Germany is looking for the superstar / season 3

Season 3 of Germany is looking for the superstar
Episodes	20th
Country of production	Germany
Manufacturing company	UFA Show & Factual GmbH
First broadcast	November 16, 2005 - March 18, 2006 on RTL
occupation
Moderation	Marco Schreyl Tooske Ragas
other contributors	jury Dieter Bohlen Sylvia Kollek Heinz Henn
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Tobias Regner , the winner of the third season

The third season of the German singing casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast from November 16, 2005 to March 18, 2006. The previous moderators have been replaced by Tooske Ragas and Marco Schreyl . The show magazine was moderated by Nina Moghaddam and David Wilms . The jury was reduced to three people, and most of them were newly appointed; In addition to Dieter Bohlen, Sylvia Kollek and Heinz Henn evaluated the candidates. The final was contested by Mike Leon Grosch and Tobias Regner , who just managed to prevail.

Candidates for the theme shows

space	candidate	Retired on	motto
1.	Tobias Regner	winner	Final song of your choice, season highlight and winner's title
2.	Mike Leon Grosch	March 18th
3.	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	March 11	Cozy skirt
4th	Nevio Passaro	February 25	soul
5.	Didi Knoblauch (moved up for S. Darnstaedt)	February 18	Number one hits
6th	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	February 11th	Love songs
7th	Daniel Muñoz	February 4th	Big Band
8th.	Lena Hanenberg	21th January	Rock Classic
-	Stephan Darnstaedt	January 20th	voluntary resignation
9.	Dasha Semcov	January 14th	80s hits
10.	Carolina Escolano	January 7th	Greatest hits

Motto shows and results

Graphic representation of the placements
Note: Stephan Darnstaedt resigned after Mottoshow 2. From Mottoshow 3 Didi Knoblauch replaced the resigned Darnstaedt.

	Mottoshow 1 The greatest hits of all time	Mottoshow 2 80s	Mottoshow 3 Rock Classic	Mottoshow 4 Big Band	Mottoshow 5 love songs	Mottoshow 6 No. 1 hits	Mottoshow 7 Soul	Mottoshow 8 cozy skirt	Mottoshow 9 Finale: election song; Season highlight; Winning title
1st place	Vanessa 35.1%	Tobias 28.9%	Didi 20.0% (replacement for Stephan)	Mike Leon 23.9%	Mike Leon 21.8%	Tobias 28.3%	Mike Leon 30.3%	Tobias 59.2%	Tobias 54.6%
place 2	Nevio 13.3%	Vanessa 15.7%	Mike Leon 19.7%	Vanessa 17.4%	Vanessa 20.2%	Nevio 27.0%	Tobias 28.9%	Mike Leon 23.7%	Mike Leon 45.4%
place 3	Mike Leon 13.1%	Mike Leon 12.2%	Tobias 15.2%	Anna-Maria 14.3%	Didi 18.8%	Mike Leon 17.1%	Vanessa 20.9%	Vanessa 17.1%
4th place	Tobias 8.7%	Stephan 12.1% (resignation)	Vanessa 11.0%	Tobias 13.6%	Nevio 17.4%	Vanessa 15.6%	Nevio 19.8%
5th place	Stephan 6.8%	Nevio 11.2%	Anna-Maria 10.7%	Didi 13.5%	Tobias 11.1%	Didi 12.0%
Rank 6	Dasha 5.8%	Anna-Maria 7.5%	Nevio 10.5%	Nevio 11.5%	Anna-Maria 10.7%
7th place	Anna-Maria 5.7%	Lena 4.5%	Daniel 6.5%	Daniel 5.9%
8th place	Daniel 4.7%	Daniel 4.2%	Lena 6.4%
9th place	Lena 3.5%	Dasha 3.5%
Place 10	Carolina 3.4%

First top 20 show

The first top 20 show took place on December 14, 2005. Markus Derwall, Luca Krykon and Julian Kasprzik had the fewest calls and were therefore eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Nevio Passaro	Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing at All	straight on	1 (24.80%)
	02	Mike Leon Grosch	George Michael & Elton John - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me	straight on	2 (21.19%)
	03	Stephan Darnstaedt	Backstreet Boys - Anywhere for You	indirectly further	7 (5.04%)
	04	Tobias Regner	Chad Kroeger - Hero	straight on	5 (9.95%)
	05	Didi garlic	Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman	straight on	4 (10.44%)
	06	Luca Krykon	Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting	eliminated	9 (1.95%)
	07	Markus Derwall	Ricky Martin - Private Emotion	eliminated	8 (4.78%)
	08	Julian Kasprzik	O-Town - All or Nothing	eliminated	10 (1.44%)
	09	Fabian Behnisch	Bryan Adams - Heaven	straight on	6 (8.46%)
	10	Daniel Muñoz	Take That - How Deep Is Your Love	straight on	3 (11.95%)

