Popstars: Girls forever
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Popstars: Girls forever is the ninth season of Popstars (Germany)
, in which young aspiring female singers/dancers competed in order to claim their spots to make it into the next girl group. The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed and judged by choreographer Detlef D! Soost
, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability by manager Thomas Stein, who had previously been a judge on the first two seasons of Deutschland sucht den Superstar
, and "Die Happy
"-singer Marta Jandová, who is also about to write songs for the final band. This is the format for the ninth season of the Popstars (Germany)
series, focusing mostly on female dancers/singers, looking for fame in the music industry. This season's catch phrase is "Follow the Star". The season's promotional songs were Gabriella Cilmi
's "On a Mission
" redeemed by Monrose
with "This Is Me
", which also serves as the opening theme.
The show ran from Thursday, August 19, 2010 to December 9, 2010 on Pro7. The show will be repeated on VIVA on the following Friday, Sunday and Tuesday. Auditions were held in 16 German
cities, not involving the judges appearing on TV, and through Online-Casting. The last chance to audition were four audition-dates in Offenbach and Duisburg
in front of the real judges.
A so-called "Talent Check" was held after the castings to see which girls were talented enough to be a popstar. The "Talent Check" was followed by four weeks of workshop in a band-house in Munich
. The remaining girls were invited to Nashville, Tennessee
, USA for another kind of workshop in another luxurious band-house. Following those eight weeks of workshop were four weeks of live shows for the remaining girls. During the live shows the audience decided the name of the band and which four girls would form the new band (the members by televoting the name by voting on the official site). Throughout the live shows the girls were be coached by stars and also performed with them on-stage.
(Ages stated are at time of contest)
The jury is very surprised by Meike because of her great voice.
As the jury couldn't decide whether Betty or Svenja should get the chance to attend the Talent Check, they let them have a singin battle, for which they were coached by Marit Larsen
.
Selected 5: Dilara, Meike, Rosalie, Claudia, Betty
The singing battle was fought between Ita and Angel-Ann. They were coached by Monrose
.
Selected 5: Isabelle, Sonni, Sarah, Yonca, Angel-Ann
The singing battle was held between Esra and Jasmin. The girls were coached by Aura Dione
for their battle.
Selected: Milka, Jenny, Pascaline, Katrin, Esra
Sash and Gloria were coached by Gabriella Cilmi
for their battle.
Selected: Diba, Ines, Jasmin, Chantal, Julia, Sash
In addition to the personal castings there were online castings held for four weeks. The girls chosen by the jury were Maria, Denise, Gloria, Jessica.
Critical audience, prominent visitations and another rivalry: The 21 poptential Popstars that were selected at the auditions, met each other in Munich
for the first time. Before this week's groups were announced, the judges had a surprise for the girls: The online contestans were introduced to the other girls at the Talent Check. Every girl had to sing in front of the jury again. Gloria was given bad criticism and withdrew. The girls performed on stage in front of their families and friends for the first time. Scottish singer Amy Macdonald
supported the potentials and gives some advices. Denise, Chantal and Dilara were eliminated.
The girls were coached by Ne-Yo
, e.g. they had to remove all their make up and sing an acoustic-version of a very personal song and show their emotions in a close-up. There was dispute between the girls as they all live in one house. Jasmin and Milka were eliminated.
The girls got a haircut and trained their skills in different music video shoots ("California Gurls
" by Katy Perry
, "Whenever, Wherever
" by Shakira
, "Earth Song
" by Michael Jackson
and "Numb
" by U2
). After having an allergic reaction Ines was rushed to a hospital. She didn't perform with the other girls but was given the option to come back as soon as she was well again. Rosalie caused some trouble as she broke the rules and left the house. She stated to want to go home but stayed anyway. Kim Wilde
helped the girls look-wise. Maria was eliminated.
The girls were taught by Regina Halmich
and Culcha Candela
. Rosalie and Katrin, who were estranged since the last episode, conciliated. Angel-Ann was replaced as bandleader due to her weak leading abilities. Diba was made bandleader instead. Ines recovered and moved back into the house. Angel-Ann and Sash were eliminated. After the elimination Sash was accused for stealing stuff from the other girls.
After having been brought to a church by judge Marta, the girls got to meet Paul Potts
and had to sing an acoustic version of either Hallelujah
or Ave Maria
in the same church. Rosalie once again disrupted her group by disputing with Pascaline and several other candidates. The girls moved out of their house and travelled to a dripstone cave inside which they performed their songs. The girls' families came to watch the show, Meike was the only one not to have attendants. Every group was praised for their performance. Esra burnt her arm during their group's performance because she was positionioned near the fire and refused to move away because she didnt want to break the performance. This example of her 180°-Twist in teamwork was positively mentioned by D.
