With "Die Blaue Couch on Tour," moderator Thorsten Otto is traveling all over Bavaria and conducting exciting, often funny, sometimes moving, and always entertaining conversations with a prominent guest. Not only does the host ask questions here, but the audience is also allowed to be curious and thus becomes part of the interactive show. Participation is expressly encouraged!

Thorsten Otto

In 2014, Thorsten Otto was awarded the German Radio Prize in the category "Best Interview." With his unique way of engaging his conversation partners on equal terms and developing an exciting conversation for the listeners from the situation, he has become one of the most well-known radio talkers in Bavaria.
Now there is "Die Blaue Couch" with selected guests live on stage! The appeal of these unique evenings is the unfiltered, close-up experience. Each evening is a one-of-a-kind event that will only happen this one time. Nothing can be edited, what is said is said. The audience experiences the conversation 1:1 with all its facets.

Marcus Fahn

Most Bavarian radio listeners likely start their day with his voice. In 2024, Bayern 1 morning man Marcus Fahn celebrated his 10th anniversary. Besides hosting "his" morning show, ZDF viewers also know him from the television show "Leute Heute." It all began in the 80s - in his childhood bedroom in Langenzenn. With a cassette deck, two turntables, and his sister as a news anchor, he "played" radio. The only listeners were - reluctantly - his parents.
He hosted his first proper show while still in school: in 1992 at a small station in Erlangen with "more employees than listeners," as Marcus Fahn humorously describes the station today. After several stations in Nuremberg, Munich, Cologne, and Hamburg, Marcus joined BAYERN 1 in 2014.

We can look forward to this conversation and what Marcus will share.
One thing is certain: the two radio professionals Marcus Fahn and Thorsten Otto are guarantees for a fantastic evening.