Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar
DSDS title card
Format	Interactive talent show, reality show
Created by	RTL
Directed by	Bruce Gowers
Presented by	Marco Schreyl
Judges	Dieter Bohlen Fernanda Brandao Patrick Nuo
Country of origin	Germany
No. of seasons	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick Simon Fuller
Running time	Varies
Broadcast
Original channel	RTL
Original run	October, 2002 – present
External links
Official website

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. Through telephone and SMS text voting, viewers chose past winners Alexander Klaws, Elli Erl, Tobias Regner, Mark Medlock, Thomas Godoj, Daniel Schuhmacher and Mehrzad Marashi (listed in chronological order).

Season 1

The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar debuted without a lot of hype in October 2002 on the RTL 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Debut season winner Alexander Klaws in 2008.

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

Besides Klaws, all ten finalists with the exception of then-pregnant Andrea Josten signed record deals with various record companies.^[4] 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.^[4] She has since made herself a name as professional songwriter.^[4] 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).^[4]

Vanessa Struhler became the protegé of Hip-Hop producer DJ Tomekk and saw solid commercial success with her first album, Ride with Me (2003).^[5] 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.^[4] Judith Lefeber, Daniel Lopes, and Nektarios Bamiatzis also scored mdeicore to little success after the show with their own releases.^[4]

Contestants

Nektarios Bamiatzis was born on July 10, 1975 and is of Greek descent. He placed 8th in the competition. Since the show, Bamiatzis has released two singles. His solo single, "Looks Like We Made It", was released in 2003. In 2005, Bamiatzis teamed up with three other fellow DSDS alumni to form "4 United". The group only released one single, titled "Don't Close Your Eyes".

Stephanie Brauckmeyer was born on May 11, 1980. Brauckmeyer joined the top 10 on December 14, 2002. She was in the third group of the 30 semi-finalists. However, she was the first member of the top 10 to be eliminated. After Idol, Stephanie only released one single, "Don't Close Your Eyes", as part of a group called "4 United", consisting of her and three other DSDS alumni.

Andrea Josten was born Andrea Lopez on September 9, 1985. Josten is from Chile and was adopted by her German stepfather. Andrea received 9th place in the show. After the show, it was revealed that she was pregnant. Her son Jeremy was born October 19, 2003 in Frankfurt. Since the show's end, Josten has largely disappeared from the public eye.

Daniel Küblböck born August 27, 1985 in Hutthurm, Bavaria, Germany, received third place in the show, after which he signed a contract with BMG. Until June 2004 he released four major hit singles and a #1 album. As a public persona, Küblböck is extremely polarising due to his carefully cultivated image as der schräge Daniel (Wacky Daniel), a boy-girl persona with a distinctly Bavarian dialect, who, according to reliable yellow-press reports, loves to wear girlish clothes, use cosmetics and make-up, and collect perfumes and incense. After a controversial participation in the German version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, his popularity faltered. He was voted by the viewers of the German TV channel Pro7 as the most annoying personality of 2003, and the second most annoying person in 2004.

Daniel Lopes was born on November 12, 1976 in Brazil, and was adopted by his German stepfather. During the show he dated fellow contestant Juliette Schoppmann; they have since broken up. Daniel was eliminated on January 11, 2003, and got 7th place on the show. After his elimination, Lopes was signed to a record label. His album "For You" was released in February 2003, while the competition was still going on. Because of this, he was apparently dropped from the tour. Lopes released 2 singles, "For You": "Shine On" and "I Love You More Than Yesterday". He has released two other singles including "Last Christmas/I Used To Cry" in late 2003 and "Change The World" in 2005.

Semi Final qualifiyings

Top 30 (Three out of ten making the final each week + one Wildcard)

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows.

Season 2

In the second series of DSDS, co-hosts Hunziker and Spengemann and all four jury members reprised their engagements in the show.^[6] 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.^[6]

Second season winner Elli Erl in 2009.

