Osobnosť televíznej obrazovky (Television Screen Personality), more commonly abbreviated as OTO, was a Slovak awards show recognizing the public figures and the work of popular culture in the country. Established by Art Production Agency (APA) in 2000, the television poll-based awards were voted on by the general viewing audiences. The annual ceremonies of the accolades were screened live by the national television network RTVS, usually in March for the previous calendar year.[3]

OTO Awards
Awarded for Popular culture on TV
Country Slovakia
Presented by Art Production Agency
First awarded February 3, 2001 (2001-02-03)
Last awarded September 5, 2020 (2020-09-05)
Network RTVS: 1 • 3 (10th season)
JOJ (4th season)[1][2]
Official website OTOanketa.sk

The categories awarded regularly, included Program, Actor, Actress, Male and Female Singer, as well two special awards; Hall of Fame and Absolute OTO.

The announcement of awards' discontinuation was announced in 2022, following negative controversies in previous years, pandemic delays, declining popularity and high production costs.[4]

Categories

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Latest awards

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Special awards

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  • Absolute OTO • The overall winner with the highest number of votes per ceremony.
  • Hall of Fame • Honors individuals with outstanding contributions to the medium, mainly in the acting field.
  • Plus 7 dní Award • A journalistic award formerly given by TV listings-devoted weekly EuroTelevízia (2003–2006), later by Život magazine (2007–2015).

Retired awards

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Note

denotes a category awarded regularly since.

Ceremonies

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The listed years are of television release, annual ceremonies are held the following year.

Superlatives

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Left to right: Adela Vinczeová • Marcel Merčiak • Miroslav Žbirka

With ten awards having received in main categories, Adela Vinczeová is the most successful participant in the so far history of the OTO Awards poll, making her the most voted Entertainer and Host in general. She is followed by Marcel Merčiak who has accumulated nine as trophies as Sports Commentator, while Miroslav Žbirka and Patrik Herman have each scored seven wins, these as the most favorite Male Singer and TV Journalist, respectively. Herman also holds the record for the highest number of consecutive wins per category.

Including special achievements, Vinczeová leads with fifteen wins in total, while Merčiak with twelve. Besides, he is the only winner having scored at least in two categories per year, both the special (2012) and regular (2015–2017). The third participant with the highest number of OTO awards in general, is Actress Zdena Studenková with eight wins.

Within multiple nominees, Žbirka himself remains the most successful to date, having earned sixteen nominations in a row to his credit, all made since the second season of the show. His runners-up are Sportscaster Lenka Čviriková with fifteen nominations, and Herman and Merčiak; the latters with fourteen nominating bids.[5][6][7][8][9]

Reception

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TV ratings

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During the first decade, the show attracted in average over 700,000 viewers per ceremony, reaching its peak with a total audience of more than 855,00 viewers for the 7th season. Subsequently held ceremonies marked the second highest numbers for the title as whole. The 9th and 10th season were watched by 731,000 and 778,000 people respectively, with the latter being televised on two STV sister's channels at the same time; Jednotka (STV 1) and Trojka (STV 3).

Since the 2010s, the show format gains considerably less — roughly half a million audiences each year —, yet still making it the most watched television program within prime time in the region. The 12th season of the TV poll, or rather the only aired on a Friday instead, produced also the lowest ratings ever for the program; only 464,000 viewers that year.

