The thirteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast on German channel RTL from 2 January to 7 May 2016. It was won by Prince Damien Ritzinger.
History During the live shows of season 12, it was announced that the castings for season 13 would start in August 2015. In the final, Dieter Bohlen announced that for this season all previous limits such as the age restriction are repealed. Accordingly, the motto of the season is “No Limits”. In late 2014, RTL gave closer details to the changes of season 13. The live shows are replaced with pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany. Only the announcement of the results will be broadcast live. Like the season before, the final will not take place in a TV studio in Cologne, but in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf.
In 2015, RTL announced that DJ Antoine, Mandy Capristo, and Heino won't return for the thirteenth season. The new jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, H.P. Baxxter, Michelle and Vanessa Mai. Prince Damien Ritzinger was announced as the winner on 7 May 2016, with Laura van den Elzen finishing as the runner-up.
Auditions and "Recall" Start of the season was on Saturday, 2 January 2016. In the casting rounds, each candidate selected before the show from a Golden CD with the name of the juror, whose voice should be the deciding factor for advancement or leaving a draw jury voting. Menderes reached the fourth time the "Recall". There is a "Quick Pick" was held where each candidate had to sing again. RTL did not broadcast this Germany-Recall. Instead, only a short scene was shown in which piles announced that the 32 pre-worn Recall of the 110 candidates in Thailand-Recall were.
"Re-recall" The Recall in Jamaica was reached by 16 women and 16 men. The contestants were separated into three to four groups by each gender for the first four performances. In the last round, the remaining contestants sang in duets where afterward the judges then decided the Top 10.
Finalists The finalist was announced on 9 April and consisted of six male and four (five) female contestants. Place Contestant Age Occupation Origin Winner(won atISS Dome) Prince Damien Ritzinger 25 Dance teacher South Africa 2(eliminated atISS Dome) Laura van den Elzen 18 Student Netherlands 3(eliminated atISS Dome) Thomas Katrozan 35 Sound engineer Germany4-6(eliminated atLandschaftspark Duisburg-Nord) Anita Wiegand 17 Student Germany Igor Barbosa 19 Student Portugal Mark Hoffmann 19 Student China7-9(eliminated atEberbach Abbey) Ramona Mihajilovic 17 Supermarket employee Germany Sandra Berger 28 Child care worker Germany Tobias Soltau 19 Trainee Germany 10 (eliminated atMerkers Adventure Mines) Aytug Gün 27 Child care worker Turkey 11(Withdrawn) Angelika Turo 27 Dentist aider Germany Angelika Turo who originally made it to the Top 10 left the competition on 14 April after she announced her pregnancy. Ramona Mihajilovic than took her place.
Event shows The event shows were held from 16 April to 7 May 2016 with three pre-recorded shows and a live final. The voting results were published right after the final.
Color key Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated Contestant was in the bottom two, three or four Contestant received the most votes from the public Contestant was announced as the season's winner
Top 10 - Merkers Adventure Mines Original airdate: 16 April 2016 The first event show was held in Merkers Adventure Mines and was pre-recorded on 13 April 2016. The live result show at Eberbach Abbey was aired directly after the event show. At the beginning of the show, it was announced that only one contestant would leave the show this week. Also, Angelika Turo performed out of competition at the end of the show.
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Laura van den Elzen"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - Britney Spears Safe10.61% (3/10) 2 Tobias Soltau"Herz Über Kopf" - Joris Bottom two4.37% (9/10) 3 Mark Hoffmann"Unter die Haut" - Tim Bendzko Safe8.33% (6/10) 4 Aytug Gün"Sugar" - Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates Eliminated3.97% (10/10) 5 Sandra Berger"Diese Nacht ist jede Sünde wert" - Andrea Berg Safe5.51% (8/10) 6 Thomas Katrozan"Sexy" - Marius Müller-Westernhagen Safe9.41% (4/10) 7 Anita Wiegand"Addicted to You" - Avicii Safe24.88% (1/10) 8 Igor Barbosa"Pillowtalk" - Zayn Safe6.78% (7/10) 9 Prince Damien Ritzinger"Ich will nur, dass du weißt" - SDP feat. Adel Tawil Safe17.09% (2/10) 10 Ramona Mihajilovic"Ex's & Oh's" - Elle King Safe9.05% (5/10) 11 Angelika Turo"Ich will immer wieder dieses Fieber spür'n" - Helene Fischer colspan=2 Group performance: "Proper Education"
Top 9 - German Songs - Eberbach Abbey Original airdate: 23 April 2016 The second event show was held in the Eberbach Abbey and will be pre-recorded on 20 April 2016. The live result show at Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord was aired directly after the event show. Contestant Sandra Berger married her fiancé during the live show. Also, this week, every contestant had to perform a German song. The three contestants with the fewest votes were eliminated.
