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Betty BBQ in focus – our focus!
Betty BBQ is regularly present in various media. We would like to present a compilation of our highlights below.
A detailed listing can be found below.
Betty BBQ without a Bollenhut? Hardly conceivable!
The Schwarzälder landmark has crowned the heads of the Black Forest for over 225 years. In the SWR TV report, Betty BBQ, among others, congratulates on this anniversary.
The Bollenhut is the symbol of the Black Forest. Together with ham, cherry cake and a cuckoo clock, it forms a kind of brand quartet for the Black Forest. A round thing. The Bollenhut was first mentioned in writing 225 years ago. “The usual decorations of red and black color are to be sewn on.” This was the ducal instruction in 1797 and because it says “usual” one must assume that the Bollenhut is even older. One thing is certain: the Bollenhut has changed a lot. First they were just small Bollen, then they got bigger and bigger and now a Bollenhut weighs around two kilograms. As a symbol of the Black Forest, it is irreplaceable.
At times the image of the Bollenhut was outdated, but because it is a powerful symbol of home for artists and photographers, it is more present than ever. When Bollen hats meet piercings and tattoos in famous photos, the contrast between the past and the present becomes visible. A straw hat with 11 visible bolls of wool. Although it is rarely worn on the head today, the traditional motif makes the cash registers in souvenir shops ring. The Bollenhut stands for the entire Black Forest – a traditional costume relic that is still lived, maintained and successfully marketed today.
The SWR report can be accessed at: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/bollenhut-uld-225-years-100.html
Can be seen in the SWR media library: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/225-years-bollenhut-100.html
From the broadcast on Wed., March 23, 2022, 6:00 p.m., SWR Aktuell Baden-Württemberg, SWR Fernsehen BW.
>> Available on all known download & streaming portals! <<
The first party hit of the Black Forest Drag Queen Betty BBQ – a party hit of variety!
Betty BBQ has always stood for a colorful and open home in your home region, the Black Forest metropolis of Freiburg im Breisgau and the entire Black Forest. With her slogans ” Home is not just black and white ” and ” Black Forest – more colorful than you think ” Betty BBQ has become the dazzling icon of a whole new, fresh and modern Black Forest culture. It’s time to present this colourful, modern, cosmopolitan and above all party-crazy region to the whole world and to invite everyone to participate. With “Zick Zack Onion”, Betty BBQ’s party hit debut, Betty BBQ provides a further incentive. Our Mutti Freiburg’s party hit is about the Black Forest, party, good mood, joie de vivre, diversity and of course Betty, Betty BBQ!
And this is what the press says:
>>Here comes the queer Black Forest anthem!<<
Queer.de on November 11, 2019: https://www.queer.de/video-des-tages.php?vid=260
>> Betty BBQ: The Fasenthit 2020 comes from Freiburg <<
Hitradio Ohr listeners have made their decision. With a big lead, they chose “Zick Zack Onion” by Freiburg drag queen Betty BBQ as their carnival hit of the year.
Baden online on February 19, 2020: https://www.bo.de/lokales/ortenau/betty-bbq-der-fasenthit-2020-komm-aus-freiburg
Betty BBQ is an indispensable part of Freiburg – the Black Forest Drag Queen in a short portrait on SWR television
What Olivia Jones is for Hamburg, drag queen Betty BBQ embodies for Freiburg. She fights against prejudice and remains true to her homeland.
Also available in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/player/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzExMjQ2MTA/
And you can see it in the SWR media library: https://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=54d5e570-848d-11e9-88e7-005056a10824
Betty BBQ and SC Freiburg!
On October 6th, 2021, Freiburger Verkehrs AG (VAG) released the new song video for the Freiburg sports club for the current fan song “SC Freiburg vor!”, which has existed since 2008 and is currently current. the group Fisherman’s Fall, in which the well-known Black Forest drag queen Betty BBQ from Freiburg im Breisgau was seen as a sign of a diverse football landscape, as is desired in Freiburg. The video and the song are regularly shown before SC Freiburg’s home games in the Europa Park stadium.
