Deutschland sucht den Superstar
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Deutschland sucht den Superstar (translated: Germany searches for the superstar) is a German
reality talent show
, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise
, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller
as a spin-off
from the British show Pop Idol
, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in October 2002 on the RTL
network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television.
The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through telephone and SMS text voting.
network. The show's co-hosts were Swiss
actress Michelle Hunziker
and former soap opera
actor Carsten Spengemann, while the jury consisted of music producer Dieter Bohlen
, radio host Thomas Bug, British music journalist Shona Fraser
, and the former president of BMG Germany
, Thomas M. Stein. Through word of mouth generated by the appeal of its contestants and the presence of Bohlen's acid-tongued commentary, the show grew into a phenomenon ending with a finale viewed by an estimated twelve million viewers in March 2003.
Winner Alexander Klaws
signed a recording contract with BMG
, the label in partnership with DSDS. Immediately post-finale, Klaws released three singles, most notably the coronation song "Take Me Tonight" which was written by Bohlen and debuted on top of the German Singles Chart
, eventually becoming the second biggest-selling single of 2003 – only losing to "We Have a Dream," the pre-released recording of all ten finalists. Klaws has subsequently had three albums and several hit singles mostly from his more successful first album. While his debut, Take Your Chance (2003), and its follow-up, Here I Am (2004), saw nationwide success and garnered him several ECHO Award nominations, his independent 2006 release, Attention!
failed to link on previous sales figures. He has since established a secondary career as an actor on the Sat.1
telenovela
Anna und die Liebe
and appeared in leading roles on musicals such as Dance of the Vampires
and Tarzan
.
Besides Klaws, all ten finalists with the exception of then-pregnant Andrea Josten signed record deals with various record companies. Runner-up Juliette Schoppmann
also signed with BMG, but in contrast to public expectations she declined working with Bohlen. Instead, she released three singles of which two entered the top ten and a solo album, Unique, which eventually debuted in 2004. Due to moderate sales BMG dropped her shortly after its release. She has since made herself a name as professional songwriter
. Third-placed Daniel Küblböck
also expanded his nationwide but extremely polarising popularity with a contract with BMG. Until June 2004 he released four major succeeded hit singles and a number-one album, titled Positive Energien (2003). However, further efforts failed on the charts after a controversial participations in the German versions of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
and Big Brother
and the release of his flopped motion picture Daniel – Der Zauberer
(2004).
Vanessa Struhler
became the protégé of Hip-Hop producer DJ Tomekk and saw solid commercial success with her first album, Ride with Me (2003). Gracia Baur also was signed to BMG, but was dropped after her moderate succeeded rock debut Intoxicated (2003). She then signed with Bros Music and was selected to represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
with the song "Run & Hide
", where it placed last in a field of 24. Judith Lefeber
, Daniel Lopes
, and Nektarios Bamiatzis also scored mediocre to little success after the show with their own releases.
This time, teacher Elli Erl
emerged as the winner. Though Erl agreed to release the Bohlen-produced coronation song "This Is My Life" in a remixed edition, she declined collaborating with him on her debut album In My Dreams due to musical differences. While the debut single still reached the top three of the German Singles Chart, the album, released in October 2004, reached number thirty-three on the German Albums Chart and spawned another two singles of which none became a commercial hit, making Erl the lowest-selling DSDS winner to date. Her following two albums Moving Out (2007) and Human (2009) failed to chart anywhere.
Unlike in season one, the other finalists hit on major problems when they watched out for record deals. While runner-up Denise Tillmanns
never signed a recording contract, third-place finisher Philippe Bühler established himself as a professional songwriter and released two R&B-influenced singles, entitled "Warum?" (2005) and "Ich Kann Dich Lieben" (2006), both of which entered the top forty of the German Singles Chart. Anke Wagner signed with independent label Perleberg, but neither her debut single nor her album magaged to enter any chart. Benjamin Martell was signed to BMG
, but was dropped when he demanded to write the album by himself. Fifth-place finisher Gunther Göbbel became part of the R&B duo Lemon Ice, whose cover single "Stand by Me
" entered the German top twenty in fall 2006. Lorenzo Woodard
participated in several prominent reality shows such as Die Alm and Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
and has since enjoyed media attention under his transsexual identity
"Lorielle London
."
After an absence of one year (2004–2005), the third season 2005-2006 introduced several new elements. Neither Hunziker nor Spengemann were asked back as the show's hosts as the studio wanted a new complexion on the season. They were replaced with Marco Schreyl and Dutch co-host Tooske Ragas. The jury cast also went through radical changes; Dieter Bohlen
remained the only original member, and was eventually joined by music producer Sylvia Kollek and former manager Heinz Henn.
network. Mark Medlock
, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen
, Heinz Henn and Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco Schreyl and Tooske Ragas. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant. The voting results were published on May 7.
decided to create a fifth season in 2008. This was announced just before the fourth season final show was shown on TV. There were several changes: Marco Schreyl
became the sole host of the show, without the assistance of Tooske Ragas. Due to some arguments with Dieter Bohlen
, Heinz Henn was replaced in the jury by Andreas "Bär" Läsker. Läsker discovered and is the manager of Die Fantastischen Vier
(The Fantastic Four), and joined existing jury members Bohlen and Anja Lukaseder. The last substantial change concerns only one semi-final shows ("Top 15 shows") with the name Jetzt oder nie (Now or Never): So far the 10 best candidates had been determined by telephone and SMS
voting. Instead the jury selected the Top 10 live in front of 1,000 spectators. The five contestants with the highest number of votes from the public went through to the motto shows. The judges picked five more contestants of the remaining 10 to join them. Later, the candidates enter the final shows with public voting as in the earlier series. With the new rules, the producers hope to increase the excitement and to prevent good candidates from being knocked out too early.