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.^[7] 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.^[7] Her following two albums Moving Out (2007) and Human (2009) failed to chart anywhere.^[4]

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,^[8] 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.^[8] Anke Wagner signed with independent label Perleberg, but neither her debut single nor her album magaged to enter any chart.^[8] Benjamin Martell was signed to BMG, but was dropped when he demanded to write the album by himself.^[8] 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.^[8] 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."^[8]

Contestants

Kemisola Awosogba was born on November 15, 1982. Her father is a native of Nigeria. Kemi joined the top 13 on October 22, 2003 along with Benjamin Martell. She was eliminated on 20 December 2003 after receiving 3.54 percent of the votes in the top 9. She was a contestant on Popstars: On Stage, the sixth season of the German version of Popstars. Where she was part of the Final 20 contestants.

Judith Burmeister was born September 9, 1986. Burmeister joined the top 13 after getting into the top 2 vote-getters of her group along with Ricky Ord. She was eliminated in the top 8 after receiving 5.97 percent of the vote.

Steffen Frommberger was born January 29, 1982. He joined the top 13 on October 29, 2003 along with Aida Iljasevic. He was eliminated on November 29, 2003 after receiving 2.46 percent of the vote.

Gunther Göbbel was born May 6, 1979. Gunther was eliminated in the top 5 after receiving 12.58 percent of the vote. Originally, Göbbel did not advance to the top 13. However, he was brought back as a wildcard and advanced then. Since the show, Gunther has released a single, "Caramba!", as a part of the duet "Meant 2 Be". Gunther is currently a member of the band "Lemon Ice".

Aida Iljasevic, born January 4, 1976 in Bosnia, was a contestant in the second season, finishing in 7th place. (In 1992, at the age of sixteen, Aida fled from her home country due to the Bosnian War, and found a new home in Münster.

Benjamin Martell was born March 1, 1980. Benjamin was eliminated from the show in the top 4 after receiving 16.91 percent of the vote. Benny joined the top 13 on 2003-10-22 after placing in the top 2 vote-getters of his group. Also joining the top 13 that night was Kemi. Since the show, Benny has released one single as a solo artist "1st Fan Edition". In 2005, he was featured on a single entitled "Once In A Lifetime".

Ricky Ord was born July 5, 1978, was a contestant in the second season. Ord joined the top 13 on October 15, 2003 along with Judith Burmeister. He was eliminated first out of the competition after receiving only 2.47 percent of the vote.

Anke Wagner, born January 25, 1975, was a contestant in the second season. Wagner is the oldest contestant to appear on any season of the show. She was eliminated in the top 6 after receiving 8.37 percent of the vote. Wagner joined the top 13 as a wildcard.

Lorenzo Woodard, of Afro-German origin, born December 24, 1983, was a second season contestant. Woodard joined the top 10 on November 5, 2003 along with Elli Erl, the winner of the competition. He was voted out on December 13, 2003 after receiving the fewest votes. He later changed his sex and re-named himself Lorielle London.

Semi Final qualifiyings

Top 50 (Two out of ten making the final each week + three Wildcards)

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows.

Season 3

Third season winner Tobias Regner in 2006.

After an absence of one year, the third season 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.

Contestants

Stephan Darnstaedt, born on October 10, 1987 was a contestant of the third season. Darnstaedt left DSDS just one day before the 3rd mottoshow, being replaced by Didi Knoblauch. He was known to sing songs from boy bands. Darnstaedt was not a favorite of the competition and was in the bottom groups during both Top 20 shows. Nevertheless, he ranked in the top half of voting during the mottoshows before his departure.

Vanessa Jean Dedmon, born April 28, 1987 to Russel and Waltraud Dedmon was a semifinalist in the third season and was voted out in the Top 3 Show.

Carolina Escolano-Fernandez, born March 19, 1984 in Pforzheim, Germany, was a contestant in the third season. She is of Spanish descent.

Didi Knoblauch (aka Jamie Dwayne Knoblauch and of trans-sexual gender), was born Diana Knoblauch December 15, 1980 in Illerkirchberg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Knoblauch is a member of the Rock 'n' Roll coverband The Cash in Baden-Württemberg. Knoblauch was eliminated in the second Top 20 show but was brought back into the competition as Stephan Darnstaedt quit.

