Germany is looking for the superstar / Season 4

Season 4 of Germany is looking for the superstar
Episodes	20th
Country of production	Germany
Manufacturing company	UFA Show & Factual GmbH
First broadcast	January 10, 2007 - May 5, 2007 on RTL
occupation
Moderation	Marco Schreyl Tooske Ragas
other contributors	jury Dieter Bohlen Anja Lukaseder Heinz Henn
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Mark Medlock , fourth season winner (2009)

The fourth season of the German singing casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast from January 10th to May 5th, 2007 on the RTL television program. Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl were the moderators . The jury was made up of Dieter Bohlen and Heinz Henn ; Sylvia Kollek has been replaced by Anja Lukaseder . In the final, Mark Medlock won ahead of Martin Stosch .

Candidates for the theme shows

space	candidate	Retired on	motto
1.	Mark Medlock	winner	Final song of your choice, season highlight and winner's title
2.	Martin Stosch (moved up for M. Buskohl)	5th of May
3.	Lisa Bund	April 28	Songs of the jury
4th	Max Buskohl	April 22	Resignation / disqualification
-	Martin Stosch	April 21	Hits of the 70s / Disco and Dedicated to ...
5.	Lauren Talbot	April 14th	The greatest divas and heroes of music
6th	Thomas Enns	7th of April	Big Band
7th	Francisca Urio	March 31	Today's hits
8th.	Julia Falcon	17. March	Power of Love
9.	Jonathan Enns	March 10th	80s and 90s hits
10.	Laura Martin	February 24th	Greatest hits

Motto shows and results

	Mottoshow 1 Greatest Hits	Mottoshow 2 The most beautiful hits of the 80s and 90s	Motto show 3 Power of Love	Mottoshow 4 hits from today	Mottoshow 5 Big Band	Mottoshow 6 The greatest divas and heroes of music	Mottoshow 7 70s and Dedicated to ...	Mottoshow 8 songs by the jury	Mottoshow 9 Finale: election song; Season highlight; Winning title
1st place	Mark 25.85%	Mark 30.77%	Mark 30.43%	Mark 31.64%	Mark 34.62%	Mark 36.06%	Mark 48.13%	Mark 59.00%	Mark 78.02%
place 2	Lisa 21.24%	Lauren 11.80%	Lisa 14.99%	Lauren 12.38%	Max 17.78%	Max 19.88%	Max 19.80% (voluntary exit)	Martin 22.27% (replacement for Max)	Martin 21.98%
place 3	Francisca 15.00%	Lisa 11.79%	Max 14.33%	Max 11.75%	Lisa 15.95%	Lisa 19.67%	Lisa 19.63%	Lisa 18.74%
4th place	Lauren 7.62%	Francisca 10.51%	Francisca 9.59%	Lisa 11.74%	Lauren 12.65%	Martin 15.36%	Martin 15.43%
5th place	Martin 7.59%	Max 8.92%	Thomas 9.34%	Thomas 11.42%	Martin 10.30%	Lauren 9.03%
Rank 6	Thomas 6.20%	Julia 8.52%	Martin 9.24%	Martin 10.61%	Thomas 8.70%
7th place	Max 6.00%	Martin 7.69%	Lauren 6.83%	Francisca 10.46%
8th place	Jonathan 4.16%	Thomas 5.96%	Julia 5.25%
9th place	Julia 3.90%	Jonathan 4.03%
Place 10	Laura 2.45%

First top 20 show

The first top 20 show took place on February 7, 2007. Lindsay Stebe and Aleksan Cetinkaya are eliminated . Roman Lob , who actually moved into the top 20 shows, had to sit out due to illness.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Dennis Haberlach	Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing at All	straight on	3 (12.81%)
	02	Arcangelo Vigneri	R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly	indirectly further	7 (3.01%)
	03	Lindsay Stebe	Cat Stevens - Father and Son	eliminated	8 (2.35%)
	04	Martin Stosch	Michael Bublé - Home	straight on	4 (12.11%)
	05	Aleksan Cetinkaya	Richard Marx - Now and Forever	eliminated	9 (1.78%)
	06	Max Buskohl	Daniel Powter - Bad Day	straight on	5 (7.94%)
	07	Jonathan Enns	Enrique Iglesias - Hero	indirectly further	6 (5.86%)
	08	Thomas Enns	Elton John - Circle of Life	straight on	2 (12.89%)
	09	Mark Medlock	The Commodores - Easy	straight on	1 (41.25%)

