Germany is looking for the superstar / Season 8

Season 8 of Germany is looking for the superstar
Episodes	23
Country of production	Germany
Manufacturing company	UFA Show & Factual GmbH
First broadcast	January 8, 2011 - May 7, 2011 on RTL
occupation
Moderation	Marco Schreyl
other contributors	jury Dieter Bohlen Fernanda Brandão Patrick Nuo
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Pietro Lombardi , the winner of the eighth season.

The eighth season of the German singing talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast from January 8 to May 7, 2011 on the RTL television program. The jury consisted of Dieter Bohlen , Fernanda Brandão and Patrick Nuo .

The castings and the recall of the best 35 candidates in the Maldives took place in summer and autumn 2010 and were broadcast in January and February 2011. The top 15 candidates appeared on the first live show on February 19, 2011. As in the previous year, seven motto show candidates were selected by televoting and three by the jury.

The jury again decided on places eight to ten in the audience vote, so that the ten applicants with the most audience votes came to the motto shows. In the course of the renovation of the rear of the stage, the live band led by Lillo Scrimali was dispensed with for the first time . Pietro Lombardi won against Sarah Engels in the final .

Candidates for the theme shows

space	candidate	Retired on	motto
1.	Pietro Lombardi	winner	Final song of your choice, season highlight and winner's title
2.	Sarah Engels (moved up for N. Richel)	May 7th
3.	Ardian Bujupi	April, 30th	Semi-finals (no special motto)
4th	Marco Angelini	April 23	Rock, pop, disco fever
5.	Sebastian Wurth	April 16	80s, 90s and today's best
6th	Zazou Mall	9th April	Europe versus America
-	Aborted due to an error in the telephone voting process	2nd of April	England versus Germany
7th	Norman Langen	19th March	Party cracker
8th.	Anna-Carina Woitschack	March 12th	spring feelings
9.	Nina Richel	March 10th	Resignation for health reasons
10.	Marvin Cybulski	5. March	Après-ski hits
-	Sarah Engels	February 26th	Mega hits
11th to 15th	Mike Muller	19th of February	Who will make it into the top 10?
	Christopher Schwab
	Felix Hahnsch
	Nicole Cross
	Awa Corrah
Placements of the last 15 candidates according to the results of the telephone voting

Motto shows and results

For the eighth season, the studio design of the theme shows, which has been in use since the fifth season, has been fundamentally changed. Instead of the many different LED light elements that were in the background of the stage, this was completely replaced by a continuous surface of video walls.

Since then, in addition to the large video wall that was already in place, which is used as a central entrance for the artists and can be divided in the middle, two other video walls of the same size have been installed on both sides.

Voting results of the eighth season

	Top 15 Show Who will make it into the top 10?	Mottoshow 1 mega hits	Mottoshow 2 après-ski hits	Mottoshow 3 spring fever	Mottoshow 4 party crackers	Mottoshow 5 England versus Germany	Mottoshow 6 Europe versus America	Mottoshow 7 80s, 90s and today's best	Mottoshow 8 Rock, Pop, Disco Fe ver	Mottoshow 9 semifinals	Mottoshow 10 finals
1st place	Marvin 14.0%	Sebastian 15.8%	Pietro 17.2%	Sarah 26.0% 2	Pietro 22.0%	Pietro 28.4%	Pietro 24.9%	Sarah 26.5%	Pietro 30.0%	Sarah 37.3%	Pietro 51.9%
place 2	Pietro 12.7%	Pietro 14.3%	Nina 13.5% 1	Pietro 16.6%	Sarah 17.3%	Sarah 20.6%	Sarah 17.8%	Pietro 23.5%	Sarah 28.9%	Pietro 35.4%	Sarah 48.1%
place 3	Sebastian 12.3%	Marvin 11.1%	Sebastian 11.8%	Sebastian 12.6%	Zazou 16.3%	Ardian 15.1%	Ardian 16.0%	Marco 18.6%	Ardian 23.0%	Ardian 27.3%
4th place	Ardian 9.7%	Zazou 11.0%	Zazou 10.8%	Ardian 10.7%	Ardian 12.7%	Sebastian 13.8%	Sebastian 14.0%	Ardian 16.1%	Marco 18.1%
5th place	Norman 8.5%	Ardian 9.6%	Marco 10.3%	Marco 10.5%	Sebastian 12.1%	Zazou 12.9%	Marco 13.7%	Sebastian 15.3%
			Norman 10.3%
Rank 6	Anna-Carina 8.4%	Anna-Carina 9.0%	-	Zazou 8.8%	Marco 10.4%	Marco 9.2% 3	Zazou 13.6%
7th place	Marco 7.1%	Marco 8.0%	Anna-Carina 10.0%	Norman 8.0%	Norman 9.2%
8th place	Zazou 6.1%	Nina 7.4%	Ardian 8.6%	Anna-Carina 6.8%
	Sarah 6.1%
9th place	-	Norman 7.1%	Marvin 7.5%
Place 10	Nina 3.2%	Sarah 6.7%
11th place	Mike 2.8%
12th place	Christopher 2.6%
	Felix 2.6%
13th place	-
14th place	Nicole 2.1%
15th place	A about 1.8%

