In a closing that marks a milestone in the 45-year history of Telethon, the solidarity movement was able to raise the goal established for the 2023 campaign after more than 27 hours of continuous broadcasting. The closure occurred for the first time outside of Santiago, specifically at Quinta Vergara in Viña del Mar.
Telethon 2023 will be challenging, Mario Kreutzberger “Don Francisco” made the final count at 01:44 am, well past the usual closing time.
With the initial concern about not reaching 50% of the goal by closing the theater at 9:00 pm, the outlook improved after repeated calls for donations and a large donation from the community in business. The donation of $3,000,000,000 announced by the presidents of Sofa and the CPCRosario Navarro and Ricardo Mewes, respectively, quickened their paces towards a shocking final number.
The final tally read during the broadcast revealed that Telethon 2023 had achieved a collection of $38,044,459,976. The Teletón Foundation plans to publish the final amount of fundraising in the coming days, which will provide a more detailed view of the influential contribution of entrepreneurs and society to this cause of love.
Well-known artists, such as Stefan Kramer, Beto Cuevas, Alejandro Lerner, Polimá Westcoast, Andrés de León, Karen Paola and Princesa Alba, among others, performed during the show.
Maximum donations:
- Sofofa (Factory Development Society): $3,000 million
- Juan Sutil and CPC: $2,050 million
- Bank of Chile: $1.8 billion
- Luksic Foundation: $1.5 billion
- Unimarc $1.3 billion
- CCU: $1.008 million
- Super Chicken: $624 million
- Softies: 623.526.660
- Copec: $507,363,986
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