Kiddy Contest

*Kiddy Contest*
Kiddy Contest
Created by	Erwin Kiennast ; Norman Weichselbaum
Presented by	Elmer Rossnegger (Season 1–12) ; Mirjam Weichselbraun (Season 13–14) ; Benny Hörtnagl (Season 15) ; Kati Bellowitsch (Season 16–17) ; Arabella Kiesbauer (Season 18–20; 25); Silvia Schneider (Season 21-24)
Country of origin	Austria
Original language	German
No. of seasons	25
Production
Running time	c. 120 minutes
Original release
Network	ORF 1 (1995–2011); ZDF (2000); KiKA (2001–02); Super RTL (2004–06, 2008); Nickelodeon (2009-2011); Puls 4 (2012–)
Release	5 November 1995 –; 19 October 2019

The Kiddy Contest was a televised singing competition for children from 8 to 14 years, broadcast and organized annually by the Austrian broadcaster ORF from 1995 to 2011. It was also broadcast in Germany on ZDF, RTL and Nickelodeon. Since 2012, the show is only airing on the Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4. The format was invented by the music producers Erwin Kiennast and Norman Weichselbaum.

Every year ten children from Germany, Austria and Switzerland sing a current pop hit, for which Norman Weichselbaum has written a new German text. The audience determines the winner via voting. From seasons 1–15 there were also duets.

Broadcast

The Kiddy Contest 1996 took place on a saturday morning in November 1996. During the Kiddy Contest 1995 and 1996 the semifinals took place over the course of several weeks for the ORF / Confetti TiVi program "Saturday Game" moderated by Edith Rolles.

In 1997 there were separate Kiddy Contest semi-finals, which was also shown for five weeks on saturdays in Confetti Tivi. It was moderated by Elmer Rossnegger. From 1998, there was no semifinals more on television, the pre-selection was made by a panel of experts. In 2015, the semi-finals were broadcast on the two saturdays before the final. On both days, ten children each came and sang against each other in a duet. Only five of them each reached the final.

The Kiddy Contest was not only broadcast on ORF 1, but has also aired several times on German television, where it was freely available throughout Europe on the satellite Astra 1. In the years 2000 to 2002 the channel ZDF acted as a co-organizer of the program, during which the participants came from Germany and the program was shown on ZDF. In the years 2001 and 2002 it was transferred to KiKA. After 2002, ZDF decided not to participate anymore and the Kiddy Contest 2003 became a purely Austrian production.

Already in 2004, ORF again found a new partner. This time it was the German private channel Super RTL. The transmission scheme wasn't changed, but Super RTL was also forced to renounce the otherwise usual advertising interruptions during the show. The cooperation with Super RTL lasted until 2006.

The Kiddy Contest 2007 was again a single production of ORF. The previous specials in the lunch program were replaced by the series "Kiddy Contest – Das Camp", which was broadcast for several days in the afternoon program of ORF 1. The series documented the participation of the participants of the Kiddy Contest 2007 in Schloss Hof in Lower Austria.

In 2008 the Kiddy Contest was shown again on ORF 1 and Super RTL. The final took place on the 1 November 2008 at 20:15. The moderator of the show was again Mirjam Weichselbraun.

The Kiddy Contest 2009 was recorded in the Austria Center Vienna on 31 October 2009, and a week later on 7 November on ORF 1 at 4.45 pm. The show aired for the German fan base on the children's transmitter Nickelodeon in the German-speaking area a day later. The show was moderated by Benny Hörtnagl, star guests were Daniel Schuhmacher and Mandy Capristo (winner of season 7 / Monrose).

In 2010 the Kiddy Contest was broadcast live on ORF 1 with the new moderator Kati Bellowitsch. Nickelodeon showed a 60-minute summary a week later.

From 2012 to 2019, the private broadcaster Puls 4 secured the rights for the broadcast. The moderator of the show was Silvia Schneider from 2015 to 2018. Since 2015, the program has also been broadcast via live stream on the Internet and in the Puls 4 app. Alamande Belfor has been responsible for the choreography since 2017. Since 2019, Arabella Kiesbauer has been the host of the show again.

