Creator: | Erwin Kiennast Norman Weichselbaum |
Presenter: | Elmer Rossnegger (season 1–12) Benny Hörtnagl (season 15) Kati Bellowitsch (season 16–17) Arabella Kiesbauer Silvia Schneider (season 21–24) |
Country: | Austria |
Language: | German |
Num Seasons: | 25 |
Runtime: | c. 120 minutes |
Network: | ORF 1 (1995–2011) ZDF (2000) KiKA (2001–02) Super RTL (2004–06, 2008) Nickelodeon (2009–2011) Puls 4 (2012–2019) |
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. From 2012 until its final edition in 2019, the show only aired on the Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4. Running for 25 editions, the format was invented by the music producers Erwin Kiennast and Norman Weichselbaum.
From 1995 to 2019, ten to thirteen children from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were chosen to perform a current pop hit, for which Norman Weichselbaum had written a new German text. The audience determined the winner(s) via voting. From season 1 to 15, there were also duets.
The Kiddy Contest 1996 took place on a Saturday morning in November 1996. During the 1995 and 1996 editions, the semifinals took place over the course of several weeks during 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. From 2015 onwards, 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. In 2019, Arabella Kiesbauer was the host of the show again.
In 2020 the Kiddy Contest was canceled due to the Corona pandemic. In view of the still uncertain COVID-19 pandemic 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.
Season | Premiere date | width=16% | Winner | width=16% | Runner-up | width=16% | 2nd Runner-up | Other contestants | Number of contestants |
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Kiddy Contest (season 1) | 1 | 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 | |||
Kiddy Contest (season 2) | 2 | 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 | |||
Kiddy Contest (season 3) | 3 | 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 | |||
Kiddy Contest (season 4) | 4 | 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 | |||
Kiddy Contest (season 5) | 5 | 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 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 6 | 6 | Daniela Vogel & Marco Klemmer | Sandra Stolp | Sophia Pund | Christoph Erlach, Hanna Kastner, Eva Böhnisch, Wendy Dindic, Wilke Brinkmann, Michéle Luttenberger, Orry Bandara Athurugiri | 11 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 7 | 7 | Mandy Capristo | Anna Lena Breunig | Simone Renner | Christian Wimmer & Laura Elssel, Viktoria Schöffl, Jakob Semotan, Jimonique Schüler, Salka Weber, Frank Kühnlein, Simon Panstingl & Tina Pechmann | 12 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 8 | 8 | Laura Kästel | Lisa Grubner & Manuel Hartweger / Verena Doublier | Sebastian Killinger, Christina Pöckl, Sebastian Killinger, Esther Dierkes & Julian Weber, Manuel Millonig, Ira-Sofie Graf, Annabel Hernandez, Anna-Verena Ruth | 12 | ||||
Kiddy contest, Season 9 | 9 | Nicki Freiberger | Eva Huss / Katharina Bergant | Lissi Rieß & Sammy Pohn, Janine Blumauer, Julia Andrä, Julian Heidrich, Nathanaele Koll, Nina Kremsmair, Stephanie Laggner | 11 | ||||
Kiddy contest, Season 10 | 10 | Lisa Aberer | Manuel Gutleb & Natália Kelly | Elin Skrzipczyk | Saskia Zikeli, Sandy Ontl, Alexander Gutmaier, Pino Severino-Geysen, Christina Klein, Kristina Wurm, Kimberly Rydel | 11 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 11 | 11 | 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 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 12 | 12 | Tanja Kreutmayer | Fariba Buchheim | Lisa Wissert | Eva Vanessa Brunmayr, Melissa Perilli, Nicolas Geisler, Paul Kunz, Ron Mizrahi & Vanessa Veraldi, Stephanie Zwanzer, Teresa Strobl | 11 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 13 | 13 | Caroline Hat | Meggie Jacobs | Julia Hübner | Daniel Eisele & Magdalena Kaiblinger, Jo Marie Dominiak, Kiara Hollatko, Leonie Adam, Marco Schrotter, Sebastian Schmidt, Zoë Straub | 11 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 14 | 14 | 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 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 