During the live-shows of season 13, it was announced that the castings for season 14 will start in August 2016. The motto was still "No Limits". In late 2016, broadcaster RTL gave closer details to the changes of season 14. The pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany were replaced by the "Mottoshows" (theme shows) which were used from season 1 to 10.
In 2016, RTL announced that H.P. Baxxter, Dieter Bohlen and Michelle would return, while Vanessa Mai was replaced by YouTuber Shirin David. Oliver Geissen returned as the host of the live shows. The season marked an all-time high because there was a "final 14" which was the highest amount of Mottoshow contestants ever. Also for the first time a wild card voting was introduced where the public voted Alphonso Williams who was eliminated just before the Mottoshows back in the competition. Alphonso Williams was announced the winner on 6 May followed by Alexander Jahnke, Maria Voskania and Duygu Goenel. With 54 years Williams is the oldest winner to date.
Auditions and "Recall" There were changes in the rules: New casting candidates were also present during the "Recall" phase, which takes place in Dubai this year. In addition, the groups' Recalls are now treated as those of casting candidates: Each group has to select the Golden CD of a juror before the performance. Directly after the performance, the jurors individually assess the members of the group and agree on their continuation; in the case of a 2: 2 the voice of the jurors, whose Golden CD was selected, counts twice. In the squadrons before the jury met again after all the appearances of a round, decided together which candidates to leave and announced this before all candidates.
Finalists The Finalist were announced just before the first Mottoshow where only 13 of the last 16 contestants proceeded. Just before the second Mottoshow, it was announced that either Alphonso Williams or Benjamin Timon Donndorf would be returning as a wild card. Alphonso Williams was chosen. Which made it a final 14 in total. Place Contestant Age Occupation 1Alphonso Williams 54 Warehouseman 2 Alexander Jahnke 29 Clerk 3 Maria Voskania 29 College student 4 Duygu Goenel 22 College student 5 Noah Schärer 16 Student 6 Chanelle Wyrsch 20 Office woman 7Sandro Brehorst 18 Student 8 Monique Simon 21 Barkeeper 9Ivanildo Kembel 40 Barkeeper 10 Ruben Mateo 20 College student11 Armando Sarowny 26 Event Manager 12 Mihaela Cataj 24 Waitress 13Angelika Ewa Turo 28 Dentist's assistant 14 Matthias Bonrath 20 Paramedics
"Mottoshows" The five Mottoshows will be held from 8 April until 6 May 2017. Only thirteen of the last sixteen proceeded on the live shows' start. Before the second Mottoshow it was announced that Alphonso Williams was brought back as a wild card. Making it a Top fourteen in total. The voting results were published right after the finale.
Color key Contestant wasn't chosen from the judges to join the final 13 and was eliminated Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated Contestant was in the bottom two, three or four Contestant received the most votes from the public Contestant was announced as the season's winner Contestant was announced as the runner-up
Top 16 Elimination Original airdate: 8 April 2017 The final 16 were announced on 1 April 2017 and the final 13 were announced on 6 April.
Contestant Result Alexander Jahnke Advanced Alphonso Williams Eliminated Andrea Renzullo Eliminated Angelika Ewa Turo Advanced Armando Sarowny Advanced Benjamin Timon Donndorf Eliminated Chanelle Wyrsch Advanced Duygu Goenel Advanced Ivanildo Kembel Advanced Maria Voskania Advanced Matthias Bonrath Advanced Mihaela Cataj Advanced Monique Simon Advanced Noah Schärer Advanced Ruben Mateo Advanced Sandro Brehorst Advanced
Top 13 – Partyhits Original airdate: 8 April 2017
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Duygu Goenel "When Love Takes Over" – David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland Safe 14.90% (3/13) 2 Matthias Bonrath "Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon Eliminated 3.17% (13/13) 3 Mihaela Cataj "You're the One That I Want" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Eliminated 3.90% (11/13) 4 Ivanildo Kembel "Happy" – Pharrell Williams Safe5.85% (6/13) 5 Angelika Ewa Turo "100.000 leuchtende Sterne" – Anna-Maria Zimmermann Eliminated3.36% (12/13) 6 Alexander Jahnke "Ich & Du" – Gestört aber GeiL ft. Sebastian Hämer Safe16.42% (2/13) 7 Chanelle Wyrsch "Ich werde lächeln wenn du gehst" – Andrea Berg Safe6.90% (5/13) 8 Ruben Mateo "María" – Ricky Martin Bottom four4.36% (10/13) 9 Maria Voskania "I'm Outta Love" – Anastacia Safe17.21% (1/13) 10 Noah Schärer "Yeah 3x" – Chris Brown Safe9.19% (4/13) 11 Monique Simon "Rockabye" – Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie Safe5.42% (7/13) 12 Sandro Brehorst "Waiting for Love" – Avicii Safe4.47% (9/13) 13 Armando Sarowny "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia Safe4.85% (8/13)
Top 11 – My favorite song Original airdate: 15 April 2017 On 13 April it was announced that there would be a wild card. The public votes on the two pre-eliminated contestants Alphonso Williams and Benjamin Timon Donndorf to return. Andrea Renzullo was not an option due to a contract issue. On 14 April Williams was announced as the wild card winner. Wild card voting Contestant Result Voting result Alphonso Williams Advanced91.00% Benjamin Timon DonndorfEliminated9.00%
Normal voting
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Maria Voskania "Ich bin wie du" – Marianne Rosenberg Safe10.62% (3/11) 2 Ivanildo Kembel "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" – Stevie Wonder Eliminated2.98% (9/11) 3 Armando Sarowny "Let Me Entertain You" – Robbie Williams Eliminated2.33% (11/11) 4 Noah Schärer "I Need a Dollar" – Aloe Blacc Bottom four 4.97% (8/11) 5 Sandro Brehorst "Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons Safe5.01% (7/11) 6 Chanelle Wyrsch "Ich sterb für dich" – Vanessa Mai Safe5.39% (6/11) 7 Monique Simon "To Make You Feel My Love" – Adele Safe5.92% (5/11) 8Alphonso Williams"Car Wash" – Rose Royce Safe31.48% (1/11) 9 Ruben Mateo "So Sick" – Ne-Yo Eliminated2.87% (10/11) 10 Duygu Goenel "Let's Get Loud" – Jennifer Lopez Safe 9.97% (4/11) 11 Alexander Jahnke "Gewinner" – Clueso Safe18.46% (2/11)
Top 8 – Movie songs Original airdate: 22 April 2017 This week the contestant sang a solo song and a duet.