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Ramona Mihajilovic"Lieblingsmensch" - Namika Eliminated4.91% (9/9) 2 Thomas Katrozan"Aufstehn" - Seeed Safe8.46% (5/9) 3 Igor Barbosa"Keine Rosen" - Teesy Bottom four8.05% (6/9) 4 Anita Wiegand"Wenn das Liebe ist" - Glashaus Safe17.81% (2/9) 5 Laura van den Elzen"Ich sterb für dich" - Vanessa Mai Safe17.24% (3/9) 6 Tobias Soltau"Ich lass für dich das Licht an" - Revolverheld Eliminated5.92% (8/9) 7 Prince Damien Ritzinger"Stimme" - Eff Safe21.89% (1/9) 8 Mark Hoffmann"Ich will nur" - Philipp Poisel Safe9.54% (4/9) 9 Sandra Berger"Unser Tag" - Helene Fischer Eliminated6.18% (7/9) Group performance: "Geiles Leben" - Glasperlenspiel
Top 6 - Semi-final - Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Original airdate: 30 April 2016 The third event show was held in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord and was pre-recorded on 27 April 2016. The live result show in ISS Dome was aired directly after the event show. Also, the six contestants had to perform in pairs in duets or as it was billed 'duells'. The three contestants with the fewest votes were eliminated.
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Laura van den Elzen & Anita Wiegand "One Day in Your Life" - Anastaciacolspan=2 2 Thomas Katrozan & Mark Hoffmann "Auf uns" - Andreas Bouranicolspan=2 3 Prince Damien Ritzinger & Igor Barbosa "Alles brennt" - Johannes Oerdingcolspan=2 4 Laura van den Elzen "Proud Mary" - Tina Turner Safe23.09% (2/6)5 Anita Wiegand "Keiner ist wie du" - Sarah Connor Eliminated12.17% (4/6)6 Thomas Katrozan "König von Deutschland" - Rio Reiser Bottom four13.94% (3/6) 7 Mark Hoffmann "Auf anderen Wegen" - Andreas Bourani Eliminated7.18% (6/6)8 Igor Barbosa "Was immer du willst" - Marlon Knauer Eliminated10.48% (5/6)9 Prince Damien Ritzinger "Unter meiner Haut" - Gestört aber GeiL, Koby Funk & Wincent Weiss Safe33.14% (1/6) Group performance: "Get Down Saturday Night" - Oliver Cheatham & "Wir heben ab"
Top 3 - Final - Düsseldorf Original airdate: 7 May 2016 The Final was held live in Düsseldorf at the ISS Dome in front of 13,000 people on 7 May 2016. One Contestant was eliminated after the first performance. The other two performed their favorite performance and the winner's single.
Round 1 Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1Laura van den Elzen"9 to 5" - Dolly PartonBottom two 24.07% (2/3)2Thomas Katrozan"Dreadlock Holiday" - 10ccEliminated23.81% (3/3)3Prince Damien Ritzinger"Let It Go" - James BaySafe52.12% (1/3)
Round 2 Order Contestant Song Order Song Result Voting result1Laura van den Elzen"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles3"Glücksmoment" Runner-Up34.46% (2/2)2Prince Damien Ritzinger"Stimme" - Eff4"Glücksmoment" Winner65.54% (1/2) Thomas Katrozan would have performed "Sexy" by Marius Müller-Westernhagen and "Glücksmoment".
Elimination chart Females Males Top 10 Winner
Safe Most votes Safe Last Eliminated
Stage:FinalsWeek:4/164/234/305/7Round 1Round 2PlaceContestantResult 1 Prince Damien Ritzinger 2nd17.09% 1st21.89% 1st33.14% 1st52.12% Winner65.54% 2 Laura van den Elzen 3rd10.61% 3rd17.24% 2nd23.09% 2nd24.07% Runner-Up34.46% 3 Thomas Katrozan 4th9.41% 5th8.46% 3rd13.94% 3rd23.81% 4 Anita Wiegand 1st24.88% 2nd17.81% 4th12.17% 5 Igor Barbosa 7th6.78% 6th8.05% 5th10.48% 6 Mark Hoffmann 6th8.33% 4th9.54% 6th7.18% 7 Sandra Berger 8th5.51% 7th6.18% 8 Tobias Soltau 9th4.37% 8th5.92% 9 Ramona Mihajilovic 5th9.05% 9th4.91% 10 Aytug Gün 10th3.97% 11 Angelika Turo Withdraw Angelika Turo, who originally made it to the Top 10, left the competition on 14 April after announcing her pregnancy. Ramona Mihajilovic took her place.
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