Deutschland sucht den Superstar | |
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Season 13 | |
Broadcast from | January 2 – May 7, 2016 |
Judges |
Dieter Bohlen H.P. Baxxter Michelle |
Host(s) |
Oliver Geissen (Event shows only) |
Broadcaster | RTL |
Finals venue | ISS Dome, Düsseldorf |
Winner | |
Origin | South Africa |
Song | "Glücksmoment" |
Genre(s) | Pop |
Runner-up | |
Laura van den Elzen |
During the live-shows of season 12, it was announced that the castings for season 13 will start in August 2015. In Fall 2014, RTL gave closer details to the changes of Season 13. The liveshows are replaced with pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany. Only the announcement of the results will be broadcast live. Like the season before the final will not take place in a TV studio in Cologne, but in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf.
In 2015, RTL announced that DJ Antoine, Mandy Capristo and Heino won't return for the thirteenth season. The new jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, H.P. Baxxter, Michelle and . Prince Damien Ritzinger was announced as the winner on 7 May 2016 with Laura van den Elzen finishing as the runner-up.
Start of the season was on Saturday, January 2, 2016. In the casting rounds each candidate selected before the show from a Golden CD with the name of the juror, whose voice should be the deciding factor for advancement or leaving a draw jury voting. Menderes reached the fourth time the recall. There is a "Quick Pick" was held where each candidate had to sing again. RTL did not send this Germany-Recall. Instead, only a short scene was shown in which piles announced that the 32 pre-worn Recall of the 110 candidates in Thailand recall were.
The Recall in Jamaica was reached by 16 women and 16 men. The contestants were separated in three to four groups by each gender for the first four performances. In the last round the remaining contestants sang in duets where afterwards the judges than decided the Top 10.
The Finalist were announced at April 9 and consisted of six male and four (five) female contestants.
^1 Angelika Turo who originally made it to the Top 10 left the competition on April 14 after she announced her pregnancy. Ramona Mihajilovic than took her place.
The Event shows are held from April 16 to May 7, 2016 with three pre-recorded shows and a live final. The Voting results were published right after the final.
The first event show was held in Merkers Adventure Mines and was pre-recorded on 13 April 2016. The live result show at Eberbach Abbey was aired directly after the event show. At the beginning of the show it was announced that only one contestant would leave the show this week. Also Angelika Turo performed out of competition at the end of the show.