Starmania is an 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...

n casting show, a talent show

Talent show

A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...

 for would-be pop star

Pop Star

"Pop Star" is a 2005 single from Japanese singer Ken Hirai. The single went on to top the 2005 Oricon Charts and is known for its remarkable music video, featuring Ken in seven different personas, including a raccoon and his own manager. The Video also helped Ken break into the US and Canadian...

s. It is broadcast on the Austrian TV channel "ORF 1".

Despite striking similarities, Starmania is not a licensed version of the Idols

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...

 format distributed by FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...

. Attempts to export the format to Germany failed due to legal intervention from Fremantle. In 2004, ORF managed to sell the format rights to the Swiss channel SF

Schweizer Fernsehen

Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...

, where the show is called MusicStar.

From 2003 to 2009, four seasons of Starmania have been aired in Austria.

To date, the winners have been Michael Tschuggnall, Verena Pötzl, Nadine Beiler

Nadine Beiler

Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in...

 and Oliver Wimmer. Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer is an Austrian pop/rock singer. After working at a bookshop in Linz and singing in several bands, she reached #2 in Starmania, an Austrian music casting TV show...

, who placed second in the first season, has become more famous than the other winners combined, with top charts positions in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

Season One (2002–2003)

• 1. Michael Tschuggnall (one no. 1 single, one top 40 album)
• 2. Christina Stürmer
  Christina Stürmer
  Christina Stürmer is an Austrian pop/rock singer. After working at a bookshop in Linz and singing in several bands, she reached #2 in Starmania, an Austrian music casting TV show...
  
   (five no. 1 singles, three no. 1 albums)
• 3. Boris Uran
• 4. Anita Ritzl
• 5. Livia Hubmann
• 6. Beate Baumgartner
• 7. Andreas Schneider
• 8. Lukas Perman
• 9. Vera Böhnisch
• 10. Thomas Putz
• 11. Elisa Zsivkovits
• 12. Markus Kuen

Starmaniacs-Singles:

• Stars in your eyes
• Tomorrow's Heroes (record single, reached gold-state before it was released)

The first season was the most successful to date. During the final broadcast, 6,000,000 votes were collected.

Michael Tschuggnall was the winner and Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer is an Austrian pop/rock singer. After working at a bookshop in Linz and singing in several bands, she reached #2 in Starmania, an Austrian music casting TV show...

 was the runner-up. Two weeks later, they both released their respective debut singles. Stürmer's Ich lebe was much more successful than Tschuggnall's Tears of Happiness. Since then, Stürmer has managed to break into the Swiss and all-important German markets, whereas winner Tschnuggnall's visibility has been quite low.

Season Two (2003–2004)

• 1. Verena Pötzl (Nr.1 single, Top 5-album)
• 2. Armin Beyer
• 3. Marcel Plieschnegger
• 4. Michael Hoffmann
• 5. Jasmin Schiller
• 6. Magdalena Rentenberger
• 7. Christian Sperrer
• 8. Daniel Kajmakoski
• 9. Angelika Ring
• 10. Luise Gruber
• 11. Rebecca Freidinger
• 12. Patrick Jurdić
  Patrick Jurdic
  Patrick Jurdić is an Austro-Croatian singer who rose to popularity after winning Hrvatski Idol 2, the Croatian version of Pop Idol, shown by Nova TV. Additionally, he also took part in Austria's casting show Starmania and reached the top-12...
  
  

Singles:

• Alles und mehr

The second season (dubbed Starmania NG) was not as successful as the first one. The winner was Verena Pötzl, who had only one single in the Austrian Top-40.

Season Three (2006–2007)

• 1. Nadine Beiler
  Nadine Beiler
  Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in...
  
  
• 2. Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth
  Jetzt anders!
  Jetzt Anders! is an Austrian boyband, put together by the Austrian casting show Starmania. Their music style is a mix of soul, pop and rock...
  
