Indeed Unique won “The Great Opportunity”

The 58-member dance group from Vienna won the ORF’s big spring show and secured prize money of 50,000 euros. They convinced the audience, who alone could decide the winner in the final, with their performance to the song “Time” by Hans Zimmer, where they packed a message about the true meaning of life into a cross-generational choreography.Vienna. A total of nine acts fought their way through to the final. At “The Big Chance – Let’s Sing and Dance” all singing and dance performances in any group size were permitted.

The start of the show was reminiscent of another big show, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which took place just recently. The studio audience, which also included ORF boss Roland Weißmann, was heated up with the recorded ESC hit “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” by Baby Lasagna.

Upper Austrian women with their own song

The dance group Limited Edition from Graz had the task of maintaining the atmosphere as the first act. Despite the stress of graduating, the young women performed to a series of song excerpts such as the party hit “Let’s get loud” by Jennifer Lopez. Things continued calmer with Anja and Jana. The two 16-year-old Upper Austrian girls sang their own song “Ketten” while sitting on a park bench. Cherry blossoms rained down to the sounds of guitars and strings.

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James Park from Vienna demonstrated his vocal power. The 34-year-old chose “Never Enough” from “The Greatest Showman” and was rewarded with a standing ovation. The jury, consisting of Christina Sturmer, Cesar Sampson and Thorsteinn Einarsson, was also enthusiastic. Dance Industry from Klagenfurt takes you into an elaborately designed magical world. The dance group performed to a number of songs from the Harry Potter films. It could get a bit scary, warned presenter Fanny Stapf, who skilfully led the three-hour show together with Andi Knoll. You could see a Dementor, Death Eaters, a whirling Harry Potter and last but not least the owl Hedwig.

Biberbacherin comes second

Emma Lisa from Bad Sauerbrunn sang her song “Is that Love”, which had quieter and more driving passages. “The name will definitely be remembered,” said Sampson. Striker was impressed by her “distinctive voice”. Paolo Scariano from Klagenfurt came on stage in a tailcoat. The biologist performed the aria “Nessun dorma” by Giacomo Puccini. His dream: to be applauded at the Vienna State Opera one day. He received strong applause on the ORF show stage and was ultimately rewarded with third place.

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