Sorry to hear that, arnds!
Well, I also was strongly encouraged to apply and ended up doing so. Since I didn't hear back from them for a long time and had another offer to decide on, I contacted them last week to inquire about my application status. In fact, they told me that I was selected for a skype interview. However, I am still waiting to be contacted by a professor to arrange an interview date...
Also, on their facebook page they posted something like "We sent out 50 status notifications today" in late December. However, none of those made it to the results page here. So I really don't know what to think of the program.