Kiddy Contest
The Kiddy Contest is 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 by ZDF and RTL. Since 2012, this show is airing by the Austrian commercial broadcaster Puls 4. The format was invented by the music producer 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 winner determines the TV audience via voting. From season 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.
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 the years 2012 to 2015, the private person Puls 4 secured the rights for the broadcast. The moderator of the show was Silvia Schneider from 2015-2018. Since 2015 the broadcast is broadcast via live stream on the Internet and in the app of Puls 4.
Contestants
Season 1, 1995
Season 2, 1996
Season 3, 1997
Season 4, 1998
Season 5, 1999
Season 6, 2000
Season 7, 2001
Season 8, 2002
Season 9, 2003
Season 10, 2004
Season 11, 2005
Season 12, 2006
Season 13, 2007
Season 14, 2008
Season 15, 2009
Season 16, 2010
Season 17, 2011
Season 18, 2012
Season 19, 2013
Season 20, 2014
Season 21, 2015
Season 22, 2016
Season 23, 2017
Season 24, 2018
Season 25, 2019
Seasons
Winner songs
| Year | Album | Song | Interpreter | Original |
| 1995 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 1 | Kinderzimmerdieb | Christina Kramer | Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 1996 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 2 | Das erste Mal verliebt | Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet | |
| 1997 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 3 | Wut | Manuela Mayer | Nur geträumt Nena |
| 1998 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 4 | Nur ein Traum | Alexandra Pötzelsberger | Adesso tu Eros Ramazzotti |
| 1999 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 5 | Freunde wie wir | Bernhard Arko & Daniel Pirker | Y.M.C.A. Village People |
| 2000 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 6 | Snowboardflitzer | Daniela Vogel & Marco Klemmer | Anton aus Tirol DJ Ötzi |
| 2001 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 7 | Ich wünsche mir einen Bankomat | Mandy Grace Capristo | Daylight in Your Eyes No Angels |
| 2002 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 8 | Ich will in die Disco geh'n | Laura Kästel | Crying at the Discoteque Alcazar |
| 2003 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 9 | Mein Superstar | Nicki Freiberger | We Have a Dream DSDS |
| 2004 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 10 | Unsichtbar | Lisa Aberer | Dragostea Din Tei O-Zone |
| 2005 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 11 | Alle verknallt | Kim Steiner | Dubi Dam Dam Banaroo |
| 2006 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 12 | Flaschengeist | Tanja Kreutmayer | 1001 Arabian Nights Ch!pz |
| 2007 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 13 | Schokoladistan | Caroline Hat | Ein Stern DJ Ötzi & Nik P. |
| 2008 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 14 | Planet der Mädchen | Mira Sophia Ulz | Fieber Christina Stürmer |
| 2009 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 15 | Märchenwald | Lara Krause & Roman Lochmann | Stadt Cassandra Steen & Adel Tawil |
| 2010 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 16 | Bitte mehr Taschengeld | Dominik Schrittesser | Whataya Want from Me Adam Lambert |
| 2011 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 17 | Gemüsekrise | Celina Müllner | Higher Taio Cruz & Kylie Minogue |
| 2012 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 18 | Die Wasserratten | Michelle Idlhammer | Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen |
| 2013 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 19 | Der Gitterbettprinz | Lisa Mikolaschek | I Couldn't Care Less Leslie Clio |
| 2014 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 20 | Augen auf | Lena Tirler | Am I Wrong Nico & Vinz |
| 2015 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 21 | Tausend Selfies | Alinah Hofstätter | Ain't Nobody Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson |
| 2016 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 22 | Ich bleib lieber Single | Christian Steger | Stitches Shawn Mendes |
| 2017 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 23 | Wo versteckt sich das Christkind? | Ina Hofer | Musik sein Wincent Weiss |
| 2018 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 24 | Lederhosenrapper | Josef Fankhauser | Lie to Me Mikolas Josef |
| 2019 | Kiddy Contest Vol. 25 | Voll die streberin | Katharina Felzmann | "Unforgettable" Nico Santos |
Group songs
| Year | Song | Group song |
| We are the kids ' | ||
| 2004 | We are the kids ' | Greif nach den Sternen ' |
| 2005 | We are the kids ' | Party ' |
| 2006 | We are the kids ' | Sing mit uns ' |
| 2007 | We are the kids ' | Unsere Welt ' |
| 2008 | We are the kids ' | Lampenfieber ' |
| 2009 | We are the kids ' | Showtime ' |
| 2010 | We are the kids ' | Feuer ' |
| 2011 | We are the kids ' | All for one ' |
| 2012 | We are the kids ' | Ich geb nie auf ' |
| 2013 | We are the kids ' | Hammer ' |
| 2014 | We are the kids ' | Los! ' |
| 2015 | We are the kids ' | Unsichtbare Lichter ' |
| 2016 | We are the kids ' | Jumpin' Up ' |
| 2017 | We are the kids ' | Schulschluss ' |
| 2018 | We are the kids ' | Wo bleiben wir? ' |
| 2019 | We are the kids ' | 25 years |