Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1)
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The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on November 24, 2002 and continued until March 8, 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. This season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.
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[edit] Semi-finals
The 30 semi-finalists were:
[edit] Group 1(November 24, 2002)
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[edit] Group 2(December 7, 2002)
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[edit] Group 3(December 14, 2002)
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[edit] Finals
In the first season the show was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann. Alexander Klaws won, with Juliette Schoppmann coming in second. signed with BMG, the label in partnership with DSDS. Immediately post-finale, Klaws released three singles, most notably the coronation song "Take Me Tonight" which was written by Bohlen and debuted on top of the German singles chart, eventually becoming the second biggest selling single of 2003 - only losing to "We Have a Dream", the pre-released recording of all ten finalists. As part of the promotion planned for the show's first winner, the song had been prerecorded ready to air on radio stations the week after the finale. Appearances on numerous entertainment/news shows followed, as did videos for the singles that began airing on MTV Central and VIVA. Klaws has subsequently had three albums and several hit singles mostly from his more successful first album. While his debut, Take Your Chance (2003), and its follow-up, Here I Am (2004), saw nationwide success and garnered him several ECHO Award nominations, his independent 2006 release, Attention failed to link on previous sales figures.
| Date | Theme | Order from bottom (from left) | ||
| December 21 | My Idol | Stephanie Brauckmeyer | Gracia Baur | Andrea Josten |
| December 28 | Love Songs | Andrea Josten (2) | Daniel Lopes | Nektarios Bamiatzis |
| January 4 | Hits 2002 | Nektarios Bamiatzis (2) | Gracia Baur (2) | Vanessa Struhler |
| January 11 | Musical | Daniel Lopes (2) | Juliette Schoppmann | Vanessa Struhler (2) |
| January 18 | 80s | Nicole Süßmilch | Vanessa Struhler (3) | Juliette Schoppmann (2) |
| February 1 | Big Band | Gracia Baur (3) | Vanessa Struhler (4) | |
| February 8 | Disco | Vanessa Struhler (5) | Daniel Küblböck | |
| March 1 | Movies | Daniel Küblböck (2) | ||
| March 8 | Final Two | Juliette Schoppmann (3) | Alexander Klaws | |
[edit] Releases
DSDS Finalists
- Albums: Take Your Chance (2003), Here I Am (2004), Attention! (2006)
- Singles: "Take Me Tonight", "Stay with Me", "Free like the Wind", "Behind the Sun", "Sunshine After the Rain", "Here I Am", "All (I Ever Want)", "Not like You"
- Albums: Unique (2003)
- Singles: "Calling You", "It's Only Uh Uh", "I Still Believe"
- Albums: Positive Energie (2003), Liebe Nation (2005)
- Singles: "You Drive Me Crazy", "Heartbeat", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Teenage Tears", "König von Deutschland"
- Albums: Ride with Me (2003), Independence (2004)
- Singles: "Ride or Die (I Need You)", "Fiesta", "Ey Ey Ey/Back to Life", "One Single Tear", "Blah Blah Blah", "Don't Say (You're Sorry)", "Bonafide", "Take Me Slow", "When U Luv"
- Albums: Intoxicated (2003), Passion (2005)
- Singles: "I Don't Think So", "I Believe in Miracles", "Run & Hide", "When the Last Tear's Been Dried", "Never Been"
- Singles: "A Miracle of Love" (with Marco Matias)
- Albums: For You (2003)
- Singles: "Shine on", "I Love You More Than Yesterday", "Last Christmas/I Used To Cry", "Change the World"
- Singles: "Looks like We Made It"
- Alben: In My Dreams (2003), In My Room (2004)
- Singles: "I Will Follow You", "Everybody Does", "In My Room"
4 United (Küblböck, Baur, Bamiatzis, Brauckmeyer)
- Singles: "Don't Close Your Eyes"
[edit] See also
| Preceded by None |
Deutschland sucht den SuperStar Season 1 (2002) |
Succeeded by Season 2 (2003) |
