Dominik Büchele

Dominik Büchele was a participant who finished in fourth place in season 6 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.[1]

Biography

Early years

Büchele (*23 February 1991) is a German singer-songwriter, living in the Southern part of Germany. Inspired by James Blunt, he founded his band "Umleitung" and gained first stage experience on local level. Asked about his plans for his future after school, he would answer "making music, attending a high school for music, becoming a professional singer-songwriter".[2] To reach those aims, he took part in a German castingshow in 2009, reaching # 4 out of 32.000 participants.[3][4]

DSDS

Büchele got one of the 15 tickets for the live shows by performing a James Blunt-cover what caused an occasional comparison to Blunt.[5] During the live performances he grew as one of the favourites of this TV-show [6]

Büchele, Daniel Schuhmacher and Sarah Kreuz were not on speaking terms with the other candidate, Annemarie Eilfeld, when the Top 4 happened.[7]

2009 – 2012

Signing his first contract as a professional artist right after those TV-appearances, his dreams began to come true. In 2010, he published his first single "Closer to heaven" and album "Ready", and being on the road in Germany and Austria (2009/10), he gave over 50 gigs including being support act of the “Puhdys”.[4][8] In 2011, his second album "Again" including the single "Hazel Eyes" was released. This album debuts two of his selfwritten songs, "Salvation" and "For the last time".[4][9] Since then, he focusses on writing songs, performing live at chosen events [10][11][12][13][14] including charities [15][16][17] and attending a music college.[18]

Büchele has started a joint project with Sebastian Wurth.[19]


Since 2013

On stage, Büchele and his band "Umleitung" [20] performed playlists made up of self-composed songs, catching some media attention. [21][22]

In June 2014, Büchele released his demo album "Umleitung", autonomously composed and produced.[20] In November 2014, the first single release "Colours" was released as a download version.[23]

Discography

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
GER AUT SWI
2010 Closer To Heaven[24]
27[24]
37[24]
Ready[25]
2010 Brand New Day
Ready[25]
2011 Hazel Eyes[26]
43[26]
Again[27]

Albums

Year Title Peak chart positions
GER AUT SWI
2010 Ready [25]
22
30
2011 Again [27]
36
60

Sources

  1. "Dominik Büchele hat für DSDS zu zart gebrüllt". Die Welt (in German). 26 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "DSDS – Dominik Büchele will Profi-Musiker werden". Badische Zeitung (in German) (Badische Zeitung). 24 February 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. "Dominik Büchele". laut.de. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Dominik Büchele Biografie" (in German). AME Media GmbH. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. "Dominik Büchele – Der James Blunt von DSDS" (in German). fudder.de. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  6. "Dominik Büchele will kein Superstar sein". Badische Zeitung (in German). 15 March 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  7. "Im DSDS-Haus spricht niemand mehr mit Annemarie". Die Welt (in German). 14 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  8. "40 Jahre die Puhdys – ein Abenteuer & Special Guest Dominik Büchele – SAALE Freilichtbühne Landsberg – Landsberg B. Halle" (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  9. "Dominik Büchele" (in German). media control. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  10. "Clubconcert Alsdorf". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  11. "Erste Zusagen fürs "PFestival" 2012". Pforzheimer Zeitung (in German). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  12. "112 Jahre Milka – Großes Schokofest in Lörrach" (in German). City of Loerrach. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  13. "Pressekonferenz zum 14. Dresdner Stadtfest – Organisatoren geben Details zum Programm bekannt" (in German). City of Dresden. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  14. "Buntes Programm – Buntes Plakat" (in German). westline. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  15. "Erfolgreicher Abschluss des "Kinder Incentive Day Schwarzwald" auf dem Feldberger Hof" (in German). RegioTrends. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  16. "Frische Songs und Evergreens". Badische Zeitung (in German). 20 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  17. "Louis: Das ist echt der Knaller". Badische Zeitung (in German). 26 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  18. "Cool, wenn sich Hobby und Job verbinden". Badische Zeitung (in German). 19 November 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  19. Kylla, Denise (27 August 2012). "Das machen die ehemaligen DSDS-Stars heute". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  20. 20.0 20.1 "Official Homepage" (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  21. "Eine Musik mit traumhaft schönen Harmonien". Badische Zeitung (in German). 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  22. "Dominik Büchele spielt im Lahrer Schlachthof". mittelbadische-presse.tv (in German). 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  23. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P6V5S5K/ref=dm_ws_ap_tlw_trk1
  24. 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Single – Dominik Büchele, Closer To Heaven". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Album – Dominik Büchele, Ready". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  26. 26.0 26.1 "Single – Dominik Büchele, Hazel Eyes". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  27. 27.0 27.1 "Album – Dominik Büchele, Again". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 28 February 2013.