  
• 3. Gernot Pachernigg
  Gernot Pachernigg
  - Biography :Gernot Pachernigg grew up in Laßnitzhöhe, he always was a big musical talent, especially in the genre of Soul.In the age of 15 Gernot won some local music contests....
  
  
• 4. Mario Lang
  Mario Lang
  Mario Lang is an Austrian rock-singer.He reached the 4th place in 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania.- Biography :...
  
  
• 5. Eric Papilaya
  Eric Papilaya
  Eric Papilaya is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals. Before he participated in Starmania, where he reached a top-5 position...
  
  
• 6. Martin Zerza
  Jetzt anders!
  Jetzt Anders! is an Austrian boyband, put together by the Austrian casting show Starmania. Their music style is a mix of soul, pop and rock...
  
  
• 7. Falco De Jong Luneau
  Jetzt anders!
  Jetzt Anders! is an Austrian boyband, put together by the Austrian casting show Starmania. Their music style is a mix of soul, pop and rock...
  
  
• 8. Birgit Kubica
• 9. Lois Zarculea
• 10. Andreas "Andy" Beck
• 11. Johannes "Johnny" Palmer
  Jetzt anders!
  Jetzt Anders! is an Austrian boyband, put together by the Austrian casting show Starmania. Their music style is a mix of soul, pop and rock...
  
  
• 12. Alexandra Golda

Singles:

• Sing for me

After 2 years, Starmania returned to the TV screens. Everything was modernised and more professional.
The winner was Nadine Beiler, who is a Tyrolian. 1.153 million people watched the final, which is more than the second season, but less than in the first season.

Nadine Beiler's debut single is called Alles was du willst. Also, Mario Lang and the boy band jetzt anders! have already published a single. Moreover, Eric Papilaya represented Austria at Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

, but did not make it past the semi-final.

Season Four (2008–2009)

• 1. Oliver Wimmer
• 2. Silvia Strasser
• 3. Maria Rerych
• 4. Andreas Pfandler
• 5. Milena Sickinger
• 6. Christian Barboric
• 7. Richard Schlögl
• 8. Evelyn Mair
• 9. Sebastian Mandl
• 10. Christian Dohr ..
• 11. Anna Oberauer
• 12. Sarah Lee

1st season

Together as Starmaniacs/Starmania Allstars:

• Stars in Your Eyes
• Tomorrow's Heroes
• Give Peace a Chance

Michael Tschuggnall:

Singles:

• Tears of Happiness (2003)
• Learning how to love you (2003)
• Alles und mehr (2003, ft. Boris Uran & Christina Stürmer)
• Tonight (2005)

Albums:

• Tschuggnall (2003)

• Phönix (2005)

• TBA (2007)

Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer is an Austrian pop/rock singer. After working at a bookshop in Linz and singing in several bands, she reached #2 in Starmania, an Austrian music casting TV show...

Singles:

• Ich lebe (2003/2005)
• Geh nicht wenn du kommst (2003)
• Mama Ana Ahabak (2003/2005)
• Vorbei (2004)
• Bus durch London (2004)
• Weißt du wohin wir gehen (2004)
• Liebt sie dich so wie ich (2005)
• Engel fliegen einsam (2005)
• Immer euch geglaubt (2006)
• Nie genug (2006)
• Um bei dir zu sein (2006)
• Ohne dich (2006)
• Scherbenmeer (2007)

Albums:

• Freier Fall
  Freier Fall
  Freier Fall is Christina Stürmer's debut album after she took part in Starmania.It was the most successful album of an Austria artist since Falco and it was on top of the Austria Top 40 and the Italian hit charts for weeks....
  
   (2003)
• Soll das wirklich alles sein (2004)
• Wirklich Alles!
  Wirklich alles!
  Wirklich alles! is a live album from Christina Stürmer, released in 2005. It was recorded during a tour in Austria called Wirklich alles! during the fall of 2004, in promotion of her album Soll das wirklich alles sein....
  
