Das Supertalent (season 2) is the second season of Germany's Got Talent franchise. Season 2 began on 18 October 2008. Owing to good ratings in season 1, the number of episodes was increased to seven; four audition shows, each one hour long and three live shows, each two hours long. The judges were Dieter Bohlen, Bruce Darnell and Sylvie van der Vaart. The last episodes were on 15 and 22 November. 44-year-old harmonica player won the second season with 72.62 percent of the vote and won the 100,000 euros with it. On 5 December he released an album called Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika (The Man with the Harmonica) which placed No. 1 on the German Charts and did the same little later in Austria and Switzerland.
Semi-finals
Semi-finals 1 + Semi-final 1 (15 November 2008) Contestant(s) Act Result Kelvin Kalvus (40) Contact juggling Majority votes Lucas Wecker (12) fiddler Majority votes Vanessa Krasniqi (14) Singing Majority votes Michael Hirte (44) Harmonica Majority votes Duri Krasniqi (13) Singing Judges' choice Felice Aguilar (17) and Chris Myland (18) Dance Eliminated Carolina (17) and Amanda Lopez-Moreno (11) Singing Eliminated Chris Böhm (25) BMX Eliminated Giuseppe Ruisi (30) Singing (Michael-Jackson-Imitation) Eliminated Hans Will (73) and Rüdiger Sommer (62) Gymnastics Eliminated Terror Bunch Breakdance Eliminated Zlata Günthel (24) Contortion Eliminated
Semi-final 2 + Semi-final 2 (22 November 2008) Contestant(s) Act Result Yosefin Buohler (13) Singing Majority votes Marcel Pietruch (10) Hip-hop dance Majority votes Christoph Haese (21) Trapeze artist Majority votes Shinouda Ayad (31) Dervish dance Majority votes Carlos Fassanelli (44) Singing Judges' choice Sophie Voskanian (7) (Party-)Singing Eliminated Allgäupower (zwischen 35 and 42) Music Eliminated Dennis Chmelensky (13) Singing Eliminated Lena Fink (11) Singing Eliminated Paula Hessel-Sousa (21) Samba Eliminated Amplify (zwischen 18 und 22) Punk rock Eliminated Anthony Bauer (36) Singing Eliminated
Final + Results of the final of 29 November 2008 Name(s) Date/ Place of Birth Talent Result (%) Michael Hirte 10 October 1964 in Spremberg Harmonica 72.62% Kelvin Kalvus 19 May 1968 in Erfurt Contact juggling 8.47% Marcel Pietruch 26 March 1998 in Bremerhaven Dance 4.96% Vanessa Krasniqi 22 June 1994 in Iserlohn Singing 4.94% Yosefin Buohler 6 June 1995 in Cologne Singing 1.78% Christoph Haese 1 October 1987 in Kaufbeuren Trapeze 1.77% Shinouda Ayad 1 October 1976 in Luxor, Egyptlives in Kiel Derwish 1.72% Lucas Wecker 8 May 1996 in Lübeck Violin 1.71% Carlos Fassanelli 27 March 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentinalives in Bayreuth Singing 1.07% Duri Krasniqi 3. März 1996 in Peć, Kosovolives in Spittal an der Drau, Österreich Singing 0.96%
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