Hit with boys with 27 percent market share
Vienna (OTS) – The first five tickets for the semifinal shows have been taken! Up to 606,000 viewers didn’t want to miss the start of “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” yesterday, March 8, 2024, at 8:15 p.m., with KGW3, Dance Industry, FRK Dance School, Anja and Jana Starlinger and Ashleigh’s Juniors team made it to the live semi-final shows. On average (preliminarily weighted), 529,000 spectators were there when Fanny Stapf and Andi Knoll welcomed 25 talents to the DGC stage, who were evaluated by the jury – this time consisting of Missy May, Barbara Meier and Thorsteinn Einarsson. The market share reached 22 percent (target group 12+). In the young target groups 12-29 and 12-49, the market share was 27 and 20 percent, respectively. In the next edition on Friday, March 15, 2024, at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 1, many more talents will take advantage of their “big opportunity” and fight for promotion to the live semi-final shows from April 26 on ORF 1. Further information about “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” is available at presse.ORF.at.
ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz: “For the current season we have further developed ‘The Big Chance’ innovatively and creatively. The success of the opening show confirms our path and shows that we have used the right levers. I would like to thank our candidates and the entire team in front of and behind the camera for family entertainment at its finest.”
“The big opportunity – Let’s sing and dance” – barrier-free
Like previous ORF shows, “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” will also be broadcast on ORF 1 in a completely barrier-free manner: ORF TELETEXT offers subtitles for deaf and hearing-impaired viewers on page 777 and all ten programs are also available for blind and hard-of-hearing viewers an audio version is available to visually impaired audiences. The emotions on the show stage can be experienced live by experienced audio commentators, even for people with visual impairments – at the first casting, Juliane Kühberger and Sebastian Aster will accompany the audience with their commentary. The task of the audio commentators 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.
Follow “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” online
Fans can also follow online how the candidates perform and who can take advantage of “The Big Chance”: 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.
All performances from the first six programs are available in full length on the day of the broadcast from 8:15 p.m. on ORF ON and in the TVthek app.
#ORFdgc: 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 #ORFdgc.
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.
You are perfectly equipped for the current season with the “The Big Chance” fan package, which includes, among other things, a practical “DGC” shopping bag or the “DGC” to-go drinking cup – available now online at shop.ORF.at .