Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 4)

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Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Season 4
The Season 4 Cast: from left to right: (on top) Francisca, Jonathan, Laura, Thomas, Lauren, (bottom) Mark, Max, Julia, Martin, Lisa
Genre	Reality television
Creator(s)	Simon Fuller
Country of origin	Germany
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick Simon Fuller
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	RTL
Original run	February 24, 2007 (Mottoshows) –
Links
Official website
IMDb profile

Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar airing on RTL network. The winner, as in every season before, will be a awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season are Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn, Anja Lukaseder. It is hosted by Marco Schreyl and Tooske Ragas. The viewer's chose about the contestants's fates as they are able to call for their favorite contestant. The voting results will be published after this season's finale.

[edit] Episode summaries

[edit] 1st Mottoshow: Die größten Hits aller Zeiten (Greatest Hits of All Time)

Original Airdate: February 24, 2007

• Bottom four: Laura Martin, Julia Falke, Jonathan Enns & Martin Stosch
• Eliminated: Laura Martin
• Judges's forecast: Laura Martin (Bohlen), Jonathan Enns (Henn, Lukaseder)

[edit] 2nd Mottoshow: Die größten Hits der 80er und 90er (Greatest Hits of the 80s and 90s)

Original Airdate: March 10, 2007

• Bottom four: Thomas Enns, Martin Stosch, Max Buskohl & Jonathan Enns
• Eliminated: Jonathan Enns
• Judges's forecast: Julia Falke (Lukaseder, Bohlen), Jonathan Enns (Henn)

[edit] 3rd Mottoshow: Power of Love

Original Airdate: March 17, 2007

On March 19, 2007 a CD featuring all songs from the show and an additional version of If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red sung by all contestants was released.

• Bottom four: Lauren Talbot, Julia Falke, Martin Stosch, Thomas Enns
• Eliminated: Julia Falke
• Judges's forecast: Julia Falke (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

[edit] 4th Mottoshow: Hits von heute (Today's Hits)

Original Airdate: March 31, 2007

For the first time in the history of Deutschland sucht den Superstar the show aired at the same time as Wetten, dass (one of the most successful TV shows in Europe) on the public channel ZDF.

• Bottom four: Martin Stosch, Lauren Talbot, Thomas Enns, Francisca Urio
• Eliminated: Francisca Urio
• Judges's forecast: Lauren Talbot (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

The viewers' decision in this episode came as a complete surprise ^{[1] [2]} as Urio, who was eliminated this time, ranked among this season's best and most favorited contestants. Judge member Dieter Bohlen dared to forecast Urio's elimination just to explain shortly after that it was an April fool hoax. Correspondingly he and his co-judges watched the decision with dismay and shock written over their faces. ^[3]

[edit] 5th Mottoshow: Big Band

Original Airdate: April 7, 2007

This was the first "Mottoshow" to be co-hosted by female host Tooske Ragas along with Marco Schreyl in this season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Ragas gave birth to her daughter and was not able to present the first four Mottoshows.

• Bottom four: Thomas Enns, Martin Stosch, Lauren Talbot, Lisa Bund
• Eliminated: Thomas Enns
• Judges's forecast: Thomas Enns (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

[edit] 6th Mottoshow: Die größten Diven und Helden der Musik (Greatest Divas and Heroes of Music)

Original Airdate: April 14, 2007

[edit] Contestants

Contestants ^[4] listed in order of elimination, with ages listed at the time of the contest:

• Laura Martin, 27, from Neu-Isenburg
• Jonathan Enns, 19, from Cologne
• Julia Falke, 18, from Fürstenzell
• Francisca Urio, 25/26, from Berlin
• Thomas Enns, 24, from Cologne

Contestants still in the running, in alphabetical order:

• Lisa Bund, 18, from Hattersheim
• Max Buskohl, 18, from Berlin
• Mark Medlock, 28, from Offenbach
• Martin Stosch, 16, from Postau
• Lauren Talbot, 16/17, from Winsen

[edit] Summaries

[edit] Call-out order

     The contestant was one of the bottom two/three/four

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant won the competition

     The contestant got most of the viewers' calls

[edit] Season statistics

• Total number of contestants: 10
• Oldest contestant: Mark Medlock, age 28
• Youngest contestants: Martin Stosch, age 16

[edit] Controversies

Contestant Lisa Bund caused some controversy on March 10 when the headline of the German tabloid newspaper Bild read that she fought with bullying and harassment by some of her competitors. On March 14 Bild-Online reported ^[5] about a loud argument between Bund and former contestant Tristan Iser which was filmed by a mobile phone camera ^[6]. Bund herself stated in an online diary entry ^[7] that she felt the video was "like a bad horror movie".

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official page at RTL
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar at the Internet Movie Database

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