From 26 February 2010 , Giovanni di Lorenzo hosted the following six programmes with alternating co-hostesses . These were Sandra Maischberger , Annette Dasch , Maria Furtwängler , Katrin Bauerfeind , Judith Rakers and Sarah Wiener . On 13 May 2011 , Margot Käßmann replaced Judith Rakers , who was needed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 , in the programme . On the occasion of the 40th anniversary on 14 November 2014 , Maria Furtwängler led the programme alongside Rakers and di Lorenzo . The pianist Gottfried Böttger accompanied '' 3 nach 9 '' from the first show with improvisations on the piano . In the last years he spent the breaks in between chatting with the television viewers . After 40 years Böttger said goodbye to the programme in the anniversary edition
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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