Second top 20 show

The second top 20 show took place on February 10, 2007. Domenika Swoboda, Nebiha Celenler and Madeleine Boly were eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Laura Martin	Mariah Carey - Against All Odds	straight on	6 (4.85%)
	02	Nebiha Celenler	Silbermond - Through the night	eliminated	9 (2.24%)
	03	Priscilla Harris	Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody	straight on	7 (3.65%)
	04	Sarah Jahncke	Yvonne Catterfeld - Believe in me	indirectly further	5 (6.66%)
	05	Madeleine Boly	Rihanna - Unfaithful	eliminated	10 (0.96%)
	06	Julia Falcon	Pink - Family Portrait	indirectly further	4 (7.40%)
	07	Domenika Swoboda (Mrugala)	July - This life	eliminated	8 (3.39%)
	08	Lauren Talbot	No Doubt - Don't Speak	straight on	3 (12.87%)
	09	Francisca Urio	Mariah Carey - Without You	straight on	2 (19.46%)
	10	Lisa Bund	Christina Aguilera - Hurt	straight on	1 (38.52%)

Third top 20 show

The third top 20 show took place on February 15, 2007. Dennis Haberlach, Arcangelo Vigneri and Tristan Iser, who moved up for the sick novel Lob , have left.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Max Buskohl	Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama	straight on	5 (9.24%)
	02	Dennis Haberlach	The Police - Every Breath You Take	eliminated	6 (8.59%)
	03	Arcangelo Vigneri	Zucchero - Senza Una Donna	eliminated	7 (7.26%)
	04	Thomas Enns	Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues	straight on	4 (9.66%)
	05	Tristan Iser	Max Mutzke - Can't Wait Until Tonight	eliminated	8 (0.93%)
	06	Jonathan Enns	Blue - Breathe Easy	indirectly further	3 (10.69%)
	07	Mark Medlock	Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine	straight on	1 (33.23%)
	08	Martin Stosch	Westlife - Mandy	indirectly further	2 (20.40%)

Fourth top 20 show

The fourth top 20 show took place on February 17, 2007. Sarah Jahncke and Priscilla Harris have left.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Julia Falcon	Melissa Etheridge - Like the Way I Do	indirectly further	4 (7.53%)
	02	Laura Martin	Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately	indirectly further	5 (4.06%)
	03	Lauren Talbot	Norah Jones - Don't Know Why	straight on	3 (20.87%)
	04	Priscilla Harris	Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It	eliminated	7 (2.32%)
	05	Sarah Jahncke	Christina Aguilera - I Turn to You	eliminated	6 (3.84%)
	06	Lisa Bund	Alicia Keys - A Woman's Worth	straight on	1 (31.33%)
	07	Francisca Urio	Oleta Adams - Get Here	straight on	2 (30.05%)

First motto show

The first motto show was titled Greatest Hits and took place on February 24, 2007. Laura Martin has left.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven	indirectly further	5 (7.59%)
	02	Julia Falcon	4 Non Blondes - What's Up	indirectly further	9 (3.90%)
	03	Thomas Enns	Ronan Keating - Iris	straight on	6 (6.20%)
	04	Laura Martin	Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You	eliminated	10 (2.44%)
	05	Max Buskohl	Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away	straight on	7 (6.00%)
	06	Lauren Talbot	Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird	straight on	4 (7.62%)
	07	Jonathan Enns	Robbie Williams - Angels	indirectly further	8 (4.16%)
	08	Francisca Urio	Christina Aguilera , Pink , Lil 'Kim & Mýa - Lady Marmalade	straight on	3 (15.00%)
	09	Mark Medlock	Lionel Richie - Hello	straight on	1 (25.85%)
	10	Lisa Bund	Kelly Clarkson - Because of You	straight on	2 (21.24%)

Second motto show

The second motto show hits of the 80s and 90s took place on March 10, 2007. Jonathan Enns received the fewest calls.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Thomas Enns	Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms	indirectly further	8 (5.96%)
	02	Martin Stosch	Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around	indirectly further	7 (7.69%)
	03	Francisca Urio	Gladys Knight - License to Kill	straight on	4 (10.51%)
	04	Jonathan Enns	Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply	eliminated	9 (4.04%)
	05	Max Buskohl	ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin '	indirectly further	5 (8.92%)
	06	Lisa Bund	Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All	straight on	3 (11.79%)
	07	Julia Falcon	Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart	straight on	6 (8.52%)
	08	Lauren Talbot	Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U	straight on	2 (11.80%)
	09	Mark Medlock	Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart	straight on	1 (30.77%)

Third theme show

The third theme show, entitled Power of Love, took place on March 17, 2007. Candidate Julia Falke had the fewest calls that evening.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes	indirectly further	6 (9.24%)
	02	Lauren Talbot	Cyndi Lauper - True Colors	indirectly further	7 (6.83%)
	03	Julia Falcon	Sarah McLachlan - Angel	eliminated	8 (5.25%)
	04	Max Buskohl	3 Doors Down - Here Without You	straight on	3 (14.33%)
	05	Mark Medlock	Lionel Richie - Endless Love	straight on	1 (30.43%)
	06	Thomas Enns	Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is	indirectly further	5 (9.34%)
	07	Francisca Urio	Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You	straight on	4 (9.59%)
	08	Lisa Bund	Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	straight on	2 (14.99%)