The auditions started in August on Mallorca
and for the first time ever on Ibiza
. From September on the casting crew toured throughout Germany.
The first show, Now or never - Jetzt oder nie, started on March 8.
, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen
, Nina Eichinger
, and Volker Neumüller
. This season is hosted by Marco Schreyl. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant.
As with season 5, the "top 10" was created by the top 5 contestants with the most telephone and SMS voting and the other 5 were selected by the jury. The sixth season started on 21 January 2009.
which aired on RTL Television
and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants. The final aired on 17 April 2010, and the winner was Mehrzad Marashi.
The live-shows began with the Top-15 show to determine the contestants that would make up the Top 10 in the mottoshows. As done in the previous seasons, the Top 10 were contestants put through from the public vote and the jury's vote. However, 7 (instead of 5) contestants were put through with the public votes and 3 (instead of 5) would be put through by the jury; which ultimately became the contestants that ranked with the next three largest number of votes. In the first live show, Steffi Landerer, whom was known for her sex appeal, was eliminated. Marcel Pluschke, whom was eliminated on the second live-show, did not perceive an excellent audience respect because of his weak voice and country music roots (which was a first in DSDS). Though critizied for his song selection in the third live show, Nelson Sangaré was surprisingly eliminated after ranking as one of the top contestants throughout the first and second live-shows. After being in the bottom groups every week, Ines Redjeb was eventually eliminated in the fourth live-show. Though proving to be a favorite in the competition despite ranking in the bottom half of the voting, Manuel Hoffmann was eliminated in the fifth show against Helmut Orosz. Orosz, whom was a Top 50 contestant in the second season, became criticized for his problems with singing correct texts; immediately after Hoffmann's elimination, the producers of DSDS had found a video of Orosz with a friend using cocaine recently, to which Orosz confessed. Because of this, Orosz was disqualified from the contest and Hoffmann returned to the live-shows surpassing crowd favorite Thomas Karaoglan in the sixth-live show and Kim Debkowski in the seventh live-show. However, Hoffmann's journey ended in the semi-final leaving the finale in the hands of the season's front-runners Menowin Fröhlich and Mehrzad Marashi. Fröhlich, a local DJ, successfully auditioned for the show in the third season making it to the Top-20 live-shows; he later became disqualified due to battery and fraud. Both friends throughout the recall, tensions rose throughout the competition between fans and themselves. After the final vote, Marashi won though only ranking in first place in the Top-15 and the finale as Fröhlich ranked first every week.
in Germany
began airing on RTL
on January 8, 2011. The winner will get a recording contract with Universal Music Group
. 34,956 people auditioned throughout the 35 cities that hosted auditions. Nina Eichinger
and Volker Neumüller
were removed from the panel. Their successors are Swiss singer Patrick Nuo
and singer/dancer Fernanda Brandao. Marco Schreyl
returned as the host. DSDS has extended participation privileges to Austria
and Switzerland
. The Top 35 will be going to the Maldives
. The final aired on 7 May 2011, and the winner was Pietro Lombardi.
questioned whether RTL
misquoted DSDS Top 10 candidate Anna-Carina Woitschack. In an interview, Anna-Carina was quoted as saying "It was cut together all wrong. I never said that I hate Sarah - but on the contrary, I do not hate Sarah Engels. That is what I said. But it was cut this way by RTL, because it looks good for the show."
RTL received a statement from the Office of Public Safety stating that Sebastian Wurth was not allowed to participate after 10 PM. RTL was also fined 15,000 Euro for the incident.
The Hamburger Morgenpost
questioned whether the liveshows were actually live broadcast. In the 3rd Mottoshow, Marco Angelini slipped up in his performance and forgot to sing at the correct time.
Pietro Lombardi
's brother posted nude picture of Sarah Engels
after she used Pietro's cell phone to talk to girls. The hardcore fans of Pietro Lombardi told his brother Marco about this and he wasn't happy about this. So, he decided to take "revenge." Pietro's brother also wrote "Everyone knows how cheap Sarah Engels is. She is sneaky. A liar."
DSDS host Marco Schreyl
mixed up the phone numbers for candidates Zazou Mall and Marco Angelini. A camera shot of Marco Angelini showed him enraged towards the lens. A reporter for the Hamburger Morgenpost
, who was present, reported there were chaotic scenes shortly before the end of the recording. Dieter Bohlen
mentioned the mistake and Marco Schreyl replied that "It could be made easier for the host". RTL
decided that no candidate would be eliminated and the final show has been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to air on 7 May.
On the 6th mottoshow, Sarah Engels had two wardrobe incidents, when dancing to "Walking on Sunshine", where she began dancing too close to one of the cameras, causing two upskirts. This was eventually shown to the studio audience during the recap of her performance and was noted by the judges.
and Cascada
's Natalie Horler
.
"malicious disregard" for humanity after a 17-year-old had a nervous breakdown during his audition. Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz opened a review procedure against Deutschland sucht den Superstar and KJM boss Wolf-Dieter Ring stated that "that the manner in which contestants are humiliated on the show could have detrimental effects on young viewers."
Season 1: Top 7 (Musicals) Daniel Küblböck
and
Daniel Lopes were the bottom 2 of the night in which Lopes was sent home with the lowest number. However, Daniel Küblböck received the second highest number of votes.
Season 2: Top 5 (Film) Gunther Göbbel and Denise Tillmanns
were in the bottom 2 with Göbbel being eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Denise Tillmanns
received the second highest number of votes.
Season 2: Top 4 (Jury Picks) Benny Martell and Philippe Bühler were in the bottom 2 of the night in which Martell was eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Philippe received the second highest number of votes.