• ¹ Nina Richel retired on the instructions of the broadcaster for health reasons.
• ² Sarah Engels, who had previously retired, replaced Nina Richel.
• ³ Valuation of the voting numbers only from 9:29 p.m. (start) to 10:39 p.m. (due to an error regarding the start numbers in an advertising banner).

Top 10

The first live show of the eighth season took place on February 19, 2011. This is the first DSDS live show to be broadcast in high definition . In contrast to the previous seasons, the show was titled "Who will make it into the top 10?" The top 15 candidates sang the song Higher by Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue at the beginning of the show . The seven candidates with the most caller votes went straight through. Three candidates were then nominated by the jury. As in the previous year, the jury decided to occupy places 8 to 10 based on the number of callers.

	Start number	Surname	Age *	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Zazou Mall	26th	Estelle & David Guetta - One Love	continue according to the decision of the jury (based on number of callers)	8 (6.1%)
	02	Sebastian Wurth	16	Michael Bublé - Home	straight on	3 (12.3%)
	03	Nina Richel	17th	Faith Hill - There You'll Be	continue according to the decision of the jury (based on number of callers)	10 (3.2%)
	04	Norman Langen	25th	Jürgen Drews - I'll build you a castle	straight on	5 (8.5%)
	05	Awa Corrah	18th	Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World)	eliminated	15 (1.8%)
	06	Ardian Bujupi	19th	Dean Martin - Sway	straight on	4 (9.7%)
	07	Nicole Kandziora	17th	Katy Perry - Firework	eliminated	14 (2.1%)
	08	Mike Muller	24	Backstreet Boys - Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely	eliminated	11 (2.8%)
	09	Anna-Carina Woitschack	18th	Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You	straight on	6 (8.4%)
	10	Christopher Schwab	18th	Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah	eliminated	12 (2.6%)
	11	Marco Angelini	26th	I + I - strong	straight on	7 (7.1%)
	12	Felix Hahnsch	18th	The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved	eliminated	12 (2.6%)
	13	Pietro Lombardi	18th	Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars - Billionaire	straight on	2 (12.7%)
	14th	Marvin Cybulski	30th	Chris Norman - Midnight Lady	straight on	1 (14.0%)
	15th	Sarah Engels	18th	Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time	continue according to the decision of the jury (based on number of callers)	8 (6.1%)

* at the beginning of the live shows (due date: February 19, 2011)

First motto show

The first motto show took place on February 26, 2011. It carried the motto mega hits . At the beginning the candidates sang Club Can't Handle Me by Flo Rida .

Dieter Bohlen named Sebastian Wurth as the most powerful of the first motto show. Fernanda Brandão's favorite on the show was Sarah Engels. Patrick Nuo named Marco Angelini as the best. At 12:10 a.m. Marco Schreyl announced that Sarah Engels had left. Two shows later, however, she was able to move up again for Nina Richel.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Marco Angelini	Mando Diao - Dance with Somebody	straight on	7 (8.0%)
	02	Zazou Mall	Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music	straight on	4 (11.0%)
	03	Nina Richel	Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway	indirectly further	8 (7.4%)
	04	Ardian Bujupi	Jason Derulo - In My Head	straight on	5 (9.6%)
	05	Norman Langen	Wolfgang Petry - madness	indirectly further	9 (7.1%)
	06	Sarah Engels	Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey - When You Believe	eliminated	10 (6.7%)
	07	Sebastian Wurth	Westlife - You Raise Me Up	straight on	1 (15.8%)
	08	Pietro Lombardi	Chris Brown - With You	straight on	2 (14.3%)
	09	Anna-Carina Woitschack	Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You	straight on	6 (9.0%)
	10	Marvin Cybulski	Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight	straight on	3 (11.1%)

Second motto show

The second motto show took place on March 5, 2011. It had the motto Aprés-Ski Hits . In the beginning, the 9 candidates sang The Time (Dirty Bit) by the Black Eyed Peas .

