Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 1)
| Deutschland sucht den Superstar | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Broadcast from | November 24, 2002 – March 8, 2003 |
| Judges |
Dieter Bohlen Thomas Bug Shona Fraser Thomas Stein |
| Host(s) | Michelle Hunziker & Carsten Spengemann |
| Broadcaster | RTL Television |
| Winner | |
| Alexander Klaws | |
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| Origin | Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Song | "Take Me Tonight" |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Runner-up | |
| Juliette Schoppmann | |
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
The 30 semi-finalists were:
Group 1(November 24, 2002)
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Group 2(December 7, 2002)
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Group 3(December 14, 2002)
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Finals
In the first season the show was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann. Alexander Klaws won, with Juliette Schoppmann coming in second. signed 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. As part of the promotion planned for the show's first winner, the song had been prerecorded ready to air on radio stations the week after the finale. Appearances on numerous entertainment/news shows followed, as did videos for the singles that began airing on MTV Central and VIVA. 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.
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.
1st Motto Show : My Superstar
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney Houston) | 9.8% (3/10) | ||
| Daniel Lopes | Livin' la Vida Loca (Ricky Martin) | 6.0% (6/10) | ||
| Judith Lefeber | One Moment in Time (Whitney Houston) | 39.4% (1/10) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Every Breath You Take (The Police) | 8.1% (4/10) | ||
| Andrea Josten | I'm Outta Love (Anastacia) | 2.0% (8/10) | ||
| Stephanie Brauckmeyer | I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) | 1.5% (10/10) | ||
| Gracia Baur | She Works Hard for the Money (Donna Summer) | 1.9% (9/10) | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | When You Look At Me (Christina Millian) | 6.1% (5/10) | ||
| Nektarios Bamiatzis | To Be With You (Mr. Big) | 2.1% (7/10) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Another Day in Paradise (Phil Collins) | 24.7% (2/10) | ||
Bottom 2: Gracia Baur, Stephanie Brauckmeyer
Eliminated: Stephanie Brauckmeyer
2nd Motto Show: Lovesongs
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | Save The Best For Last (Vanessa L. Williams) | 7.8% (3/9) | ||
| Daniel Lopes | Careless Whisper (George Michael) | 4.2% (8/9) | ||
| Judith Lefeber | Think Twice (Céline Dion) | 33.4% (1/9) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | Without You (Harry Nilsson) | 7.4% (4/9) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Hello (Lionel Richie) | 6.2% (5/9) | ||
| Nektarios Bamiatzis | Kiss From A Rose (Seal) | 5.2% (7/9) | ||
| Andrea Josten | I Still Believe (Mariah Carey) | 2.2% (9/9) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers) | 28.2% (2/9) | ||
| Gracia Baur | There You'll Be (Faith Hill) | 5.5% (6/9) | ||
Bottom 2: Andrea Josten, Alexander Klaws
Eliminated : Andrea Josten
3rd Motto Show : Hits of 2002
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | I'm Gonna Be Alright (Jennifer Lopez) | 9.3% (5/7) | ||
| Gracia Baur | What If (Kate Winslet) | 8.5% (6/7) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | If Tomorrow Never Comes (Ronan Keating) | 17.6% (3/7) | ||
| Nektarios Bamiatzis | Bevor du gehst (Xavier Naidoo) | 6.7% (7/7) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Everytime (The Flames) | 27.4% (1/7) | ||
| Daniel Lopes | Hero (Enrique Iglesias) | 12.1% (4/7) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | From Sarah with Love (Sarah Connor) | 18.3% (2/7) | ||
Bottom 2: Nektarios Bamiatzis, Vanessa Struhler
Eliminated : Nektarios Bamiatzis
4th Motto Show : Musical
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Nicole Süßmilch | Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Evita) | 16.0% (3/7) | ||
| Daniel Lopes | A Whole New World (Aladdin) | 6.4% (7/7) | ||
| Gracia Baur | Memory (Cats) | 25.2% (1/7) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Tragedy (Saturday Night Fever) | 21.1% (2/7) | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | Lady Marmelade (Moulin Rouge) | 9.2% (5/7) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | Out Here on My Own (Fame) | 7.0% (6/7) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Starlight Express (Starlight Express) | 15.2% (4/7) | ||
Bottom 2: Daniel Kübelböck, Daniel Lopes
Eliminated : Daniel Lopes
5th Motto Show : The 80s
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Gracia Baur | Black Velvet (Alannah Myles) | 13.5% (3/6) | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | Get Here (Oleta Adams) | 7.2% (5/6) | ||
| Nicole Süßmilch | Eternal Flame (The Bangles) | 6.0% (6/6) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx) | 21.2% (2/6) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush) | 13.5% (4/6) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | 99 Luftballons (Nena) | 38.5% (1/6) | ||
Bottom 2: Nicole Süßmilch, Vanessa Struhler
Eliminated : Nicole Süßmilch
6th Motto Show : Big Band
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | Big Spender (Shirley Bassey) | 15.0% (3/5) | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | Get Happy (Judy Garland) | 12.3% (4/5) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | My Way (Frank Sinatra) | 35.8% (1/5) | ||
| Gracia Baur | The Lady is a Tramp (Ella Fitzgerald) | 12.0% (5/5) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Mack the Knife | 24.9% (2/5) | ||
Bottom 2: Vanessa Struhler, Gracia Baur
Eliminated : Gracia Baur
7th Motto Show : The 70s & Disco