Season 3: Top 4 (Soul) Nevio Passaro
and Mike Leon Grosch
were in the bottom 2 of the night with Passaro being eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Mike Leon received the highest number of votes.
Season 4: Top 20 Shows (Men/week 2) Jonathan Enns and Martin Stosch
were placed into the bottom 5. However, both of these contestants received the second highest and third highest number of votes over declared safe contestants Max Buskohl and Thomas Enns.
Season 4: Top 10 (Greatest hits) Martin Stosch
was placed into the bottom 4, although he received the 5th highest number of votes with 7.59%. Max Buskohl received the 7th highest number of votes with 6.00% and was declared safe
Season 4: Top 9 (Hits of 80's and 90's) Max Buskohl was placed into the bottom 4 after receiving the 5th highest number of votes with 8.92%. Julia Falke placed with the 6th highest number of votes with 8.52% of the votes and was declared safe.
Season 4: Top 7 (Today's hits) Lauren Talbot and Francisca Urio were in the bottom 4 with Urio eliminated. However, Talbot received the second highest number of the votes.
Season 5: Top 10 (Greatest hits) Fady Maalouf
and Jermaine Alford got placed in the bottom 2 with Alford eliminated. However, Maalouf received the second highest number of the votes while Stella Salato, who was the very first contestant to be declared save, only barely made the cut into the next round. Only two contestants in the suggested bottom five of that show (Alford and Collins Owusu) have actually been among the second half vote getters while Linda Teodosiu, Fady Maalouf and Benjamin Herd (who were declared as being in danger of getting the boot) all have been among the top 5 vote getters of that night.
Season 5 Thomas Godoj
, the winner of Season 5, was placed into the bottom groups twice, but actually received the highest number of votes every week.
Season 6 : Top 4 (Moviesongs/Ballads) Sarah Kreuz and Dominik Büchele
were in the bottom 2 with Büchele eliminated although Sarah Kreuz received the highest number of the vote.
Season 6: Top 3 (Nr.1/Ballads/Up-tempo) Annemarie Eilfeld
and Sarah Kreuz were in the bottom 2 and Annemarie Eilfeld was eliminated although Sarah Kreuz received the highest number of votes.
Max von Thun (juror season 6) decided to leave the jury due to concept and conflicts with Dieter Bohlen and was replaced by Volker Neumüller. In 2010 Nina Eichinger (juror season 7) was stuck in Los Angeles
and could not appear in the season finale and was replaced by Sylvie van der Vaart for this one show.
Tooske Ragas could not co-host all live shows of season 4 due to her pregnancy, as RTL liked Marco Schreyl as a single host - they made this temporary solution permanent in season 5.
Germany
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reality talent show
Talent show
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, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise
Idol series
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...
, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller
Simon Fuller
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as a spin-off
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from the British show Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in October 2002 on the RTL
RTL Television
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network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television.
The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through telephone and SMS text voting.
Season 1
The first season 2002-2003 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar debuted without much hype in October 2002 on the RTLRTL Television
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network. The show's co-hosts were Swiss
Switzerland
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actress Michelle Hunziker
Michelle Hunziker
Michelle Yvonne Hunziker is a Swiss television hostess, actress, model and singer.-Early life:Hunziker was born in Sorengo , in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. Her mother Ineke is Dutch; her father Rudolf, who died of a heart attack in the fall of 2001, was a German-speaking Swiss...
and former soap opera
Soap opera
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actor Carsten Spengemann, while the jury consisted of music producer Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
, radio host Thomas Bug, British music journalist Shona Fraser
Shona Fraser
Shona Kathryn Fraser is a music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, having worked for the BBC, MTV, and WDR. She was a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol, and also represented Germany as a judge on World Idol.-External links:*...
, and the former president of BMG Germany
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
, Thomas M. Stein. Through word of mouth generated by the appeal of its contestants and the presence of Bohlen's acid-tongued commentary, the show grew into a phenomenon ending with a finale viewed by an estimated twelve million viewers in March 2003.
Winner Alexander Klaws
Alexander Klaws
Alexander Klaws is a German pop singer, who came to fame as the winner of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.- Early life :...
signed a recording contract with BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
, the label in partnership with DSDS. Immediately post-finale, Klaws released three singles, most notably the coronation song "Take Me Tonight" which was written by Bohlen and debuted on top of the German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
, eventually becoming the second biggest-selling single of 2003 – only losing to "We Have a Dream," the pre-released recording of all ten finalists. Klaws has subsequently had three albums and several hit singles mostly from his more successful first album. While his debut, Take Your Chance (2003), and its follow-up, Here I Am (2004), saw nationwide success and garnered him several ECHO Award nominations, his independent 2006 release, Attention!
Attention!
Attention! was the third studio album from pop music singer Alexander Klaws, and was released in 2006. From this album, two singles were released; "All " & "Not like You".- Track listing :...
failed to link on previous sales figures. He has since established a secondary career as an actor on the Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Anna und die Liebe
Anna und die Liebe
Anna und die Liebe is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since August 25, 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1.- Summary :...
and appeared in leading roles on musicals such as Dance of the Vampires
Dance of the Vampires
Dance of the Vampires is a musical remake of a 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name . Polanski also directed the original German production of this musical...
and Tarzan
Tarzan (musical)
Tarzan: The Musical is based on the Disney film of the same name and the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Music and lyrics are written by Phil Collins, with a book by David Henry Hwang.-Production:...
.