After having been eliminated, Rosalie suffered a nervous breakdown.
Jessica withdrew. The girls travelled to Nashville and moved into another kind of bandhouse. Meike was the last one to move into a room with the other girls and was therefore criticized again for being a self-inflicted outsider. Robbie Williams
was the artist coaching them this week. He was specially fond of Esra, described her as naughty and charismatic and chose her along with Meike, Sarah and Isabelle to perform his song "Feel
". The girls were brought to a famous recording studio and got the chance to get a salaried job. Pascaline, Jenny and Yonca got the job and therefore recorded a song. Sonni was eliminated.
The girls got to meet Kevin Richardson
, former member of Backstreet Boys
. After performing their favourite song for him, he chose four girls, Julia, about whom he said she had the best voice, Meike, Katrin and Claudia, to sing backing vocals for his new song. This weeks band-leaders, Julia, Yonca, Ines and Sarah, got to meet Maroon 5
and sing backing vocals for their rehearsal, however they had to act as the band's roadies
. After doing a rehearsal of their performances in fron of all the other girls, Detlef D! Soost asked the girls to each tell him in front of the entire group the two girls they could imagine least to be in a band with. Everyone chose Esra and, along with Meike herself, Meike.
Isabelle was eliminated.
Detlef D! Soost announced that one of the girls gets to sing the American national anthem
at a football
game at the Vanderbilt Stadium
in Nashville. Sarah was the one who got the job. For another job, recording a song for the soundtrack
of German
comedy
Hanni & Nanni, the girls had to perform their favourite song in fron of the client again. Sarah and Julia were the ones who got the job and therefore recorded a song. On the following day, the girls had to perform country
-songs with backing bands in so-called honky-tonks and had to collect money for their show. Therefore the girls were split into groups. The group who earned the most consisted of Katrin, Yonca and Diba. Throughout the week Meike has been criticized for being an outsider again. For this week's performances the girls sang with Meg Pfeiffer and her band. No one was eliminated.
This week's band-leaders, Jenny, Diba and Pascaline, were invited to an American
breakfast television
-show where they had to promote their upcoming performances. The girls got to record a song together, a cover of hit single
I Swear by All-4-One
. Three of the girls, Julia, Esra and Jenny, got to perform Smile
by and with Uncle Kracker
. During the actual show there girls got to perform Hey, Soul Sister
by and with Train
. Ines was eliminated.
After a one-week voting on the official Pro7-homepage, the band name "LaViVe" was revealed. The girls performed their cover of "I Swear" with Gary Baker. Robbie Williams
and Gary Barlow
performed their song "Shame
". The girls did solo performances. Claudia was eliminated and it was revealed that Sarah was the first band member.
The second live show was part of ProSieben's Red Nose Day campaign.
The first single is called "No Time for Sleeping".
Top 100 reactions.
Popstars (Germany)
Popstars is a German reality television series that began its first installment on the RTL2 network on November 14, 2000. Part of the international Popstars franchise, it originated from the same-titled New Zealand reality program....
, in which young aspiring female singers/dancers competed in order to claim their spots to make it into the next girl group. The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed and judged by choreographer Detlef D! Soost
Detlef Soost
Detlef Soost , also using the name D! , most often called Detlef D! Soost, is a German dancer and choreographer.-Life and work:...
, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability by manager Thomas Stein, who had previously been a judge on the first two seasons 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...
, and "Die Happy
Die Happy
Die Happy is a German alternative metal band from Ulm.-History:The group was founded in 1993 by Czech singer Marta Jandová and Thorsten Mewes...
"-singer Marta Jandová, who is also about to write songs for the final band. This is the format for the ninth season of the Popstars (Germany)
Popstars (Germany)
Popstars is a German reality television series that began its first installment on the RTL2 network on November 14, 2000. Part of the international Popstars franchise, it originated from the same-titled New Zealand reality program....
series, focusing mostly on female dancers/singers, looking for fame in the music industry. This season's catch phrase is "Follow the Star". The season's promotional songs were Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....
's "On a Mission
On a Mission (song)
"On a Mission" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her second studio album, Ten . The song was released as the album's lead single in Australia on 5 February 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2010. The song has been praised by music critics for its...
