Die ZDF-Hitparade

The ZDF-Hitparade, often referred to simply as the Hitparade, was a highly influential music television series that captivated audiences in Germany and beyond. Premiering in the 1970s on the German television network ZDF, the show quickly gained popularity for its unique blend of entertainment and music. Primarily focused on the genre of Schlager, a style characterized by catchy melodies and sentimental lyrics, the Hitparade became a cultural phenomenon that played an essential role in shaping the musical landscape of German-speaking countries.

Each episode of the ZDF-Hitparade showcased a variety of performances by both established stars and emerging talents, making it a platform for artists to gain recognition and connect with fans. The show featured a colorful set, lively choreography, and an engaging host, creating an enjoyable viewing experience that attracted millions of viewers weekly. Its format not only included performances but also often highlighted viewer voting, allowing the audience to actively participate in determining which songs would rise to the top of the charts. This interactive element helped foster a deeper connection between the performers and their fans, contributing to the show's enduring legacy.

As the years went by, the ZDF-Hitparade adapted to changing musical trends and audience preferences, introducing new segments and themes to keep the content fresh and relevant. Despite facing competition from other music shows and channels, it remained a beloved staple in German pop culture until its eventual cancellation in the early 2000s. The show's impact on the music industry cannot be overstated, as it not only celebrated artists and their work but also served as a foundation for the development of future music programs in Germany. Today, the ZDF-Hitparade is fondly remembered by fans and remains a significant chapter in the history of music television.

Main Cast of Die ZDF-Hitparade

Dieter Thomas Heck as Self - Host

Dieter Thomas Heck

as Self - Host (183 episodes)
Uwe Hübner as Self - Host

Uwe Hübner

as Self - Host (125 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Die ZDF-Hitparade

Viktor Worms as Self - Host

Viktor Worms

as Self - Host (60 episodes)
Jacqueline Boyer as Self

Jacqueline Boyer

as Self (2 episodes)
Siw Malmkvist as Self

Siw Malmkvist

as Self (2 episodes)
Liesbeth List as Self

Liesbeth List

as Self (1 episode)
Gerhard Wendland as Self

Gerhard Wendland

as Self (1 episode)

Peter Rubin

as Self (1 episode)

Peter Beil

as Self (2 episodes)
Freddy Quinn as Self

Freddy Quinn

as Self (1 episode)
Reiner Schöne as Self

Reiner Schöne

as Self (1 episode)

Jürgen Draeger

as Self (1 episode)

Kirsti Sparboe

as Self (1 episode)

Alexandra

as Self (1 episode)
Bonnie St. Claire as Self

Bonnie St. Claire

as Self (2 episodes)

Gerd Böttcher

as Self (1 episode)
Peter Kraus as Self

Peter Kraus

as Self (1 episode)
Caterina Caselli as Self

Caterina Caselli

as Self (1 episode)
Marianne Mendt as Self

Marianne Mendt

as Self (1 episode)

Bernd Spier

as Self (4 episodes)

Sven Jenssen

as Self (1 episode)

Teddy Parker

as Self (4 episodes)
Miguel Ríos as Self

Miguel Ríos

as Self (1 episode)

Daisy Door

as Self (1 episode)
Barry Ryan as Self

Barry Ryan

as Self (1 episode)
Nella Martinetti as Self

Nella Martinetti

as Self (1 episode)
Josef Laufer as Self

Josef Laufer

as Self (1 episode)

Piet Veerman

as Self (1 episode)

Manuela

as Self (7 episodes)

Henner Hoier

as Self (1 episode)
Imca Marina as Self

Imca Marina

as Self (1 episode)

John Kincade

as Self (1 episode)

Tanja Berg

as Self (6 episodes)

Daniel Boone

as Self (1 episode)
Joy Fleming as Self

Joy Fleming

as Self (1 episode)

Elisa Gabbai

as Self (1 episode)

Sandra Reemer

as Self (4 episodes)

Oliver Bendt

as Self (4 episodes)

Renate Kern

as Self (5 episodes)
Danyel Gérard as Self

Danyel Gérard

as Self (5 episodes)
Hans Hass Jr. as Self

Hans Hass Jr.

as Self (2 episodes)

Jerry Rix

as Self (3 episodes)

Wolfgang Mürmann

as Self (1 episode)

Renate Leismann

as Self (7 episodes)

Werner Leismann

as Self (7 episodes)
Gigliola Cinquetti as Self

Gigliola Cinquetti

as Self (1 episode)
Dana as Self

Dana

as Self (1 episode)

