Choreographer and director Kim Duddy at 8:15 p.m. guest judge
Vienna (OTS) – News from the “Dancing Stars”! After Karina Sarkissova left the show early for health reasons and on the recommendation of a doctor, there will be a new addition to the ranks of candidates on the second show of the ORF 1 dance event on Friday, March 10, 2023, live on ORF 1 from 8:15 p.m , when singer, actress and presenter Missy May enters the dance floor together with Dimitar Stefanin. Since the neo-candidate appears in front of the jury and the audience in Austria’s most glamorous ballroom for the first time this week, she receives a wild card for her dance premiere and thus automatically moves into the next round. The audience can also look forward to another new face in the “Dancing Stars” in the second show – choreographer and director Kim Duddy is the guest judge of the week for the first decision! Further information on the ORF success show moderated by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Andi Knoll is available at presse.ORF.at.
ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz: “I would like to thank Karina Sarkissova, who really gave everything to be part of ‘Dancing Stars’. I wish her all the best and I fully understand her decision – the safety and well-being of our participants is always our top priority. Missy May’s spontaneous acceptance is fortunate for the show and I’m sure she will be a wonderful addition to our Dancing Stars.”
Missy May: “First of all I want to wish Karina all the best and that she gets back on her feet soon. I don’t see myself as a substitute because you can’t replace Karina Sarkissova. It will be my job to support the great Dimitar and to be his best possible dance partner. I’m looking forward to this challenge because it definitely is – let’s go to rehearsals!”
Karina Sarkissova: “I am incredibly sad that I can no longer be part of this magical show. I would like to thank my dance partner, the ORF, the director, the ‘Dancing Stars’ band and ‘Dancing Stars’ family. And first of all, I’m so sad because I have to disappoint my fans and everyone who called for me. But the doctors warned me that if I continued to strain, I would have to reckon with irreparable damage and, in the worst case, I would never be able to dance once more.”
Kim Duddy on duty as a guest judge
The choreographer and director Kim Duddy studied classical ballet in New York and then worked as an actress on Broadway for many years before she ended up in Vienna for “Cats”. Since then she has shaped the European theater landscape with her work for musicals, operas and operettas. She returned to her classical roots in the 90s as ballet director at the Volksoper in Vienna. She wrote two musicals and choreographed the world premieres of “I’ve never been to New York” and “I am from Austria” as well as performances for shows by Peter Alexander and Rainhard Fendrich.
Kim Duddy: “My parents were ballroom dancers and I learned a lot from them from a young age, which later had a big impact on my early career. When I work with singers who have absolutely no prior knowledge of dance, it is exciting to work out together how they can access a movement in their body so that it seems natural and is fun – the joy of dancing is in every body . I am sure I will have a lot of fun watching and hopefully I can pass on a little of my experience as a choreographer to the contestants!”
Maria Santner and Balázs Ekker are the Fix-Jury
The “Dancing Stars” jury, consisting of Maria Angelini-Santner and Balázs Ekker as well as a guest juror who changes weekly, can award up to ten points per couple. The expert duo has already sniffed the air of the jury in past “Dancing Stars” seasons. Maria Angelini-Santner was a professional dancer in five “Dancing Stars” seasons, in 2017 the victory went to her and her prominent dance partner Martin Ferdiny. She was on the jury for the last two seasons of the ORF 1 dance event. Balázs Ekker danced with prominent candidates in the first six “Dancing Stars” seasons – with Astrid Wirtenberger in 2011 even to victory. He then moved from the floor to the jury chair.
The prominent dancers and their professional partners
The prominent participants of the 15th season of “Dancing Stars” show their skills in the country’s most famous ballroom: Omar Khir Alanam & Kati Kallus, Michael Buchinger & Herbert Stanonik, Eveline Eselböck & Peter Erlbeck, Lucas Fendrich & Lenka Pohoralek, Corinna Kamper & Danilo Campisi, Hannes Kartnig & Catharina Malek, Lilian Klebow & Florian Gschaider, Alexander Pointner & Manuela Stöckl, Martina Reuter & Nikolaus Waltl – and Missy May & Dimitar Stefanin.
“Dancing Stars” in the hit radio Ö3, in the “Seitenblicken”, in “Studio 2” and in “Guten Morgen Österreich”
Hitradio Ö3 is back with the 15th season of “Dancing Stars” and listens very carefully: The Ö3 reporters keep an eye on the “Dancing Stars” and the dance floor and also look behind the scenes of the country’s largest show stage . You can hear the highlights of the Friday live shows in the Ö3 super Saturday. The ORF society magazine “Seitenblicke” also accompanies the “Dancing Stars” and is dedicated to the show every Saturday at 8.05 p.m. on ORF 2. “Guten Morgen Österreich” (6.30 a.m.) and “Studio 2” (5.30 p.m.) report up-to-date every Friday regarding the rehearsals of the “Dancing Stars”.
“Dancing Stars” online and in ORF TELETEXT
Exciting stories, exclusive interviews and backstage information, the best photos and the “Ballroom Talk” with social media postings (#dancingstars23), which becomes a live ticker and entertaining program accompanying the show every Friday evening – that’s what dancingstars.ORF offers .at. A comprehensive streaming package with live streams and videos-on-demand of all shows will also be put together on the website and the video platform ORF-TVthek. The “Dancing Stars” Facebook page also provides news, presents snippets and snapshots and is the ideal forum for postings/comments and likes. The show is also followed on the Facebook and Instagram channels of ORF and ORF 1. The ORF TELETEXT offers a quick overview of what is happening in the magazines “Kultur und Show” and “Leute” and on its program pages. Anyone who wants to cook the favorite recipes of the “Dancing Stars” can find them on ORF extra (extra.ORF.at).
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