The nineteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar began on 22 January 2022 on RTL. The jury consisted of Florian Silbereisen, Ilse DeLange and Toby Gad. The contract with Dieter Bohlen as a juror was not extended by RTL and after 18 seasons Bohlen was not in the jury. Marco Schreyl became the new host.
The guest judge in the first live show was Thomas Anders; in the second live show, Sarah Lombardi; and in the third and fourth, Let's Dance judge Joachim Llambi.
Harry Marcello Laffontien won the competition with 73,10% of the public votes, the third highest percentage win on the show.
Finalists Place Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status 1 Harry Marcello Laffontien 21 Hiddenhausen ArtistWinner2 Amber van den Elzen 20 Gemert, Netherlands StudentRunner-up 3 Melissa Mantzoukis 18 Ingolstadt TraineeEliminated in Round 2 4 Gianni Laffontien 17 Hiddenhausen ArtistEliminated in Round 1 5 Dominik Simmen 22 Kiel Psychology studentEliminated6 Melissa Turan 23 Wiesloch Make-up artist 7 Din Omerhodzic 24 Frankfurt am Main Medical studentEliminated8 Tina Umbricht 23 Gränichen, Switzerland Worker in a cell phone store 9 Abigail Nova Campos 17 Leipzig StudentEliminated10 Domenico Tarantino 24 Hamburg Employee in a bank
Live shows Color key Contestant lost the pre-voting and was eliminated Contestant was in the bottom three Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated Contestant received the most votes from the public Contestant was announced as the season's winner Contestant was announced as the runner-up
Week 1: Top 10 - 1980s songs Original airdate: 16 April
Pre-voting Contestant Song Result Voting result Dominik Simmen "Rebel Yell"Advanced77.15% Emine Knapczyk "Rebel Yell"Eliminated22.85%
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Melissa Turan "Beat It" Safe5,81% (7/10) 2 Abigail Nova Campos "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Eliminated4,38% (9/10) 3 Gianni Laffontien "Hold Me Now" Safe11,22% (3/10) 4 Domenico Tarantino "Maniac" Eliminated2,70% (10/10) 5 Amber van den Elzen "Right Here Waiting" Safe15,72% (2/10) 6 Din Omerhodzic "Halt mich" Safe8,93% (6/10) 7 Tina Umbricht "Kids in America" Bottom three4,48% (8/10) 8 Harry Marcello Laffontien "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Safe25,03% (1/10) 9 Melissa Mantzoukis "Holding Out for a Hero" Safe11,14% (4/10) 10 Dominik Simmen "Take On Me" Safe10,59% (5/10)
Week 2: Top 8 - Movie Night Original airdate: 23 April
Order Contestant Song Movie Result Voting result 1 Melissa Turan "Lady Marmalade"Moulin Rouge! Safe9,82% (5/8) 2 Gianni Laffontien "Oh, Pretty Woman"Pretty Woman Safe13,02% (4/8) 3 Amber van den Elzen "Shallow"A Star is Born Safe18,17% (3/8) 4 Din Omerhodzic "She's Like the Wind"Dirty Dancing Eliminated6,66% (7/8) 5 Tina Umbricht "Crazy in Love" (Remix)Fifty Shades of Grey Eliminated4,43% (8/8) 6 Harry Marcello Laffontien "I'm Still Standing"Rocketman Safe22,33% (1/8) 7 Melissa Mantzoukis "Never Enough"The Greatest Showman Safe18,37% (2/8) 8 Dominik Simmen "What I've Done"Transformers Bottom three7,20% (6/8)
Week 3 - Semi-Final: Top 6 - The Power of Love Original airdate: 30 April
Order Contestant Song Result Voting result 1 Melissa Turan "Domino" Eliminated6,80% (6/6) 2 Gianni Laffontien "She" Bottom three15,47% (4/6) 3 Amber van den Elzen "Desperado" Safe17,66% (2/6) 4 Dominik Simmen "Use Somebody" Eliminated10,28% (5/6) 5 Harry Marcello Laffontien "When a Man Loves a Woman" Safe34,13% (1/6) 6 Melissa Mantzoukis "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Safe 15,66% (3/6) Duette (Duets) 7 Melissa Turan & Gianni Laffontien "Feeling Good" rowspan="3" colspan="2" 8 Amber van den Elzen & Dominik Simmen "You're the One That I Want" 9 Harry Marcello Laffontien & Melissa Mantzoukis "You Are The Reason"
Week 4 - Final: Top 4 - Season Highlight Song/favourite Song/Winner's Single Original airdate: 7 May
Order Contestant Song (Season highlight Song) Song (Favourite Song) Result Voting result Winner's single Result Voting result 1 Gianni Laffontien "It's Not Unusual" "Burning Love" Eliminated in Round 1 13,09% (4/4) N/A (already eliminated) 2 Amber van den Elzen "The House of the Rising Sun" "Islands in the Stream" Safe 21,17% (2/4) "Someone to Love" Runner-up 26,90% (2/2) 3 Harry Marcello Laffontien "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher" "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Safe 49,01% (1/4) "Someone to Love" Winner 73,10% (1/2) 4 Melissa Mantzoukis "What I Did for Love" "Stone Cold" Eliminated in Round 2 16,73% (3/4) N/A (already eliminated)
Elimination chart Females Males Top 10 Winner Runner-up
Safe Most votes Safe Last Eliminated
Stage:Top 11Top 8Semi-Final - Top 6Finals - Top 4Week:4/164/234/305/7PlaceContestantResult 1 Harry Marcello Laffontien 1st25,03% 1st22,33% 1st34,13% 1st49,01% Winner73,10% 2 Amber van den Elzen 2nd15,72% 3rd18,17% 2nd17,66% 2nd21,17% Runner-up26,90% 3 Melissa Mantzoukis 4th11,14% 2nd18,37% 3rd15,66% 3rd16,73% 4 Gianni Laffontien 3rd11,22% 4th13,02%4th15,47% 4th13,09% 5 Dominik Simmen 5th10,59%6th7,20% 5th10,28% 6 Melissa Turan 7th5,81% 5th9,82% 6th6,80% 7 Din Omerhodzic 6th8,93% 7th6,66% 8 Tina Umbricht 8th4,48% 8th4,43% 9 Abigail Nova Campos 9th4,38% 10 Domenico Tarantino 10th2,70%
References
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