Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 6)

Voting controversy

Annemarie Eilfeld demanded a redo after she was eliminated in the Top 3 show. RTL admitted that a speaker in the “reminder” trailers following the show had told viewers to vote 03 for Annemarie Eilfeld and 02 for Daniel Schuhmacher. She called this problem a "scandal". The mistake wasn't big enough for RTL to bother with. After the initial show Annemarie Eilfeld had 19.3% of the vote and ended up with 19.8% with the second place contestant receiving a much higher total. Angry DSDS fans complained and demanded either a repeat of the Top 3 show or a three-way final between Annemarie Eilfeld, Daniel Schuhmacher and Sarah Kreuz. Annemarie Eilfeld's father was outraged over the error and reportedly considering taking legal action against RTL.

"Die Top 15 – Jetzt oder nie" (The Top 15 - Now or Never)

Original Airdate: February 28, 2009

Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Vanessa N, Daniel, Sarah, Dominik, Holger

Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Marc, Annemarie, Cornelia, Vanessa C, Benny

Although Florian and Tobias were eliminated, they both ranked within the top 10 in the phone voting with Florian placing 9th and Tobias placing 7th, ahead of Marc, Benny, Vanessa C., and Cornelia.

Top 10 - Greatest Hits

Original Airdate: March 7, 2009

Bottom 4: Marc Jentzen, Benny Kieckhäben, Michelle Bowers, Annemarie Eilfeld

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benny Kieckhäben

Eliminated: Michelle Bowers

Top 9 - Geschlechtertausch (gender switch)

Original Airdate: March 14, 2009

Bottom 4: Marc Jentzen, Cornelia Patzlsperger, Benny Kieckhäben, Annemarie Eilfeld

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benny Kieckhäben

Eliminated: Cornelia Patzlsperger

Top 8 - Party-Hits

Original Airdate: March 21, 2009

Bottom 4: Benny Kieckhäben, Marc Jentzen, Vanessa Neigert, Annemarie Eilfeld

Jury Elimination Forecast: Annemarie Eilfeld

Eliminated: Marc Jentzen

Top 7 - Sexy Hits

Original Airdate: April 4, 2009

Bottom 4: Benny Kieckhäben, Holger Göpfert, Vanessa Neigert, Annemarie Eilfeld

Jury Elimination Forecast: Dominik Büchele (Nina), Annemarie Eilfeld (Volker & Dieter)

Eliminated: Holger Göpfert

Top 6 - Aktuelle Hits & I love you (Current Hits & I love You)

Original Airdate: April 11, 2009

Bottom 4: Annemarie Eilfeld , Benny Kieckhäben , Daniel Schuhmacher , Vanessa Neigert

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benny Kieckhäben (Volker) , Benny Kieckhäben or Vanessa Neigert (Nina) , Didn't say (Dieter)

Eliminated: Vanessa Neigert

Top 5 - Sonne und Regen (Sun and Rain)

Original Airdate: April 18, 2009

Bottom 3: Annemarie Eilfeld, Benny Kieckhäben, Sarah Kreuz

Jury Eliminiation Forecast: Annemarie Eilfeld (Nina), Dominik Büchele (Volker), Benny Kieckhäben (Dieter)

Eliminated: Benny Kieckhäben

Top 4 - Filmmusik & Unplugged (Moviesongs & Unplugged)

Original Airdate: April 25, 2009

Bottom 3: Annemarie Eilfeld, Dominik Büchele, Sarah Kreuz

Jury Eliminiation Forecast: Dominik Büchele (Nina & Volker), Sarah Kreuz (Dieter)

Eliminated: Dominik Büchele

Top 3 - Uptempo, Ballade & Nr. 1 Hit (Uptempo, Power ballad & №1 Hits)

Original Airdate: May 2, 2009

Bottom 2: Annemarie Eilfeld, Sarah Kreuz

Jury Elimination Forecast: Didn't say

Eliminated: Annemarie Eilfeld

Top 2 - Finale - Herzenssong, Staffelhighlight, Siegertitel (Singer's choice, Highlight Song, Winner's Single)