Besides Klaws, all ten finalists with the exception of then-pregnant Andrea Josten signed record deals with various record companies. Runner-up Juliette Schoppmann
Juliette Schoppmann
Juliette Schoppmann is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of American/Pop Idol....
also signed with BMG, but in contrast to public expectations she declined working with Bohlen. Instead, she released three singles of which two entered the top ten and a solo album, Unique, which eventually debuted in 2004. Due to moderate sales BMG dropped her shortly after its release. She has since made herself a name as professional songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. Third-placed Daniel Küblböck
Daniel Küblböck
Daniel Küblböck is a German pop-singer and actor who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the media-circus that surrounded the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third...
also expanded his nationwide but extremely polarising popularity with a contract with BMG. Until June 2004 he released four major succeeded hit singles and a number-one album, titled Positive Energien (2003). However, further efforts failed on the charts after a controversial participations in the German versions of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
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and Big Brother
Big Brother Germany
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and the release of his flopped motion picture Daniel – Der Zauberer
Daniel – Der Zauberer
Daniel – Der Zauberer is a German grotesque experimental film about the pop singer Daniel Küblböck, starring as himself.-Plot:...
(2004).
Vanessa Struhler
Vanessa Struhler
Vanessa Struhler , better known as Vanessa S., is a German singer and songwriter who came to fame as a finalist of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.- Biography :Struhler was born in Oberhausen, Germany to a Filipina mother,...
became the protégé of Hip-Hop producer DJ Tomekk and saw solid commercial success with her first album, Ride with Me (2003). Gracia Baur also was signed to BMG, but was dropped after her moderate succeeded rock debut Intoxicated (2003). She then signed with Bros Music and was selected to represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
with the song "Run & Hide
Run & Hide
Run & Hide was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Gracia.As Germany is a member of the "Big Four" , the song had pre-qualified for the final of that year's Contest - Germany had also finished in the top ten at the previous Contest, had that been required...
", where it placed last in a field of 24. Judith Lefeber
Judith Lefeber
Judith Mahdavi Lefeber is a German singer, who came to fame as a finalist of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:...
, Daniel Lopes
Daniel Lopes
Daniel Lopes was a contestant on the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Lopes was born in Brazil and adopted by his German stepfather. During the show, he dated fellow contestant Juliette Schoppmann. They have since broken up.Lopes was eliminated on 11 January 2003, and ended 7th on...
, and Nektarios Bamiatzis also scored mediocre to little success after the show with their own releases.
Season 2
In the second series of DSDS 2003-2004, co-hosts Hunziker and Spengemann and all four jury members reprised their engagements in the show. Following the success of the first installment, the second season was aired to a higher profile during 2003 fall schedule, including an increased number of episodes, budgets and charges for commercial spots. In contrast to the first season, however, the second soon found its main audience but never reached the overwhelming hype and demand which the first season had captured. This fact was underscored by decreasing phone votes and ratings, which were released after the show's final.This time, teacher Elli Erl
Elli Erl
Elli Erl is a German musician, who came to fame as the winner of the second season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol....
emerged as the winner. Though Erl agreed to release the Bohlen-produced coronation song "This Is My Life" in a remixed edition, she declined collaborating with him on her debut album In My Dreams due to musical differences. While the debut single still reached the top three of the German Singles Chart, the album, released in October 2004, reached number thirty-three on the German Albums Chart and spawned another two singles of which none became a commercial hit, making Erl the lowest-selling DSDS winner to date. Her following two albums Moving Out (2007) and Human (2009) failed to chart anywhere.
Unlike in season one, the other finalists hit on major problems when they watched out for record deals. While runner-up Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns is the runner-up from the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. She joined the top thirteen on October 8, 2003, being one of the first two members of the final group...
never signed a recording contract, third-place finisher Philippe Bühler established himself as a professional songwriter and released two R&B-influenced singles, entitled "Warum?" (2005) and "Ich Kann Dich Lieben" (2006), both of which entered the top forty of the German Singles Chart. Anke Wagner signed with independent label Perleberg, but neither her debut single nor her album magaged to enter any chart. Benjamin Martell was signed to BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
, but was dropped when he demanded to write the album by himself. Fifth-place finisher Gunther Göbbel became part of the R&B duo Lemon Ice, whose cover single "Stand by Me
Stand by Me (song)
"Stand by Me" is the title of a song originally performed by Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller, based on the spiritual "Lord Stand by Me,", plus two lines rooted in Psalms 46:2-3...
" entered the German top twenty in fall 2006. Lorenzo Woodard
Lorielle London
Lorielle London is a German transsexual entertainer.Lorenzo was a contestant of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , Die ProSieben Märchenstunde, later Lorielle was a contestant in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, Season Four.- External links :*...
participated in several prominent reality shows such as Die Alm and Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! is a German television series based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...
and has since enjoyed media attention under his transsexual identity
Transsexualism
Transsexualism is an individual's identification with a gender inconsistent or not culturally associated with their biological sex. Simply put, it defines a person whose biological birth sex conflicts with their psychological gender...
"Lorielle London
Lorielle London
Lorielle London is a German transsexual entertainer.Lorenzo was a contestant of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , Die ProSieben Märchenstunde, later Lorielle was a contestant in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, Season Four.- External links :*...
."
Season 3
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
remained the only original member, and was eventually joined by music producer Sylvia Kollek and former manager Heinz Henn.
Season 4
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTLRTL Television
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network. Mark Medlock
Mark Medlock
Mark Medlock is a German singer and the winner of the season 4 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol.-Early life:...
, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
, Heinz Henn and Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco Schreyl and Tooske Ragas. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant. The voting results were published on May 7.
