New season of the ORF hit show from March 8th on ORF 1
Vienna (OTS) – A country shows what it can do – clear the stage for “The big opportunity – let’s sing and dance”! From March 8, 2024, Fanny Stapf and Andi Knoll will welcome Austria’s best talents to their big opportunity on ORF 1 on Fridays at 8:15 p.m.: the country’s singers and dancers will show off their skills – whether in pop or opera, poetry slam or rap , rock, pop or folk music, hip hop or ballet, standard dance or contemporary, tap dance or folk dance. A prize of 50,000 euros awaits the winner in the final on May 17, 2024.
A changing, top-class jury of three decides who advances to the semi-final shows, where the audience then has a say in who moves on to the final. Included are Josh., Katharina Straßer, Bernhard Speer, Simone, Thorsteinn Einarsson, Missy May, Barbara Meier, Mark Seibert, Tina Naderer, Leona König, Cesár Sampson, Sasa Schwarzjirg, Maria Angelini-Santner and Marc Pircher.
ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz: “With the new TV show ‘Let’s Sing and Dance’, we have innovatively and creatively developed our successful brand ‘The Big Chance’ – a testament to our continuous dedication to high-quality entertainment on ORF. The past seasons have already produced big stars, I wish the new talents good luck and lots of fun on the big TV stage!”
ORF entertainment director Martin Gastinger: “It’s unbelievable how many talents have applied for ‘The Big Chance’. And the quality of the applicants not only impressed our jury, but truly blew them away and amazed them! It will be really difficult for the audience to choose a winner here.”
“The big opportunity” – barrier-free and multimedia
Like previous ORF shows, “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” will also be broadcast in a fully barrier-free manner on ORF 1:
ORF TELETEXT offers subtitles for deaf and hearing-impaired viewers on page 777 and all ten programs will also be available in an audio version for blind and visually impaired audiences. The emotions on the show stage can be experienced live by experienced audio commentators, even for people with visual impairments. Their job is to convey everything that remains hidden from their audience through acoustic image descriptions: such as the appearance of the costumes and the choreography of the dances, gestures, facial expressions and show effects. This live audio commentary can be heard on the second audio track, which can be set via the remote control.
The accessible programs are available as video-on-demand for six months on on.ORF.at and in the ORF TVthek app.
Fans can also follow online how the candidates perform and who can take advantage of “The Big Opportunity”:
Live streams of all programs are available on the ORF TVthek. Videos on demand are available on ORF ON and in the ORF TVthek app as part of a separate lane – all episodes remain online for six months after they are broadcast on TV, and there is also exclusive video material from the candidates give. Current stories and background information about the potential singing and dancing stars, the prominent jury and the shows themselves are available, for example. B. tv.ORF.at as part of an editorial focus. The ORF TELETEXT also provides current information about “The big opportunity – Let’s sing and dance” in its TV magazine.
The participatory site mein.ORF.at expands the online offering around “The Big Chance” and offers the perfect accompaniment to the TV evening with ongoing new promotions, competitions and interactive elements. Fans can show their support for the DGC acts with their own WhatsApp sticker packs, Instagram filters and wallpapers for their smartphones.
#DGC24: There is a lot of information about the show and the candidates on the ORF social media accounts. In addition to the ORF Facebook pages (@ORF and @ORF1), the ORF Instagram accounts (@ORF and @echt.orf1) also take a look behind Austria’s largest casting stage. During the season, the audience will find highlights from the show as well as interviews and insights into rehearsals under the hashtag #dgc2024.
A list by federal state of all 140 acts that can be seen in the first six broadcasts can be found at presse.ORF.at. In addition, all performances from the first six programs are available in full length on the respective broadcast day from 8:15 p.m. on ORF ON and in the TVthek app.