Second top 20 show

The second top 20 show took place on December 17, 2005. Shortly before the broadcast, Meri Voskanian took over for Lena Reifers on the show, who withdrew her participation. Angelika Wolf, Selina Mateo and Laura Holstermann left.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Shary Osman	Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You	straight on	(-)
	02	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited	straight on	(-)
	03	Angelika Wolf	No Doubt - Don't Speak	eliminated	(-)
	04	Dasha Semcov	Joana Zimmer - I Believe	straight on	(-)
	05	Lena Hanenberg	Sister Sledge - We Are Family	straight on	(-)
	06	Selina Mateo	Christina Aguilera - Beautiful	eliminated	(-)
	07	Carolina Escolano	LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight	indirectly further	(-)
	08	Laura Holstermann	Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart	eliminated	(-)
	09	Meri Voskanian	Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody	straight on	(-)
	10	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Faith Hill - There You'll Be	straight on	(-)

Third top 20 show

The third top 20 show took place on December 21, 2005. Fabian Behnisch and Didi Knoblauch had the fewest audience votes.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Mike Leon Grosch	Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses	straight on	(-)
	02	Didi garlic	Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me by Now	eliminated	(-)
	03	Fabian Behnisch	Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight	eliminated	(-)
	04	Nevio Passaro	The Beatles - Yesterday	straight on	(-)
	05	Tobias Regner	Metallica - Nothing Else Matters	straight on	(-)
	06	Daniel Muñoz	Son By Four - Purest of Pain	indirectly further	(-)
	07	Stephan Darnstaedt	Lionel Richie - Hello	indirectly further	(-)

Fourth top 20 show

The fourth top 20 show took place on December 28, 2005. Meri Voskanian and Shary Osman had to leave the show.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Meri Voskanian	Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly	eliminated	(-)
	02	Shary Osman	Kate Winslet - What If	eliminated	(-)
	03	Lena Hanenberg	Christina Aguilera , Pink , Lil 'Kim & Mýa - Lady Marmalade	straight on	(-)
	04	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Sarah Connor - Living to Love You	straight on	(-)
	05	Dasha Semcov	Sarah McLachlan - Angel	indirectly further	(-)
	06	Carolina Escolano	Gloria Estefan - Get on Your Feet	indirectly further	(-)
	07	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Roxette - It Must Have Been Love	straight on	(-)

First motto show

The first motto show was titled Greatest Hits and took place on January 7, 2006. Carolina Escolano had to leave the show.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Mike Leon Grosch	Patrick Swayze - She's Like the Wind	straight on	3 (13.1%)
	02	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive	indirectly further	7 (5.7%)
	03	Daniel Muñoz	Enrique Iglesias - Hero	straight on	8 (4.7%)
	04	Carolina Escolano	Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud	eliminated	10 (3.4%)
	05	Lena Hanenberg	LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live	straight on	9 (3.5%)
	06	Tobias Regner	Hoobastank - The Reason	straight on	4 (8.7%)
	07	Dasha Semcov	Alannah Myles - Black Velvet	straight on	6 (5.8%)
	08	Stephan Darnstaedt	Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone	indirectly further	5 (6.8%)
	09	Nevio Passaro	Elton John - Your Song	straight on	2 (13.3%)
	10	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Whitney Houston - Run to You	straight on	1 (35.1%)

Second motto show

The second theme show of the third season hits of the 80s took place on January 14, 2006. Dascha Semcov retired from the show.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine	straight on	6 (7.3%)
	02	Daniel Muñoz	Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise	indirectly further	8 (4.2%)
	03	Lena Hanenberg	Diana Ross - Upside Down	indirectly further	7 (4.5%)
	04	Dasha Semcov	The Bangles - Manic Monday	eliminated	9 (3.9%)
	05	Nevio Passaro	The Police - Every Breath You Take	straight on	5 (11.2%)
	06	Tobias Regner	Prince - Purple Rain	straight on	1 (28.9%)
	07	Mike Leon Grosch	Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love	straight on	3 (12.2%)
	08	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time	straight on	2 (12.2%)
	09	Stephan Darnstaedt	Alphaville - Forever Young	straight on	4 (12.1%)

Third theme show

The third motto show Rock Classics took place on January 21, 2006. Stephan Darnstaedt left the competition voluntarily. Didi Knoblauch, who was eliminated in the 3rd Top 20 Show, moves up for Darnstaedt.

