Photo shoots, a postcard shoot and a meeting with Conchita Wurst were also on the program
Vienna (OTS) – Today, May 2, 2024, the second rehearsal in the Malmö Arena was on the program for Austria’s ESC artist Kaleen. Kaleen performed her song “We Will Rave” three times on the big ESC stage. You can see her performance on Thursday, May 9, 2024, when she competes live on ORF 1 from 9 p.m. with starting number 6 in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest for one of ten final tickets. ORF delegation leader Stefan Zechner: “The second rehearsal went very well and all of our requested changes were implemented. We also tried out a second stage outfit today to see how a brighter costume looks on stage. We will now analyze all of this and then decide what Kaleen will go on stage with next week.”
Kaleen: “The second rehearsal was great and I really enjoyed it. We still tweaked little things and tried out a different style – everything definitely felt very good and harmonious to me. Now everything is prepared so that next week we will really ‘rave’ the ESC stage in the second semi-final.” In addition to the rehearsal, there were also official photo shoots and a short shoot for the so-called postcard, which marks the performance will be heralded in the show on May 9th, as well as a meeting with Conchita Wurst backstage on the program.
Der „Eurovision Song Contest 2024“ live in ORF 1
The largest TV entertainment event in the world will once again take place on three evenings: The first semi-final is on Tuesday, May 7th, the second semi-final – with Austria’s representative Kaleen with start number 6 – on Thursday, May 9th, and that Finale on Saturday, May 11th, live from Malmö from 9 p.m. on the ORF 1 program.
The two semifinal evenings will be broadcast at 8:15 p.m. by ORF commentator Andi Knoll with “Mr. Song Contest proudly presents” opens. On the final evening, Barbara Schöneberger will lead through the two ORF/ARD/SRF supporting programs “ESC – The Countdown” (8:15 p.m.) and “ESC – The Aftershow” (1:15 a.m.) live from Malmö.
The “Eurovision Song Contest 2024” barrier-free on ORF
The 68th “Eurovision Song Contest” from Malmö – under the existing motto “United By Music” – is already traditionally broadcast on ORF without barriers for audiences with hearing or visual impairments. For national broadcast, ORF offers live subtitling of all three ESC evenings – the two semi-final shows on Tuesday, May 7th and Thursday, May 9th (song performance and decision), and of course the final show ( including countdown and aftershow) on Saturday, May 11th – on ORF 1, on ORF TELETEXT on page 777 and on the ORF TVthek app in the live stream. At the same time, both semi-finals, the countdown, the ESC final and the after show – also live – will be audio commented on for blind and visually impaired people. The experienced audio commentators Juliana Kühberger, Sebastian Aster, Johannes Karner and Sebastian Kaufmann accompany the audience through the shows with their acoustic image descriptions. The audio version can be accessed on the second audio track, which can be set via the remote control. The two-part documentary “Mr. Song Contest proudly presents”, presented by Andi Knoll – at 8.15 p.m. before the semi-final shows on ORF 1 – will be subtitled live in ORF TELETEXT on page 777 and in the ORF TVthek app. The barrier-free programs are available on ORF ON and in the ORF TVthek as video-on-demand for six months.
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on the ORF.at network and on ORF TELETEXT
ORF.at is dedicated to the song contest with its usual broad coverage. There are preliminary reports for the semifinals and the grand finale with the most important information about the event and the acts and their songs. The multimedia ORF.at live ticker for the live stream then comments on what is happening in Malmö every minute for the entire evening of the show. For everyone who can’t follow the action live, ORF.at brings summaries and results of the shows with videos of all performances. ORF.at will dedicate a comprehensive review of the finale on Sunday.
Streams of the TV broadcasts of the semifinals and the final as well as programs and contributions relating to the ESC are made available on ORF ON and in the ORF TVthek and are also centrally summarized in a separate lane for fans. As in the previous year, Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz will once again comment on the ESC final for FM4 – on the radio and in the video stream on fm4.ORF.at, which will also be available in the ORF TVthek app. And if you would like to review Austria’s artists and songs from the past decades, you can watch and listen to them in the video archive “Austria at the Song Contest”.
The ORF TELETEXT also offers all the important news about artists and shows about the ESC – which can be found in the magazine “Kultur und Show” (pages 107, 110 and from 190).
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on mein.ORF.at
The participatory site mein.ORF.at expands the offering around the “Eurovision Song Contest” and offers the perfect accompaniment for the event with promotions, competitions and interactive elements (e.g. Andi Knoll’s ESC Bingo and the ESC Scoreboard). TV evening. Fans can show their support for Kaleen with their own WhatsApp sticker packs, Instagram filters and smartphone wallpapers.
The “Eurovision Song Contest” on the ORF social media channels
Idan Hanin is live on location in Malmö and follows the Eurovision Song Contest on social media, including on TikTok and Instagram. There are regular updates on the ORF social media channels from ORF, ORF 1, Hitradio Ö3, Radio FM4 and Zeit im Bild.
The “Eurovision Song Contest 2024” on Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3 takes listeners to the ESC in Sweden:
Ö3 reporter Clemens Stadlbauer reports on all the highlights of this year’s “Eurovision Song Contest” in the current Ö3 program from Malmö. The comedy brother duo Dr. Bohl is with Ö3 at the ESC in Malmö and will report on the Ö3 social media channels from the second semi-final on Thursday, May 9th, in the usual Dr. Bohl style.
Böhmermann and Schulz again for FM4 at the “Eurovision Song Contest”
They do it again! In 2023, satirist and late-night host Jan Böhmermann and musician Olli Schulz hosted the song contest live for FM4 for the first time. Now they are ready for the next round – this time live from Malmö. Jan and Olli will comment on the ESC for FM4 together on the final day, May 11th, from 8:45 p.m. on Radio FM4 and in the video stream on fm4.ORF.at and in the ORF TVthek. As a warm-up, the two FM4 hosts Philipp Emberger and Alica Ouschan will celebrate an acoustic pre-party for the event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. FM4 will also report on the semi-final broadcasts during the ESC week from May 6th to 11th. On Thursday, May 9th, a four-hour special broadcast from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. is on the program about the second semi-final taking place that day – with entries from Malmö from the final preparations of the Austrian participant Kaleen and of course also from Jan Böhmermann and Olli Schulz, who are already looking forward to the big finale.
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