The fourth season of the German talent show Das Supertalent premiered on September 24, 2010. Once again, Bruce Darnell, Dieter Bohlen and Sylvie van der Vaart all returned as Judges, while Daniel Hartwich and Marco Schreyl returned as hosts. Season 4 had approximately 40,700 applicants, making it the highest amount of applicants in the show's history. The auditions began filming on May 16, 2010 in Frankfurt am Main. Other audition locations were Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Munich, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Berlin, Bochum and finally Cologne on June 20, 2010.
When the first auditions episode was broadcast, it had the best viewing figures for an opening episode out of all seasons: 7.47 million viewers. The second episode the following day topped that with 7.74 million viewers. The final was viewed by 10.07 million.
The number of episodes in the season was increased to 15, while the number of Semi-Final episodes were increased from three to four. In each Semi-Final, 10 acts performed, with the public voting two acts through to the final, and the judges collectively deciding on the third, ending with 12 finalists. The Semi-Finals began on November 27. The eventual winner of the competition and the €100,000, was opera Singer Freddy Sahin-Scholl. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this series:
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ParticipantGenreActSemi-finalResultAndrea RenzulloMusicSinger1FinalistAnthony WandruschkaAcrobaticsAerialist3EliminatedBubble BeatzMusicPercussion on Trash3FinalistBusty HeartVarietyVariety Act2EliminatedDancefloor DestructionDanceDance Group4EliminatedDaniele DomizioDanceMichael Jackson Impersonator1FinalistDarko KordicMusicSinger4FinalistDickson OppongVarietyVariety Act1EliminatedDie GoldiesMusicChoir4EliminatedEmilia ArataAcrobaticsAerialist1EliminatedFreddy Sahin-SchollMusicOpera Singer2WinnerHarry KeatonVarietyGlass breaking Singer1EliminatedJosefine BeckerMusicSinger3EliminatedKai LeclercVarietyVariety Act3EliminatedKorea LeeMusicViolinist2EliminatedKurt SpäthDangerFreakshow1EliminatedLaura RiegerMusicSinger2EliminatedLiz SchneiderMusicCellist3EliminatedManuela WirthMusicSinger3EliminatedMarc EggersDanceBreakdancer3EliminatedMartin BolzeVarietyHypnotist1EliminatedMichael HemmersbachMusicSinger & Guitarist3EliminatedMichael HolderbuschMusicSinger3Runner-upNatalja NezeljaVarietySand Artist1FinalistNilson and ZitoDanceDance Duo4EliminatedPellegrini BrothersAcrobaticsAcrobat Group2EliminatedPeter WehrmannMusicBeatboxer4EliminatedPetr and AntoninMusicMusician Duo4EliminatedRamona FottnerMusicSinger2FinalistRobert MaaserAcrobaticsWheel Acrobat1EliminatedRuddy EstevezMusicOpera Singer4FinalistRyan LamDangerSword Act2EliminatedSonja PesieMusicSinger4EliminatedStevie StarrDangerProfessional Regurgitator3FinalistTanja GrünewaldMusicSinger1EliminatedThomas LohseMusicPianist4FinalistTimothy PatchVarietyNaked Artist4EliminatedTobias DiesnerVarietyBalloon Act1EliminatedTobias KramerDanceDeaf Dancer2FinalistYevgeniya StöcklinDancePole Dancer2Eliminated
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Semi-final 1 (November 27, 2010) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultDaniele Domizio1 Tobias Diesner2 Tanja Grünewald3 Robert Maaser4 Emilia Arata5 Harry Keaton6 Andrea Renzullo7Kurt Späth8 Natalja Nezelja9Martin Bolze10
Semi-final 2 (December 4, 2010) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultRyan Lam1 Korea Lee2 Pellegrini Brothers3 Dickson Oppong4 Laura Rieger5 Yevgeniya Stöcklin6 Ramona Fottner7 Tobias Kramer8Busty Heart9 Freddy Sahin-Scholl10
Semi-final 3 (December 11) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultKai Leclerc1 Manuela Wirth2 Bubble Beatz3Josefine Becker4 Anthony Wandruschka5 Michael Hemmersbach6 Marc Eggers7 Stevie Starr8Liz Schneider9 Michael Holderbusch10
Semi-final 4 (December 15) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzesResultDancefloor Destruction1 Sonja Pesie2 Petr and Antonin3 Ruddy Estevez4Peter Wehrmann5 Nilson and Zito6 Thomas Lohse7Die Goldies8 Timothy Patch9 Darko Kordic10
Final (December 18) Finalist Order Result & Voting Percentage Daniele Domizio111th (3.48%) Ramona Fottner25th (7.91%) Bubble Beatz310th (5.20%) Andrea Renzullo44th (9.65%) Ruddy Estevez512th (1.34%) Natalja Netselja66th (6.26%) Darko Kordic78th (5.76%) Thomas Lohse89th (5.75%) Michael Holderbusch9Runner-up (15.69%) Stevie Starr107th (5.82%) Tobias Kramer113rd (10.30%) Freddy Sahin-Scholl12Winner (22.84%)
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