Particular attention was paid to Nina Richel, who suffered several breakdowns before and during the show and was picked up by her parents after the show. Richel was withdrawn from the competition on March 10, 2011 by RTL.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Norman Langen	DJ Ötzi & Nik P. - A star (... that bears your name)	straight on	5 (10.3%)
	02	Zazou Mall	Lady Gaga - Born This Way	straight on	4 (10.8%)
	03	Nina Richel	Cascada - Everytime We Touch	indirectly further	2 (13.5%)
	04	Marco Angelini	The young Zillertal - aviator song	straight on	5 (10.3%)
	05	Sebastian Wurth	Sportfreunde Stiller - I've never been to New York	straight on	3 (11.8%)
	06	Anna-Carina Woitschack	Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive	indirectly further	7 (10.0%)
	07	Marvin Cybulski	Klaus Lage - 1000 and 1 night (zoom!)	eliminated	9 (7.5%)
	08	Ardian Bujupi	Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin 'You)	straight on	8 (8.6%)
	09	Pietro Lombardi	Madcon - Freaky Like Me	straight on	1 (17.2%)

Third theme show

The third motto show took place on March 12, 2011. It had the motto Spring Fever . The 8 candidates sang at the beginning of the show Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) by Flo Rida .

Sarah Engels took the place of Nina Richel. Anna-Carina Woitschack dropped out.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Zazou Mall	Rihanna - Umbrella	straight on	6 (8.8%)
	02	Ardian Bujupi	Bruno Mars - Grenade	indirectly further	4 (10.4%)
	03	Marco Angelini	Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow - Shame	straight on	5 (10.5%)
	04	Norman Langen	Wolfgang Petry - falling in love, lost, forgotten, forgive	indirectly further	7 (8.0%)
	05	Sebastian Wurth	Milow - You Don't Know	straight on	3 (12.6%)
	06	Anna-Carina Woitschack	Yvonne Catterfeld - For you	eliminated	8 (6.8%)
	07	Pietro Lombardi	Jay Sean - Down	straight on	2 (16.6%)
	08	Sarah Engels	Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	straight on	1 (26.0%)

Fourth theme show

The fourth motto show took place on March 19, 2011. It carried the motto party cracker . It is worth mentioning that Michael Buffer presented the jury and the presenter Marco Schreyl at the beginning of the program. The candidates sang the group song Yeah 3 times by Chris Brown .

At 12:34 a.m., Schreyl announced that Norman Langen had been eliminated from the competition.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Marco Angelini	Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You	straight on	6 (10.4%)
	02	Norman Langen	DJ Ötzi - Hey baby	eliminated	7 (9.2%)
	03	Ardian Bujupi	Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster	indirectly further	4 (12.7%)
	04	Zazou Mall	Katy Perry - Hot N Cold	indirectly further	3 (16.3%)
	05	Sebastian Wurth	Culcha Candela - Monsta	straight on	5 (12.1%)
	06	Pietro Lombardi	Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera	straight on	1 (22.0%)
	07	Sarah Engels	Agnes - Release Me	straight on	2 (17.3%)

Fifth theme show

The fifth motto show took place on April 2, 2011. Each candidate entered with two songs. The motto of the fifth motto show was Germany versus England . The joint opening song of the remaining six candidates was On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull . It is noteworthy that none of the candidates was eliminated because the telephone numbers for the voting of the candidates Zazou Mall and Marco Angelini were temporarily swapped and a correct result was no longer possible.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Sebastian Wurth	Hurts - Wonderful Life	Really - you have no love within you	straight on	4 (13.8%)
	02	Marco Angelini	Oasis - Wonderwall	I + I - from the same star	straight on	6 (9.2%)
	03	Zazou Mall	Cheryl Cole - Fight for This Love	Cassandra Steen ft. Adel Tawil - City	straight on	5 (12.9%)
	04	Ardian Bujupi	Robbie Williams - Feel	Xavier Naidoo - This way	straight on	3 (15.1%)
	05	Sarah Engels	Leona Lewis - Run	Silbermond - Symphony	straight on	2 (20.6%)
	06	Pietro Lombardi	The Police - Every Breath You Take	Ayman - my star	straight on	1 (28.4%)

