Keep your light shining

Television series
Original title	Keep your light shining
Country of production	Germany
year	2014
Production company	Safe TV
length	135-150 minutes
Episodes	3 in 1 season
Broadcasting cycle	weekly on Thursdays
genre	Music television broadcast
Theme music	Lights by Ellie Goulding
Moderation	Annica Hansen
First broadcast	May 22, 2014 on ProSieben

Keep Your Light Shining is a German television program that was broadcast by ProSieben from the end of May to June 2014 . The German edition was produced by Tresor TV . The live broadcasts were produced in the MMC Studios in Cologne .

There was speculation about the broadcast in February 2014, but it was not officially announced until April 2014. Annica Hansen was hired as the presenter . The show consisted of three programs. Just one day after the last edition, ProSieben announced that the format would not be returning for more shows. The reason given was the poor ratings.

The show was seen as a response to the Rising Star format , which was broadcast on RTL in autumn 2014 .

concept

Nine candidates stand in a circle and sing a song together. Each candidate only has 30 seconds to convince the audience. The viewers can then vote via the ProSieben Connect app or online. After each round, the candidate with the fewest positive votes is eliminated until there are only two candidates left. The winner, who is sought in the final round, receives 50,000 euros.

An international and a national star stood by as music experts in each program and gave their assessments of the candidates. However, the experts had no influence on the vote.

broadcast

1st broadcast

The first broadcast was broadcast on May 22, 2014. The jury originally consisted of Gary Barlow and Alina Süggeler . A day before the show began, it was announced that Barlow had canceled his participation and that Ricky Martin would take the place. According to the broadcaster, 2.9 million votes were cast for or against a candidate.

Candidates

Candidate, age		job	0000place of residence0000	Remarks	placement
Willy Hubbard	33	Musician	Kaiserslautern	former US soldier, participant in the 3rd season of X Factor	1st place
Roman Jauk	23	post man	Weilheim		place 2
Richard Hecht	25th	Manufacturing mechanic	Großwallstadt		place 3
Sarah Schiffer	25th	Musical actress	Herzogenrath		4th place
Paul Turner	28	Musician	Amsterdam		5th place
Sarah Isabelle Ksouri	27	Engineer	Bochum		Rank 6
Fabrizio Levita	38	Musician	Frankfurt am Main	former member of Overground	7th place
Charlotte Klauser	23	musician	Cologne		8th place
Coby Grant	27	musician	Perth		9th place

Results

space	song	round
		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1	Katy Perry - Unconditionally	Willy Hubbard
2		Roman Jauk
3	The Script - Hall of Fame	Richard Hecht
4th	Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit	Sarah Schiffer
5	A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera - Say Something	Paul Turner
6th	Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven	Sarah Isabelle Ksouri
7th	Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind	Fabrizio Levita
8th	Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves like Jagger	Charlotte Klauser
9	Ellie Goulding - Burn	Coby Grant

2nd broadcast

The second program aired on May 29, 2014. The jury consisted of Ed Sheeran and Andreas Bourani .

Candidates

Candidate, age		job	0000place of residence0000	Remarks	placement
Fabian Bruck	22nd	Trainee (audiovisual media)	Wine town		1st place
Caroline von Brünken	29	Vocal coach	Munich		place 2
Julian Williams	28	entertainer	Munich	Son of Ron Williams , grandson of Fritz Wunderlich	place 3
Christine Seraphin	26th	trainee	Berlin		4th place
Freddy Pieper	32	Owner of an antique shop	Hamm		5th place
Renée Walker	39	singer	Sandhausen		Rank 6
Gwen Thomas	25th	Musical actress	Hamburg	Granddaughter of Albert Christoph Reck	7th place
Anna Schenk	35	singer	Elz		8th place
Alexander von Hugo	34	Theater actors, tap dancers and musicians	Berlin		9th place

Results

space	song	round
		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1	Labyrinth & Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful	Fabian Bruck
2		Caroline von Brünken
3	Pink - Just Like a Pill	Julian Williams
4th	Linkin Park - Burn It Down	Christine Seraphin
5	Birdy - wings	Freddy Pieper
6th	Bastille - Pompeii	Renée Walker
7th	Hurts - Stay	Gwen Thomas
8th	OneRepublic - Counting Stars	Anna Schenk
9	Pharrell Williams - Happy	Alexander von Hugo

3rd broadcast

The third and, for the time being, last broadcast was broadcast on June 5, 2014. The jury consisted of Jessie J and Roger Cicero .

