Starmania
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Starmania |
 | |
| Country of production |
 Austria
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| Year (s) | 2002-2009 |
| Production company |
ORF |
| length | 60 - 120 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
Friday evening |
| genre | Casting show |
| idea | Mischa Zickler |
| Moderation | Arabella Kiesbauer |
| First broadcast | Autumn 2002 on ORF 1 |
Starmania was a show produced by the Austrian television broadcaster ORF , which was first broadcast in autumn 2002. Star Mania belongs to the genre of talent shows . Comparable formats that are sold worldwide are Pop Idol and The X Factor from Great Britain. The program was presented by Arabella Kiesbauer . In 2010 the format was replaced by heroes of tomorrow .
success
Starmania is one of the most successful shows that ORF has ever broadcast. In the final broadcast of the first season, six million televotes were given. The winner was Michael Tschuggnall ago Christina Stürmer , whose career in the port but turned out to be more sustainable. Other participants were also able to reach high positions in the Austrian charts. In addition, the joint releases of the Starmania finalists with several top 10 singles and albums were also successful.
The other seasons were also successful: the final broadcast of the second season achieved an average of 37 percent market share, the final broadcast of the third season 40 percent. Overall, however, there is a downward trend in terms of the average number of seers. While the first season had an average of 910,000 viewers, it was 770,000 for the second and 712,000 for the third. In the fourth season, the interest was comparatively low - sometimes less than 400,000 followed the program.
The ORF also sold the concept in Switzerland, where it has been successful since November 2003 under the title MusicStar .
Arabella Kiesbauer , was awarded the Austrian TV Prize Romy for Starmania in 2003 together with show developer Mischa Zickler .
Conchita Wurst , who was known under the name Thomas Neuwirth at Starmania , won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen .
First season (2002/2003)
1,700 applications were received for the first season. 48 young singers qualified for the show. Twelve of them were selected for the final. Michael Tschuggnall won ahead of Christina Stürmer and Boris Uran.
- Michael Tschuggnall (moved into the final after Martin Perkmann's voluntary departure)
- Christina striker
- Boris uranium
- Anita Ritzl ("Niddl")
- Livia Hubmann
- Beate Baumgartner
- Andreas Schneider
- Lukas Permanschlager
- Vera Böhnisch
- Thomas Putz
- Elisa Zsivkovits
- Markus Kuen
Single releases with all candidates of the first season:
- Stars in your eyes
- Tomorrow's Heroes (written by Petra Bonmassar / Martin Frainer / Ina Wolf), released in February 2003. The song set a record because it was the first Austrian single to achieve gold status in Austria before it was actually released. It reached platinum in Austria .
Second season (2003/2004)
The second season, which was broadcast as “Starmania NG - The New Generation” from autumn 2003 with lower, but still above-average ratings, was won by Verena Pötzl from Tyrol. With Christina Stürmer and Michael Tschuggnall, Starmania was so popular that around 12,000 applications were received by ORF.
- Verena Pötzl
- Armin Beyer
- Marcel Plieschnegger
- Michael Hoffmann
- Jasmin Schiller
- Magdalena Rentenberger
- Christian Sperrer
- Daniel Kajmakoski
- Angelica Ring
- Luise Gruber
- Rebecca Freidinger
- Patrick Jurdic (winner of Hrvatski Idol )
Single release for all candidates of the second season:
- Everything and more (written by Martin Frainer / Petra Bonmassar / Ina Wolf, sung by Boris Uran, Michael Tschuggnall and Christina Stürmer)
A few years after the second season, Luise Gruber was signed by Warner Music under the pseudonym Saint Lu .
Daniel Kajmakoski won the 2014 X Factor Adria . In 2015 he represented his home country Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna and was eliminated in the first semi-final with 28 points.