" redeemed by Monrose
Monrose
Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...
with "This Is Me
This Is Me (Monrose song)
"This Is Me" is a dance-pop song by all-female German band Monrose. It was written by Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Paul Barry and former All Saints band member Shaznay Lewis...
", which also serves as the opening theme.
The show ran from Thursday, August 19, 2010 to December 9, 2010 on Pro7. The show will be repeated on VIVA on the following Friday, Sunday and Tuesday. Auditions were held in 16 German
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...
cities, not involving the judges appearing on TV, and through Online-Casting. The last chance to audition were four audition-dates in Offenbach and Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
in front of the real judges.
A so-called "Talent Check" was held after the castings to see which girls were talented enough to be a popstar. The "Talent Check" was followed by four weeks of workshop in a band-house in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. The remaining girls were invited to Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, USA for another kind of workshop in another luxurious band-house. Following those eight weeks of workshop were four weeks of live shows for the remaining girls. During the live shows the audience decided the name of the band and which four girls would form the new band (the members by televoting the name by voting on the official site). Throughout the live shows the girls were be coached by stars and also performed with them on-stage.
Successful contestants
- Sarah Rensing (22), cosmetician from AhlenAhlenAhlen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger Münster region, and of the historic Münsterland area....
. She was announced the first band member of LaVive in the Live Show I. A reception two days later was organised for Sarah Rensing in Ahlen's town hall. - Meike Ehnert (23), babysitter from SchwarzenbachSchwarzenbach an der SaaleSchwarzenbach an der Saale is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 11 km south of Hof. Within the town is the Gedenkstätte Langer Gang, a memorial to the Nazi victims of the Helmbrechts concentration camp, which was near Schwarzenbach an der...
. She was announced the second band member of LaVive in the Live Show II. - Julia (17), student from OberhausenOberhausenOberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...
. She was announced the third band member of LaVive in the Live Show III. - Katrin Mehlberg (19), student from DuisburgDuisburg- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
. She was announced the fourth band member of LaVive in the Live Show IV.
Eliminated contestants
- Esra Ünver (16), student from MoersMoersMoers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...
, was eliminated after her third performance in the Live Show IV. - Pascaline (19), student from HennefHennefHennef is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 km south-east of Siegburg and 15 km east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Hennef (Sieg) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of...
, was eliminated after her second performance in the Live Show IV. - Yonca Cakmak (22), student from KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
, was eliminated after her first performance in the Live Show IV. - Diba Hakimi (20), office clerk from HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, was eliminated after her performance in the Live Show III. - Jenny (26), dental assistantDental assistantDental assistants assist the dental operator provide more efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding a suction device, exposing dental radiographs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional...
from HemmoorHemmoorHemmoor is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the river Oste, approx. 40 km northeast of Bremerhaven, and 25 km south of Brunsbüttel.-History:...
, was eliminated after her performance in the Live Show II. - Claudia (26), travel agent from StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, was eliminated after her performance in the Live Show I. - Ines (23), prospective nursery nurse, was eliminated after her performance in the Girls@Work Band-house IV.
- Isabelle (23), student from Mainz-KastelMainz-KastelMainz-Kastel is a district administered by the city of Wiesbaden, Germany. Mainz-Kastel was formerly a district of the city of Mainz, until the public administration by the city of Wiesbaden was decided on August 10, 1945...
, originally from SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, was eliminated after her performance in the Girls@Work Band-house II. - Sonni (18), apprentice from MannheimMannheimMannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, was eliminated after her performance in the Girls@Work Band-house I. - Jessica (20), student from FuldaFuldaFulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
, came into competition through an online-casting but withdrew before travelling to the Girls@Work Workshop in Nashville. - Rosalie (16), from AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, originally from Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
, w,s eliminated after her performance in the Workshop IV. - Sash (19), barber apprentice from AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, was eliminated after her performance in the Workshop III. - Angel-Ann (18), student from HertenHertenHerten is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, approx...
, was eliminated after her performance in the Workshop III. - Maria (19), potential student from FlörsheimFlörsheimFlörsheim am Main is a town in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the river Main, opposite Rüsselsheim, 12 km east of Mainz.-Neighbouring communities and counties:...
, originally from ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, came into competition through an online-casting, but was eliminated after her performance in the Workshop II. - Jasmin Hafidi (19), from WiesbadenWiesbadenWiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
, was eliminated after her performance in the Workshop I. - Milka (22), barberBarberA barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
apprentice from LindenschiedLindenschied-History:In 1345, Lindenschied, which was then under the High Court of Rhaunen, had its first documentary mention. The document itself stated Lindenschied’s, and several other villages’, legal status, which at this time was disputed, perticularly as to these villages’ rights and boundaries, between...
