Mike Leon Grosch
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| Mike Leon Grosch | ||
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 Charity concert "Cover me" 2006, Cologne, Germany
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Mike Leon Grosch | |
| Born | November 11, 1976 (age 30) | |
| Origin | Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 2006 | |
| Label(s) | SonyBMG | |
| Website | Official site | |
Mike Leon Grosch (born November 11, 1976 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of American/Pop Idol.
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[edit] Biography
Grosch was born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia to German-Australian father and Korean mother. Before moving to Cologne with his single mother Sung-Yun, who worked as a nurse then. He gained first professional stage experiences, when he started singing on weddings and other ceremonies, while simultaneously performing with his own band.
Until autumn 2005 Mike worked as a cell phone seller. Afterwards he was exempted from his job to participate in the third season of Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (where he also became romantically involved with co-competitor Vanessa Jean Dedmon). Because of his strong, husky voice and a few similarities to British singer Seal Grosch became an early favourite by the judges and also by the audience, who enabled him to sing against competitor Tobias Regner during the final show. However, in the end he lost by vote scoring 45% against Regner.
Grosch released a second single "Confessional" from his album "Absolute" to minor success. Furthermore he joined Regner for a summer tour around Germany which was called "Absolute Straight".
In early March Grosch admitted to Bild, the biggest german daily tabloid, that SonyBMG did not continue the running record deal with him and thus being dropped. He also stated that so far no other record label showed interest in working with him. [1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Absolute (2006) #2 GER
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| 2006 | "Don't Let It Get You Down" | #1 | #6 | #2 | Absolute |
| 2006 | "Confessional" | #29 | Absolute | ||