Third season (2006/2007)
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Starmania finalists (retired on) |
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| Third season (2006-2007) | |
| Nadine Beiler | winner |
| Thomas Neuwirth | January 26, 2007 |
| Gernot Pachernigg | January 26, 2007 |
| Mario Lang | January 19, 2007 |
| Eric Papilaya | January 12, 2007 |
| Martin Zerza | January 5, 2007 |
| Falco De Jong Luneau | December 29, 2006 |
| Birgit Kubica | December 22, 2006 |
| Lois Zarculea | December 15, 2006 |
| Andreas Beck | December 8, 2006 |
| Johannes Palmer | December 1, 2006 |
| Alexandra Golda | November 24, 2006 |
The third season started on October 6th, 2006. The moderation of the show took over again Arabella Kiesbauer . Hannes Eder acted again as the “juror” after every Starmaniac appearance .
At the beginning of this relay there were two groups with nine participants each (selected from around 2500 applications). The first group started on October 6th and sang for three weeks. Every week one of the candidates was eliminated through the audience voting. The second group started on October 27th and sang again for three weeks. During these six weeks, the following candidates left: Dagmar Hinterer (left on October 6, 2006), Tanja Dickbauer (left on October 13, 2006), René Hemetsberger (left on October 20, 2006), Monika Ivkic (left on October 27 2006), Simone Mörz (retired on November 3, 2006), Radina Veliova (retired on November 10, 2006). On October 31, 2006, on the advice of the doctors, Natalie Schneider voluntarily renounced her participation because of an inflammation of the kidney pelvis and was replaced by Lois Zarculea.
After six weeks there were two groups with only six candidates each. These two groups were merged and the final group with twelve participants resulted. From there on, the "Starmaniacs" sang for first place. Every week two candidates dropped out, but one candidate could be brought back into the team with a “friendship ticket”. However, this option ended as soon as there were only six candidates left. In the last show on January 26, 2007, three finalists then submitted to the vote of the audience. First the third place was determined and the two remaining sang for the record deal with Universal Music Austria . The winner is Nadine Beiler .
A boy band called “ now different! “, Consisting of Thomas Neuwirth, Martin Zerza, Johannes Palmer and Falco De Jong Luneau. In addition to Nadine Beiler, Gernot Pachernigg , Mario Lang and Eric Papilaya have released singles as solo artists .
On February 20, 2007, ORF announced that Eric Papilaya is Austria's representative at the 2007 Song Contest . His contribution was also the official topic of the Life Ball 2007.
Nadine Beiler represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and took 18th place. Second-placed Tom Neuwirth won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen as “ Conchita Wurst ” three years later .
Fourth season (2008/2009)
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Starmania finalists (retired on) |
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| Fourth season (2008-2009) | |
| Oliver Wimmer | winner |
| Silvia Strasser | January 30, 2009 |
| Maria Rerych | January 30, 2009 |
| Andreas Pfandler | January 23, 2009 |
| Milena Sickinger | January 16, 2009 |
| Christian Barboric | January 9, 2009 |
| Richard Schlögl | January 2, 2009 |
| Evelyn Mair | December 19, 2008 |
| Sebastian Mandl | December 12, 2008 |
| Christian Dohr | December 5, 2008 |
| Anna Oberauer | November 28, 2008 |
| Sarah Lee | November 21, 2008 |
The fourth Starmania season started on October 17, 2008 under the motto “The best is yet to come”. During the Austria-wide casting, 20 candidates were selected for the broadcast from 2400 applicants.
The casting jury consisted of music producer Markus Spiegel , who had been on the jury in the previous seasons, as well as Roman Gregory , the frontman of the Austrian group Alkbottle and Lucy Diakovska , member of the No Angels . Arabella Kiesbauer again took over the moderation . Roman Gregory first took on the role of juror in the live broadcast. This time the winner receives a record deal with Deutsche Entertainment AG in the distribution of Warner Music . Universal Music was responsible for this for the first three seasons .
At the beginning of this season there were two groups with ten participants each. The first group started on October 17th. After two broadcasts, the second group was switched to on October 31. Two candidates (one man and one woman each) were eliminated per broadcast. Daniel Herzog and Kimberly Reidl (retired on November 7, 2008), Lee Hoffman and Salka Weber (retired on October 24, 2008), Matthias Ortner and Lia Weller (retired on October 24, 2008) as well as Lejla Imamovic and retired from the qualification programs Michael Vogt (retired on October 17, 2008). After Lia Weller surprisingly left the second show, the candidate got a record deal that same evening.
