Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Season 1
Hosted byMichelle Hunziker & Carsten Spengemann
JudgesDieter Bohlen
Thomas Bug
Shona Fraser
Thomas Stein
WinnerAlexander Klaws
Runner-upJuliette Schoppmann
Release
Original networkRTL
Original release24 November 2002 (2002-11-24) 
8 March 2003 (2003-03-08)
Season chronology

The first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar premiered on 24 November 2002 and continued until 8 March 2003. It was won by Alexander Klaws. The season was co-hosted by Michelle Hunziker and Carsten Spengemann.[1]

Finals

Finalists

(Ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted off Liveshow theme
Alexander Klaws 19 Sendenhorst Winner Grand Finale
Juliette Schoppmann 22 Hamburg 8 March 2003
Daniel Küblböck 17 Eggenfelden 1 March 2003 Film Songs
Vanessa Struhler 17 Oberhausen 8 February 2003 The 70s & Disco
Gracia Baur 20 Munich 1 February 2003 Big Band
Nicole Süßmilch 22 Berlin 18 January 2003 The 80s
Daniel Lopes 26 Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock 11 January 2003 Musicals
Nektarios Bamiatzis 27 Fellbach 4 January 2003 The Best of 2002
Judith Lefeber 21 Rheda-Wiedenbrück Withdrew
Andrea Josten 17 Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 28 December 2002 Love Songs
Stephanie Brauckmeyer 22 Berlin 21 December 2002 My Superstar

Live show details

Heat 1 (30 November 2002)

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Claudio "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Bryan Adams) Eliminated
2 Jana Wall "Don't Speak" (No Doubt) Eliminated
3 Katrin "Like a Prayer" (Madonna) Eliminated
4 Judith Lefeber "Un-Break My Heart" (Toni Braxton) Advanced
5 Sevacettin Yanmaz "One in a Million" (Bosson) Eliminated
6 Patrizia "How Do I Live" (LeAnn Rimes) Eliminated
7 Patrick "Daydream Believer" (The Monkees) Eliminated
8 Daniel Küblböck "Papa Don't Preach" (Madonna) Advanced
9 Vanessa Struhler "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) Eliminated
10 Alexander Klaws "Angels" (Robbie Williams) Advanced
Notes
  • Alexander Klaws, Judith Lefeber and Daniel Küblböck advanced to the top 10 of the competition. The other seven contestants were eliminated.
  • Vanessa Struhler returned for a second chance at the top 10 in the "Wildcard Round" and won and completed the top 10.

Heat 2 (7 December 2002)

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Juliette Schoppmann "Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston) Advanced
2 Robert "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) Eliminated
3 Ida "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) Eliminated
4 Gracia Baur "Stop!" (Sam Brown) Advanced
5 Sebastian "The Lady in Red" (Chris de Burgh) Eliminated
6 Alina Wichmann "Your Song" (Elton John) Eliminated
7 Nicole Süßmilch "Underneath Your Clothes" (Shakira) Eliminated
8 Aret Saroyan "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) Eliminated
9 Sascha "World of Our Own" (Westlife) Eliminated
10 Nektarios Bamiatzis "Flying Without Wings" (Westlife) Advanced
Notes
  • Juliette Schoppmann, Gracia Baur and Nektarios Bamiatzis advanced to the top 10 of the competition. The other seven contestants were eliminated.
  • Nicole Süßmilch returned for a second chance at the top 10 in the "Wildcard Round" and lost.

Heat 3 (14 December 2002)

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Kathrin "Ordinary Day" (Vanessa Carlton) Eliminated
2 Michael "All or Nothing" (O-Town) Eliminated
3 Andrea Josten "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston) Advanced
4 Tarik Sarzep "End of the Road" (Boyz II Men) Eliminated
5 Sharon "My Love Is Your Love" (Whitney Houston) Eliminated
6 Daniel Schnitzler "Faith" (George Michael) Eliminated
7 Nilufar "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King) Eliminated
8 Daniel Lopes "Angel" (Jon Secada) Advanced
9 Peter Goeke "When You Say Nothing at All" (Ronan Keating) Eliminated
10 Stephanie Brauckmeyer "A Woman's Worth" (Alicia Keys) Advanced
Notes
  • Daniel Lopes, Andrea Josten and Stephanie Brauckmeyer advanced to the top 10 of the competition. The other seven contestants were eliminated.
  • Tarik Sarzep returned for a second chance at the top 10 in the "Wildcard Round" and lost.