   (2005)
• Schwarz Weiss
  Schwarz Weiss
  Schwarz Weiss is a 2005 album by Austrian pop/rock singer Christina Stürmer. It was her debut album in Germany and Switzerland and her third studio album in total.The songs "Ich Lebe", "Vorbei" and "Engel fliegen einsam" were released as singles...
  
   (2005)
• Lebe Lauter
  Lebe lauter
  Lebe lauter is an album by Christina Stürmer, released in September 2006. Her earlier albums were all released in either Germany and Switzerland or Austria and Italy, but this is the first one released in all of those countries....
  
   (2006)

Boris Uran:

Singles:

• Manchmal (2003)
• Alles und mehr (2003)

Albums:

• Ich (2003)

Beate Baumgartner

Singles:

• Shosholoza (2003)

Lukas Perman

Singles:

• When the evening falls (2003)
• These are my rivers (2005)
• 24 Stunden (2005)

Albums:

• Hier im jetzt (2005)

Vera Böhnisch

Singles:

• Anders (2003)
• Lil' & Addict (2003)
• Sign your name (2004)
• Tonite (2004)
• Dear Ladies (2008)

Albums:

• Get Ur Funk Done (2003)
• Welcome to my record bag (2004)
• Introducing L'Enfant Terrible (2008)

2nd season

Together as Starmania NG:

• Alles und mehr (Michael Tschuggnall ft. Boris Uran & Christina Stürmer)

Verena Pötzl

Singles:

• Addiction (2004)
• Daddy leave Mummy alone (2004)
• La Ola (2005)
• Live Olympic (2006)

Albums:

• Taken Unaware (2004)

Patrick Jurdić

Patrick Jurdic

Patrick Jurdić is an Austro-Croatian singer who rose to popularity after winning Hrvatski Idol 2, the Croatian version of Pop Idol, shown by Nova TV. Additionally, he also took part in Austria's casting show Starmania and reached the top-12...

Singles

• Pull Me Out From Inside (2006)
• Moj Broj (2006)
• Samo Reci Da (2006)

Albums

• Reci Da Si Za (2006)

3rd season

Together as Starmaniacs:

• Sing for me

Nadine Beiler

Nadine Beiler

Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B and Pop singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol, where she lives with her mother and her sister in...

Singles:

• Alles was du willst
  Alles was du willst
  "Alles was du willst" is the debut single of the Austrian R&B singer Nadine.It was recorded within one week and was produced by Alexander Kahr ....
  
  
• Was wir sind
  Was wir sind
  - Charts :...
  
  
• The Secret Is Love
  The Secret Is Love
  "The Secret Is Love" is the Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, sung in English by Nadine Beiler.On February 25 she won the Austrian preselection on ORF and Ö3. It is the first single released from her second studio album I've Got a Voice...
  
  

Albums:

• Komm doch mal rüber
  Komm doch mal rüber
  - Charts :...
  
  

jetzt anders!

Jetzt anders!

Jetzt Anders! is an Austrian boyband, put together by the Austrian casting show Starmania. Their music style is a mix of soul, pop and rock...

 (Tom Neuwirth, Martin Zerza, Falco De Jong Luneau & Johnny Palmer)

Singles:

• Dieser Moment
• Immer und Ewig

Albums:

• Gut So

Gernot Pachernigg

Gernot Pachernigg

- Biography :Gernot Pachernigg grew up in Laßnitzhöhe, he always was a big musical talent, especially in the genre of Soul.In the age of 15 Gernot won some local music contests....

Singles:

• Neue Helden

Eric Papilaya

Eric Papilaya

Eric Papilaya is a singer from Austria who represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. He performed the song "Get A Life - Get Alive", but eliminated in semi-finals. Before he participated in Starmania, where he reached a top-5 position...

Singles:
Get A Life - Get Alive

Get A Life - Get Alive

-Charts:...