from Hollywood and that more celebrities from the film capital were to follow. Parshad will work backstage for them, and the brothers said in early November on Instagram that her only brief is as much gossip as possible. Focus reports that Gottschalk will not be watching the new edition, as he has other plans.

Sursee and the outside bet

The outside bet will be broadcast live from the sports arena at the Campus Sursee in Lucerne, while the main show runs from Halle (Saale). The content of the Sursee wager has not been disclosed. The previous Swiss outside bet, in 2023, involved a rope-pulling club from Stans-Oberdorf, where eight members pulled a funicular car weighing about seven tonnes and carrying 40 people up a slope in 120 seconds. Per watson, free tickets for the evening can be claimed on Eventfrog, entry starts at 19:00, places are limited, and the hall will be heated to 30 degrees, with the outside bet expected around 22:00.

Broadcast and open questions

Swiss viewers can follow the co-production with ZDF and ORF live on SRF 1 at 20:15 on 5 December, SRF reports. Watson notes that the 2026 edition is, for now, the only planned show of the series. The chart below tracks the sequence of announcements and the broadcast date.

The Halle guest list and the wagers of the main show are still unannounced. Watson also reports that the prominent host of the Lucerne public viewing evening has not yet been named.