Overview
- Toni Maier, 77, collapsed mid‑performance during ORF’s live folk‑music show Mei liabste Weis on Saturday night, halting the broadcast.
- Before medics reached the stage, he told cameras that his implanted defibrillator had activated, raising concern about a cardiac event.
- First responders treated him on site, and he was transported for evaluation to Landeskrankenhaus Graz in the city of Graz.
- About 15 minutes after the collapse, host Franz Posch told viewers that Maier was responsive and under medical care.
- By Sunday, ORF‑Tirol said he was stable, conscious, recovering, and expected to go home soon, reassuring fans of the longtime Styrian folk figure.