Betty BBQ can do a lot, including High German. But the Alemannic dialect is and will remain the language of your homeland.
And she would like to share that with everyone – Betty BBQ, the Black Forest Drag Queen: authentic through and through!
It is hard to believe but unfortunately true: 97% of the German population cannot speak proper Alemannic. In order to close this elementary gap in education, the language app developers Jicki and Betty BBQ have created a small “Baden language course for beginners” (in the actual sense, of course, “Alemannic course”) for you.
More information about Jicki language showers from Freiburg:
https://www.jicki.de/badisch-lernen-fuer-anfaenger/
Betty BBQ is a queer-political activist – and therefore a sought-after discussion partner on the subject of “role models”. The TV station arte invited Betty BBQ to Baden-Baden for an interview.
Bianca Hauda also interviewed Betty BBQ on the Arte show “Twist”. The program was broadcast under the title “Courage to new role models!” on March 14, 2021 on live television and is available in the arte media library:
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/100274-002-A/twist/
Further information on the Arte culture program TWIST:
A Black Forest documentary with a visit to Freiburg im Breisgau … and at Betty BBQ!
Betty BBQ again on TV: “Borderless – discover the world” in the Black Forest with Annett Fleischer on SAT1
The fifth part of the Germany series of the SAT1 travel magazine “Grenzenlos” by the production company Tellvision takes you to the Black Forest. Actress Annett Fleischer goes there in search of adventure and pleasure. She enjoys star cuisine in Baiersbronn, looks over the shoulder of a cuckoo clock maker, rides Germany’s longest natural zipline and lets drag queen Betty BBQ Freiburg show her how. Also: The world’s best gin, extravagant e-bikes and a “Bächleputzer” in Freiburg!
First broadcast on SAT1 on August 15, 2020.
More information about Limitless from Tellvision:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcZjlkF37uIEyg7QQZ8qdNw
Betty BBQ on the SWR show “Laughing is colourful! – The CSD Comedy Party”
On August 8th, 2020, Constantin Zöller invited to the CSD Comedy Party in the Mannheim Circus Paletti and welcomed the funniest queer comedians in the country with Tahnee, Simon Stäblein, Markus Barth and Marcel Mann. Desirée Nick and Ross Antony are also partying. The drag queens Yoncé Banks, Marcella Rockefeller and Betty BBQ set musical and visual accents in the course of the show. Whether queer or straight – everyone celebrates here!
Also available in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/video/event-und-gala/lachen-ist-bunt-die-csd-comedy-party/swr-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzEyODM0OTE/
Betty BBQ in the TV show “DIE SUPERHÄNDLER – 4 RÄUME, 1 DEAL” on RTL
Attic find or old heirloom – this show shows how more or less valuable objects can be sold profitably. Sükrü Pehlivan acts as moderator.
In the 247th Episode/third season Betty BBQ was broadcast live on RTL on Monday, November 25th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
What Betty sold and for what? See for yourself!
It can be seen on RTL’s online streaming portal on TVnow: https://www.tvnow.de/shows/die-superhaendler-16314
Betty BBQ in the SWR talk show “Talk am See mit Gaby Hauptmann”
From May 2019, author and journalist Gaby Hauptmann invites guests to the entertaining SWR Talk in Konstanz on Lake Constance every Saturday evening. You and your guests talk about everything that moved southwest Germany during the week, share their experiences, opinions and special experiences.
In her round of talks on Saturday evening in the first week of June, Gaby Hauptmann again invited interesting guests to Constance: Musician and moderator Stefan Mross, tour guide & Black Forest drag queen Betty BBQ , nun Thérèse, wolf expert Tatjana Schneider and VfB Stuttgart fan Ingeborg Stiegler.
Further information on the composition of this program: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/Gaby-Hauptmann-Stefan-Mross-zu-Gast-bei-Talk-am-See,talk-am-see -104.htm
Also available in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/player/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzExMjQ2MTA/
And you can see it in the SWR media library: https://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=54d5e570-848d-11e9-88e7-005056a10824
A day in Freiburg | WDR Travel
Freiburg is the city with the most hours of sunshine, the most beautiful old town and the most romantic streets. Lisa Kestel admires the Minster, tries local specialties from the “Langen Roten” to the “Bibeleskäs” and visits a cocktail bar with a very special menu.