15 | 15 | Lara Krause & Roman Lochmann | Dominik Gassner | Sarah Hager | Anna Rott, Diana-Maria Krieger, Jasmin Walchshofer, Klara Jovanovic, Mely Pagger, Philip Oezelt, Vivien Barman | 11 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 16 | 16 | Dominik Schrittesser | Asja Ahatovic | Laura Kamhuber | Alicja Wojcik, Celina Baudisch, Jessika Brei, Laurin Greiter, Marcello Delpino, Paulina Vereti, Tamara Badegruber | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 17 | 17 | Celina Müllner | Mathias Rodler | Katrin Kogler | Anna Prütz, Andrea Lienbacher, Else Mack, India Callender, Karyna Verba, Michael Samek, Sarah Bednarz | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 18 | 18 | Michelle Idlhammer | Julia Rosenmayr | Laura Heily | Alex Baumgartner, Elena Spörl, Elisabeth Preiss, Ewa-Maria Zorn, Joli Francisco, Lukas Rumpold, Saskia Bisanz | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 19 | 19 | Lisa Mikolaschek | Vanessa Dollinger | Olivia Goga | Amelie Gabryszak, Carina Seebacher, Jakob Silye, Marcel Bodner, Ronja Harsch, Siri Kotschnig, Viola Dillinger | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 20 | 20 | Lena Tirler | Nina Hafner | Kilian Scheyer | Estelle Lath, Hanna Harkamp, Jason Schwickerath, Jessy Schiessl, Juliane Hotter, Marie Lang, Sarah Kaiser | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 21 | 21 | Alinah Hofstätter | Paul Aschenwald | Markus Manzl | Anna Hölzl, Emelie Missiuk, Laura Reder, Selina Gerstmayer, Simon Stabauer, Sophia Joham, Uljana Schmal | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 22 | 22 | Christian Steger | Tamia Edwards | Madita Killinger | Anupam Sharma, Daria Tayel, Driola Haspel, Flora Turhani, Karina Michel, Saphira Essmann, Theresa Tschiggerl | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 23 | 23 | Ina Hofer | Livia Ernst | Lena Balogh | Helena Manoussakis, Isabella Schmid, Lisa-Marie König, Max Lehner, Michael Heidemann, Niklas Lichtenegger, Susan Oseloff | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 24 | 24 | Josef Fankhauser | Martina Szymanek | Selina Pichler | Hannah Hruska, Madeleine Tosun, Mara Walter, Mary Schönbauer, Nils Vandeven, Raschel Fischmann, Viviana Renzl | 10 | |||
Kiddy contest, Season 25 | 25 | Katharina Felzmann | Helena Strasser | Luca Sommerauer | Alisa Berkovitch, Boti Stelczer, Daniel Slavinski, Ina Bahr, Lara Voicu, Teodora Vio, Vanessa Deimbacher | 10 |
Name | Start number | Place | ||
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06 | 10 | |||
Thomas Breuer | 09 | 9 | ||
Tanja Danzer | 01 | 8 | ||
Hendrik Steiner | 02 | 7 | ||
Nina Tatzber | 07 | 6 | ||
Peter Fischer | ||||
Irene Hadjieva | 10 | 5 | ||
Werner Göber | ||||
Simone Kopmajer | 05 | 4 | ||
Katrin Senn | 04 | 3 | ||
Lisa Huber | ||||
Heike Holler | 03 | 2 | ||
Christina Kramer | 08 | 1 |
Name | Start number | Place | |
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Christoph Erlach | 08 | 10 | |
Hanna Kastner | 04 | 9 | |
Eva Böhnisch | 06 | 8 | |
Wendy Dindic | 07 | 7 | |
Wilke Brinkmann | 03 | 6 | |
Michéle Luttenberger | 02 | 5 | |
Orry Bandara Athurugiri | 01 | 4 | |
Sophia Pund | 09 | 3 | |
Sandra Stolp | 05 | 2 | |
Daniela Vogel | 10 | 1 | |
Marco Klemmer |
Name | Start number | Place | ||
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Jo Marie Dominiak | 01 | 4 | ||
Marco Schrotter | 02 | |||
Kiara Hollatko | 04 | |||
Zoë Straub | 05 | |||
Daniel Eisele | 07 | |||
Magdalena Kaiblinger | ||||
Sebastian Schmidt | 08 | |||
Leonie Adam | 10 | |||
Julia Hübner | 09 | 3 | ||
Meggie Jacobs | 06 | 2 | ||
Caroline Hat | 03 | 1 |
Name | Start number | Place | ||
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Joli Francisco | 01 | 4 | ||
Lukas Rumpold | 03 | |||
Elisabeth Preiss | 04 | |||
Saskia Bisanz | 05 | |||
Elena Spörl | 06 | |||
Alex Baumgartner | 08 | |||
Ewa-Maria Zorn | 09 | |||
Laura Heily | 07 | 3 | ||
Julia Rosenmayr | 02 | 2 | ||
Michelle Idlhammer | 10 | 1 |
Name | Start number | Place | ||
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Alisa Berkovitch | 01 | 4 | ||
Teodora Vio | 02 | |||
Vanessa Deimbacher | 04 | |||
Boti Stelczer | 06 | |||
Ina Bahr | 07 | |||
Daniel Slavinski | 08 | |||
Lara Voicu | 10 | |||
