This year, the Ö3 Christmas Miracle achieved a new record with nearly 5.5 million euros.
With a new team - Tina Ritschl, Sylvia Graf, and Philipp Hansa replacing Gabi Hiller, Robert Kratky, and Andi Knoll - the Ö3 Wish Hut broadcasted again for 120 hours, this time from Wiener Neustadt. The sum, which was raised through donations in exchange for music requests, goes to the "Light into Darkness Immediate Aid Fund" for families in need in Austria.
At least another 500,000 euros came from the "Ö3 Wonder Bag" campaign, as station manager Michael Pauser announced in an interim balance. In this campaign, old mobile phones are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way, which brings in donations without cash. Together with the exact 5,486,812 euros raised by the Christmas Miracle, the total sum of the Ö3 donations was therefore provisionally around six million euros.
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