Season 5
Because of the success of season four RTLRTL Television
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decided to create a fifth season in 2008. This was announced just before the fourth season final show was shown on TV. There were several changes: Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl is a German television and radio host.- Television career :In 1997, Schreyl began his television host career at MDR television...
became the sole host of the show, without the assistance of Tooske Ragas. Due to some arguments with Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
, Heinz Henn was replaced in the jury by Andreas "Bär" Läsker. Läsker discovered and is the manager of Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier , also known as Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. The members are Michael Bernd Schmidt alias Smudo, Andreas Rieke alias And.Ypsilon, Thomas Dürr alias Hausmeister Thomas D and Michael 'Michi' Beck alias Dee Jot Hausmarke...
(The Fantastic Four), and joined existing jury members Bohlen and Anja Lukaseder. The last substantial change concerns only one semi-final shows ("Top 15 shows") with the name Jetzt oder nie (Now or Never): So far the 10 best candidates had been determined by telephone and SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
voting. Instead the jury selected the Top 10 live in front of 1,000 spectators. The five contestants with the highest number of votes from the public went through to the motto shows. The judges picked five more contestants of the remaining 10 to join them. Later, the candidates enter the final shows with public voting as in the earlier series. With the new rules, the producers hope to increase the excitement and to prevent good candidates from being knocked out too early.
The auditions started in August on Mallorca
Mallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...
and for the first time ever on Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
. From September on the casting crew toured throughout Germany.
The first show, Now or never - Jetzt oder nie, started on March 8.
Season 6
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 6 was the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which is airing on the RTL network. This season's winner, Daniel SchuhmacherDaniel Schuhmacher
Daniel Schuhmacher is a German singer. He is known most notably for winning the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German edition of Pop Idol.-Personal life:...
, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
, Nina Eichinger
Nina Eichinger
Nina Eichinger is a German TV presenter and actress.Eichinger was born in Munich, the daughter of the late Bernd Eichinger. She is an MTV VJ and has been a jury member for Deutschland sucht den Superstar seasons 6 and 7...
, and Volker Neumüller
Volker Neumüller
Volker Neumüller is a German music manager and was known for being a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar.- Career :...
. This season is hosted by Marco Schreyl. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant.
As with season 5, the "top 10" was created by the top 5 contestants with the most telephone and SMS voting and the other 5 were selected by the jury. The sixth season started on 21 January 2009.
Season 7
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol seriesIdol series
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...
which aired on RTL Television
RTL Television
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and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants. The final aired on 17 April 2010, and the winner was Mehrzad Marashi.
Public votes
Mehrzad Marahsi won the show. Second was Menowin Fröhlich and on third place Manuel Hoffmann. Menowin has won every liveshow but lost against Mehrzad who won the final with 56,04 %. Manuel Hoffmann was eliminated in the 5th show, but he came back after Helmut Orosz was expelled from the show. Manuel came back and reached to the semi-final, so that he was the first one who was eliminated and has survived more than one show again. Thomas Karaoglan, who reached the 5th place was known as der Checker and Kim Debkowski has made some advertisement during her video previous her performance with some beauty tips on Kim Gloss Tv.The live-shows began with the Top-15 show to determine the contestants that would make up the Top 10 in the mottoshows. As done in the previous seasons, the Top 10 were contestants put through from the public vote and the jury's vote. However, 7 (instead of 5) contestants were put through with the public votes and 3 (instead of 5) would be put through by the jury; which ultimately became the contestants that ranked with the next three largest number of votes. In the first live show, Steffi Landerer, whom was known for her sex appeal, was eliminated. Marcel Pluschke, whom was eliminated on the second live-show, did not perceive an excellent audience respect because of his weak voice and country music roots (which was a first in DSDS). Though critizied for his song selection in the third live show, Nelson Sangaré was surprisingly eliminated after ranking as one of the top contestants throughout the first and second live-shows. After being in the bottom groups every week, Ines Redjeb was eventually eliminated in the fourth live-show. Though proving to be a favorite in the competition despite ranking in the bottom half of the voting, Manuel Hoffmann was eliminated in the fifth show against Helmut Orosz. Orosz, whom was a Top 50 contestant in the second season, became criticized for his problems with singing correct texts; immediately after Hoffmann's elimination, the producers of DSDS had found a video of Orosz with a friend using cocaine recently, to which Orosz confessed. Because of this, Orosz was disqualified from the contest and Hoffmann returned to the live-shows surpassing crowd favorite Thomas Karaoglan in the sixth-live show and Kim Debkowski in the seventh live-show. However, Hoffmann's journey ended in the semi-final leaving the finale in the hands of the season's front-runners Menowin Fröhlich and Mehrzad Marashi. Fröhlich, a local DJ, successfully auditioned for the show in the third season making it to the Top-20 live-shows; he later became disqualified due to battery and fraud. Both friends throughout the recall, tensions rose throughout the competition between fans and themselves. After the final vote, Marashi won though only ranking in first place in the Top-15 and the finale as Fröhlich ranked first every week.
Season 8
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol seriesIdol series
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
began airing on RTL
RTL Television
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on January 8, 2011. The winner will get a recording contract with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. 34,956 people auditioned throughout the 35 cities that hosted auditions. Nina Eichinger
Nina Eichinger
Nina Eichinger is a German TV presenter and actress.Eichinger was born in Munich, the daughter of the late Bernd Eichinger. She is an MTV VJ and has been a jury member for Deutschland sucht den Superstar seasons 6 and 7...
and Volker Neumüller
Volker Neumüller
Volker Neumüller is a German music manager and was known for being a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar.- Career :...
were removed from the panel. Their successors are Swiss singer Patrick Nuo
Patrick Nuo
Patrick Nuo is a Swiss singer, songwriter and model.-Biography:Nuo was born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was born to an Kosovo-Albanian father from the town of Đakovica and to a Swiss mother. At the age of fourteen he abandoned all hope becoming a popular tennis pro and decided to focus...
and singer/dancer Fernanda Brandao. Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl is a German television and radio host.- Television career :In 1997, Schreyl began his television host career at MDR television...
returned as the host. DSDS has extended participation privileges to Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The Top 35 will be going to the Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
. The final aired on 7 May 2011, and the winner was Pietro Lombardi.