Live show 1 (21 December 2002)

Theme: My Superstar

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Juliette Schoppmann "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston) Safe
2 Nektarios Bamiatzis "To Be with You" (Mr. Big) Safe
3 Vanessa Struhler "When You Look at Me" (Christina Milian) Safe
4 Gracia Baur "She Works Hard for the Money" (Donna Summer) Bottom two
5 Daniel Lopes "Livin' la Vida Loca" (Ricky Martin) Safe
6 Judith Lefeber "One Moment in Time" (Whitney Houston) Safe
7 Alexander Klaws "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) Safe
8 Stephanie Brauckmeyer "I Say a Little Prayer" (Aretha Franklin) Eliminated
9 Andrea Josten "I'm Outta Love" (Anastacia) Bottom three
10 Daniel Küblböck "Another Day in Paradise" (Phil Collins) Safe

Live show 2 (28 December 2002)

Theme: Love songs

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Daniel Lopes "Careless Whisper" (George Michael) Bottom two
2 Andrea Josten "I Still Believe" (Mariah Carey) Eliminated
3 Nektarios Bamiatzis "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal) Bottom three
4 Gracia Baur "There You'll Be" (Faith Hill) Safe
5 Juliette Schoppmann "Without You" (Mariah Carey) Safe
6 Alexander Klaws "Hello" (Lionel Richie) Safe
7 Vanessa Struhler "Save the Best for Last" (Vanessa Williams) Safe
8 Daniel Küblböck "Unchained Melody" (The Righteous Brothers) Safe
9 Judith Lefeber "Think Twice" (Celine Dion) Safe

Live show 3 (4 January 2003)

Theme: Hits of 2002

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
N/A Judith Lefeber N/A Withdrew
1 Vanessa Struhler "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Jennifer Lopez) Bottom three
2 Alexander Klaws "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ronan Keating) Safe
3 Gracia Baur "What If" (Kate Winslet) Bottom two
4 Nektarios Bamiatzis "Bevor du gehst" (Xavier Naidoo) Eliminated
5 Daniel Lopes "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias) Safe
6 Daniel Küblböck "Everytime" (The Flames) Safe
7 Juliette Schoppmann "From Sarah with Love" (Sarah Connor) Safe

Live show 4 (11 January 2003)

Theme: Musicals

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Nicole Süßmilch "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Evita) Safe
2 Daniel Lopes "A Whole New World" (Aladdin) Eliminated
3 Juliette Schoppmann "Out Here on My Own" (Fame) Bottom two
4 Vanessa Struhler "Lady Marmalade" (Moulin Rouge!) Bottom three
5 Alexander Klaws "Starlight Express" (Starlight Express) Safe
6 Daniel Küblböck "Tragedy" (Saturday Night Fever) Safe
7 Gracia Baur "Memory" (Cats) Safe

Live show 5 (18 January 2003)

Theme: The 80s

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Gracia Baur "Black Velvet" (Alannah Myles) Safe
2 Vanessa Struhler "Get Here" (Oleta Adams) Bottom two
3 Nicole Süßmich "Eternal Flame" (The Bangles) Eliminated
4 Alexander Klaws "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) Safe
5 Juliette Schoppmann "The Power of Love" (Jennifer Rush) Bottom three
6 Daniel Küblböck "99 Luftballons" (Nena) Safe

Live show 6 (1 February 2003)

Theme: Big Band

OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result
1 Juliette Schoppmann "Big Spender" (Shirley Bassey) Bottom three
2 Vanessa Struhler "Get Happy" (Judy Garland) Bottom two
3 Daniel Küblböck "My Way" (Frank Sinatra) Safe
4 Gracia Baur "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Ella Fitzgerald) Eliminated
5 Alexander Klaws "Mack the Knife" (Bobby Darin) Safe

Live show 7 (8 February 2003)

Theme: The 70s & Disco

OrderArtistFirst song (original artists)Second songResult
1 Daniel Küblböck "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) "Night Fever" (Bee Gees) Bottom two
2 Vanessa Struhler "Sunny" (Boney M.) "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" (Tina Charles) Eliminated
3 Alexander Klaws "Maniac" (Michael Sembello) "Relight My Fire" (Dan Hartman) Safe
4 Juliette Schoppmann "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (Irene Cara) "It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls) Safe

Live show 8: semi-final (1 March 2003)

