Taxi Orange
Was broadcast; (20 April to 27 June 2001 Season 2 ); Taxi Orange was a reality television series, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation in 2000 ( Season 1 16 September to 30 November 2000) and 2001, in a similar format as the globally successful series Big Brother. Due to declining ratings, no further series was produced.
The mission
In Taxi Orange, a group of 13 young people referred to the house lived together in a Kutscherhof in the 13th district of Vienna in the Speisinger road 66 as taxi drivers they earned their livelihood, but they had two orange taxi vehicles (hence the name ) are available. The apartment, the courtyard and the vehicles were equipped with cameras. The entire life of the taxi -orange candidates was recorded and broadcast in a summary daily. Once a week, the viewers chose their favorite candidate, then one of his roommates excluded from the program after a short reflection. The last remaining house in the candidate received 1 million shillings in prize money. Presenter of the show was Dodo Roscic, as external moderator acted Oliver Auspitz. The title song " road to victory " for the mission came from the Austrian band ear noise.
The format
The format was developed on behalf of the ORF of Mischa Zickler, who was so honored in 2001 with the Austrian Television Award Romy.
The ORF sold the format under the name Biri bizi gözetliyor ( " Somebody is watching us " ) to a Turkish channel, which broadcast it to 2003 in a total of four seasons with similar success.
Candidates
The candidates were in Austria within a few weeks to stardom.
Season 1
- Max Schmiedl, the winner of the first season, brought in following the broadcast a successful CD album out, 2002 the star of the comedy show was really fat and 2004 for half a year host of the football show hit on the Austrian private channel ATV. In 2007, he starred in the set again after a few weeks Austrian daily soap Located in the 8s. Since 2011 he hosted the quiz show Quiz Taxi Austria.
- Andrea Konrad, called Magenta, was a member of the ORF Foundation, which she no longer belongs since September 2006.
- Robert Höchtl called Mama, outed himself in the first mission as gay and remained prominent as such a long time. In the second season, he participated in the jury alongside Brigitte Xander and Robert Kratky.
- Walter Pirchl and Hansjörg Trenkwalder started a moderately successful pop band with Crazy Orange.
- Christoph Kornschober, 2005 and 2006 was as an actor for the telenovela Julia - Wege zum Glück front of the camera.
Season 2
The candidates of the second season, even though she too was market share moderately successful, were quickly forgotten after the end of the broadcast. The winners of both squadrons, Max Schmiedl and Joseph Kendlbacher ( Killy ), donated their winnings of 1 million shillings (about € 72,600 ): Max donated everything to abused children, Killy donated 90 percent of light into the darkness, the rest he allowed friends and themselves
A candidate of the second season was selected on Einzugstag. Anyone who had a taxi license in Vienna could log in and over the radio voted the audience, so that a candidate could move.
The taxis
After the end of the second season of car No. 5, which was not a camera car, but merely a varnished after TXO pattern directed cart, the SOS Children's Village in Brühl was donated. From there, he later came to the orphanage after Pinkafeld, which sold it in late 2006. The first of the three taxis was auctioned in early 2002, the other two were painted silver in the ORF and used. The silver car # 4 (Jury car) also remained at ORF.
The public debate
Even before the broadcast began in Austria a detailed and heavily guided discussion about whether public service broadcasters may occur closer to reality formats. Even in the National Council, the format was mentioned. After the end of the first season, the ORF was obliged to hold a public hearing on taxi orange.