, had a dispute with Detlef "D!" Soost after her elimination after her performance in the Workshop I, because of her surprising exit. - Dilara (16), student from Ludwigshafen am RheinLudwigshafen am RheinLudwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ludwigshafen is located on the Rhine opposite Mannheim. Together with Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area....
likes singing, swimming and shopping, and was eliminated after her performance in the Talent Check. - Chantal (17), student from OberasbachOberasbachOberasbach is a municipality in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Fürth, and 10 km west of Nuremberg .-See also:...
, having roots in AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, likes dancing, singing and meeting friends, and was eliminated after her performance in the Talent Check. - Denise (19), from LüdenscheidLüdenscheidLüdenscheid is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region. Lüdenscheid is seat of the administration of the Märkischer Kreis district...
came into competition through an online-casting, but was eliminated after her performance in the Talent Check. - Gloria Wind (26), from HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
came into competition through an online-casting, but withdrew before the training for the Talent Check performance began. - Betty (23), student from HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, made it through the auditions, but withdrew and did not appear at the Talent Check.
(Ages stated are at time of contest)
Episode 01: Casting I
First Aired: August 19, 2010The jury is very surprised by Meike because of her great voice.
As the jury couldn't decide whether Betty or Svenja should get the chance to attend the Talent Check, they let them have a singin battle, for which they were coached by Marit Larsen
Marit Larsen
Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.She began playing violins at age of 5,and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. More recently she has pursued her own music...
.
Selected 5: Dilara, Meike, Rosalie, Claudia, Betty
Episode 02: Casting II
First Aired: August 26, 2010The singing battle was fought between Ita and Angel-Ann. They were coached by Monrose
Monrose
Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...
.
Selected 5: Isabelle, Sonni, Sarah, Yonca, Angel-Ann
Episode 03: Casting III
First Aired: September 2, 2010The singing battle was held between Esra and Jasmin. The girls were coached by Aura Dione
Aura Dione
Mariah Dione , professionally known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer-songwriter of Faroese, Spanish, French and Danish origin. In 2008 she released her debut album, Columbine which as of 2011 has sold 100,000 copies worldwide...
for their battle.
Selected: Milka, Jenny, Pascaline, Katrin, Esra
Episode 04: Casting IV
First Aired: September 9, 2010Sash and Gloria were coached by Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....
for their battle.
Selected: Diba, Ines, Jasmin, Chantal, Julia, Sash
Episode 05: Talent Check
First Aired: September 16, 2010In addition to the personal castings there were online castings held for four weeks. The girls chosen by the jury were Maria, Denise, Gloria, Jessica.
Critical audience, prominent visitations and another rivalry: The 21 poptential Popstars that were selected at the auditions, met each other in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
for the first time. Before this week's groups were announced, the judges had a surprise for the girls: The online contestans were introduced to the other girls at the Talent Check. Every girl had to sing in front of the jury again. Gloria was given bad criticism and withdrew. The girls performed on stage in front of their families and friends for the first time. Scottish singer Amy Macdonald
Amy MacDonald
Amy MacDonald is an American author of children's books. Her works include Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fister's Blister. Her first book, a satire of Jill Krementz's children's books, was A Very Young Housewife.Amy MacDonald...
