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by Nick Drew  |  Wed 07 Jan 2015

On the Case with giant balloons

We do love a good German “Bagger” digger challenge here on the Digger Man Blog and here is another one from a different TV show.

A vast majority of these stunts take place on the German equivalent of You Bet, called Wetten Dass. However this show which is called Schlag den Rabb which translates into (Beat the Rabb) goes out live on Saturday evenings on the ProSieben TV channel. In the show members of the public are invited to take on Stefan Raab who is a multi-talented TV star in Germany, in a variety of challenges, which if they beat Raab could earn them a significant amount of prize money. The show is a huge hit in Germany and has been a ratings winner since it was first aired in 2006. The highest amount won by a single contestant is a staggering 3.5 million euros. [youtube width="725" height="344"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzs3oRqI0I[/youtube]   In this challenge we see a female contestant take on Stefan using a selector grab equipped Case CX250C hydraulic excavator, with Stefan using an identical machine, to pick up 5 large water filled, colour coded balloons and place them on the corresponding plinths. I would suggest the lady might have done a bit of this before, judging by her performance after a slow start, will she win?  

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