Dascha Semcov was born March 30, 1988 in Kishinev, Moldova. Prior to Superstar, Dascha had been in Germany for only 18 months. Her father Alexej and mother Diana moved from Moldova to Erfurt. Semcov performed in 3 musicals which includes Starlight Express. She is also performing part of the band Soul AG from Weimar.

Daniel Muñoz-Repko, born on December 28, 1983, was a contestant in the third season. Daniel is of mixed Spanish and Dutch ethnicity.

Semi Final qualifiyings

Top 20 (First week: 3 boys and 3 girls eliminated; second week: 2 boys and 2 girls eliminated)

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows.

Season 4

Fourth season winner Mark Medlock in 2008.

Because of the success of season three, RTL decided to create a fourth season for 2007. In the jury Anja Lukaseder replaces Silvia Kollek after just one season.

These are the last 10 contestants for the big live shows debuting on February 24 and ending on May 5: Lauren Talbot, Francisca Urio, Lisa Bund, Laura Martín, Julia Falke, Jonathan Enns, Thomas Enns, Martin Stosch, Mark Medlock and Max Buskohl.

The cast album for this season, called Power of Love, was released on 19 March 2007 and features these songs:^[9]

1. Francisca Urio: If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys)
2. Max Buskohl: Here Without You (3 Doors Down)
3. Lauren Talbot: True Colors (Cindy Lauper)
4. Mark Medlock: Endless Love (Lionel Richie)
5. Lisa Bund: (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
6. Martin Stosch: If Tomorrow Never Comes (Ronan Keating)
7. Laura Martin: Woman in Love (Barbra Streisand)
8. Thomas Enns: I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner)
9. Julia Falke: Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
10. Jonathan Enns: All Or Nothing (O-Town)
11. DSDS Top 10: If You Don't Know Me By Now (Simply Red)

End of year charts

Contestants

Lisa Bund, was born May 31, 1988 in Frankfurt am Main. Bund received a lot of promotional support by the German media. Bund later signed a recording contract and released her first single "Learn to Love You" on August 31, 2007.^[11]

Julia Falke, was born on June 21, 1988 in Schärding, Austria.

Mark Medlock, born on July 9, 1978 in Frankfurt am Main, was the winner of the 4th season.^[12] His father Lauria imigrated from Georgia, USA and was a gospel singer. Medlock is openly gay. Prior to his participation of Deutschland sucht den Superstar he worked as a nurse.

Mark Medlock.

Francisca Urio, born on February 6, 1981 in Meiningenis an only child to a German mother and a Tanzanian father.

Lauren Talbot, was born on March 15, 1990 in Hannover. She was the youngest female contestant in this season.

Martin Stosch, born on July 30, 1990, was the youngest male contestant of the show. Being voted out in the 7th mottoshow he returned as a replacement for Max Buskohl, who quit the contest by his own will afer having serious disagreements with jury-member Dieter Bohlen.

Top 20 Bottom 4 and 5

Top 20
Format: First week: 2 Boys eliminated and 3 girls eliminated. Second week: 3 boys eliminated and 2 girls eliminated.

Note: These are the live results. These may not be dependent on actual percentage of votes.

Elimination Chart
NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows

Finals elimination chart

• Max Buskohl dropped out of the competition.^[13]

Season 5

Fifth season winner Thomas Godoj in 2008.

Because of the success of season four RTL decided to create a fifth season. 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.^[14] 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.

Contestants

Rania Zeriri, born on January 6, 1986 in Enschede is of Algeria-Dutch ethincity. Zeriri was born with holes in her vocal cords. In spite of this vocal handicap she reached a high position, nevertheless.

Benjamin Herd, was born in Worms and the youngest male contestant of this season. He was early disputed, due to both his extravagant behavior and his enduring back-talking disrespect especially to the jury, which eventually led to his voluntary leaving. Jury member Dieter Bohlen then talked Herd back into the competition, where he was finally was voted off by the audience on April 19, 2008; just reaching the 6th show.

Thomas Godoj, was the winner of the fifth season. He was born in southern Poland, but raised in Recklinghausen.

Fady Maalouf was runner up of the season. He was born in Zahle, Lebanon. His song in the finals entitled "Blessed" went straight to #2 in the German charts upon release, followed by Blessed that also charted at #2 in the German albums chart.