In 2020 the Kiddy Contest was canceled due to the Corona pandemic. In view of the still uncertain Corona situation in 2021, the producers announced on December 21, 2020 that the format would be discontinued and that the Kiddy Contest 2019 as the 25th anniversary show was the last.

Series overview

Season	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	Other of contestants	Number of contestants
1	5 November 1995	Christina Kramer	Heike Holler	Katrin Senn & Lisa Huber	Christoph Neubauer, Thomas Breuer, Tanja Danzer, Hendrik Steiner, Nina Tatzber & Peter Fischer, Irene Hadjieva & Werner Göber, Simone Kopmajer	13
2	24 November 1996	Marina Schweinberger	Niki Kracher	Jennifer Erlbacher	Bettina Ebner & Miky Biton, Samuel Royer & Sara Kepplinger, Elisabeth Frankhauser, Hanna Kopenetz, Florian Gepp, Sonja Cresnik, Hannes Arnold & Nesrin Ünal	13
3	16 November 1997	Manuela Mayer	Sabrina Rasztovits	Ramona Curin	Lisa Katrin Hofer & Michael Senft, Stefanie Glawogger, Paul Pfleger, Manuel Stocker & Sabrina Vandrovec, Bianca Turker, Tanja Steinlechner, Daniela Koral	12
4	14 November 1998	Alexandra Pötzelsberger	Nadja Vogel	Katrin Wurzer & Thomas Havlik	Anna Sophie Kostal & Lisa Tatzber, Lisa-Marie Falzberger, Thomas Zimmermann, Viktoria Prieling, Julia Platzer, Contanze Slamanig & Richard Peter, Stephanie Markovits	13
5	20 November 1999	Bernhard Arko & Daniel Pirker	Sabine & Susanne Sedlmayer	Paloma Seger / Tanja Petrasek	Marie Tatiana Lamreiner-Ngoda & Stefan Mosonyi, Nadine Nathalie Eisl, Tanja Brankovic, Jean Novljan, Maria Aschenwald, Vera Böhnisch	13
6	18 November 2000	Daniela Vogel & Marco Klemmer	Sandra Stolp	Sophia Pund	Christoph Erlach, Hanna Kastner, Eva Böhnisch, Wendy Dindic, Wilke Brinkmann, Michéle Luttenberger, Orry Bandara Athurugiri	11
7	17 November 2001	Mandy Capristo	Anna Lena Breunig	Simone Renner	Christian Wimmer & Laura Elssel, Viktoria Schöffl, Jimonique Schüler, Jakob Semotan, Simon Panstingl & Tina Pechmann, Frank Kühnlein, Salka Weber	12
8	16 November 2002	Laura Kästel	Lisa Grubner & Manuel Hartweger / Verena Doublier		Christina Pöckl, Sebastian Killinger, Esther Dierkes & Julian Weber, Ira-Sofie Graf, Manuel Millonig, Annabel Hernandez, Anna-Verena Ruth	12
9	15 November 2003	Nicki Freiberger	Eva Huss / Katharina Bergant		Lissi Rieß & Sammy Pohn, Janine Blumauer, Julia Andrä, Julian Heidrich, Nathanaele Koll, Nina Kremsmair, Stephanie Laggner	11
10	1 November 2004	Lisa Aberer	Manuel Gutleb & Natália Kelly	Elin Skrzipczyk	Saskia Zikeli, Sandy Ontl, Alexander Gutmaier, Pino Severino-Geysen, Christina Klein, Kristina Wurm, Kimberly Rydel	11