Ulli Martin

as Self (5 episodes)
Sylvia Vrethammar as Self

Sylvia Vrethammar

as Self (1 episode)
Aviva Paz as Self

Aviva Paz

as Self (3 episodes)

Andrea Horn

as Self (2 episodes)

Olivia Molina

as Self (4 episodes)
Shuki Levy as Self

Shuki Levy

as Self (3 episodes)

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Wyn Hoop

as Self (1 episode)
Mariska Veres as Self

Mariska Veres

as Self (1 episode)

Nina Lizell

as Self (3 episodes)

Su Kramer

as Self (6 episodes)
Dennie Christian as Self

Dennie Christian

as Self (2 episodes)

Mike

as Self (11 episodes)

Nina

as Self (11 episodes)

Rebekka

as Self (3 episodes)

Wolfgang Hofer

as Self (6 episodes)

Dries Holten

as Self (6 episodes)
Willem Duyn as Self

Willem Duyn

as Self (5 episodes)

Elfi Graf

as Self (7 episodes)

Monika Hauff

as Self (1 episode)

Didi Zill

as Self (2 episodes)

Elke Best

as Self (4 episodes)

Tina Rainford

as Self (2 episodes)

Klaus-Dieter Henkler

as Self (1 episode)

Monica Morell

as Self (5 episodes)

Lord Ulli

as Self (1 episode)
Graham Bonney as Self

Graham Bonney

as Self (14 episodes)

Stephanie Lindbergh

as Self (2 episodes)

Freya Wippich

as Self (1 episode)

Martin Mann

as Self (11 episodes)
Johanna von Koczian as Self

Johanna von Koczian

as Self (3 episodes)
Mireille Mathieu as Self

Mireille Mathieu

as Self (4 episodes)
Ralf Hütter as Self

Ralf Hütter

as Self (4 episodes)
Bruce Low as Self

Bruce Low

as Self (5 episodes)

Bino

as Self (4 episodes)
Rudi Carrell as Self

Rudi Carrell

as Self (4 episodes)
Vader Abraham as Self

Vader Abraham

as Self (13 episodes)
Helga Feddersen as Self

Helga Feddersen

as Self (5 episodes)
Dieter Hallervorden as Self

Dieter Hallervorden

as Self (5 episodes)
Peter Orloff as Self

Peter Orloff

as Self (15 episodes)
Peter Alexander as Self

Peter Alexander

as Self (5 episodes)
Nana Mouskouri as Self

Nana Mouskouri

as Self (4 episodes)

Günter Willumeit

as Self (2 episodes)

Marion Maerz

as Self (5 episodes)
Reinhard Mey as Self

Reinhard Mey

as Self (2 episodes)

Peter Rubin

as Self (10 episodes)

Josef Krassnitzer

as Self (3 episodes)
Dunja Rajter as Self

Dunja Rajter

as Self (2 episodes)

Hans Kreuzmayr

as Self (3 episodes)
Maggie MacNeal as Self

Maggie MacNeal

as Self (4 episodes)

Lonzo Westphal

as Self (1 episode)

Oliver Freytag

as Self (1 episode)

Suzanne Klee

as Self (2 episodes)
Johnny Logan as Self

Johnny Logan

as Self (3 episodes)

Gaby Baginsky

as Self (5 episodes)
Jürgen Drews as Self

Jürgen Drews

as Self (13 episodes)

Edina Pop

as Self (7 episodes)

Tina York

as Self (9 episodes)
Salvatore Adamo as Self

Salvatore Adamo

as Self (1 episode)

Anne-Karin

as Self (4 episodes)

Erik Silvester

as Self (11 episodes)

Ulla Norden

as Self (1 episode)

Beppo Pohlmann

as Self (8 episodes)
Séverine as Self

Séverine

as Self (8 episodes)

Cisco Berndt

as Self (4 episodes)

Wolfgang Heichel

as Self (1 episode)

Gunter Gabriel

as Self (7 episodes)

Hans Blum

as Self (3 episodes)
Marco Bakker as Self

Marco Bakker

as Self (1 episode)

Peter Reber

as Self (2 episodes)

Marc Dietrich

as Self (2 episodes)

Sue Schell

as Self (2 episodes)
Peter Maffay as Self

Peter Maffay

as Self (12 episodes)
Jürgen Marcus as Self

Jürgen Marcus

as Self (18 episodes)

Peter Petrel

as Self (13 episodes)

Siw Inger

as Self (6 episodes)

Werner Böhm

as Self (6 episodes)
Michael Schanze as Self

Michael Schanze

as Self (4 episodes)

Conny Morin

as Self (4 episodes)
Rolf Zuckowski as Self

Rolf Zuckowski

as Self (1 episode)
Gert Krawinkel as Self

Gert Krawinkel

as Self (1 episode)