Sixth theme show

The sixth motto show took place on April 9, 2011. Each candidate entered with two songs. The motto of the sixth motto show was Europe against America . The joint opening song of the six candidates was Who's That Chick? by Rihanna . This motto show, like the program before, was contested with six candidates. Zazou Mall dropped out.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Sebastian Wurth	Milow - You and Me	Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah	straight on	4 (14.0%)
	02	Ardian Bujupi	Madcon - Glow	Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar	straight on	3 (16.0%)
	03	Zazou Mall	Caro Emerald - A Night Like This	Shakira - Waka Waka	eliminated	6 (13.6%)
	04	Marco Angelini	Falco - The Commissioner	Kings of Leon - Use Somebody	indirectly further	5 (13.7%)
	05	Sarah Engels	Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine	Christina Aguilera - Hurt	straight on	2 (17.8%)
	06	Pietro Lombardi	Hermes House Band - Don't Worry, Be Happy	Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad World	straight on	1 (24.9%)

Seventh theme show

The seventh theme show took place on April 16, 2011. The motto was 80s, 90s and today's best . Each candidate appeared for the first time this season with three songs and sang a song for each of these categories. The group song that also performed the show was I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas . Sebastian Wurth left.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Sebastian Wurth	Milow - Ayo Technology	Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself	Westlife - Mandy	eliminated	5 (15.3%)
	02	Ardian Bujupi	Backstreet Boys - We've Got It Going On	Usher - More	Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms	indirectly further	4 (16.1%)
	03	Marco Angelini	Sunrise Avenue - Hollywood Hills	Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away	Peter Schilling - Major Tom (completely detached)	straight on	3 (18.6%)
	04	Sarah Engels	Tina Turner - The Best	Irene Cara - What a Feeling	Leona Lewis - Footprints in the Sand	straight on	1 (26.5%)
	05	Pietro Lombardi	Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You	Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love	Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)	straight on	2 (23.5%)

Eighth theme show

The eighth theme show took place on April 23, 2011. The motto was rock, pop and disco fever . The group song that also performed the show was Crying at the Discoteque by Alcazar . Marco Angelini dropped out.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Marco Angelini	Robbie Williams - Angels	Nickelback - How You Remind Me	Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive	eliminated	4 (18.1%)
	02	Ardian Bujupi	3 Doors Down - Here Without You	Alexander Rybak - Fairytale	James Brown - Sex Machine	straight on	3 (23.0%)
	03	Pietro Lombardi	David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo	Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone	Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna	straight on	1 (30.0%)
	04	Sarah Engels	The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited	Survivor - Eye of the Tiger	Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This	indirectly further	2 (28.9%)

Semifinals

The ninth theme show took place on April 30, 2011. The group song was When Love Takes Over by David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland . Ardian Bujupi was eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Ardian Bujupi	K'naan - Wavin 'Flag	Aloe Blacc - Loving You Is Killing Me	Michael Bublé - Feeling Good	eliminated	3 (27.3%)
	02	Sarah Engels	Christina Aguilera , Pink , Lil 'Kim & Mýa - Lady Marmalade	Anastacia - One Day in Your Life	Christina Aguilera - Beautiful	straight on	1 (37.3%)
	03	Pietro Lombardi	Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight	Glass house - if that's love	Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5	indirectly further	2 (35.4%)

final

The final took place on May 7th. There the eight eliminated top 10 candidates came together, who performed as a group of highers from Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue .

Finalists Sarah Engels and Pietro Lombardi's opening group song was The Time (Dirty Bit) by the Black Eyed Peas .

Between the second and third appearance, the two finalists also sang the song We've Got Tonight by Jeanette Biedermann and Ronan Keating .

Pietro Lombardi is the winner of the eighth season and thus superstar 2011 .