supported the potentials and gives some advices. Denise, Chantal and Dilara were eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Like a Prayer Like a Prayer Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records, three years after her previous studio album. Madonna worked with Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard, and fellow icon Prince on the album while co-writing and co-producing all the... " |
| Artist | Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... |
| Performers | Meike, Jenny, Diba, Isabell, Denise |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Everytime We Touch Everytime We Touch (Cascada song) "Everytime We Touch" is the debut single by German dance act Cascada, which borrows the chorus from Maggie Reilly's song of the same name. The song was produced by Manuel Reuter and Yann Pfeiffer. It was a worldwide dance-hit in early 2006... " |
| Artist | Cascada Cascada Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"... |
| Performers | Angel-Ann, Maria, Claudia, Sarah |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Tik Tok" |
| Artist | Ke$ha Kesha Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese.... |
| Performers | Sash, Rosalie, Sonni, Yonca, Esra |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Alejandro Alejandro (song) "Alejandro" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released as the third single from her third extended play and second major release The Fame Monster... " |
| Artist | Lady Gaga Lady GaGa Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to... |
| Performers | Dilara, Milka, Chantal, Ines |
| Group 5 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Krieger des Lichts Nichts Passiert - Album :- Year-end charts :-Singles:"Irgendwas Bleibt" reached #1 in Germany and Switzerland, becoming the band's second number-one single in Germany and the first in Switzerland. In the year-end charts the single peaked at #7 in Germany, #10 in Austria and #25 in Switzerland.... " |
| Artist | Silbermond Silbermond Silbermond is a German rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, Johannes and Thomas Stolle.-Biography:... |
| Performers | Pascaline, Jessica, Katrin, Julia, Jasmin |
Episode 06: Workshop I - "Spotlight"
First Aired: September 23, 2010The girls were coached by Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
, e.g. they had to remove all their make up and sing an acoustic-version of a very personal song and show their emotions in a close-up. There was dispute between the girls as they all live in one house. Jasmin and Milka were eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "I'm So Excited I'm So Excited "I'm So Excited" is a song by American recording artists The Pointer Sisters. The track, written by The Pointer Sisters and Trevor Lawrence, was originally released in 1982 and saw a re-release in 1984. It is considered to be one of the group's signature songs.-Background:The song appeared... " |
| Artist | The Pointer Sisters |
| Performers | Esra, Pascaline, Sash and Maria |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Wunder gescheh'n Wunder gescheh'n (Nena album) Wunder gescheh'n is the first album by German Pop singer Nena as a solo artist.It is the first Nena album released after a 2 year musical break due to the band's breakup in 1987.... " |
| Artist | Nena Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she... |
| Performers | Claudia, Isabelle, Sarah and Jessy |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Can't Get You Out of My Head Can't Get You out of My Head "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever . The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced... " |
| Artist | Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
| Performers | Diba, Soni, Angel Ann and Katrin |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Angels" |
| Artist | Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... |
| Performers | Milka, Julia, Jenny and Meike |
| Group 5 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Rude Boy Rude Boy (song) "Rude Boy" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from her fourth studio album, Rated R . The song was released as the third single from the album on February 19, 2010, through Def Jam. It was written by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire... " |
| Artist | Rihanna Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers... |
| Performers | Rosalie, Ines, Yonca and Jasmin |
Episode 07: Workshop II - "The Look"
First Aired: September 30, 2010The girls got a haircut and trained their skills in different music video shoots ("California Gurls
California Gurls
"California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to...
" by Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, "Whenever, Wherever
Whenever, Wherever
"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...
" by Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
, "Earth Song
Earth Song
"Earth Song" is the third single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It is the fifth song on the second disc of the album. It is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. Jackson had a long-standing history of releasing socially conscious...
" by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
and "Numb
Numb (U2 song)
"Numb" is a song by rock band U2. It is the third track from their 1993 album Zooropa and was released in June 1993 as the album's first single. The song features a monotonous mantra of "don't" commands spoken by guitarist The Edge amidst a backdrop of various sound effects and samples...
" by U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
). After having an allergic reaction Ines was rushed to a hospital. She didn't perform with the other girls but was given the option to come back as soon as she was well again. Rosalie caused some trouble as she broke the rules and left the house. She stated to want to go home but stayed anyway. Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
helped the girls look-wise. Maria was eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Vom Selben Stern" |
| Artist | Ich + Ich Ich + Ich Ich + Ich , also pronounced "Ich und Ich", is the name of a musical project by the German musicians Annette Humpe and Adel Tawil. They met in a Berlin recording studio in 2002 when Tawil sang on a production that Humpe had written... |
| Performers | Meike, Diba, Sash and Maria |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun Girls Just Want to Have Fun Girls Just Want to Have Fun may refer to:In music:* "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", the first major single released by singer Cyndi Lauper on She's So UnusualIn film:... " |
| Artist | Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album... |
| Performers | Katrin, Esra, Julia and Isabelle |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Don't Speak Don't Speak "Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt. It was released in 1996 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Tragic Kingdom... " |
| Artist | No Doubt No Doubt No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact... |
| Performers | Jenny, Pascaline, Sarah, Angel-Ann and Sonni |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "About You Now About You Now "About You Now" is a 2007 single by English girl group Sugababes, written by Cathy Dennis and producer Dr. Luke for the group's fifth studio album, Change... " |
| Artist | Sugababes Sugababes The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London... |
| Performers | Jessica, Claudia, Yonca and Rosalie |
Episode 08: Workshop III - "Under Pressure"
First Aired: October 7, 2010The girls were taught by Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich is a popular female boxer from Germany. Halmich is among the most successful female boxers of all time, and helped popularize female boxing in Europe.-Amateur career:...
and Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela is a Dancehall group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2001. Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus"...