And who shouldn’t be missing: Our well-known Miss Betty BBQ as an expert for the famous Black Forest cake!
To see the following on YouTube:
Betty BBQ on ZDF: Hallo Deutschland from November 9, 2018
hello TIMEOUT: Freiburg
Baden-Württemberg is Germany’s sunniest federal state. Reason enough for moderator and presenter Andreas Korn to head south in the dreary November. So he looked around in Freiburg im Breisgau. Of course with sunglasses in the luggage – and a visit to “probably the most dazzling city guide in Baden-Württemberg”: Betty BBQ!
“Home is colourful”
A drag queen in the Black Forest – is that possible? Betty BBQ is an entertainer and city guide in Freiburg. Wherever the shrill drag queen appears, she spreads a good mood and gets complete strangers to be happy together. But behind the colorful facade there is a serious message: the shift to the right in our society can also be felt in the Black Forest. And Betty has already had her experiences…
Whole episode on the Regio TV Bodensee website: https://www.regio-tv.de/video_video,-heimat-ist-bunt-_vidid,150232.html
Whole episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGS8iXyWrI4
Trailer on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rk2RURx6E&list=PLyN20yJJqUZdJu2zfUm8FJV1Jg-GQOnw-&t=0s&index=3
HeldenLändle on Facebook: https://fb.me/heldenlaendle
A production of Regio TV Bodenseefernsehen GmbH + Co. KG (https://www.regio-tv.de/regionen/bodensee.html)
Betty BBQ talks about the origin story
Again and again we receive inquiries from students and many other learners in the media sector.
We are happy about the contribution of the ” Now Mal Ehrlich – der Kultur Podcast ” on Spotify:
Let’s be honest – the culture podcast: 01 – Betty BBQ: Life in drag
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6B79VqfYJNFpPPPZRGYhlb?si=tnrypUFcSUOYzxTHua-8pQ
A “look” behind the scenes for the… ears!
How does it actually work behind the scenes? Who does what, how do Betty BBQ and her management understand each other in all their actions and what drives them? How can creativity and professionalism be brought into perfect harmony, what does that have to do with the history and development of the fictional character Betty BBQ and what can (young) entrepreneurs learn from it?
The podcast “Die Innovationskiste” by Gründerschiff UG (limited liability) & CO. also addressed these questions. KG from Konstanz in their series “Expedition Querweg” in episode 05 “Self-realization in the foundation (S02E28)”. Feel free to listen!
On Spotify:
And on the website of Gründerschiff from Constance:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6B79VqfYJNFpPPPZRGYhlb?si=tnrypUFcSUOYzxTHua-8pQ
Podcast “Digital Economy and Innovation in South Baden”
Julia Mohrbacher and Peter Neske speak with the most dazzling color of Freiburg, Betty BBQ about the city anniversary, the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for them, their company and the anniversary and Freiburg tourism as well as the digitization push of the last few months. Look forward to funny, thought-provoking and exciting minutes!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zWOlHULUFqEtl0BM4iA6W
press excerpt
The Black Forest drag queen Betty BBQ is now known as a brand far beyond regional borders and is often the focus of media reports.