Order Contestant Song Movie Result Voting result 1 Sandro Brehorst "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins Footloose Eliminated 6.11% (7/8) 2 Duygu Goenel "All By Myself" – Celine Dion Bridget Jones's Diary Safe 9.67% (5/8) 3 Alexander Jahnke "Chöre" – Mark Forster Welcome to Germany Safe 12.76% (2/8) 4 Noah Schärer "Stand by Me" – Ben E. King Stand By Me Safe11.45% (4/8) 5 Monique Simon "Lady Marmalade" – Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk Moulin Rouge! Eliminated5.64% (8/8) 6 Chanelle Wyrsch "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich" Ella Endlich Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel Bottom three7.21% (6/8) 7Alphonso Williams "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps Saturday Night Fever Safe35.66% (1/8) 8 Maria Voskania "Märchen schreibt die Zeit" – Angela Lansbury Beauty and the Beast Safe 11.50% (3/8) 9 Alexander Jahnke & Chanelle Wyrsch "We've Got Tonight" – Ronan Keating & Jeanette Biedermann Gleecolspan=2 10 Alphonso Williams & Noah Schärer "I Can't Help Myself" – Four Tops Forrest Gumpcolspan=2 11 Sandro Brehorst & Maria Voskania "Up Where We Belong" – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes An Officer and a Gentlemancolspan=2 12 Monique Simon & Duygu Goenel "When You Believe" – Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston The Prince of Egyptcolspan=2
Top 6 – Semi-final (Anthems of the musical history) Original airdate: 29 April 2017
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Chanelle Wyrsch "Atemlos durch die Nacht" – Helene Fischer Eliminated6.21% (6/6) 2 Duygu Goenel "One Moment in Time" – Whitney Houston Bottom three 10.07% (4/6) 3 Noah Schärer "Let It Be" – The Beatles Eliminated6.28% (5/6) 4 Alexander Jahnke "Freiheit" – Marius Müller-Westernhagen Safe 22.79% (2/6) 5Alphonso Williams "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – James Brown Safe 34.68% (1/6) 6 Maria Voskania "Who Wants to Live Forever" – Queen Safe 19.97% (3/6)
Top 4 – Finale (Solo song, Favorite performance & Winner's single) Original airdate: 6 May 2017 The final result was announced after all four contestants performed their three songs. Order Contestant Song Result Voting result1Alexander Jahnke "Geboren um zu leben" – UnheiligRunner-Up 30.91% (2/4) "Gewinner" – Clueso "Halt alle Uhren an" – Alexander Jahnke2Maria Voskania "Irgendwann" – Beatrice EgliEliminated in Round 2 18.00% (3/4) "Unser Tag" – Helen Fischer "Magie" – Maria Voskania3Duygu Goenel "Ghost" – Ella HendersonEliminated in Round 110.55% (4/4) "Get Here" – Oleta Adams "Passenger" – Duygu Goenel4Alphonso Williams "Stop! In the Name of Love" – The Isley BrothersWinner40.54% (1/4) "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" – Jimmy Ruffin
Elimination chart
Females Males Top 16 Top 14 Winner
Safe Chosen by the judges for the Top 13, later Top 14 Won the wildcard voting and returned Most votes Safe Last Eliminated
Stage:FinalsWeek:4/64/84/154/224/295/6Top 16Top 13WildcardNormal votingPlaceContestantResult 1 Alphonso WilliamsTop 141st91.00%1st31.48%1st35.66%1st34.68%Winner40.54%2 Alexander Jahnke Top 14 2nd16.42% 2nd18.46% 2nd12.76% 2nd22.79%Runner-Up30.91%3 Maria VoskaniaTop 14 1st17.21% 3rd10.62% 3rd11.50% 3rd19.97%3rd18.00% 4 Duygu GoenelTop 14 3rd14.90% 4th9.97% 5th9.67% 4th10.07%4th10.55% 5 Noah SchärerTop 14 4th9.19% 8th4.97% 4th11.45%5th6.28% 6 Chanelle WyrschTop 14 5th6.90% 6th5.39% 6th7.21%6th6.21% 7 Sandro BrehorstTop 14 9th4.47% 7th5.01%7th6.11% 8 Monique SimonTop 14 7th5.42% 5th5.92%8th5.64% 9 Ivanildo KembelTop 14 6th5.85%9th2.98% 10 Ruben MateoTop 14 10th4.36%10th2.87% 11 Armando SarownyTop 14 8th4.85%11th2.33% 12 Mihaela CatajTop 14 11th3.90% 13 Angelika Ewa TuroTop 14 12th3.36% 14 Matthias Bonrath Top 14 13th3.17% 15 Benjamin Timon DonndorfElim2nd9.00% 16 Andrea Renzullo Elim
References
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