. Rosalie and Katrin, who were estranged since the last episode, conciliated. Angel-Ann was replaced as bandleader due to her weak leading abilities. Diba was made bandleader instead. Ines recovered and moved back into the house. Angel-Ann and Sash were eliminated. After the elimination Sash was accused for stealing stuff from the other girls.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Let's Get Loud Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez song) "Let's Get Loud" is a song by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez from her debut album, On the 6 . Written by Gloria Estefan and Kike Santander, and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Santander, the song was released in June 2000 as the album's fifth and final single. While the single did not... " |
| Artist | Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller... |
| Performers | Sarah, Yonca, Sonni and Claudia |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "...Baby One More Time ...Baby One More Time (song) "...Baby One More Time" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It served as Spears' debut single from her debut studio album, ...Baby One More Time . Written by Max Martin and produced by Martin, Denniz Pop and Rami Yacoub, "...Baby One More Time" was released on September 30, 1998,... " |
| Artist | Britney Spears Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album... |
| Performers | Diba, Esra, Angel-Ann and Sash |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "When I Look at You When I Look at You "When I Look at You" is a power ballad performed by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus. The song was written by John Shanks and Hillary Lindsey and produced by Shanks. It was released on March 1, 2010 by Hollywood Records as the second and final single from Cyrus's first extended... " |
| Artist | Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.... |
| Performers | Julia, Meike, Jenny and Katrin |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Geile Zeit Geile Zeit "Geile Zeit" , was the name of the second single of German pop/rock group Juli. It was the second release from their album, Es ist Juli, following the #2 hit single, "Perfekte Welle".Juli won with this song at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005.-Charts:... " |
| Artist | Juli Juli (band) Juli a German alternative pop band from Gießen, Hesse, consisting of singer Eva Briegel, guitarists Jonas Pfetzing and Simon Triebel, bassist Andreas "Dedi" Herde and drummer Marcel Römer... |
| Performers | Isabelle, Ines, Jessica, Pascaline and Rosalie |
Episode 09: Workshop IV - "Golden Voices"
First Aired: October 14, 2010After having been brought to a church by judge Marta, the girls got to meet Paul Potts
Paul Potts
Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries...
and had to sing an acoustic version of either Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Halleluyah, and the Latin form Alleluia are transliterations of the Hebrew word meaning "Praise Yah". The last syllable is from the first two letters of the name of God, YHWH, written JHVH in Latin). Hallelujah is found primarily in the book of Psalms...
or Ave Maria
Ave Maria
Ave Maria may refer to:*Ave Maria , the "Hail Mary", a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus-Music:...
in the same church. Rosalie once again disrupted her group by disputing with Pascaline and several other candidates. The girls moved out of their house and travelled to a dripstone cave inside which they performed their songs. The girls' families came to watch the show, Meike was the only one not to have attendants. Every group was praised for their performance. Esra burnt her arm during their group's performance because she was positionioned near the fire and refused to move away because she didnt want to break the performance. This example of her 180°-Twist in teamwork was positively mentioned by D.
After having been eliminated, Rosalie suffered a nervous breakdown.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Empire State Of Mind Pt. 2 Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down "Empire State of Mind Broken Down" is a song performed by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It is an answer song to the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z, on which Keys is featured... " |
| Artist | Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... |
| Performers | Ines, Katrin, Julia |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "I Want To Know What Love Is" |
| Artist | Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993... / Foreigner Foreigner (band) Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm... |
| Performers | Sonni, Isabelle, Meike, Sarah |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Time After Time Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper song) "Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984, and remained there for two weeks... " |
| Artist | Cindy Lauper |
| Performers | Yonca, Jenny, Diba, Claudia |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Everybody Hurts Everybody Hurts "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the French Singles Chart.-History:Much of the song was written by... " |
| Artist | R.E.M. R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's... |
| Performers | Pascaline, Rosalie, Esra, Jessy |
Episode 10: Girls@Work I - "Let Me Entertain You"
First Aired: October 21, 2010Jessica withdrew. The girls travelled to Nashville and moved into another kind of bandhouse. Meike was the last one to move into a room with the other girls and was therefore criticized again for being a self-inflicted outsider. Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
was the artist coaching them this week. He was specially fond of Esra, described her as naughty and charismatic and chose her along with Meike, Sarah and Isabelle to perform his song "Feel
Feel (Robbie Williams song)
"Feel" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on December 2, 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, Escapology...
