Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS; "Germany Seeks the Superstar") is a television show on the German television network RTL, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Germany.
Season synopses
Season One
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1)
Season One Contestants
The following is a list of Season One contestants, in order of elimination.
Stephanie Brauckmeyer
Andrea Josten
Judith Lefeber (withdrew)
Nektarios Bamiatzis
Daniel Lopes
Nicole Süßmilch
Gracia Baur
Vanessa Struhler
Daniel Küblböck
Juliette Schoppmann (runner-up)
Alexander Klaws (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals Group 1 | Semifinals Group 2 | Semifinals Group 3 | Wild Card | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Klaws | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Juliette Schoppmann | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM3 | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE |
| Daniel Küblböck | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Vanessa Struhler | Wildcard | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| Gracia Baur | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||
| Nicole Süßmilch | Did not Perform | Wildcard | Did not Perform | ELIM | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| Daniel Lopes | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Top 10 | Did not Compete | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Nektarios Bamiatzis | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||||
| Judith Lefeber | TOP 10 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Compete | SAFE | SAFE | WDRW | ||||||
| Andrea Josten | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | Did not Compete | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||||
| Stephanie Brauckmeyer | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 10 | Did not Compete | ELIM |
NOTE: This Chart does not include semifinalists and Wild Cards
Season Two
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 2)
Season Two Contestants
The following is a list of Season Two contestants, in order of elimination.
Ricky Ord
Jessica Houston
Steffen Frommberger
Lorenzo Woodard
Kemi Awosogba
Judith Burmeister
Aida Ilijasevic
Anke Wagner
Gunther Göbbel
Benjamin Martell
Philippe Bühler
Denise Tillmanns (runner-up)
Elli Erl (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals Group 1 | Semifinals Group 2 | Semifinals Group 3 | Semifinals Group 4 | Semifinals Group 5 | Wild Card | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elli Erl | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | SAFE | WINNER |
| Denise Tillmanns | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE |
| Philippe Bühler | Wildcard | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Benjamin Martell | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Gunther Göbbel | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Wildcard | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Anke Wagner | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Wildcard | TOP 13 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| Aida Ilijasevic | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Judith Burmeister | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | BTM4 | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||||
| Kemi Awosogba | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||||
| Lorenzo Woodard | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||||||
| Steffen Frommenberger | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||||||
| Jessica Houston | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | ELIM | ||||||||||
| Ricky Ord | Did not Perform | TOP 13 | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | Did not Perform | ELIM |
NOTE: This Chart does not include semifinalists and Wild Cards
Season Three
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 3)
Season Three Contestants
The following is a list of Season Three contestants, in order of elimination.
Carolina Escolano
Dascha Semcov
Stephan Darnstaedt (withdrew)
Lena Hanenburg
Daniel Muñoz
Anna-Maria Zimmermann
Didi Knoblauch
Nevio Passaro
Vanessa Jean Dedmon
Mike Leon Grosch (runner-up)
Tobias Regner (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals Boys 1 | Semifinals Girls 1 | Semifinals Boys 2 | Semifinals Girls 2 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Regner | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Mike Leon Grosch | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE |
| Vanessa Jean Dedmon | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Nevio Passaro | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Didi Knoblauch | SAFE | Did not Perform | ELIM | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||
| Anna-Maria Zimmermann | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| Daniel Muñoz | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM4 | Did not Perform | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||
| Lena Hanenburg | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||||
| Stephan Darnstaedt | BTM4 | Did not Perform | BTM4 | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | WDRW | ||||||
| Dascha Semcov | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM4 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| Carolina Escolano | Did not Perform | BTM4 | Did not Perform | BTM3 | ELIM |
NOTE: This Chart does not include semifinalists
Season Four
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 4)
Season Four Contestants
The following is a list of Season Four contestants, in order of elimination.
Laura Martin
Jonathan Enns
Julia Falke
Francisca Urio
Thomas Enns
Lauren Talbot
Max Buskohl (withdrew)
Lisa Bund
Martin Stosch (runner-up)
Mark Medlock (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals Boys 1 | Semifinals Girls 1 | Semifinals Boys 2 | Semifinals Girls 2 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Medlock | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Martin Stosch | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | SAFE | LOSE |
| Lisa Bund | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Max Buskohl | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM4 | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | WDRW | |
| Lauren Talbot | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | |||
| Thomas Enns | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM5 | Did not Perform | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||
| Francisca Urio | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Julia Falke | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM4 | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Jonathan Enns | BTM4 | Did not Perform | SAFE | Did not Perform | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||||
| Laura Martin | Did not Perform | BTM5 | Did not Perform | BTM3 | ELIM |
NOTE: This Chart does not include semifinalists
Season Five
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 5)
Season Five Contestants
The following is a list of Season Five contestants, in order of elimination.
