Christian Durstewitz

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Christian Durstewitz at the City Festival Kassel 2015

Christian Durstewitz (born May 11, 1989 in Fritzlar ) is a German singer and songwriter . He became known for his participation in the talent show Our Star for Oslo , the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 .

Beginnings

Christian Durstewitz is the son of tenor Claus Durstewitz . After graduating from high school, he turned to music and worked as a composer. In 2006 he performed with his father and the following year he gave two concerts with a hard rock band. In 2008 he worked for Deutschland sucht den Superstar , but dropped out in the recall.

Our star for Oslo

When the television stations Das Erste and ProSieben called for the casting show Unser Star for Oslo to find the German candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest, Durstewitz was among the twenty candidates who could present themselves on the TV shows. He convinced the jury and the audience above all with his own compositions and came third behind Jennifer Braun and the eventual winner Lena Meyer-Landrut .

Appearances on the show

show song Original interpreter
2. Elimination show Faith George Michael
3. Elimination show Change Daniel Merriweather
4. Elimination show Another night Christian Durstewitz
5. Elimination show Dance with Somebody Mando Diao
6th elimination show (quarter-finals) Ochrasy Mando Diao
stalker Christian Durstewitz
7. Elimination show (semifinals) I'm yours Jason Mraz
In your hands Charlie Winston

Career

In April and May 2010 Durstewitz appeared in the opening act for the German tour of the Swiss singer Stefanie Heinzmann . Durstewitz then worked on his debut album in his hometown Altenlotheim . The first single with the song Stalker , which he had already performed in the casting, was released on October 8, 2010. Two weeks later, the album Let Me Sing was released . Except for Faith , Durstewitz composed all the songs himself. The album was produced in the Berlin Valicon studio.

Durstewitz made his first appearances after publication on October 23 at Schlag den Raab and the following week with two songs each day on TV total . In January 2011 Durstewitz released his second single Let Me Sing , which is the theme song of the film Vorstadtkrokodile 3 . He also has a small guest role in the film. In February Durstewitz completed his first tour of Germany. In June 2011 he performed together with the heavytones at the Lambertusmarkt in Erkelenz and at the Idstein Jazz Festival .

In 2013 Durstewitz took part in the Austrian casting show Die Große Chance on ORF . He dropped out in the second recall (one of two live shows with ten participants each) because the audience voting did not select him among the first five candidates. His supporting jury member Sido attested him one of the most extraordinary votes in the entire competition.

In 2015 Durstewitz recorded the CD Welt Zoo with musician friends and without a distribution label , which is only sold at concerts.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
2010 Let me sing DE19 (3 weeks)
DE
First published: October 22, 2010

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
2010 Stalker
Let Me Sing 		DE38 (5 weeks)
DE
First published: October 8, 2010

More singles

  • 2011: Let Me Sing (Let Me Sing; first published January 21, 2011)

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Durstewitz writes about his appearance in front of Dieter Bohlen In: HNA from November 7, 2008
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Durstewitz, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Fritzlar , Germany