". The girls were brought to a famous recording studio and got the chance to get a salaried job. Pascaline, Jenny and Yonca got the job and therefore recorded a song. Sonni was eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Broken-Hearted Girl Broken-Hearted Girl "Broken-Hearted Girl" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles. It was written by Knowles, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, and was produced by Knowles and Stargate for Knowles' third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce... " |
| Artist | Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child... |
| Performers | Katrin, Claudia, Diba |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Feel Feel (Robbie Williams song) "Feel" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on December 2, 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, Escapology... " |
| Artist | Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... |
| Performers | Meike, Esra, Isabelle, Sarah |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Jessica Simpson recorded her own version of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for the soundtrack to the film The Dukes of Hazzard . Simpson's cover was co-produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and was released as the soundtrack's first single in 2005)... " |
| Artist | Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".... / Jessica Simpson Jessica Simpson Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and... |
| Performers | Yonca, Ines, Sonni |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "American Pie" |
| Artist | Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... |
| Performers | Pascaline, Julia, Jenny |
Episode 11: Girls@Work II - "Express Yourself"
First Aired: October 28, 2010The girls got to meet Kevin Richardson
Kevin Richardson
Kevin Richardson is the name of:* Kevin Richardson , American football player* Kevin Richardson , American baseball player* Kevin Richardson , English footballer...
, former member of Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
. After performing their favourite song for him, he chose four girls, Julia, about whom he said she had the best voice, Meike, Katrin and Claudia, to sing backing vocals for his new song. This weeks band-leaders, Julia, Yonca, Ines and Sarah, got to meet Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
and sing backing vocals for their rehearsal, however they had to act as the band's roadies
Road crew
The road crew are the technicians or support personnel who travel with a band on tour, usually in sleeper buses, and handle every part of the concert productions except actually performing the music with the musicians...
. After doing a rehearsal of their performances in fron of all the other girls, Detlef D! Soost asked the girls to each tell him in front of the entire group the two girls they could imagine least to be in a band with. Everyone chose Esra and, along with Meike herself, Meike.
Isabelle was eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Black Velvet Black Velvet (song) "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as... " |
| Artist | Alannah Myles Alannah Myles Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album... , Robin Lee Bruce |
| Performers | Julia, Pascaline, Katrin |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Can't Fight the Moonlight Can't Fight the Moonlight "Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song written by Diane Warren, recorded by LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly, and in the film itself... " |
| Artist | LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
| Performers | Sarah, Meike, Jenny |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Please Don't Leave Me Please Don't Leave Me "Please Don't Leave Me" is a song from American pop rock singer Pink and the third single taken from her fifth studio album Funhouse. It was released on January 31, 2009. The song received strong airplay in Australia and New Zealand, as well as being added to the BBC Radio 1 A-List playlist in the UK... " |
| Artist | Pink Pink (singer) Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress.... |
| Performers | Yonca, Esra, Isabelle |
| Group 4 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Express Yourself" |
| Artist | Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983... |
| Performers | Ines, Diba, Claudia |
Episode 12: Girls@Work III - "Country Feeling"
First Aired: November 04, 2010Detlef D! Soost announced that one of the girls gets to sing the American national anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...
at a football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
game at the Vanderbilt Stadium
Vanderbilt Stadium
Vanderbilt Stadium at Dudley Field is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team...
in Nashville. Sarah was the one who got the job. For another job, recording a song for the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of German
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...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Hanni & Nanni, the girls had to perform their favourite song in fron of the client again. Sarah and Julia were the ones who got the job and therefore recorded a song. On the following day, the girls had to perform country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
-songs with backing bands in so-called honky-tonks and had to collect money for their show. Therefore the girls were split into groups. The group who earned the most consisted of Katrin, Yonca and Diba. Throughout the week Meike has been criticized for being an outsider again. For this week's performances the girls sang with Meg Pfeiffer and her band. No one was eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "I Kissed A Girl" |
| Artist | Katy Perry Katy Perry Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a... |
| Performers | Yonca, Julia, Meike, Diba |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Maneater Maneater (Nelly Furtado song) "Maneater" is a song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Jim Beanz and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album, Loose . It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and includes influences of 1980s music by artists such as Eurythmics and Hall & Oates... " |
| Artist | Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy... |
| Performers | Ines, Sarah, Jenny, Esra |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Poker Face Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) "Poker Face" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world... " |
| Artist | Lady Gaga Lady GaGa Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to... |
| Performers | Katrin, Pascaline, Claudia |
Episode 13: Girls@Work IV - "Showdown"
First Aired: November 11, 2010This week's band-leaders, Jenny, Diba and Pascaline, were invited to an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
breakfast television
Breakfast television
Breakfast television or morning show , is a type of infotainment television program, broadcast live in the morning...
