Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9)
The ninth season of the German singing talent show Germany sucht den Superstar was broadcast from 7 January to 28 April 2012 at the television station RTL program.
New judges alongside Dieter Bohlen were Natalie Horler and Bruce Darnell. The in earlier seasons valid for candidates upper age limit of 30 years was lifted. For the first time got the winner in addition to a recording contract and a prize money of 500,000 euros. The Recall with the best 36 candidates took place again in the Maldives.
In the final, Luca Haenni won against Daniele Negroni.
Candidates of the theme shows
Theme shows and results
Who will be in the top 10? - The Top 16 Show
The first live show of the ninth season was held on 25 February 2012. The top 16 candidates sang at the beginning of the show the song Good Feeling by Flo Rida. The ten candidates with the most votes caller came on directly. The last six eliminated, in contrast to previous years, without a jury decision immediately. Based on a Voting Breakdown ( digits in Christian candidate Beautiful ) Online users could vote on the RTL Internet portal on the following Tuesday for 24 hours on a second chance for Beautiful, but decided majority against it.
* At the beginning of the live shows (deadline: February 25, 2012)
First Mottoshow
The first theme show was held on 3 March 2012. She wore the motto hammer hits. The top 10 candidates sang at the beginning of the show the song Troublemaker by Taio Cruz. Since this show can be tuned over the Internet via RTL.de - trend check, flop of the week. This week Kristof Hering was elected. At 00:37 clock Marco Schreyl announced that Thomas Pegram is excreted. The four youngest participants Daniele, Fabienne, Luca and Vanessa were due to provisions in the youth employment law from 0:00 clock (or 22.00 clock at Fabienne ) no longer stand on the stage and saw the decision by the spectators off at. Before deciding a recording of the title Joyrider was shown to all participants had sung for use in the Opel advertising. On opel.de you can download this song for free.
* On the day of Mottoshow 1 (3 March 2012)
Second Mottoshow
The second theme show was held on 10 March 2012. She wore the fancy dress party hits. The top 9 candidates sang at the beginning of the show the song Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock. The RTL.de outlook Check: Flop of the week was this time also Kristof.
* On the day of Mottoshow 2 (10 March 2012)
Third Mottoshow
The third theme show was held on 17 March 2012. She wore the motto heart songs for you. The top 8 candidates sang at the beginning of the show the song For You by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the version of the Disco Boys. In Trendchek of RTL.de this week the flop of the week was re-elected. It was the third time in a row, Kristof Hering. At the end of the decision show Marco Schreyl announced that Vanessa Krasniqi must leave the American Idol mansion.
* On the day of Mottoshow 3 (17 March 2012)
Fourth Mottoshow
The fourth theme show was held on 24 March 2012 and was the motto from the south. Daniele Negroni sang the song for the motto: " From the South ". The top 7 candidates sang at the beginning of the show the song I Was Made for Lovin ' You by Kiss. In the trend of check RTL.de, " Flop of the week", Candidate Kristof Hering was elected for the fourth time in a row. At 23.30 clock Marco Schreyl announced that Hamed Anousheh is excreted and must leave the American Idol mansion.
* On the day of Mottoshow 4 (March 24, 2012)
Fifth Mottoshow
The fifth theme show took place on 31 March 2012 and was the motto of solo and duets. The top 6 candidates sang two songs for the first time, there was also heard duets for the first time in American Idol history in the live shows. At the beginning of the show, the six candidates sang the song Without You by David Guetta feat. Usher. First, the duets were sung solos. "The Flop of the Week" of RTL.de outlook checks was for the fifth time in a row Kristof Hering. At the beginning of the decision show to 23.49 clock the Overtones sing her single Gambling Man, which is also the song for the new RTL Nitro, which runs from 1 April 2012. To 00.11 clock Marco Schreyl announced that Kristof Hering resigned.
* On the day of Mottoshow 5 ( 31 March 2012)
Sixth Mottoshow
The sixth theme show was held on 7 April 2012. She wore the motto Unplugged vs. Power songs. At the beginning of the show sang the top 5 candidates the song Do not Wanna Go Home by Jason Derulo. It was sung alternately an unplugged song and a power song. The " RTL.de outlook Check- flop of the week" was Joey Heindle, which also had to go. The result was Marco Schreyl known to 23.54 clock.
* On the day of Mottoshow 6 (7 April 2012)
Seventh Mottoshow
The seventh theme show was held on 14 April and was the motto of classical, pop and rock. The candidates sang three songs for the first time. At the beginning of the show sang the top four candidates, the song Turn This Club Around by RIO feat. U -Jean. Flop of the week of RTL.de outlook checks was Fabienne Rothe.
First, the pop, the rock and finally the classic songs were sung. It was the first time a so-called " instant decision ", that is, the decision came immediately after the show and was not interrupted by a break and a different show for an hour. Schreyl called the result already at 22:57 clock. Therefore, Daniele and Luca were in contrast to Fabienne still stand on the stage. The latter was eliminated, finishing in 4th place. It is the highest placed girl in the ninth season.
* On the day of Mottoshow 7 (14 April 2012)
Semifinal
The eighth theme show was held on 21 April 2012. It was the semi-finals and did not carry a particular theme. The last three contestants sang three songs again. At the beginning of the show sang the top 3 candidates the song Relight My Fire by Dan Hartman. At the end they sang one more song, namely Live My Life by Far East Movement feat. Justin Bieber. Directly afterwards came back a " instant decision " in which Marco Schreyl announced that Jesse the third-place finisher of American Idol 2012.
* On the day of the semi-finals (21 April 2012)
Final
The finale was held on 28 April 2012. The two finalists sang the title composed by Dieter Bohlen Do not Think About Me Moreover, the two sang a song of your choice and their personal season highlight. At the beginning of the show again sang all the top 10 candidates, except for the two finalists, along the song Good Feeling by Flo Rida. Luca and Daniele sang after the song There She Goes by Taio Cruz. After the second song, there was a duet of the two: Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy. Since both finalists are underage, there was again the " instant decision " after the last song.
Luca Haenni is the winner of the ninth season and thus Superstar in 2012.
* On the day of the finals (28 April 2012)