The third season of the German talent show Das Supertalent began on Friday, October 16, 2009. Subsequent episodes were broadcast every Saturday from October 17, 2009, to December 19, 2009. This season saw participants compete for a grand prize of €100,000. Due to the high viewing figures from the previous season, RTL increased the number of audition episodes from four to seven and the number of semi-final episodes from two to three. The Judging Panel once again consisted of Dieter Bohlen, Bruce Darnell and Sylvie van der Vaart. The season was again hosted by Marco Schreyl and Daniel Hartwich.
Of the 30 semi-finalists, ten appeared in each of the three semi-final shows, and the public voted three participants directly into the final. It was planned that the judges would select the tenth finalist from the remaining 21 candidates at the end of the third semi-final show. However, as the panel could not agree on a single candidate, each of the three judges was given a wildcard, resulting in a total of twelve finalists instead of the planned ten.
The eventual winner of the third season was Yvo Antoni, who presented a dog training routine with his dog PrimaDonna The runner-up, singer Vanessa Calcagno, and the third-placed pan flute player Petruța Küpper, released music albums after the finale.
From 26 January to 7 February 2010, the twelve finalists went on tour, performing together in twelve German cities. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
| | | | Judges' Wildcard Finalist
ParticipantGenreActSemi-finalResultAshley Maria ZimmermannMusicSinger1 Barbara BuchholzMusicTheremin3 Carlotta TrumanMusicSinger3Charlin SperlichMusicSinger1Claudia Ritt and Sarah SacherMusicMusician Duo2Davy KaufmannMusicSinger1FinalistDie KantonputenVarietyMale Strip Act1EliminatedEthan Jerome ColemanDanceHip-Hop Dancer2EliminatedFabienne BenderMusicBlind Singer & Keyboardist3FinalistHannes "Saraph" Schwarz DangerFire Act3FinalistJoel GläfkeDanceHip-Hop Dancer1EliminatedJohan WelltonVarietyJuggler1EliminatedKarin AndreevMusicSinger3FinalistKhosbayar Dangaa and Tsolmon EnkhbayarMusicOberton Singing Duo3EliminatedMaria CassiusMusicRock Singer3EliminatedMr. MethaneVarietyPassing Gas1EliminatedNatalia MacauleyAcrobaticsWater Acrobat1EliminatedOliver RoemerMusicSinger2FinalistPetruta KüpperMusicPanpipe Player2FinalistRaphael and SébastienDanceDance Duo3EliminatedRecyKlangMusicBand3Eliminated* Richard IstelMusicSinger2FinalistRoma and SvenVarietyRoller Skating Duo2EliminatedSven and Sebastian AcrobaticsTrapeze and Taiko Duo2FinalistTamina Geuting MusicSinger2FinalistUnited FourMusicRock Band3EliminatedVanessa CalcagnoMusicOpera Singer1Runner-upVicky Lewis-ThummDanceSerpentine Dancer2EliminatedYvo Antoni and PrimaDonnaAnimalsDog Act1Winner
Semi-final summary Buzzed out | Judges' Wildcard Pick | | |
Semi-final 1 (November 28, 2009) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult Ashley Maria Zimmermann 18th - Eliminated Valentin Urse26th - Eliminated Charlin Sperlich35th - Eliminated Natalia Macauley49th - Eliminated Joel Gläfke54th - Eliminated Yvo Antoni and PrimaDonna6 Davy Kaufmann7 Johan Wellton87th - Eliminated Mr. Methane9 10th - Eliminated Vanessa Calcagno10
Semi-final 2 (December 5, 2009) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult Die Kantonputen110th - Eliminated Claudia Ritt and Sarah Sacher27th - Eliminated Ethan Jerome Coleman35th - Eliminated Richard Istel4 Sven and Sebastian56th - Eliminated (Van der Vaart's Wildcard) Tamina Geuting64th - Eliminated (Bohlen's Wildcard) Vicky Lewis-Thumm79th - Eliminated Oliver Roemer8 Roma and Sven98th - Eliminated Petruta Küpper10
Semi-finals 3 (December 12, 2009) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResult Maria Cassius18th - Eliminated Raphael and Sébastien26th - Eliminated Karin Andreev3 Khosbayar Dangaa and Tsolmon Enkhbayar47th - Eliminated United Four55th - Eliminated Carlotta Truman6 RecyKlang710th - Eliminated Fabienne Bender8 Barbara Buchholz99th - Eliminated Hannes "Saraph" Schwarz104th - Eliminated (Darnell's Wildcard)
Final (December 19, 2009) Finalist Order Result & Voting Percentage Tamina Geuting110th (5.00%) Yvo Antoni and PrimaDonna2Winner (13.50%) Oliver Roemer37th (8.10%) Richard Istel45th (9.80%) Carlotta Truman511th (4.60%) Sven and Sebastian612th (1.30%) Fabienne Bender76th (9.30%) Karin Andreev88th (7.30%) Hannes "Saraph" Schwarz99th (5.40%) Petruta Küpper103rd (11.50%) Vanessa Calcagno11Runner-up (13.40%) Davy Kaufmann124th (10.80%)
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