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Dancing Queen (ABBA) & Night Fever (Bee Gees) | 24.4% (3/4) | ||
| Vanessa Struhler | Sunny (Boney M) & I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) (Tina Charles) | 10.6% (4/4) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | Flashdance (Irene Cara) & It's Raining Men (The Weather Girls) | 28.1% (2/4) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | Maniac (Michael Sembello) & Relight My Fire (Dan Hartman) | 36.9% (1/4) | ||
Bottom 2: Daniel Kübelböck, Vanessa Struhler
Eliminated : Vanessa Struhler
8th Motto Show: Movie
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Alexander Klaws | I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly) & You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker) | 40.5% (1/3) | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | My Heart Will Go On (Céline Dion) & Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight) | 32.0% (2/3) | ||
| Daniel Küblböck | Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) & Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf) | 27.5% (3/3) | ||
Bottom 2: Juliette Schoppmann, Daniel Kübelböck
Eliminated : Daniel Kübelböck
Final
| Singer | Song | Placing | ||
| Juliette Schoppmann | "Through the Rain" (Mariah Carey), "It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls) & "Take Me Tonight" | 29.9% (2/2) | ||
| Alexander Klaws | "She's the One" (Robbie Williams), "Maniac" (Michael Sembello) & "Take Me Tonight" | 70.1% (1/2) | ||
Winner: Alexander Klaws
Runner-Up : Juliette Schoppmann
Releases
DSDS Finalists
- Albums: United (2002)
- Singles: "We Have a Dream", "Tonight" (Promotional)
- Albums: Take Your Chance (2003), Here I Am (2004), Attention! (2006) Was Willst Du Noch? (2008)
- Singles: "Take Me Tonight", "Stay with Me", "Free like the Wind", "Behind the Sun", "Sunshine After the Rain", "Here I Am", "All (I Ever Want)", "Not like You", "Welt"
- Albums: Unique (2003)
- Singles: "Calling You", "It's Only Uh Uh", "I Still Believe"
- Albums: Positive Energie (2003), Liebe Nation (2005)
- Singles: "You Drive Me Crazy", "Heartbeat", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Teenage Tears", "König von Deutschland"
- Albums: Ride with Me (2003), Independence (2004)
- Singles: "Ride or Die (I Need You)", "Fiesta", "Ey Ey Ey/Back to Life", "One Single Tear", "Blah Blah Blah", "Don't Say (You're Sorry)", "Bonafide", "Take Me Slow", "When U Luv"
- Albums: Intoxicated (2003), Passion (2005)
- Singles: "I Don't Think So", "I Believe in Miracles", "Run & Hide", "When the Last Tear's Been Dried", "Never Been"
- Singles: "A Miracle of Love" (with Marco Matias)
- Albums: For You (2003)
- Singles: "Shine on", "I Love You More Than Yesterday", "Last Christmas/I Used To Cry", "Change the World"
- Singles: "Looks like We Made It"
- Alben: In My Dreams (2003), In My Room (2004)
- Singles: "I Will Follow You", "Everybody Does", "In My Room"
4 United (Daniel Küblböck, Gracia Baur, Nektarios Bamiatzis, Stephanie Brauckmeyer)
- Singles: "Don't Close Your Eyes"
Elimination chart
| Did Not Perform | Female | Male | Top 30 | Top 10 | Winner |
| Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated | Wild Card | Did Not Perform |
| Stage: | Semi | Wild Card |
Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Week: | 11/30 | 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | 12/28 | 1/4 | 1/11 | 1/18 | 2/1 | 2/8 | 3/1 | 3/8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alexander Klaws | 1st | Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Juliette Schoppmann | 1st | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Runner-Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Küblböck | 3rd | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vanessa Struhler | 4th | Adv | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gracia Baur | 2nd | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Nicole Süßmilch | 4th | Elim | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Daniel Lopes | 1st | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nektarios Bamiatzis | 3rd | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quit | Judith Lefeber | 2nd | Wdrw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Andrea Josten | 2nd | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Stephanie Brauckmeyer | 3rd | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 3 |
Tarik Sarzep | 4th | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel S | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kathrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nilufar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Goeke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sharon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 2 |
Aline | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aret Saroyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sascha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sebastian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 1 |
Claudio | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jana Wall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrizia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sevacettin Yanmaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Because of Judiths withdrawal Nicole, who just missed out to get into the top 10, replaced her.
Top 10 candidates
Nektarios Bamiatzis
Nektarios Bamiatzis was born on 10 July 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
Stephanie Brauckmeyer was born on 11 May 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
Andrea Josten was born Andrea Lopez on 9 September 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
Daniel Küblböck born 27 August 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
Daniel Lopes was born on 12 November 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.
See also
| Preceded by None |
Deutschland sucht den SuperStar Season 1 (2002/03) |
Succeeded by Season 2 (2003/04) |