Fourth theme show

The fourth theme show was titled Hits von heute and aired on March 31, 2007. Francisca Urio was eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Max Buskohl	Maroon 5 - This Love	straight on	3 (11.75%)
	02	Lisa Bund	Pink - Nobody Knows	straight on	4 (11.74%)
	03	Martin Stosch	Jack Johnson - Upside Down	indirectly further	6 (10.61%)
	04	Lauren Talbot	Sugababes - Too Lost in You	indirectly further	2 (12.38%)
	05	Thomas Enns	Chad Kroeger - Hero	indirectly further	5 (11.42%)
	06	Francisca Urio	Christina Aguilera - Beautiful	eliminated	7 (10.46%)
	07	Mark Medlock	James Morrison - You Give Me Something	straight on	1 (31.64%)

Fifth theme show

The fifth big band motto show took place on April 7, 2007. Thomas Enns received the fewest viewer votes and was therefore eliminated from the competition.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	Frank Sinatra - Night and Day	indirectly further	5 (10.30%)
	02	Thomas Enns	Frank Sinatra - You Are the Sunshine of My Life	eliminated	6 (8.70%)
	03	Max Buskohl	Ray Charles - Hit the Road, Jack	straight on	2 (17.78%)
	04	Lauren Talbot	Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime	indirectly further	4 (12.56%)
	05	Mark Medlock	Nat King Cole - Unforgettable	straight on	1 (34.62%)
	06	Lisa Bund	Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes	indirectly further	3 (15.95%)

Sixth theme show

The sixth motto show on April 14, 2007 was themed The greatest divas and heroes of music . Candidate Lauren Talbot had the fewest calls that night.

Lisa Bund is the last remaining girl of this season.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Max Buskohl	Kiss - I Was Made for Lovin 'You	Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds	indirectly further	2 (19.88%)
	02	Lauren Talbot	Madonna - Secret	Sting - Fields of Gold	eliminated	5 (9.03%)
	03	Mark Medlock	Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Lionel Richie - Three Times a Lady	straight on	1 (36.06%)
	04	Martin Stosch	Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Robbie Williams - She's the One	indirectly further	4 (15.36%)
	05	Lisa Bund	Pink - Who Knew	Herbert Grönemeyer - planes in the stomach	straight on	3 (19.67%)

Seventh theme show

The seventh theme show took place on April 21, 2007. The motto was hits of the 70s / disco and dedicated to… . The candidates first sang a song from the 70s or a disco hit and then a song that they dedicated to someone. Martin Stosch had the fewest audience votes at the end of the evening.

However, Max Buskohl left voluntarily during the coming week and Martin Stosch was able to move up.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything	Sons of Mannheim - And if a song	retired, continued after Max Buskohl left	4 (15.43%)
	02	Max Buskohl	Free - All Right Now	The Killers - When You Were Young	indirectly further	2 (19.80%)
	03	Lisa Bund	Weather Girls - It's Raining Men	Silbermond - The best	indirectly further	3 (16.64%)
	04	Mark Medlock	Barry White - The First, the Last, My Everything	Ben E. King - Stand by Me	straight on	1 (48.13%)

Semifinals

Martin Stosch, Lisa Bund and Mark Medlock fought for the two tickets to the final on April 28, 2007. For the first time this season, each candidate sang three songs. The motto of the semifinals was songs from the jury . Each jury member chose a song for each candidate.

Martin Stosch and Mark Medlock were voted into the final by the spectators. Lisa Bund did not have enough calls and dropped out shortly before the final. Bund is the best girl of the fourth season of Germany is looking for the superstar .

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	Status Quo - Rockin 'All Over the World	Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning	All-4-One - I Swear	indirectly further	2 (22.26%)
	02	Lisa Bund	Mother's Finest - Baby Love	July - great time	Faith Hill - There You'll Be	eliminated	3 (18.74%)
	03	Mark Medlock	Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On	The Temptations - My Girl	Otis Redding - (Sittin 'On) The Dock of the Bay	straight on	1 (59.00%)

final

On May 5th, Martin Stosch and Mark Medlock fought for the 2007 Superstar title . In the first round, the opponents sang a song of their choice, then a song that they had already sung in a live show and in the third round everyone sang their winning title.

Mark Medlock is the fourth season winner and thus a 2007 superstar .

After the show, Frauke Ludowig hosted , as in the previous year, Explosiv Spezial - The Night of Superstars .

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Martin Stosch	Ronan Keating - Life Is a Rollercoaster	Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love	I Can Reach Heaven From Here (final composition, written by Jörgen Elofsson)	2nd place	2 (21.98%)
	02	Mark Medlock	Louis Armstrong - Wonderful World	The Commodores - Easy	Now or Never (final composition, written by Dieter Bohlen)	winner	1 (78.02%)

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