Chronological list of all seasons with available rankings and audience share figures
Season Original airing Time
(CET)
Network
(Channel)
Ranking Viewership
Day Week Share
(12–54)
Viewers Share
(12+)
Viewers Ref
1st (2000) February 3, 2001 STV: 1
2nd (2001) February 2, 2002 STV: 1
3rd (2002) February 1, 2003 STV: 1
4th (2003) January 31, 2004 JOJ
5th (2004) February 9, 2005 STV: 1 No. 1[10] No. 7[10] 38.4% 680,000 [11]
6th (2005) February 8, 2006 STV: 1 No. 1[12] 34.5% 611,000
7th (2006) March 14, 2007 08.15 pm STV: 1 No. 1 45.9% 855,000
8th (2007) March 12, 2008 08.15 pm STV: 1 No. 1 No. 9[13] 41.2% 709,000
9th (2008) March 11, 2009 08.15 pm STV: 1 No. 1 39.8% 421,000 42.3% 731,000
10th (2009) March 13, 2010 08.15 pm STV: 1 No. 1[14] 32.0% 394,000 37.1% 734,000 [15]
STV 3 +2.2% +44,000 [16]
11th (2010) March 12, 2011 08.15 pm RTVS: 1 20.3% 248,000 27.9% 553,000 [15]
12th (2011) March 9, 2012 08.15 pm RTVS: 1 No. 2 17.3% 216,000 22.4% 464,000
13th (2012) March 16, 2013 08.15 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 22.3% 271,000 28.6% 587,000
14th (2013) March 8, 2014 08.20 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 23.1% 269,000 28.6% 551,000
15th (2014) March 14, 2015 08.22 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 26.6% 308,000 30.6% 601,000
16th (2015) March 12, 2016 08.25 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 30.2% 322,000 36.2% 675,000 [17]
17th (2016) March 11, 2017 08.25 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 30.0% 356,000 32.7% 669,000 [18]
18th (2017) March 17, 2018 08.30 pm RTVS: 1 No. 1 28.7% 330,000 31.0% 629,000 [19]
Legend Saturday Wednesday Friday The latest two seasons (2015—2016) include the delayed viewership with the numbers slightly increased.[20]   Estimated[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ TASR (June 30, 2004). "Anketa OTO sa vráti na obrazovku verejnoprávnej STV". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. sme.sk. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Šidlová, Mária (March 13, 2010). "Desať rokov škandálov – Markizácky bojkot". Ženský web (in Slovak). STAR production s.r.o. zenskyweb.sk. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Osobnosť televíznej obrazovky (OTO) → About". Art Production Agency (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. anketaoto.sk. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. ^ Mediaboom.sk (November 6, 2022). "Vianoce na Markíze: V premiére česká Láska nebeská, Mrázik dostane najlukratívnejší čas v roku!". Mediaboom.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Rekordmankou je Studenková s ôsmimi soškami: Zosadí ju niekto z trónu? Hlasujte v OTO 2015!". Život. Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. January 6, 2015. zivot.azet.sk. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  6. ^ anc (March 3, 2012). "Rekordéri ankety OTO 2011: Kto si vylepší skóre?". Nový čas (in Slovak). Ringier Slovakia. news.sk. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  7. ^ Juríková, Lenka; Boronkayová, Felícia (October 2014). "Viac sošiek OTO nikto nemá! Kto dýcha Studenkovej na krk?". Život (in Slovak). Ringier Slovakia. zivot.azet.sk. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  8. ^ "Prominenti > Zdena Studenková: Nemám patent na úspech". Topky.sk (in Slovak). Zoznam s.r.o. February 25, 2005. topky.sk. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
  9. ^ Denisa Doričová; Denisa Vojtényiová (November 26, 2006). "Zdena Studenková: Oko za oko, zub za zub". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Economia, a.s. IHned.cz. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Augustín, Radoslav (February 21, 2005). "Aktuálna sledovanosť: Jednotka na vrchole, Dvojka na dne". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  11. ^ a b Krasko, Ivan (January 28, 2010). "OTO 2009 pôjde v nový deň, na mieste Pošty pre teba. Po dohode STV s agentúrou". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  12. ^ Augustín, Radoslav (February 9, 2006). "TOP 20: Priateľky silnejšie ako Televízne noviny". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  13. ^ Kočišek, Lukáš (March 19, 2008). "TOP 20: Priateľky silnejšie ako Televízne noviny". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  14. ^ Augustín, Radoslav (March 15, 2010). "OTO 2009 bol nižšie ako v minulých rokoch, ale stále vysoko (sledovanosť)". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  15. ^ a b Poláš, Martin (March 16, 2015). "OTO s Gombitovou bol najsledovanejší od roku 2010". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  16. ^ Krasko, Ivan (March 16, 2010). "Doma s novým rekordom a historicky najmenším odstupom od Joj Plus (týždenná sledovanosť)". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  17. ^ Poláš, Martin (March 14, 2016). "OTO bol silnejší ako vlani, Tvoja tvár si drží výrazný nadpriemer". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  18. ^ Poláš, Martin (March 13, 2017). "Tvoja tvár sa dostala pred 1890, sobotu ovládol OTO". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  19. ^ Poláš, Martin (March 19, 2018). "Galavečer OTO viedol s náskokom, mal ale menej divákov ako vlani". Trend (in Slovak). TREND Holding. etrend.sk. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  20. ^ "Anketa OTO na svojom vrchole, ďalší rok rástla! Galavečer valcuje od nástupu Adely a Sajfu". MediaBoom (in Slovak). MediaBoom. March 12, 2017. mediaboom.sk. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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