Luca Sommerauer | 03 | 3 | ||
Helena Strasser | 05 | 2 | ||
Katharina Felzmann | 09 | 1 |
Year | Album | Winner(s) | Song | Original | |||
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1995 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 1 | Christina Kramer | Kinderzimmerdieb | Children's room thief | Achy Breaky Heart | Billy Ray Cyrus | |
1996 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 2 | Das erste Mal verliebt | The first time in love | Love Is All Around | Wet Wet Wet | ||
1997 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 3 | Manuela Mayer | Wut | Anger | Nur geträumt | Blümchen | |
1998 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 4 | Alexandra Pötzelsberger | Nur ein Traum | Just a dream | Adesso tu | Eros Ramazzotti | |
1999 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 5 | Bernhard Arko & Daniel Pirker | Freunde wie wir | Friends like us | Y.M.C.A. | Village People | |
2000 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 6 | Daniela Vogel & Marco Klemmer | Snowboardflitzer | Snowboard speedster | Anton aus Tirol | DJ Ötzi | |
2001 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 7 | Mandy Grace Capristo | Ich wünsche mir einen Bankomat | I wish me a bankomat | Daylight in Your Eyes | No Angels | |
2002 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 8 | Laura Kästel | Ich will in die Disco geh'n | I want to go to the disco | Crying at the Discoteque | ||
2003 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 9 | Nicki Freiberger | Mein Superstar | My superstar | We Have a Dream | DSDS | |
2004 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 10 | Lisa Aberer | Unsichtbar | Invisible | Dragostea Din Tei | O-Zone | |
2005 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 11 | Kim Steiner | Alle verknallt | Everyone has a crush | Dubi Dam Dam | Banaroo | |
2006 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 12 | Tanja Kreutmayer | Flaschengeist | Genie in a bottle | 1001 Arabian Nights | Ch!pz | |
2007 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 13 | Caroline Hat | Schokoladistan | Schokoladistan | Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) | DJ Ötzi & Nik P. | |
2008 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 14 | Mira Sophia Ulz | Planet der Mädchen | Planet of the girls | Fieber | Christina Stürmer | |
2009 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 15 | Lara Krause & Roman Lochmann | Märchenwald | Fairy tale forest | Stadt | ||
2010 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 16 | Dominik Schrittesser | Bitte mehr Taschengeld | Please more pocket money | Whataya Want from Me | Adam Lambert | |
2011 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 17 | Celina Müllner | Gemüsekrise | Vegetable crisis | Higher | Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue | |
2012 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 18 | Michelle Idlhammer | Die Wasserratten | The water rats | Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen | |
2013 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 19 | Lisa Mikolaschek | Der Gitterbettprinz | The lattice bed prince | I Couldn't Care Less | Leslie Clio | |
2014 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 20 | Lena Tirler | Augen auf | Open eyes | Am I Wrong | Nico & Vinz | |
2015 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 21 | Alinah Hofstätter | Tausend Selfies | Thousands of selfies | Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) | Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson | |
2016 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 22 | Christian Steger | Ich bleib lieber Single | I'd rather stay single | Stitches | Shawn Mendes | |
2017 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 23 | Ina Hofer | Wo versteckt sich das Christkind? | Where is the Christ child hiding? | Musik sein | Wincent Weiss | |
2018 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 24 | Josef Fankhauser | Lederhosenrapper | Lederhosen rapper | Mikolas Josef | ||
2019 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 25 | Katharina Felzmann | Voll die Streberin | Such a nerd | Unforgettable | Nico Santos |