stadtbesten.de – Betty BBQ in a lightning interview
stadtbesten.de – Betty BBQ is one of Freiburg’s most famous personalities
Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg – Betty BBQ and her team
Badische Zeitung – Betty BBQ: Do what you feel like doing in life
Chilli Magazin Freiburg – Betty BBQ on intolerance and hostilities
subculture Freiburg – Betty BBQ about Fasnet, root canals and the Ball Verqueer
fudder.de – Betty BBQ goes to the Black Forest camp
Press overview from February 2018
11.02.2018
New Rottweiler newspaper for the Narhalla Ball on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 in Rottweil
https://www.nrwz.de/rottweil/hefe-armleder-als-gondoliere/195462
12.02.2018
Badische Zeitung on Elfersuppe on Saturday, February 11th, 2018 in Freiburg
http://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburg/schlagfertigkeit-und-suppe–149278569.html
The “Great Freedom” lures in the Kapuziner
13.02.2018
Black Forest messenger to the Narhalla Ball on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 in Rottweil
This is how six people from southern Baden interpret this year’s fasting motto
14.02.2018
Badische Zeitung on this year’s fasting motto of the evangelical church
2 02/07/2018
Hit Radio Ear for a treasure hunt on the Feldberg with Betty BBQ
http://www.hitradio-ohr.de/sites/default/files/podcast/2018/02/2702_betty_bbq_auf_dem_feldberg.mp3
19.03.2018
regional trends too
“Adventure day “Tourist in your own city” on March 25, 2018 – The Tourist Information Freiburg invites all Freiburg residents to experience their city as a visitor”
23.03.2018
radio rainbow too
“Freiburg Adventure Day “Tourist in your own city””
25.03.2018
Badische Zeitung too
“In short: Today again “tourist in your own city””
26.03.2018
regional trends too
“Tourist in your own city” – great response at the adventure day with around 5,000 participants”
07.04.2018
Badische Zeitung too
“”We want to crack 2000 euros”
– BZ INTERVIEW with Hartmut Stiller, who collects money with his Benefix marathon to donate it to the Freiburg Essentreff.”
http://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburg/wir-wollen-2000-euro-knacken–151273842.html
20.04.2018
Badische Zeitung too
“2106.84 euros donations for the food meeting”
http://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburg/2106-84-euro-spenden-fuer-den-essenstreff–151718413.html
26.04.2018
Badische Zeitung too
“After twelve years, the Freiburg cathedral tower will soon be without scaffolding”
26.04.2018
ptext.net to
“Event night: colorful variations of art under palm trees”
http://www.ptext.net/nachrichten/eventnacht-bunte-variationen-kunst-palmen-1336637
08.05.2018
Fudder to the Badische Zeitung
“Interview: Why Betty BBQ is now inviting people to red light tours through Freiburg”
http://fudder.de/warum-betty-bbq-neuerdings-zu-rotlichttouren-durch-freiburg-einlaedt–152412017.html
17.07.2018
SWR Aktuell / Fernsehen zu
“FREIBURG CLEAN UP WEEK – Flash mob against plastic pollution”
05.10.2018
Regio TV Bodenseefernsehen GmbH + Co. KG
with a documentary about the fictional character Betty BBQ:
“Home is colourful”
A drag queen in the Black Forest – is that possible? Betty BBQ is an entertainer and city guide in Freiburg. Wherever the shrill drag queen appears, she spreads a good mood and gets complete strangers to be happy together. But behind the colorful facade there is a serious message: the shift to the right in our society can also be felt in the Black Forest. And Betty has already had her experiences…
Whole episode on the Regio TV Bodensee website: https://www.regio-tv.de/video_video,-heimat-ist-bunt-_vidid,150232.html
Whole episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGS8iXyWrI4
Trailer on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rk2RURx6E&list=PLyN20yJJqUZdJu2zfUm8FJV1Jg-GQOnw-&t=0s&index=3
HeldenLändle on Facebook: https://fb.me/heldenlaendle
A production of Regio TV Bodenseefernsehen GmbH + Co. KG (https://www.regio-tv.de/regionen/bodensee.html)
09.11.2018
Betty BBQ on ZDF: Show “hello deutschland”, section “hello AUSZEIT: Freiburg”
Baden-Württemberg is Germany’s sunniest federal state. Reason enough for moderator and presenter Andreas Korn to head south in the dreary November. So he looked around in Freiburg im Breisgau. Of course with sunglasses in the luggage – and a visit to “probably the most dazzling city guide in Baden-Württemberg”: Betty BBQ!