Jermaine Alford
Sahra Drone
Stella Salato
Collins Owusu
Benjamin Herd
Rania Zeriri
Monika Ivkic
Linda Teodosiu
Fady Maalouf (runner-up)
Thomas Godoj (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Godoj | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Fady Maalouf | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | LOSE |
| Linda Teodosiu | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | ELIM | |
| Monika Ivkic | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM3 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| Rania Zeriri | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Benjamin Herd | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||
| Collins Owusu | TOP 10 | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||
| Stella Salato | TOP 10 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||||
| Sahra Drone | TOP 10 | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||||
| Jermaine Alford | TOP 10 | ELIM |
NOTE: This Chart does not include semifinalists
Season Six
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 6)
Season Six Contestants
The following is a list of Season Six contestants, in order of elimination.
Vanessa Civiello
Michelle Bowers
Cornelia Patzelsberger
Marc Jentzen
Holger Göpfert
Vanessa Neigert
Benny Kieckhäben
Dominik Büchele
Annemarie Eilfeld
Sarah Kreuz (runner-up)
Daniel Schuhmacher (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Schuhmacher | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | WINNER |
| Sarah Kreuz | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE |
| Annemarie Eilfeld | TOP 10 | BTM2 | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Dominik Büchele | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | ELIM | ||
| Benny Kieckhäben | TOP 10 | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Vanessa Neigert | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | ||||
| Holger Göpfert | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Marc Jentzen | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Cornelia Patzelsberger | TOP 10 | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||
| Michelle Bowers | ELIM | ELIM | ||||||||
| Vanessa Civiello | TOP 10 | WDRW |
Season Seven
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 7)
Season Seven Contestants
The following is a list of Season Seven contestants, in order of elimination.
Steffi Landerer
Marcel Pluschke
Nelson Sangare
Ines Redjeb
Helmut Orosz (disqualified)
Thomas Karaoglan
Kim Debkowski
Manuel Hoffmann
Menowin Fröhlich (runner-up)
Mehrzad Marashi (winner)
The following is a Bottom 3 Table. The Contestants written in Pink are female and The Contestants written in Blue are male
| Singer | Semifinals | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehrzad Marashi | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Menowin Fröhlich | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOSE |
| Manuel Hoffmann | TOP 10 | BTM3 | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM3 | ELIM | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |
| Kim Debkowski | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | ||
| Thomas Karaoglan | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Helmut Orosz | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM3 | DISQ | |||
| Ines Redjeb | TOP 10 | SAFE | BTM3 | BTM3 | ELIM | |||||
| Nelson Sangare | TOP 10 | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||
| Marcel Pluschke | TOP 10 | BTM2 | ELIM | |||||||
| Steffi Landerer | TOP 10 | ELIM |
Season Eight
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 8)
Season Nine
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 9)
Season Ten
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 10)
Season Eleven
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 11)
Season Twelve
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 12)
Season Thirteen
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 13)
Season Fourteen
- Main article: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 14)
Superstar Weltweit
Alexander Klaws participated alongside 10 other Idols in the 2 show mini-event World Idol. Alexander placed equal 9th place with Arab Super Star Diana Karazon on 45 points. Alexander performed the Michael Sembello cover - Maniac.
Alexander received the following scores respectively:
UK awarded 2 points
Belgium awarded 7 points
Australia awarded 1 point
USA awarded 1 point
Pan-Arab Nations awarded 10 points
Poland awarded 4 points
The Netherlands awarded 4 points
Canada awarded 1 point
Germany awarded 12 points (default award)
Norway awarded 1 point
South Africa awarded 2 points
Judges and hosts
Judges
- Dieter Bohlen (2002-present)
- Shona Fraser (2002-2004)
- Thomas Bug (2002-2004)
- Thomas M. Stein (2002-2004)
- Sylvia Kollek (2005-2006)
- Heinz Henn (2005-2007)
- Anja Lukaseder (2007-2008)
- Andreas Läsker (2008)
- Nina Eichinger (2009-2010)
- Volker Neumüller (2009-2010)
- Fernanda Brandão (2011)
- Patrick Nuo (2011)
- Natalie Horler (2012)
- Bruce Darnell (2012)
- Bill Kaulitz (2013)
- Tom Kaulitz (2013)
- Mateo Jaschik (2013)
- Mietze Katz (2014)
- Marianne Rosenberg (2014)
- Kay One (2014)
- Mandy Capristo (2015)
- DJ Antoine (2015)
- Heino (2015)
- Michelle (2016-)
- H.P. Baxxter (2016-)
- Vanessa Mai (2016-)
Hosts
- Michelle Hunziker (2002-2004)
- Carsten Spengemann (2002-2004)
- Marco Schreyl (2005-2012)
- Tooske Ragas (2005-2007)
- Nazan Eckes (2013-2014)
- Raul Richter (2013)
- Oliver Geissen (2015-)