Host(s) Marco Schreyl Song "Don't believe" | Origin Hamburg, Germany | |
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Broadcast from 6 January – 17 April 2010 Judges Dieter Bohlen
Nina Eichinger
Volker Neumüller
Sylvie van der Vaart (final only) | ||
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol series which aired on RTL Television and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants. The final aired on 17 April 2010, and the winner was Mehrzad Marashi.
Contents
- Auditions
- Recall
- Songs in Recall 3 by Top 10
- Die Top 15 Jetzt oder nie The Top 15 Now or Never
- Top 10 Die Megahits von heute Todays Megahits
- Top 9 Die grten Pop Hymnen aller Zeiten All Times Greatest Pop Hymns
- Top 8 Happy Holiday Hits
- Top 7 80s
- Top 6 Deutsch vs Englisch German vs English
- Top 5 Balladen Ballermann Ballads Ballermann
- Top 4 Neue Hits Alte Hits New Hits Old Hits
- Top 3 Semi Final Boygroups Music Hero Number 1 Hits
- Top 2 Final Contestants Choice Highlight Song Winners Single
- Group song
- References
Auditions
The 7 Audition episodes were showen every Wednesday and Saturday from 6 January 2010 until 27 January 2010. After open auditions in the 5 cities Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg and an auditions truck, which stopped from September until October 2009 in 15 cities in Freiburg, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Würzburg, Regensburg, Dortmund, Münster, Kassel, Erfurt, Dresden, Halle, Hannover, Bremen, Kiel and Rostock.
Recall
The recall had 3 phases. The first phase was shot in a theater in Cologne. The 120 singers were split into 2 groups: Boys and Girls. Then every singer sang his favorite song. After that 55 singers were eliminated and the remaining singers sang in groups to get one of the 35 tickets for the next phase.
The second phase was shot in the Caribbean. The 35 singers sang three times: unaccompanied, in groups and in duos. The Top 25 came into the third phase.
The third and last phase was shot in the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen. The singers sang one song on their own. Then the jury decided which 15 singers came into the Top 15 live-show.
In this season, some of the contestants that had made it to the Top 15 had featured in previous seasons. Helmut Orosz made it to the Top 50 in season two but missing out on the Top 10 during the public vote. Menowin Fröhlich made it to the Top 20 shows in season 3 but was disqualified after being arrested and serving a two-year jail sentence. Kim Debkowski made it to the recall of the previous season but was eliminated after the group performance.
Songs in Recall 3 by Top 10
"Die Top 15 – Jetzt oder nie" (The Top 15 - Now or Never)
Original Airdate: February 13, 2010Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Thomas, Nelson, Menowin, Kim, Mehrzad, Helmut, Manuel
Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Marcel, Ines, Steffi
In this season the Top 10 was supposed to be formed by the Top 7 of the viewers vote plus 3 candidates picked by the jury (from the remaining 8 contestants). As a tribute to the viewers' support and the great success of the season the jury denied to choose advancing candidates. Instead they sent the 8th, 9th and 10th of the public vote. That also explains the gender ratio of the Top 10.
"Top 10 – Die Megahits von heute" (Today's Megahits)
Original Airdate: February 20, 2010"Top 9 – Die größten Pop-Hymnen aller Zeiten" (All Time's Greatest Pop-Hymns)
Original Airdate: February 27, 2010"Top 8 – Happy Holiday Hits"
Original Airdate: March 6, 2010"Top 7 – 80s"
Original Airdate: March 13, 2010"Top 6 – Deutsch vs. Englisch" (German vs. English)
Original Airdate: March 20, 2010On the following day, Helmut Orosz was disqualified from the competition after admitting to taking drugs during the competition. Just as done in season 4, the person who was eliminated the past week would be brought back into the competition; in which Manuel Hoffmann advanced to the top 5.
"Top 5 – Balladen & Ballermann" (Ballads & Ballermann)
Original Airdate: March 27, 2010"Top 4 – Neue Hits & Alte Hits " (New Hits & Old Hits)
Original Airdate: April 3, 2010Top 3 - Semi Final (Boygroups, Music Hero & Number 1 Hits)
Original Airdate: April 10, 2010Top 2 - Final (Contestant's Choice, Highlight Song & Winner's Single)
Original Airdate: April 17, 2010Judges' forecasts of who would win: Menowin Fröhlich
Winner: Mehrzad Marashi
Runner - Up: Menowin Fröhlich