Meltem Acikgöz
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Meltem Acikgöz (born October 10, 1989 in Saarlouis ) is a German singer with Turkish roots. She became known through the 11th season of the casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), in which she took second place behind Aneta Sablik .
Career
Acikgöz began singing at the age of three, and in the following years she performed occasionally at small events. In 2008 she took part in the fifth season of the RTL singing casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar and was among the top 50 candidates after she had already received the recall of the 120 best candidates in the 2007 season . Four years later, Acikgöz was voted one of the best eight candidates in the Newcomer 2012 competition at Radio Salü . Since October 2012 she has been uploading cover versions of well-known songs on the Internet platform YouTube under the name "Melody" . Meltem Acikgöz took part again in the eleventh season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , which aired from January 2014 , where she made it to the final on May 3, 2014 together with Daniel Ceylan and Aneta Sablik and finished second behind Sablik and ahead of Ceylan. Acikgöz has two younger sisters and lives with her family in Dillingen / Saar . She works as an employee in system catering .
Acikgöz 'debut single Explosion in My Heart rose to 25th place in the German single charts on May 16, 2014 ; On the same day, it entered the Austrian charts at number 20, and in the Swiss charts the single came to 17th place on May 11, 2014.
Appearances in Germany are looking for the superstar
Live Challenge Show (date) | song | Original interpreter | placement |
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Club Night (March 29, 2014) | Skyscraper | Demi Lovato | 16.7% (4th of 6) A. |
Band Night (April 5, 2014) | Your song | Elton John | 10.6% (4th of 10) |
Duett Night (April 12, 2014) | Higher (with Enrico von Krawczynski) | Taio Cruz | 13.8% (3rd of 8) |
Footprints in the sand | Leona Lewis | ||
Do your thing! (April 19, 2014) | Burn | Ellie Goulding | 15.3% (4th of 6) |
Gangnam style | Psy | ||
Stage your song (April 26, 2014) | Just give me a reason | Pink feat. Nate Ruess | 25.4% (2nd of 4) |
My Immortal | Evanescence | ||
Final (May 3, 2014) | Dark Horse | Katy Perry feat. Juicy J. | 29.3% (2nd of 3) B 41.9% (2nd of 2) |
Skyscraper | Demi Lovato | ||
Explosion in My Heart | Meltem Acikgöz | ||
A.The twelve candidates were divided into two groups. Acikgöz came seventh among these percentages.
B. After the first song contribution, the worst participant after phone calls dropped out.
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Discography
Singles
- Explosion in My Heart (2014)
- Fuck Boys (2016)
- Geile Zeit (2016) - Lockvogel feat. Meltem
Web links
- DSDS candidate profile at rtl.de , accessed on May 3, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ officialcharts.de: Meltem Acikgöz in the German single charts
- ^ Meltem Acikgöz in the Austrian charts
- ↑ Meltem Acikgöz in the Swiss charts
- ↑ Meltem from Dillingen is in the finale of the casting show “DSDS” on Saturday ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: saarbruecker-zeitung.de , accessed on May 4, 2014.
- ↑ Profile ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at salue.de , accessed on May 3, 2014.
- ↑ So Aneta Sablik became superstar 2014 at rtl.de , accessed on May 4, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Acikgöz, Meltem |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer and participant of DSDS |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarlouis , Germany |