Candidates

Candidate, age		job	0000place of residence0000	Remarks	placement
Steffen Oswald	35	Nurse and student	Freiburg in Breisgau		1st place
Ayke Witt	22nd	college student	Wolfsburg		place 2
Nikola Bilsing	29	Teacher	Wernigerode		place 3
Rick Washington	50	Background singer	Berlin		4th place
Patricia Venancio	18th	pupil	Heinerscheid		5th place
Maria Rerych	30th	musician	Vienna / Graz	Third place in Season 4 of Starmania	Rank 6
Jessica Brüggemann	24	Media designer	Bad Fallingbostel	participated in the blind auditions of the second season of The Voice of Germany in part	7th place
Kim Greene	32	singer	Frankfurt am Main	former athlete, participated in the blind auditions of the second season of The Voice of Germany in part	8th place
Amanda Somerville	35	singer	Wolfsburg		9th place

Results

space	song	round
		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1	Adele - Chasing Pavements	Steffen Oswald
2		Ayke Witt
3	Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Nikola Bilsing
4th	Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (Part III)	Rick Washington
5	Justin Timberlake - Mirrors	Patricia Venancio
6th	Imagine Dragons - Demons	Maria Rerych
7th	Rihanna - Unfaithful	Jessica Brüggemann
8th	OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself	Kim Greene
9	Avicii - Addicted To You	Amanda Somerville

Super finals

The regular round was followed by a superfinal in this program, in which the winners of the three editions competed against each other again. Here, too, the decision about the winner was entirely up to the audience. The winner was determined in just one round, in which the candidates performed All The Right Moves by OneRepublic , which was sometimes sung by everyone together. Willy Hubbard was able to prevail against Fabian Bruck and Steffen Oswald and thereby doubled his profit to € 100,000.

reception

criticism

The show received both positive and negative reviews.

Sidney Schering said onquotemeter.de that “the overall picture of the concept and implementation is right” and the show would be “fun”.

Alexander Krei from DWDL.de thinks that ProSieben has succeeded in "keeping the pace high despite or perhaps because of the interactivity, which, by the way, was also reflected in an astonishingly good atmosphere in the studio". Krei only wishes for future shows that "these are a bit more surprising".

Above all, the "obligatory clips about the show participants" and the moderation by Annica Hansen were criticized . Especially in the daily newspapers the show was panned, for example by the Hamburger Abendblatt and the WAZ . A comment by Stefan Niggemeier for the online edition of the FAZ was mixed.

Even before the broadcast began, it was speculated that the ProSieben show would have just as problems with its app as the quiz duel on Das Erste . The app that was hacked by strangers often went on strike.

Audience ratings

output	date	spectator		Market share		source
		total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
1st broadcast	May 22, 2014	1.17 million	0.89 million	4.5%	9.1%
2nd broadcast	May 29, 2014	1.20 million	0.76 million	4.1%	6.9%
3rd broadcast	05th June 2014	0.95 million	0.65 million	3.6%	6.7%

Web links

• Website for the broadcast on ProSieben.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manuel Weis: Is ProSieben planning a new music show? . In : quotemeter.de . February 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
2. ↑ Manuel Weis: Ätsch: ProSieben shows app music show in May . In : quotemeter.de . April 11, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
3. ↑ Manuel Weis: ProSieben puts an end to app music shows . In : quotemeter.de . June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
4. ↑ Timo Niemeier: Alina Süggeler juror for "Keep Your Light Shining" . In: DWDL.de . May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
5. ↑ Sidney Schering: Oops! Change of staff at “Keep Your Light Shining” . In : quotemeter.de . May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
6. ↑ bas / dpa: ProSieben show "Keep Your Light Shining" is not a good star . In: T-Online.de . May 23, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
7. ↑ Overview of the candidates on the official website for the program
8. ↑ Overview of the candidates on the official website for the program
9. ↑ Overview of the candidates on the official website for the program
10. ^ Sidney Schering: The innovative music-W-app-bewerb. In : quotemeter.de . May 22, 2014, accessed May 23, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Alexander Krei: Lights off, app on: ProSieben connects the worlds. In: DWDL.de. May 22, 2014, accessed May 23, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Alexander Josefowicz: "Keep Your Light Shining": No, what hectic from: Hamburger Abendblatt from May 22, 2014
13. ^ Anna Blaswich: "Keep Your Light Shining" disappoints viewers and app users from: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from May 23, 2014
14. ↑ Stefan Niggemeier: TV review: Keep Your Light Shining: The last one sings the light out: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from June 6, 2014
15. ↑ Sidney Schering: "Keep Your Light Shining": As flawless the technology, so meager the ratings. In : quotemeter.de. May 23, 2014, accessed May 23, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Kevin Kyburz: "Keep Your Light Shining" has no chance. In : quotemeter.de. May 30, 2014, accessed May 30, 2014 . 
17. ^ Sidney Schering: Sinister quotas for the "Keep Your Light Shining" farewell. In : quotemeter.de. June 6, 2014, accessed June 6, 2014 .