Lena Hanenberg had received the fewest calls and therefore dropped out.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Lena Hanenberg	Alanis Morissette - Ironic	eliminated	8 (6.4%)
	02	Nevio Passaro	Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You	indirectly further	6 (10.5%)
	03	Daniel Muñoz	Toto - Hold the Line	indirectly further	7 (6.5%)
	04	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Tina Turner - The Best	straight on	5 (10.7%)
	05	Mike Leon Grosch	Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues	straight on	2 (19.7%)
	06	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Avril Lavigne - Knockin 'on Heaven's Door	straight on	4 (11.0%)
	07	Didi garlic	Europe - The Final Countdown	straight on	1 (20.0%)
	08	Tobias Regner	Bon Jovi - It's My Life	straight on	3 (15.2%)

Fourth theme show

The fourth theme show, entitled Big Band , was broadcast on February 4, 2006. Daniel Muñoz could not convince enough spectators and was eliminated from the competition.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	straight on	3 (14.3%)
	02	Nevio Passaro	Michael Bublé - Feeling Good	indirectly further	6 (11.5%)
	03	Daniel Muñoz	Michael Bublé - Quando, quando, quando	eliminated	7 (5.9%)
	04	Tobias Regner	Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon	straight on	4 (13.6%)
	05	Didi garlic	Robbie Williams - Beyond the Sea	indirectly further	5 (13.5%)
	06	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow	straight on	2 (17.4%)
	07	Mike Leon Grosch	Frank Sinatra - I Get a Kick Out of You	straight on	1 (23.9%)

Fifth theme show

The fifth motto show was themed love songs and took place on February 11, 2006. Anna-Maria Zimmermann left that evening.

	Start number	Surname	Artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Tobias Regner	Joshua Kadison - Jessie	indirectly further	5 (11.1%)
	02	Anna-Maria Zimmermann	Rednex - Wish You Were Here	eliminated	6 (10.7%)
	03	Didi garlic	The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody	indirectly further	3 (18.8%)
	04	Nevio Passaro	Eros Ramazzotti - Se bastasse una canzone	straight on	4 (17.4%)
	05	Mike Leon Grosch	Seal - Love's Divine	straight on	1 (21.9%)
	06	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Mariah Carey - Hero	straight on	2 (20.2%)

Sixth theme show

The sixth motto show of the 3rd season on February 18, 2006 was called Number 1 Hits . Didi garlic is eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Didi garlic	Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman	Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie to You	eliminated	5 (12.0%)
	02	Mike Leon Grosch	Richard Sanderson - Reality	Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto	indirectly further	3 (17.1%)
	03	Nevio Passaro	Xavier Naidoo feat. RZA - I don't know anything (that's as beautiful as you)	Elton John - Candle in the Wind	straight on	2 (27.0%)
	04	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Mariah Carey - Without You	indirectly further	4 (15.6%)
	05	Tobias Regner	HIM - Join Me (in Death)	Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing	straight on	1 (28.3%)

Seventh theme show

The seventh theme show took place on February 25, 2006. The motto was soul . Nevio Passaro had the fewest audience votes and was eliminated.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Nevio Passaro	R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly	Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine	eliminated	4 (19.8%)
	02	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Oleta Adams - Get Here	Alicia Keys - Fallin '	indirectly further	3 (19.9%)
	03	Tobias Regner	Bill Withers - Lovely Day	The Commodores - Easy	straight on	2 (28.9%)
	04	Mike Leon Grosch	Seal - Kiss From a Rose	Lionel Richie - All Night Long	indirectly further	1 (30.3%)

Semifinals

Mike Leon Grosch, Vanessa Jean Dedmon and Tobias Regner fought for the two tickets to the final on March 11, 2006. For the first time this season, each candidate sang three songs. The motto of the semi-final was cozy skirt . Each candidate dedicated the third song to a specific person.

At the end of the evening, Mike Leon Grosch and Tobias Regner were voted into the final by the audience. Vanessa Jean Dedmon didn't have enough calls and was eliminated shortly before the final.

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Mike Leon Grosch	Barry Manilow - Mandy	Phil Collins - Against All Odds	Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful	straight on	2 (23.7%)
	02	Vanessa Jean Dedmon	Christina Aguilera - I Turn to You	Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All	Yvonne Catterfeld - For you	eliminated	3 (17.1%)
	03	Tobias Regner	Nickelback - How You Remind Me	3 Doors Down - Here Without You	Cat Stevens - Father and Son	indirectly further	1 (59.2%)

final

On March 18, Mike Leon Grosch and Tobias Regner fought for the 2006 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.

Tobias Regner is the winner of the third season and thus superstar 2006 .

After the show, Frauke Ludowig hosted Explosiv Spezial - The Night of Superstars .

	Start number	Surname	1st artist, song	2nd artist, song	3rd artist, song	comment	placement
	01	Mike Leon Grosch	Robbie Williams - Angels	Seal - Love's Divine	Don't Let It Get You Down (final composition, written by Sean Conlon, Michelle Leonard and Kiko Masbaum)	2nd place	2 (45.4%)
	02	Tobias Regner	U2 - Beautiful Day	Prince - Purple Rain	I Still Burn (final composition, written by Jess Cates and Peter Wright)	winner	1 (54.6%)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Breakdown and exit: Chaos among the “Superstars” , December 15, 2005, accessed October 22, 2018