Steve Bender

as Self (3 episodes)

Hannes Schöner

as Self (1 episode)

Stephan Sulke

as Self (1 episode)

Jürgen Renfordt

as Self (1 episode)

Leslie Mandoki

as Self (6 episodes)

Holger Thomas

as Self (1 episode)
Ludwig Hirsch as Self

Ludwig Hirsch

as Self (1 episode)
Stefanie Werger as Self

Stefanie Werger

as Self (1 episode)
Milva as Self

Milva

as Self (2 episodes)
Angelika Milster as Self

Angelika Milster

as Self (1 episode)

Friedel Geratsch

as Self (3 episodes)
Isabel Varell as Self

Isabel Varell

as Self (1 episode)
Günther Sigl as Self

Günther Sigl

as Self (2 episodes)
Udo Jürgens as Self

Udo Jürgens

as Self (7 episodes)

Tony Holiday

as Self (9 episodes)
Caterina Valente as Self

Caterina Valente

as Self (6 episodes)
Georg Danzer as Self

Georg Danzer

as Self (1 episode)

Veronika Fischer

as Self (1 episode)

Heike Schäfer

as Self (1 episode)
Wenche Myhre as Self

Wenche Myhre

as Self (5 episodes)

Hans-Jürgen Buchner

as Self (2 episodes)
Nena as Self

Nena

as Self (5 episodes)

Gottfried Böttger

as Self (6 episodes)
Falco as Self

Falco

as Self (3 episodes)
Daliah Lavi as Self

Daliah Lavi

as Self (2 episodes)

Helmut Frey

as Self (2 episodes)

Anne Haigis

as Self (2 episodes)
Katja Ebstein as Self

Katja Ebstein

as Self (17 episodes)

Lucius Reichling

as Self (11 episodes)

Christian Franke

as Self (6 episodes)

Ina Deter

as Self (3 episodes)

Frank Duval

as Self (1 episode)

Ingrid Peters

as Self (10 episodes)

Kalina Maloyer

as Self (1 episode)
Peter Cornelius as Self

Peter Cornelius

as Self (5 episodes)
Bert as Self

Bert

as Self (18 episodes)

Wolf Maahn

as Self (2 episodes)

Peter Schilling

as Self (5 episodes)
Karel Gott as Self

Karel Gott

as Self (21 episodes)
Joe Cocker as Self

Joe Cocker

as Self (1 episode)
Dorthe Kollo as Self

Dorthe Kollo

as Self (9 episodes)
Wolfgang Niedecken as Self

Wolfgang Niedecken

as Self (1 episode)
Drafi Deutscher as Self

Drafi Deutscher

as Self (10 episodes)

Stefan Zauner

as Self (6 episodes)

Bernd Hengst

as Self (2 episodes)
Andy Borg as Self

Andy Borg

as Self (9 episodes)

Mandy Winter

as Self (10 episodes)
Volker Lechtenbrink as Self

Volker Lechtenbrink

as Self (7 episodes)

Hubert Kah

as Self (8 episodes)

Sally Oldfield

as Self (1 episode)
Paola Felix as Self

Paola Felix

as Self (19 episodes)

Manfred Durban

as Self (1 episode)
Costa Cordalis as Self

Costa Cordalis

as Self (22 episodes)
Shari Belafonte as Self

Shari Belafonte

as Self (1 episode)

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Gitte Hænning as Self

Gitte Hænning

as Self (18 episodes)
Michael Holm as Self

Michael Holm

as Self (26 episodes)
Chris Roberts as Self

Chris Roberts

as Self (28 episodes)
Christian Anders as Self

Christian Anders

as Self (22 episodes)

Klaus Eberhartinger

as Self (9 episodes)

Peggy March

as Self (11 episodes)
Udo Lindenberg as Self

Udo Lindenberg

as Self (2 episodes)
Ricky Shayne as Self

Ricky Shayne

as Self (14 episodes)
Frank Farian as Self

Frank Farian

as Self (9 episodes)

Inga Humpe

as Self (2 episodes)
Roger Whittaker as Self

Roger Whittaker

as Self (9 episodes)
Stephan Remmler as Self

Stephan Remmler

as Self (7 episodes)
Rainhard Fendrich as Self

Rainhard Fendrich

as Self (6 episodes)
David Hasselhoff as Self

David Hasselhoff

as Self (1 episode)

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Randolph Rose

as Self (9 episodes)