Controversies
The Hamburger MorgenpostHamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost is a daily German newspaper, published in Hamburg in tabloid format.The Hamburger Morgenpost is the second largest newspaper in Hamburg.- History :...
questioned whether RTL
RTL Television
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misquoted DSDS Top 10 candidate Anna-Carina Woitschack. In an interview, Anna-Carina was quoted as saying "It was cut together all wrong. I never said that I hate Sarah - but on the contrary, I do not hate Sarah Engels. That is what I said. But it was cut this way by RTL, because it looks good for the show."
RTL received a statement from the Office of Public Safety stating that Sebastian Wurth was not allowed to participate after 10 PM. RTL was also fined 15,000 Euro for the incident.
The Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost is a daily German newspaper, published in Hamburg in tabloid format.The Hamburger Morgenpost is the second largest newspaper in Hamburg.- History :...
questioned whether the liveshows were actually live broadcast. In the 3rd Mottoshow, Marco Angelini slipped up in his performance and forgot to sing at the correct time.
Pietro Lombardi
Pietro Lombardi (singer)
Pietro Lombardi is a German singer and the winner of season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. He is best known for his R&B songs and ballads.-Lombardi's songs at Deutschland sucht den Superstar :...
's brother posted nude picture of Sarah Engels
Sarah Engels
Sarah Engels is a German singer. She currently resides in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia with her family...
after she used Pietro's cell phone to talk to girls. The hardcore fans of Pietro Lombardi told his brother Marco about this and he wasn't happy about this. So, he decided to take "revenge." Pietro's brother also wrote "Everyone knows how cheap Sarah Engels is. She is sneaky. A liar."
DSDS host Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl
Marco Schreyl is a German television and radio host.- Television career :In 1997, Schreyl began his television host career at MDR television...
mixed up the phone numbers for candidates Zazou Mall and Marco Angelini. A camera shot of Marco Angelini showed him enraged towards the lens. A reporter for the Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost
Hamburger Morgenpost is a daily German newspaper, published in Hamburg in tabloid format.The Hamburger Morgenpost is the second largest newspaper in Hamburg.- History :...
, who was present, reported there were chaotic scenes shortly before the end of the recording. Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
mentioned the mistake and Marco Schreyl replied that "It could be made easier for the host". RTL
RTL Television
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decided that no candidate would be eliminated and the final show has been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to air on 7 May.
On the 6th mottoshow, Sarah Engels had two wardrobe incidents, when dancing to "Walking on Sunshine", where she began dancing too close to one of the cameras, causing two upskirts. This was eventually shown to the studio audience during the recap of her performance and was noted by the judges.
Season 9
Nuo and Brandao have left the judging panel, and have been replaced by Bruce DarnellBruce Darnell
Bruce Darnell is an American model and choreographer based in Germany.Darnell was born in New York City and grew up in Colorado. After studying sociology, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served six years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.In 1983 he began his career as a model in...
and Cascada
Cascada
Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...
's Natalie Horler
Natalie Horler
Natalie Christine Horler is an English-German singer and television presenter born in Bonn, Germany. She is known internationally as the lead singer of Eurodance/Eurotrance group Cascada. She is popular in Europe and America, as well as in several Asian countries. Cascada consists of Horler and...
.
Formats
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
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| 1 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1) The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 24, 2002 and continued until March 8, 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. This season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.-Semi-finals:... |
Audition | Recall | Top 30 | Finals |
| 2 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 2) The second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on September, 2003 and continued until March 13, 2004. It was won by Elli Erl... |
Top 50 | |||
| 3 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 3) The third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 16, 2005 and continued until March 18, 2006. It was won by Tobias Regner. This season was co-hosted by Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl.-1st Top 20 Show :... |
Top 20 (Boys) Top 20 (Girls) |
Finals | ||
| 4 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 4) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTL network. Mark Medlock, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn, Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco... |
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| 5 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5) The fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar live shows began March 8, 2008. It is currently hosted by Marco Schreyl and jury panel, Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder, and Andreas "Bär" Läsker also star... |
Top 15 | Finals | ||
| 6 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 6) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 6 was the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which is airing on the RTL network. This season's winner, Daniel Schuhmacher, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen, Nina Eichinger, and Volker Neumüller.... |
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| 7 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 7) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol series which aired on RTL Television and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants... |
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| 8 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 8) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series i n Germany which is airing on RTL and started on January 8, 2011. The winner got a recording contract with Universal Music Group . Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel and were replaced by... |
Treatment of candidates
The German Cultural Council accused RTLRTL Television
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"malicious disregard" for humanity after a 17-year-old had a nervous breakdown during his audition. Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz opened a review procedure against Deutschland sucht den Superstar and KJM boss Wolf-Dieter Ring stated that "that the manner in which contestants are humiliated on the show could have detrimental effects on young viewers."
Bottom group controversies
Like all Idol shows, DSDS has voting via telephone and SMS after the end of the show. Later on in the night, there is a results show indicating the contestants with the lowest number of votes and the contestant with the lowest is eliminated and sent home. In many cases, the "bottom group" is picked at complete random and even contestants with the highest percentages are sometimes in the bottom group. Examples:Season 1: Top 7 (Musicals) Daniel Küblböck
Daniel Küblböck
Daniel Küblböck is a German pop-singer and actor who achieved short-lived celebrity in 2003, in the media-circus that surrounded the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol, in which he came third...
and
Daniel Lopes were the bottom 2 of the night in which Lopes was sent home with the lowest number. However, Daniel Küblböck received the second highest number of votes.