Theme: Movies

OrderArtistFirst song (original artists)Second songResult
1 Alexander Klaws "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (Joe Cocker) Safe
2 Juliette Schoppmann "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) "Licence to Kill" (Gladys Knight) Safe
3 Daniel Küblböck "Oh, Pretty Woman" (Roy Orbison) "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf) Eliminated

Live final (8 March 2003)

OrderArtistFirst song (original artists)Second songThird songResult
1 Juliette Schoppmann "Through the Rain" "It's Raining Men" "Take Me Tonight" Runner-up
2 Alexander Klaws "She's the One" "Maniac" "Take Me Tonight" Winner

Releases

DSDS finalists

Alexander Klaws

  • Albums: Take Your Chance (2003), Here I Am (2004), Attention! (2006) Was Willst Du Noch? (2008)
  • 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", "Welt"

Juliette Schoppmann

  • Albums: Unique (2003)
  • Singles: "Calling You", "It's Only Uh Uh", "I Still Believe"

Daniel Küblböck

  • Albums: Positive Energie (2003), Liebe Nation (2005)
  • Singles: "You Drive Me Crazy", "Heartbeat", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Teenage Tears", "König von Deutschland"

Vanessa Struhler

  • 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"

Gracia Baur

  • 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"

Nicole Süßmilch

  • Singles: "A Miracle of Love" (with Marco Matias)

Daniel Lopes

  • Albums: For You (2003)
  • Singles: "Shine on", "I Love You More Than Yesterday", "Last Christmas/I Used To Cry", "Change the World"

Nektarios Bamiatzis

  • Singles: "Looks like We Made It"

Judith Lefeber

  • Alben: In My Dreams (2003), In My Room (2004)
  • Singles: "I Will Follow You", "Everybody Does", "In My Room"

4 United (Daniel Küblböck, Gracia Baur, Nektarios Bamiatzis, Stephanie Brauckmeyer)

  • Singles: "Don't Close Your Eyes"

Elimination chart

Legend
Did not perform Female Male Top 30 Top 10 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated Wild Card Did not perform Most votes
Stage: Semi Wild
Card
Finals
Week: 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28 1/4 1/11 1/18 2/1 2/8 3/1 3/8
Place Contestant Result
1 Alexander Klaws 1st 4th
8,1%
5th
6,2%
3rd
17,6%
4th
15,2%
2nd
21,2%
2nd
24,9%
1st
36,9%
1st
40,5%
Winner
70,1%
2 Juliette Schoppmann 1st 3rd
9,8%
4th
7,4%
2nd
18,3%
6th
7,0%
4th
13,5%
3rd
15,0%
2nd
28,1%
2nd
32,0%
Runner-Up
29,9%
3 Daniel Küblböck 3rd 2nd
24,7%
2nd
28,2%
1st
27,4%
2nd
21,1%
1st
38,5%
1st
35,8%
3rd
24,4%
3rd
27,5%
4 Vanessa Struhler 4th Adv 5th
6,1%
3rd
7,8%
5th
9,3%
5th
9,2%
5th
7,2%
4th
12,3%
4th
10,6%
5 Gracia Baur 2nd 9th
1,9%
6th
5,5%
6th
8,5%
1st
25,2%
3rd
13,5%
5th
12,0%
6 Nicole Süßmilch 4th Elim 3rd
16,0%
6th
6,0%
7 Daniel Lopes 1st 6th
4,4%
8th
4,2%
4th
12,1%
7th
6,4%
8 Nektarios Bamiatzis 3rd 7th
2,1%
7th
5,2%
7th
6,7%
Quit Judith Lefeber 2nd 1st
39,4%
1st
33,4%
Wdrw
9 Andrea Josten 2nd 8th
2,0%
9th
2,2%
10 Stephanie Brauckmeyer 3rd 10th
1,5%
Semi-
Final 3
Tarik Sarzep 4th Elim
Daniel Schnitzler Elim
Kathrin
Michael
Nilufar
Peter Goeke
Sharon
Semi-
Final 2
Alina Wichmann Elim
Aret Saroyan
Ida
Robert
Sascha
Sebastian
Semi-
Final 1
Claudio Elim
Jana Wall
Katrin
Patrizia
Patrick
Sevacettin Yanmaz
  • Because of Judith's withdrawal, Nicole, who just missed out to get into the top 10, replaced her.

References

  1. Constance Strachauer (2008). Deutschland sucht den Superstar: Castingshows im deutschen Fernsehen ; Annäherung an ein Medienphänomen. VDM Verlag Müller. ISBN 978-3-8364-9807-4.
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