Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9)
| Broadcast from | 7 January – 27 April 2012 |
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| Judges |
Dieter Bohlen Bruce Darnell Natalie Horler |
| Broadcaster | RTL |
| Luca Hänni | |
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| Origin | Uetendorf, Switzerland |
| Song | "Don't Think About Me" |
| Daniele Negroni | |
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9) was the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Luca Hänni won season 9. Jury members Fernanda Brandao and Patrick Nuo left DSDS and were replaced by Bruce Darnell and Cascada's Natalie Horler. As the winner, Luca Hänni received a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500,000. Participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30 and living in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The auditions stage had 34 audition events in 33 cities across Germany, Austria or Switzerland. 35.401 participants auditioned for season 9. Marco Schreyl will not be returning to host season 10.
Changes include Fernanda Brandao and Patrick Nuo leaving the DSDS jury immediately after season 8 and were replaced by Bruce Darnell and Cascada's Natalie Horler. RTL decided to have a "Top 16" instead of a "Top 15". Participants sang in duets in the Top 6.
The audition cities were Soltau, Saarbrücken, Trier, Mannheim, Karlsdorf, Munich, Landshut, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Freiburg, Zurich, Bern, Graz, Salzburg, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Magdeburg, , Bremen, Hamburg, Hanover, Osnabrück, Cologne, Dortmund, Koblenz, Aachen, Schüttorf, Vienna, Frankfurt, Kassel, Münster, Essen and a second time in Cologne. There were 35.401 participants that auditioned for season 9. Production for the Top 36 was in the Maldives.
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