Season 2: Top 5 (Film) Gunther Göbbel and Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns is the runner-up from the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. She joined the top thirteen on October 8, 2003, being one of the first two members of the final group...
were in the bottom 2 with Göbbel being eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns
Denise Tillmanns is the runner-up from the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. She joined the top thirteen on October 8, 2003, being one of the first two members of the final group...
received the second highest number of votes.
Season 2: Top 4 (Jury Picks) Benny Martell and Philippe Bühler were in the bottom 2 of the night in which Martell was eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Philippe received the second highest number of votes.
Season 3: Top 4 (Soul) Nevio Passaro
Nevio Passaro
Nevio Passaro is an Italo-German singer, musician and songwriter. He rose to fame after placing fourth in the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol....
and Mike Leon Grosch
Mike Leon Grosch
Mike Leon Grosch is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:...
were in the bottom 2 of the night with Passaro being eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Mike Leon received the highest number of votes.
Season 4: Top 20 Shows (Men/week 2) Jonathan Enns and Martin Stosch
Martin Stosch
Martin Stosch is a German singer and the runner-up of the fourth season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol.- Personal life :...
were placed into the bottom 5. However, both of these contestants received the second highest and third highest number of votes over declared safe contestants Max Buskohl and Thomas Enns.
Season 4: Top 10 (Greatest hits) Martin Stosch
Martin Stosch
Martin Stosch is a German singer and the runner-up of the fourth season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol.- Personal life :...
was placed into the bottom 4, although he received the 5th highest number of votes with 7.59%. Max Buskohl received the 7th highest number of votes with 6.00% and was declared safe
Season 4: Top 9 (Hits of 80's and 90's) Max Buskohl was placed into the bottom 4 after receiving the 5th highest number of votes with 8.92%. Julia Falke placed with the 6th highest number of votes with 8.52% of the votes and was declared safe.
Season 4: Top 7 (Today's hits) Lauren Talbot and Francisca Urio were in the bottom 4 with Urio eliminated. However, Talbot received the second highest number of the votes.
Season 5: Top 10 (Greatest hits) Fady Maalouf
Fady Maalouf
Fady Maalouf is a Lebanese-German pop singer. He is known as runner up of the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Early life:...
and Jermaine Alford got placed in the bottom 2 with Alford eliminated. However, Maalouf received the second highest number of the votes while Stella Salato, who was the very first contestant to be declared save, only barely made the cut into the next round. Only two contestants in the suggested bottom five of that show (Alford and Collins Owusu) have actually been among the second half vote getters while Linda Teodosiu, Fady Maalouf and Benjamin Herd (who were declared as being in danger of getting the boot) all have been among the top 5 vote getters of that night.
Season 5 Thomas Godoj
Thomas Godoj
Thomas Godoj is a Polish-German rock-pop singer and songwriter. He is known most notably for winning the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol....
, the winner of Season 5, was placed into the bottom groups twice, but actually received the highest number of votes every week.
Season 6 : Top 4 (Moviesongs/Ballads) Sarah Kreuz and Dominik Büchele
Dominik Büchele
Dominik Büchele was a participant who finished in fourth place in season 6 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. None of the 4 remaining candidates were on speaking terms with the other candidate, Annemarie Eilfeld, when the Top 4 happened....
were in the bottom 2 with Büchele eliminated although Sarah Kreuz received the highest number of the vote.
Season 6: Top 3 (Nr.1/Ballads/Up-tempo) Annemarie Eilfeld
Annemarie Eilfeld
Annemarie Eilfeld is a German singer and songwriter, best known for being a former contestant of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idols franchise...
and Sarah Kreuz were in the bottom 2 and Annemarie Eilfeld was eliminated although Sarah Kreuz received the highest number of votes.
Hosts and judges
| Season | |Judges | |||||
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| 1 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1) The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 24, 2002 and continued until March 8, 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. This season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.-Semi-finals:... |
Carsten Spengemann | Michelle Hunziker Michelle Hunziker Michelle Yvonne Hunziker is a Swiss television hostess, actress, model and singer.-Early life:Hunziker was born in Sorengo , in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. Her mother Ineke is Dutch; her father Rudolf, who died of a heart attack in the fall of 2001, was a German-speaking Swiss... |
Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg... |
Thomas Bug | Shona Fraser Shona Fraser Shona Kathryn Fraser is a music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, having worked for the BBC, MTV, and WDR. She was a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol, and also represented Germany as a judge on World Idol.-External links:*... |
Thomas Stein |
| 2 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 2) The second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on September, 2003 and continued until March 13, 2004. It was won by Elli Erl... |
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| 3 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 3) The third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 16, 2005 and continued until March 18, 2006. It was won by Tobias Regner. This season was co-hosted by Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl.-1st Top 20 Show :... |
Marco Schreyl Marco Schreyl Marco Schreyl is a German television and radio host.- Television career :In 1997, Schreyl began his television host career at MDR television... |
Tooske Ragas | Sylvia Kollek | Heinz Henn | — | |
| 4 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 4) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTL network. Mark Medlock, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn, Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco... |
Anja Lukaseder | |||||
| 5 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5) The fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar live shows began March 8, 2008. It is currently hosted by Marco Schreyl and jury panel, Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder, and Andreas "Bär" Läsker also star... |
— | Andreas Läsker | ||||
| 6 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 6) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 6 was the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which is airing on the RTL network. This season's winner, Daniel Schuhmacher, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen, Nina Eichinger, and Volker Neumüller.... |
Nina Eichinger Nina Eichinger Nina Eichinger is a German TV presenter and actress.Eichinger was born in Munich, the daughter of the late Bernd Eichinger. She is an MTV VJ and has been a jury member for Deutschland sucht den Superstar seasons 6 and 7... |
Volker Neumüller Volker Neumüller Volker Neumüller is a German music manager and was known for being a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar.- Career :... |
Max von Thun | |||