Twelve candidates qualified for the final group, two candidates are eliminated per broadcast. As with the previous seasons, however, a candidate can be brought back with the "Friendship Ticket". From the broadcast on January 9, 2009, the juror Roman Gregory decided on the whereabouts of one of the two candidates who received the fewest votes. In the semifinal broadcast, Gregory waived this option - the candidate with the fewest votes was eliminated.
At the final broadcast on January 30th, Maria Rerych, Silvia Strasser and Oliver Wimmer competed against each other. Richard Schlögl, who retired on January 2nd, was allowed to sing his song "You raise me up" again. In the first decision to enter the fight for first place, Maria Rerych was eliminated and thus took third place. Before the last decision, there was a premiere: Roman Gregory sang his birthday song with "Hier ist ein Mensch". In the last decision, Oliver Wimmer was able to prevail with 53.5% to 46.5%. He was allowed to call himself Star of the Year 2009 and got a record deal.
Obligations
When participating in Starmania , the candidates also entered into contractual obligations. For example, all “star maniacs”, including the pre-finalists, have to pay an agreed commission to the ORF over a certain period of time from their proceeds in connection with their artistic activities (appearances, interviews, advertising activities) .
Chart placements
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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AT
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| 1st season | |||
| 2003 | Best of qualification |
AT2  (20 weeks)AT |
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| Best Of Finals |
AT1  (19 weeks)AT |
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| Best Of Duets |
AT1 (20 weeks)AT |
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| New songs |
AT1 (19 weeks) AT |
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| Starmania - Original Hits Vol. 1 |
AT5 (15 weeks) AT |
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| Mc Donald's Favorites |
AT- × 2
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| 2nd season | |||
| 2003 | Best of qualification |
AT42 (7 weeks) AT |
as Starmania NG
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| One |
AT62 (4 weeks) AT |
as Starmania NG
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| Two |
AT31 (9 weeks) AT |
as Starmania NG
|
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| X-Mas hits |
AT23 (3 weeks) AT |
as Starmania NG
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| Three |
AT22 (9 weeks) AT |
as Starmania NG
|
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| Starmania - Original Hits Vol. 2 |
AT3 (10 weeks) AT |
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| 3rd season | |||
| 2006 | The Best |
AT10 (18 weeks) AT |
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| Starmania - Favorites |
AT10 (4 weeks) AT |
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| 2007 | The very best |
AT2 (12 weeks)AT |
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| 4th season | |||
| 2008 | The best |
AT12 (14 weeks)AT |
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| 2009 | The best of 2009 & duets |
AT4 (8 weeks) AT |
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AT
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| 1st season | |||
| 2003 | Stars In Your Eyes |
AT3 (19 weeks)AT |
as Starmania Allstars
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| Tomorrow's Heroes |
AT1 (17 weeks)AT |
as Starmaniacs
|
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| Give Peace a Chance |
AT8 (11 weeks) AT |
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| 2nd season | |||
| 2003 | Everything and more |
AT2 (20 weeks)AT |
as Starmania NG
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| 3rd season | |||
| 2006 | Sing for me |
AT7 (22 weeks) AT |
as Starmaniacs
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literature
- Caroline Roth-Ebner: Identities from the star factory. Young people acquiring the cross-media production "Starmania" . 1st edition. Budrich UniPress, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940755-10-0 , pp. 211 .
swell
- ↑ Tyrolean Nadine wins "Starmania". ORF , accessed on January 31, 2009 (German).
- ↑ Appetite for warmed up TV food. The standard , accessed on February 1, 2009 (German).
- ↑ derStandard.at - Macedonia represented by ex- "Starmania" candidate Article from November 13, 2014, accessed on November 13, 2014.
- ↑ orf.at: "Starmania" - The best is not yet to come (accessed on January 24, 2009) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ orf.at Arabella Kiesbauer moderates Starmania , July 20, 2008
- ↑ APA report: "Starmania" final: Oliver is ORF Star of the Year ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (January 31, 2009)
- ↑ a b Chart sources: AT
- ↑ Awards for music sales: AT
Web links
- Starmania in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Starmania NG in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Michael Tschuggnall (2003) | Verena Pötzl (2004) | Nadine Beiler (2007) | Oliver Wimmer (2009)