To be seen in the ZDF media library: https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/hallo-deutschland/hallo-auszeit-freiburg-teil-1-100.html
27.11.2018
Betty BBQ on the radio show SWR Aktuell (SWR4 Radio): “Shrill Christmas in Freiburg – City tour with Drag Queen”
Tall, with a Bollenhut, Black Forest costume and garish make-up – Betty BBQ stands out, even in the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle. And their entertaining city tours are popular.
You can hear it in the SWR media library: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/Stadtfuehrung-mit-Drag-Queen,av-o1073861-100.html
09.10.2019
Badische Zeitung too
for the 900th City anniversary of Freiburg – Betty BBQ as official anniversary ambassador
“Nine ambassadors are to represent Freiburg’s city anniversary”
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/neun-botschafter-sollen-freiburgs-stadtjubilaeum-repraesentieren
10.10.2019
baden.fm to
for the 900th City anniversary of Freiburg – Betty BBQ as official anniversary ambassador
“900 Years Freiburg – Nine Freiburg residents were selected as anniversary ambassadors”
https://www.baden.fm/nachrichten/900-jahre-freiburg-568328/
13.10.2019
Badische Zeitung too
for the 900th City anniversary of Freiburg – Betty BBQ as official anniversary ambassador
“The multipliers are coming – the city is sending nine well-known Freiburg residents into the running as ambassadors for the city’s anniversary.”
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburg/die-multiplikatoren-kommen–178249433.html
15.10.2019
badish newspaper
“Charity event: Jogi Löw also came to the donation gala of the Matthias Ginter Foundation”
11.11.2019
Queer.de
“Here comes the queer Black Forest anthem!”
https://www.queer.de/video-des-tages.php?vid=260
25.11.2019
Badische Zeitung from November 22nd, 2019 / report from the Klara family center from November 25th, 2019
“Drag Queen Betty BBQ Reading at Family Center”
Betty BBQ, the well-known Freiburg Black Forest drag queen, is a guest at the reading club for children at the Klara family center. She reads “2 papas for tango” lively and funny. The enthusiastic little listeners demand “Encore!” and Betty doesn’t take long to ask. Afterwards, Betty still has time to chat – an all-round lovely afternoon that everyone would like to repeat.
https://www.badische-zeitung.de/dragqueen-betty-bbq-liest-im-familienzentrum–179706258.html
20.02.2020
Regiotrends.de too
“Learn Alemannic with Betty BBQ – language start-up “Jicki” from Freiburg would like to save the southern Baden dialect with prominent support”
The language start-up Jicki from Freiburg wants to make Alemannic popular again. Jicki has been offering online audio language courses in various languages since 2017 and has recently recognized that South Baden Alemannic, as a dialect threatened with extinction, needs to be saved. The Freiburg drag queen Betty BBQ and Helge Straube, managing director of Jicki, now want to make Alemannic popular again in a short, amusing video.
28.02.2020
Fudder.de to
“StartUp Jicki from Freiburg wants to save South Baden dialect with Betty BBQ”
Learning Alemannic for beginners: The founder of the language app Jicki shot a video together with Betty BBQ in which they translate Alemannic idioms into Standard German. The app developer spoke to fudder about why dialects are so valuable.
07.08.2020
Badische Zeitung too
“Man insults drag artist Betty BBQ wildly on Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse”
On Thursday afternoon, August 6th, 2020, at the north end of Kaiser-Joseph-Straße, near the “Douglas” perfumery, a man verbally attacked the Freiburg drag artist Betty BBQ and threatened violence. The police are now looking for witnesses to the incident.
12.08.2020
Freiburg weekly report in week 33/2020
“Attacks are part of everyday life”
Betty BBQ talks about the homophobic attack on Thursday, August 6th, 2020 in the afternoon on Kaiser-Joseph-Straße in Freiburg.
https://de.calameo.com/read/0050455423e284a87d6d2
14.08.2020
Baden TV South too
“Bar talk with Betty BBQ about discrimination and Corona”
A TV interview with Betty BBQ.
https://baden-tv-sued.com/kneipentalk-mit-betty-bbq-uber-diskriminierung-und-corona/
From 2019, due to the large number of press reports about Betty BBQ, only selected reports can be posted here. We ask for your understanding!