11	1 November 2005	Kim Steiner	Andrea Wilhelmer & Joachim Goller	Vera Luttenberger	Todor Manojlovic, Carolina Grigorov, Lisa König, Sebastian Berger, Viktoria Kulmer, Nicole Dyane Corvinus, Selina Shirin Müller	11
12	1 November 2006	Tanja Kreutmayer	Fariba Buchheim	Lisa Wissert	Eva Vanessa Brunmayr, Melissa Perilli, Nicolas Geisler, Paul Kunz, Ron Mizrahi & Vanessa Veraldi, Stephanie Zwanzer, Teresa Strobl	11
13	26 October 2007	Caroline Hat	Meggie Jacobs	Julia Hübner	Daniel Eisele & Magdalena Kaiblinger, Jo Marie Dominiak, Kiara Hollatko, Leonie Adam, Marco Schrotter, Sebastian Schmidt, Zoë Straub	11
14	1 November 2008	Mira Sophia Ulz	Thilo Berndt	Chiara Aufegger	Aleksandar Abazoski, Carmeline Turki, Iris Rachel Voskov, Leonie Holz, Magda Ruck, Sophia Hopfer & Stefan Schößwendter, Vanessa Scheffenacker	11
15	31 October 2009	Lara Krause & Roman Lochmann	Dominik Gassner	Sarah Hager	Anna Rott, Diana-Maria Krieger, Jasmin Walchshofer, Klara Jovanovic, Mely Pagger, Philip Oezelt, Vivien Barman	11
16	30 October 2010	Dominik Schrittesser	Asja Ahatovic	Laura Kamhuber	Alicja Wojcik, Celina Baudisch, Jessika Brei, Laurin Greiter, Marcello Delpino, Paulina Vereti, Tamara Badegruber	10
17	29 October 2011	Celina Müllner	Mathias Rodler	Katrin Kogler	Anna Prütz, Andrea Lienbacher, Else Mack, India Callender, Karyna Verba, Michael Samek, Sarah Bednarz	10
18	27 October 2012	Michelle Idlhammer	Julia Rosenmayr	Laura Heily	Alex Baumgartner, Elena Spörl, Elisabeth Preiss, Ewa-Maria Zorn, Joli Francisco, Lukas Rumpold, Saskia Bisanz	10
19	26 October 2013	Lisa Mikolaschek	Vanessa Dollinger	Olivia Goga	Amelie Gabryszak, Carina Seebacher, Jakob Silye, Marcel Bodner, Ronja Harsch, Siri Kotschnig, Viola Dillinger	10
20	8 November 2014	Lena Tirler	Nina Hafner	Kilian Scheyer	Estelle Lath, Hanna Harkamp, Jason Schwickerath, Jessy Schiessl, Juliane Hotter, Marie Lang, Sarah Kaiser	10
21	7 November 2015	Alinah Hofstätter	Paul Aschenwald	Markus Manzl	Anna Hölzl, Emelie Missiuk, Laura Reder, Selina Gerstmayer, Simon Stabauer, Sophia Joham, Uljana Schmal	10
22	22 October 2016	Christian Steger	Tamia Edwards	Madita Killinger	Anupam Sharma, Daria Tayel, Driola Haspel, Flora Turhani, Karina Michel, Saphira Essmann, Theresa Tschiggerl	10
23	21 October 2017	Ina Hofer	Livia Ernst	Lena Balogh	Helena Manoussakis, Isabella Schmid, Lisa-Marie König, Max Lehner, Michael Heidemann, Niklas Lichtenegger, Susan Oseloff	10
24	20 October 2018	Josef Fankhauser	Martina Szymanek	Selina Pichler	Hannah Hruska, Madeleine Tosun, Mara Walter, Mary Schönbauer, Nils Vandeven, Raschel Fischmann, Viviana Renzl	10
25	19 October 2019	Katharina Felzmann	Helena Strasser	Luca Sommerauer	Alisa Berkovitch, Boti Stelczer, Daniel Slavinski, Ina Bahr, Lara Voicu, Teodora Vio, Vanessa Deimbacher	10