For the first time, the aftershow party was hosted by Nina Moghaddam , the host of Backstage magazine.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Sarah Engels	Whitney Houston - How Will I Know	Leona Lewis - Run	Composition by Dieter Bohlen - Call My Name	2nd place	2 (48.1%)
	02	Pietro Lombardi	Luther Vandross - Dance with My Father	Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera	Composition by Dieter Bohlen - Call My Name	winner	1 (51.9%)

Odds

episode	Content of the episode	First broadcast	Attendance from 3 years	Market share from 3 years	Attendance 14 to 49 year olds	Market share for 14 to 49 year olds
episode 1	Castings	Sat Jan 8, 2011	7.47 million	22.3%	4.60 million	36.8%
Episode 2	Castings	Wed, January 12, 2011	6.81 million	19.9%	4.55 million	32.9%
Episode 3	Castings	Sat Jan 15, 2011	6.17 million	18.9%	4.01 million	32.2%
Episode 4	Castings	Wed, January 19, 2011	6.71 million	19.8%	4.60 million	33.5%
Episode 5	Castings	Sat, Jan 22, 2011	7.04 million	21.6%	4.54 million	36.9%
Episode 6	Castings	Wed, January 26, 2011	6.97 million	18.9%	4.16 million	29.9%
Episode 7	Castings	Sat Jan 29, 2011	6.33 million	19.7%	4.11 million	34.2%
Episode 8	Castings, recall Cologne	Wed, February 2, 2011	6.73 million	20.0%	4.52 million	32.8%
Episode 9	Recall Cologne / Maldives	Sat, Feb 5, 2011	6.73 million	20.7%	4.29 million	34.5%
Episode 10	Recall Maldives	Wed, February 9, 2011	6.32 million	18.2%	4.21 million	30.1%
Episode 11	Recall Maldives	Sat, Feb 12, 2011	6.30 million	19.0%	4.03 million	31.1%
Episode 12	Recall Maldives	Wed, February 16, 2011	6.48 million	18.9%	4.34 million	31.2%
Episode 13	Who will make it into the top 10?	Sat, Feb 19, 2011	6.84 million	21.7%	4.23 million	34.5%
Episode 14	Mottoshow 1	Sat, Feb 26, 2011	6.72 million	21.2%	3.99 million	33.9%
Episode 15	Mottoshow 2	Sat, March 5, 2011	6.92 million	21.8%	4.14 million	34.9%
Episode 16	Mottoshow 3	Sat, March 12, 2011	6.97 million	21.5%	4.08 million	32.3%
Episode 17	Mottoshow 4	Sat, March 19, 2011	6.29 million	18.7%	3.69 million	28.3%
Episode 18	Mottoshow 5	Sat, April 2, 2011	5.84 million	20.0%	3.42 million	31.3%
Episode 19	Mottoshow 6	Sat April 9, 2011	6.16 million	21.2%	3.60 million	33.8%
Episode 20	Mottoshow 7	Sat April 16, 2011	6.05 million	20.5%	3.52 million	31.1%
Episode 21	Mottoshow 8	Sat April 23, 2011	5.21 million	20.9%	2.91 million	32.1%
Episode 22	Mottoshow 9	Sat April 30, 2011	5.23 million	17.8%	2.84 million	26.1%
Episode 23	final	Sat May 7, 2011	6.30 million	23.6%	3.46 million	36.4%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DSDS 2011 - Voting results: That's how you decided , RTL.de
2. ↑ DSDS 2011: Nina Richel collapses , RTL.de
3. ↑ DSDS 2011: Nina Richel leaves "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" , RTL.de
4. ↑ DSDS 2011: Pietro Lombardi and Sarah Engels sing "We've Got Tonight" , RTL.de
5. ↑ DSDS 2011: The songs by Sarah Engels and Pietro Lombardi in the final , RTL.de
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} primetime check. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved February 19, 2011 . 
7. ↑ “DSDS” helps “Doctor's Diary” to set records , quotenmeter.de from January 13, 2011
8. ↑ RTL Wednesday dominant despite losses , quotenmeter.de from January 27, 2011
9. ↑ DWDL.de - Strong "DSDS" gives Bülent Ceylan a top start
10. ↑ DWDL.de - "DSDS": Mottoshows are getting stronger and stronger
11. ↑ Third "DSDS" motto show with further easy prizes
12. ↑ "Wetten, dass ..?" Presses "DSDS" on season low
13. ↑ Early summer and Raab press on "DSDS" quotas
14. ^ "DSDS": More viewers after a telephone breakdown
15. ↑ "DSDS" again above 30 percent
16. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/49219/primetime-check-samstag-23-april-2011
17. ↑ "DSDS" hardly loses viewers
18. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/49474/dsds-finale-schwaecher-als-2010