Heavy fall prevents ESC comeback: Peter Urban has to cancel Raab's show

For 25 years Peter Urban was Germany's commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest, until he finally resigned in 2023. Tonight there would have been a reunion with the TV audience in the RTL Countdown show for this year's ESC. But now unfortunately nothing will happen.

For more than 25 years he was THE German ESC voice, but now Peter Urban can't be on Stefan Raab's countdown show – a fall makes him a dash through the bill.

Shock for ESC fans: Peter Urban, the legendary voice of the Eurovision Song Contest, cannot perform as planned at "Chefsache ESC 2025 - Live aus Basel". The reasons for his rejection. This article was sorted under ARD, TV show, TV series / web series, media libraries, ORF eins, Entertainment.

In fact, Urban was supposed to celebrate a small ESC return with Stefan Raab as part of the RTL show "Chefsache ESC 2025".

The long-standing German commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, Peter Urban, has to cancel his participation in today's TV show Chefsache ESC 2025 – Live from Basel in the short term. As the wife of the 77-year-old Hamburg-based RTL said, he fell and now has severe pain. Therefore, he cannot travel to Switzerland – even if [...]

Hamburg/Basel (dpa) – Grand-Prix-Urgestein Peter Urban has had to cancel an appearance in the vicinity of this year's Eurovision Song Contest due to an accident. Actually, the 77-year-old Hamburger should have been shown in the evening in Stefan Raab's RTL show "Chefsache ESC 2025 – Live aus Basel". His wife Laura Urban said to RTL, "that Peter unfortunately fell due to his disability due to a missing hip joint on the weekend and therefore could…