Bernward Büker

as Self (2 episodes)
Bernd Clüver as Self

Bernd Clüver

as Self (15 episodes)
Nino de Angelo as Self

Nino de Angelo

as Self (9 episodes)
Thomas Anders as Self

Thomas Anders

as Self (1 episode)
Demis Roussos as Self

Demis Roussos

as Self (1 episode)

Benny Schnier

as Self (11 episodes)
Marianne Rosenberg as Self

Marianne Rosenberg

as Self (18 episodes)
Heino as Self

Heino

as Self (28 episodes)
Vicky Leandros as Self

Vicky Leandros

as Self (8 episodes)
Howard Carpendale as Self

Howard Carpendale

as Self (38 episodes)

Heinz Rudolf Kunze

as Self (4 episodes)
Lasse Berghagen as Self

Lasse Berghagen

as Self (2 episodes)
Lena Valaitis as Self

Lena Valaitis

as Self (25 episodes)
Tony Marshall as Self

Tony Marshall

as Self (19 episodes)

Chris Andrews

as Self (2 episodes)
Sandra as Self

Sandra

as Self (9 episodes)
Klaus Lage as Self

Klaus Lage

as Self (9 episodes)
Jürgen von der Lippe as Self

Jürgen von der Lippe

as Self (8 episodes)
Annette Humpe as Self

Annette Humpe

as Self (3 episodes)

Stefan Waggershausen

as Self (2 episodes)

Bernie Paul

as Self (3 episodes)

David Hanselmann

as Self (2 episodes)
Romina Power as Self

Romina Power

as Self (2 episodes)

Deborah Sasson

as Self (2 episodes)

Ibo

as Self (5 episodes)
Al Bano as Self

Al Bano

as Self (2 episodes)
Klaus Büchner as Self

Klaus Büchner

as Self (4 episodes)
Mike Krüger as Self

Mike Krüger

as Self (4 episodes)

Chris Wolff

as Self (5 episodes)
France Gall as Self

France Gall

as Self (5 episodes)

Edo Zanki

as Self (4 episodes)
Roy Black as Self

Roy Black

as Self (15 episodes)
Rex Gildo as Self

Rex Gildo

as Self (26 episodes)

Tom Astor

as Self (2 episodes)

Freddy Breck

as Self (9 episodes)
Mary Roos as Self

Mary Roos

as Self (16 episodes)

Jonny Hill

as Self (4 episodes)
Roland Kaiser as Self

Roland Kaiser

as Self (38 episodes)
Frank Zander as Self

Frank Zander

as Self (18 episodes)
Achim Reichel as Self

Achim Reichel

as Self (5 episodes)
Wolfgang Fierek as Self

Wolfgang Fierek

as Self (4 episodes)

Rosanna Rocci

as Self (2 episodes)
Bonnie Tyler as Self

Bonnie Tyler

as Self (1 episode)

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Ted Herold as Self

Ted Herold

as Self (8 episodes)

Andreas Martin

as Self (10 episodes)
Peter Behrens as Self

Peter Behrens

as Self (3 episodes)

Tommy Steiner

as Self (10 episodes)

Michael Stein

as Self (4 episodes)
Roberto Blanco as Self

Roberto Blanco

as Self (5 episodes)
Chris Norman as Self

Chris Norman

as Self (8 episodes)
Wolfgang Petry as Self

Wolfgang Petry

as Self (17 episodes)

Matthias Reim

as Self (5 episodes)

Jule Neigel

as Self (5 episodes)
Claudia Jung as Self

Claudia Jung

as Self (1 episode)

Edward Simoni

as Self (4 episodes)
Hanne Haller as Self

Hanne Haller

as Self (14 episodes)
Bata Illic as Self

Bata Illic

as Self (27 episodes)

Ramona Wulf

as Self (5 episodes)
Cindy as Self

Cindy

as Self (19 episodes)
Bernhard Brink as Self

Bernhard Brink

as Self (30 episodes)
Juliane Werding as Self

Juliane Werding

as Self (28 episodes)
Andrea Jürgens as Self

Andrea Jürgens

as Self (21 episodes)
Kristina Bach as Self

Kristina Bach

as Self (4 episodes)

Judy Weiss

as Self (1 episode)

Dirk Busch

as Self (5 episodes)
Ireen Sheer as Self

Ireen Sheer

as Self (13 episodes)

Hans Hartz

as Self (4 episodes)
G. G. Anderson as Self

G. G. Anderson

as Self (15 episodes)
Nicole as Self

Nicole

as Self (18 episodes)

Pe Werner

as Self (2 episodes)
Nicki as Self

Nicki

as Self (22 episodes)

Petra Frey

as Self (1 episode)

Crew of Die ZDF-Hitparade

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