Amongst some of the events you can expect on Saturday are the special Télévie campaign, reports on patients and researches, and the presentation of the new Télévie song There for you.
People unite across the nation for the 18th time in the fight against cancer. For the occasion, five pledge centres - Wilwerwiltz (Kiischpelt), Junglinster, Mersch, Schifflange and the Centre de Promesses (Centre of Promises) in Rodange - will be home to a number of activities in support of the Télévie initiative.
The event kickoff is Friday at 7pm. From that moment on, the Télévie-counter will run until late on Saturday evening. All the donations gathered throughout the year as well as those from tonight until tomorrow will be displayed on the meter. As a reminder: last year the counter stopped at a spectacular and record-breaking €1,674,429. This record amount was donated exclusively to cancer research.
TV: Footage of the big closing feature on Saturday
27 April's schedule
Throughout the day a number of stands, spectacles and games have been organised across the five centres, including:
- Thank you Tour: Diane Wunsch, Télévie’s coordinator, and members of the Kiwanis Foundation, will visit each centre in turn in order to thank all of those who have been involved over the past year for their ongoing support and enthusiasm.
- Match against the Dreamteam: these annual games see national celebrities (mayors, athletes,…) compete against retired athletes – aka the Dreamteam – in a variety of different sports. Wilwerwiltz is home to football, basketball will be played in Mersch. In Junglinster Dreamteams will try their hand at volleyball while Schifflange is holding handball competitions. Unfortunately, this 10th Edition of the Dreamteam games is its last year.
- DHL Télévie Tour: roughly 80 cyclists will start at 9am at RTL City and cycle as two pelotons to all five centres. One group will be heading north, cycling a total of 170km, while the second group, heading south, will undertake a 147km course.
- Grand Prize draw: Since mid-February, the Ferrari and Friends Association has been selling tickets for a drive in a Ferrari. All participants also run the chance to win a Fiat 500 Pop. The winners will be drawn and announced on Saturday evening for the final conclusion of the Télévie Day.
- From Saturday 7pm onwards, RTL Luxembourg will be broadcasting all the different activities that will be taking place throughout the country on TV as well as via a livestream on www.rtl.lu . Throughout the day, from 6am to 7pm, all radio broadcasts on the Radio-Web-Tv will be shown on TV.
A detailed schedule can be found here:
Televie Programm 2019