Top 15 candidates

(ages stated are at time of contest)

• Christopher Schnell, age 19, from Bremen
• Felix Gaisberger, age 17, from Jettingen
• Juna Manaj, age 16, from Butzbach
• Simon Gincberg, age 21, from Korschenbroich
• Viviana Stengel, age 27, from München
• Eliminated on March 8

The Top 10 are:

Guys:

• Benjamin Herd, age 16, from Worms Eliminated on 19 April
• Collins Owusu, age 25, from Düsseldorf – Eliminated on 12 April
• Fady Maalouf, age 28, from Hamburg – Runner-up on 17 May
• Jermaine Alford, age 20, from Langenselbold – Eliminated on 15 March
• Thomas Godoj, age 30, from Recklinghausen – Winner

Girls:

• Linda Teodosiu, age 16, from Köln – Eliminated on 10 May
• Monika Ivkic, age 18, from Vienna (Austria) – Eliminated on 3 May
• Rania Zeriri, age 22, from Gronau-Epe (NRW) – Eliminated on 26 April
• Sahra Drohne, age 18, from Werl – Eliminated on 22 March
• Stella Salato, age 22, from Bad Homburg – Eliminated on 5 April

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows

Season 6

The sixth season started on 21 January 2009.

Top 15 candidates

(with songs they were eliminated)

• Florian Ehlers- Michael Bublé- "Home"
• Fausta Giordano- Rihanna- "Umbrella"
• Roshan Paul- Mando Diao- "Dance With Somebody"
• Tobias Rößler- 3 Doors Down- "Here Without You"
• Michelle Bowers- A Fine Frenzy- "Almost Lover"
• Eliminated on February 28

The Top 10 are:

Guys:

• Marc Jentzen (3rd eliminated)
• Holger Göpfert (4th eliminated)
• Daniel Schuhmacher (winner)
• Dominik Büchele (7th eliminated)
• Benny Kieckhäben (6th eliminated)

Girls:

• Vanessa Civiello (withdrew)
• Annemarie Eilfeld (8th eliminated)
• Vanessa Neigert (5th eliminated)
• Cornelia Patzlsberger (2nd eliminated)
• Sarah Kreuz (Runner-Up)
• Michelle Bowers (1st eliminated)

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows

Season 7

Seventh season winner Mehrzad Marashi in 2010.

The 7th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar started on 6 January 2010.

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.

Top 15 candidates

(with songs they were eliminated)

• Kevin Reichmann- Justin Timberlake- "Señorita"
• Dirk Petry- The Beatles- "Yesterday"
• Naomi Marte- Nena- "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann"
• Celine Denefleh- Silbermond- "Symphonie"
• Maria Elena Valencia- Jennifer Lopez- "Let's Get Loud"
• Eliminated on February 13

The Top 10 are:

Guys:

• Menowin Fröhlich Runner-Up on April 17
• Helmut Orosz Expelled from competition on March 21
• Mehrzad Marashi Winner
• Nelson Sangaré Eliminated on March 6
• Marcel Pluschke Eliminated on February 27
• Manuel Hoffmann Eliminated on March 20 advanced back and was Eliminated on April 10 again
• Thomas Karaoglan Eliminated on March 27

Girls:

• Kim Debkowski Eliminated on April 3
• Ines Redjeb Eliminated on March 13
• Steffi Landerer Eliminated on February 20

Finals elimination chart

NOTE: Not in every case these were the people revealed by RTL in the results shows

• • Helmut was disqualified from the competition on March 21 after a video of cocaine comsuption and drug abuse was released.

Season 8

Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel.^[15][16] Their successors are Swiss singer Patrick Nuo and it-girl Fernanda Brandao. ^[17] RTL said at the launch of the TV season 2010/2011 there will be 14 live shows.^[18] Marco Schreyl will return as the host.

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 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 Tillmann were in the bottom 2 with Göbbel being eliminated with the lowest number of votes. However, Denise Tillmann 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.

References

External links

• DSDS official website
• DSDS Videoclips
• DSDS Portal
• DSDS Finale
• DSDS page on Facebook
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar at the Internet Movie Database

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