Norman Langen is a German singer and was a participant in season 8

Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 8)

Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series i n Germany which is airing on RTL and started on January 8, 2011. The winner got a recording contract with Universal Music Group . Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel and were replaced by...

 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar is a German reality talent show, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and...

 who finished in 7th place. He likes to sing in German. He likes Schlager

Schlager

Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...

, pop music and dance music.

Early life

He was born in Badenberg, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 but currently lives in Übach-Palenberg

Übach-Palenberg

Übach-Palenberg is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. -Geography:The town is located at the border with the Netherlands, at approx. 10 km east of Heerlen and 15 km north of Aachen. The river Wurm flows through the area. The town has an area of...

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. He is a trained welder. But he is retraining as a hospice nurse. He has previously sung in a boy band (BXess, later Manhattan). He has three sisters. He was slightly overweight when he was a kid.

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Show (Original airdate)	Song (Artist)	Percentage of calls
Audition
Recall
Top 15 (February 19, 2011)	Ich bau dir ein Schloss (Jürgen Drews Jürgen Drews Jürgen Drews is a German singer.-Life:In his childhood Drews lived in Schleswig. After school Drews studied medicine in Kiel at the University of Kiel, but dropped out of medical school to work as a singer.... )
Top 10 (February 26, 2011)	Wahnsinn (Wolfgang Petry Wolfgang Petry Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry is a former musician from Cologne, Germany. He was the leading German language musician in terms of chart figures in 1997, with his most successful album "Alles".- Awards :Echo awards... )
Top 9 (March 5, 2011)	Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (DJ Ötzi DJ Ötzi DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle , an Austrian entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, he is best known in the English-speaking world for his 2001 cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey Baby".-Biography:DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St...  & Nik P.)
Top 8 (March 12, 2011)	Verlieben, verloren, vergessen, verzeihen (Wolfgang Petry Wolfgang Petry Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry is a former musician from Cologne, Germany. He was the leading German language musician in terms of chart figures in 1997, with his most successful album "Alles".- Awards :Echo awards... )
Top 7 (March 19, 2011)	Hey! Baby Hey! Baby "Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, who recorded the song in 1961. Channel co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith and released it on Mercury Records' Smash label... (DJ Ötzi DJ Ötzi DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle , an Austrian entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, he is best known in the English-speaking world for his 2001 cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey Baby".-Biography:DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St... )	(7/7)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position
		GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	AT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	CH
2011	"Pures Gold"	62