Winner songs

Year	Album	Song	Interpreter	Original
1995	Kiddy Contest Vol. 1	Kinderzimmerdieb (Children's room thief)	Christina Kramer	Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus
1996	Kiddy Contest Vol. 2	Das erste Mal verliebt (The first time in love)	Marina Schweinberger	Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet
1997	Kiddy Contest Vol. 3	Wut (Anger)	Manuela Mayer	Nur geträumt Nena
1998	Kiddy Contest Vol. 4	Nur ein Traum (Just a dream)	Alexandra Pötzelsberger	Adesso tu Eros Ramazzotti
1999	Kiddy Contest Vol. 5	Freunde wie wir (Friends like us)	Bernhard Arko & Daniel Pirker	Y.M.C.A. Village People
2000	Kiddy Contest Vol. 6	Snowboardflitzer (Snowboarding)	Daniela Vogel & Marco Klemmer	Anton aus Tirol DJ Ötzi
2001	Kiddy Contest Vol. 7	Ich wünsche mir einen Bankomat (I wish me a bankomat)	Mandy Grace Capristo	Daylight in Your Eyes No Angels
2002	Kiddy Contest Vol. 8	Ich will in die Disco geh'n (I want to go to the disco)	Laura Kästel	Crying at the Discoteque Alcazar
2003	Kiddy Contest Vol. 9	Mein Superstar (My superstar)	Nicki Freiberger	We Have a Dream DSDS
2004	Kiddy Contest Vol. 10	Unsichtbar (Invisible)	Lisa Aberer	Dragostea Din Tei O-Zone
2005	Kiddy Contest Vol. 11	Alle verknallt (Everyone has a crush)	Kim Steiner	Dubi Dam Dam Banaroo
2006	Kiddy Contest Vol. 12	Flaschengeist (Bottle spirit)	Tanja Kreutmayer	1001 Arabian Nights Ch!pz
2007	Kiddy Contest Vol. 13	Schokoladistan (Schokoladistan)	Caroline Hat	Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) DJ Ötzi & Nik P.
2008	Kiddy Contest Vol. 14	Planet der Mädchen (Planet of the girls)	Mira Sophia Ulz	Fieber Christina Stürmer
2009	Kiddy Contest Vol. 15	Märchenwald (Fairy tale forest)	Lara Krause & Roman Lochmann	Stadt Cassandra Steen & Adel Tawil
2010	Kiddy Contest Vol. 16	Bitte mehr Taschengeld (Please more pocket money)	Dominik Schrittesser	Whataya Want from Me Adam Lambert
2011	Kiddy Contest Vol. 17	Gemüsekrise (Vegetable crisis)	Celina Müllner	Higher Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue
2012	Kiddy Contest Vol. 18	Die Wasserratten (The water rattles)	Michelle Idlhammer	Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
2013	Kiddy Contest Vol. 19	Der Gitterbettprinz (The lattice bed prince)	Lisa Mikolaschek	I Couldn't Care Less Leslie Clio
2014	Kiddy Contest Vol. 20	Augen auf (Open eyes)	Lena Tirler	Am I Wrong Nico & Vinz
2015	Kiddy Contest Vol. 21	Tausend Selfies (Thousands of selfies)	Alinah Hofstätter	Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson
2016	Kiddy Contest Vol. 22	Ich bleib lieber Single (I'd rather stay single)	Christian Steger	Stitches Shawn Mendes
2017	Kiddy Contest Vol. 23	Wo versteckt sich das Christkind? (Where is the Christ child hiding?)	Ina Hofer	Musik sein Wincent Weiss
2018	Kiddy Contest Vol. 24	Lederhosenrapper (Lederhosenrapper)	Josef Fankhauser	Lie to Me Mikolas Josef
2019	Kiddy Contest Vol. 25	Voll die streberin (Such a nerd)	Katharina Felzmann	"Unforgettable" Nico Santos

Group songs

Year	Song	Group song
1995–2003	We are the kids (We are the kids)	—
2004		Greif nach den Sternen (Reach for the stars)
2005		Party (Party)
2006		Sing mit uns (Sing with us)
2007		Unsere Welt (Our world)
2008		Lampenfieber (Stage Fright)
2009		Showtime (Showtime)
2010		Feuer (Fire)
2011		All for one (All for one)
2012		Ich geb nie auf (I never give up)
2013		Hammer (Hammer)
2014		Los! (Go!)
2015		Unsichtbare Lichter (Invisible lights)
2016		Jumpin' Up (Jumpin' Up)
2017		Schulschluss (School closing)
2018		Wo bleiben wir? (Where are we?)
2019		25 years (25 years)

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