| 7 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 7) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol series which aired on RTL Television and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants... |
Sylvie van der Vaart | |||||
| 8 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 8) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series i n Germany which is airing on RTL and started on January 8, 2011. The winner got a recording contract with Universal Music Group . Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel and were replaced by... |
Fernanda Brandao | Patrick Nuo Patrick Nuo Patrick Nuo is a Swiss singer, songwriter and model.-Biography:Nuo was born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. He was born to an Kosovo-Albanian father from the town of Đakovica and to a Swiss mother. At the age of fourteen he abandoned all hope becoming a popular tennis pro and decided to focus... |
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| 9 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9) Deutschland sucht den Superstar will be the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Jury members Fernanda Brandao and Patrick Nuo left DSDS and were replaced by Bruce Darnell and Cascada's Natalie Horler. The winner will receive a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500,000... |
Bruce Darnell Bruce Darnell Bruce Darnell is an American model and choreographer based in Germany.Darnell was born in New York City and grew up in Colorado. After studying sociology, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served six years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.In 1983 he began his career as a model in... |
Natalie Horler Natalie Horler Natalie Christine Horler is an English-German singer and television presenter born in Bonn, Germany. She is known internationally as the lead singer of Eurodance/Eurotrance group Cascada. She is popular in Europe and America, as well as in several Asian countries. Cascada consists of Horler and... |
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Max von Thun (juror season 6) decided to leave the jury due to concept and conflicts with Dieter Bohlen and was replaced by Volker Neumüller. In 2010 Nina Eichinger (juror season 7) was stuck in Los Angeles
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull were volcanic events at Eyjafjöll in Iceland which, although relatively small for volcanic eruptions, caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe over an initial period of six days in April 2010. Additional localised disruption...
and could not appear in the season finale and was replaced by Sylvie van der Vaart for this one show.
Tooske Ragas could not co-host all live shows of season 4 due to her pregnancy, as RTL liked Marco Schreyl as a single host - they made this temporary solution permanent in season 5.
Winners
| Season | Winner | Winner's title | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1) The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 24, 2002 and continued until March 8, 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. This season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.-Semi-finals:... |
Alexander Klaws Alexander Klaws Alexander Klaws is a German pop singer, who came to fame as the winner of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.- Early life :... |
"Take Me Tonight" | Juliette Schoppmann Juliette Schoppmann Juliette Schoppmann is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of American/Pop Idol.... |
| 2 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 2) The second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on September, 2003 and continued until March 13, 2004. It was won by Elli Erl... |
Elli Erl Elli Erl Elli Erl is a German musician, who came to fame as the winner of the second season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.... |
"This Is My Life" | Denise Tillmanns Denise Tillmanns Denise Tillmanns is the runner-up from the second season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. She joined the top thirteen on October 8, 2003, being one of the first two members of the final group... |
| 3 Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (Season 3) The third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 16, 2005 and continued until March 18, 2006. It was won by Tobias Regner. This season was co-hosted by Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl.-1st Top 20 Show :... |
Tobias Regner Tobias Regner Tobias Regner is a German singer, songwriter and musician who has enjoyed success in the rock music genre... |
"I Still Burn" | Mike Leon Grosch Mike Leon Grosch Mike Leon Grosch is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:... |
| 4 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 4) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTL network. Mark Medlock, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn, Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco... |
Mark Medlock Mark Medlock Mark Medlock is a German singer and the winner of the season 4 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol.-Early life:... |
"Now or Never" | Martin Stosch Martin Stosch Martin Stosch is a German singer and the runner-up of the fourth season of the television show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of Pop Idol.- Personal life :... |
| 5 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5) The fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar live shows began March 8, 2008. It is currently hosted by Marco Schreyl and jury panel, Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder, and Andreas "Bär" Läsker also star... |
Thomas Godoj Thomas Godoj Thomas Godoj is a Polish-German rock-pop singer and songwriter. He is known most notably for winning the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.... |
"Love Is You" | Fady Maalouf Fady Maalouf Fady Maalouf is a Lebanese-German pop singer. He is known as runner up of the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Early life:... |
| 6 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 6) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 6 was the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which is airing on the RTL network. This season's winner, Daniel Schuhmacher, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen, Nina Eichinger, and Volker Neumüller.... |
Daniel Schuhmacher Daniel Schuhmacher Daniel Schuhmacher is a German singer. He is known most notably for winning the sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German edition of Pop Idol.-Personal life:... |
"Anything But Love" | Sarah Kreuz |
| 7 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 7) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol series which aired on RTL Television and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants... |
Mehrzad Marashi Mehrzad Marashi Mehrzad Marashi; is an Iranian-German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 7.-DSDS Performances:- Albums :-Singles:-External links:... |
"Don't Believe" | Menowin Fröhlich |
| 8 Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 8) Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series i n Germany which is airing on RTL and started on January 8, 2011. The winner got a recording contract with Universal Music Group . Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel and were replaced by... |
Pietro Lombardi Pietro Lombardi (singer) Pietro Lombardi is a German singer and the winner of season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. He is best known for his R&B songs and ballads.-Lombardi's songs at Deutschland sucht den Superstar :... |
"Call My Name" | Sarah Engels Sarah Engels Sarah Engels is a German singer. She currently resides in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia with her family... |
External links
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