Original Airdate: May 9, 2009

Judges' forecasts of who would win: Daniel or Sarah (Nina , Volker & Dieter)

Winner: Daniel Schuhmacher

Runner - Up: Sarah Kreuz

Michelle Bowers

Michelle Bowers (born August 6, 1992 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse) was the youngest participant in the Top 10. She was born in Frankfurt. Currently she is in the tenth class of an economy school and is working on graduating to pursue a career in social and public health. She suffers from rheumatism to the point she was in a coma for 17 days. She was originally eliminated in the "Top 15" show when both the viewers and jury did not put her into the next round. However one day before the first mottoshow, contestant Vanessa Civiello quit the competition bringing Bowers back into the Top 10. Although with only one night of rehearsal, the judges praised her comeback and believed it would allow her to go further in the competition. However, she was eliminated.

Dominik Büchele

Dominik Büchele (born February 23, 1991 in Herbolzheim, Baden-Württemberg) has been voted off the competition after Mottowshow 7 finishing in the Top 4. He was known for his comparison and looks of James Blunt. He was a fan favorite among the girls.

Audition: "Same Mistake"- James Blunt

Recall 1: "I'm Yours"- Jason Mraz

Recall 2: "You Give Me Something"- James Morrison

Recall 3: "Goodbye My Lover- James Blunt

Vanessa Civiello

Vanessa Civiello (born May 7, 1991 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) was a jury selection for Top 10 after participating in the Top 15 liveshow. One day before the First Mottoshow, Civiello voluntarily withdrew. Michelle Bowers was recalled to replace Civiello.

Holger Göpfert

Holger Göpfert (born May 13, 1981 in Würzburg, Bavaria) Holger was born in Würzburg and works as an administration employee in Würzburg and is a soccer player. He auditioned in Season 3 but did not make it through to the recall. At 13, Holger began to teach himself keyboard and to sing pass after songs. He also taught himself to play piano and guitar. Presently Holger is a member in a men's choir and in a cover band. Holger is a huge fan of the Beatles, Queen and Elvis in which he had sung songs in the show by these artists. His absolute favorite song is "Oh Darling!" by the Beatles, in which he sang on the "Top 15" show and was selected further by call in votes. He was a fan favorite due to his excellent performing and entertainment rather than his voice. Although considered a joke contestant, he was well known for being a favorite and possible winner of the competition until his elimination.

Audition: "Oh Darling"- The Beatles

Recall 1: "The Great Pretender"- Freddie Mercury

Recall 2: "Love Ain't Here Anymore"- Take That & "Still Got the Blues"- Gary Moore

Recall 3: "Lady Madonna- The Beatles

Marc Jentzen

Marc Jentzen (born August 21, 1987 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia) taught at Star Camp after his elimination.

Benny Kieckhäben

Benny Kieckhäben (born February 11, 1990) Benny is known for his unexpected audition due to way he looked. He was put through by all three judges after singing "If I Ever Fall in Love". Since, he has become somewhat of a favorite in the competition, although has been in the bottom every week, due to his good-sounding voice and his use of props (such as a cage in his performance of "Don't Cha"). He is openly gay. Throughout the competition, he was known to sing songs by female artists.

Audition: "If I Ever Fall in Love"- Shai

Recall 1: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"- Jennifer Holiday

Recall 2: N/A

Recall 3: "End of the Road- Boyz II Men

Sarah Kreuz

Sarah Kreuz (born July 27, 1989 in Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia) She currently lives in Poppenhausen. She was always high in the voting. She was first-place in three mottoshows. But in the 6 mottoshow she was almost eliminated. in the 7 mottoshow and the semi final she was first-place.

Vanessa Neigert

Vanessa Neigert (born July 11, 1992 in Tevillo, Italy)

Cornelia Patzlsperger

Cornelia Patzlsperger (born July 16, 1979 in Bad Tölz, Bavaria)

Daniel Schuhmacher

Daniel Schuhmacher (born April 19, 1987 in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg) is the Season 6 winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.