-show where they had to promote their upcoming performances. The girls got to record a song together, a cover of hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
I Swear by All-4-One
All-4-One
All-4-One is a male R&B/pop group best known for their cover hit single "I Swear" from their self-titled 1994 debut album. The group comprises Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak, all from the Antelope Valley and Mojave, California areas, but are based in the Los Angeles...
. Three of the girls, Julia, Esra and Jenny, got to perform Smile
Smile (Uncle Kracker song)
"Smile" is a song by Uncle Kracker from his 2009 album Happy Hour. The song is Uncle Kracker's first single since 2004's "Writing It Down". It has peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is also his second entry on the Hot Country Songs charts, debuting at #57 on the week of November 7, 2009...
by and with Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker
Matthew Shafer is an American rock musician known as Uncle Kracker. His singles include "Follow Me", "Smile", and "Drift Away". His music was more rap rock-based at the start of his career before turning in a more rock and Top 40 style music direction on later releases.-Biography:Shafer was born...
. During the actual show there girls got to perform Hey, Soul Sister
Hey, Soul Sister
"Hey, Soul Sister" is a song by the American rock band Train, written by Patrick Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is their highest...
by and with Train
Train (band)
Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....
. Ines was eliminated.
| Group 1 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Hedonism" |
| Artist | Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009... |
| Performers | Pascaline, Julia, Esra |
| Group 2 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Lose My Breath Lose My Breath "Lose My Breath" is an R&B song performed by the American group Destiny's Child. It was written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Sean Garrett, and Shawn Corey "Jay-Z" Carter for Destiny's Child's fourth studio album, Destiny... " |
| Artist | Destiny's Child Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme... |
| Performers | Diba, Yonca, Ines, Katrin |
| Group 3 | |
|---|---|
| Song | "Un-Break My Heart Un-Break My Heart "Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton from her second studio album, Secrets . Written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, the ballad was released as the album's second single... " |
| Artist | Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... |
| Performers | Jenny, Meike, Sarah, Claudia |
Episode 14: Liveshow I
First Aired: November 18, 2010After a one-week voting on the official Pro7-homepage, the band name "LaViVe" was revealed. The girls performed their cover of "I Swear" with Gary Baker. Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
and Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...
performed their song "Shame
Shame (Robbie Williams song)
"Shame" is a song by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, taken from Williams' second greatest hits compilation album, In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010. It was released as the lead single from the album on 4 October 2010 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom...
". The girls did solo performances. Claudia was eliminated and it was revealed that Sarah was the first band member.
| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrin | "Only Girl (In the World) Only Girl (In the World) "Only Girl " is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud . The song was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 2010 through Def Jam. It was written by Crystal Johnson, Norwegian production duo Stargate and Sandy Vee, and produced by Stargate and Vee... " (Rihanna Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers... ) |
Safe |
| 2 | Esra | "The Show The Show (Lenka song) "The Show" is the debut single by Australian singer/songwriter Lenka that was released in December 2008 - June 2009. The song is featured on her eponymous debut album Lenka, released in 2008. The single was successful in Vietnam, where it peaked as #1 in Radio Vietnam... " (Lenka Lenka Lenka is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.- Demographics :As of 2001, Lenka had 202 inhabitants of whom 129 were Hungarians and 72 Slovakians.-External links:... ) |
Safe |
| 3 | Claudia | "We've Got Tonight" (Ronan Keating Ronan Keating Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and... ) |
Eliminated |
| 4 | Julia | "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Tina Turner Tina Turner Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the... ) |
Safe |
| 5 | Yonca | "Teenage Dream Teenage Dream (Katy Perry song) "Teenage Dream" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released as the second single from her third studio album of the same name on July 23, 2010 through digital distribution. Perry and Bonnie McKee wrote many songs with a youthful theme in mind, but they were rejected by... " (Katy Perry Katy Perry Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a... ) |
Safe |
| 6 | Meike | "Bleeding Love Bleeding Love "Bleeding Love" is a pop/R&B ballad co-written by Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder and produced by Tedder for British singer Leona Lewis's debut album, Spirit. The song is the album's lead single , released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2007... " (Leona Lewis Leona Lewis Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.... ) |
Safe |
| 7 | Jenny | "Evacuate the Dancefloor Evacuate the Dancefloor "Evacuate the Dancefloor" is a song by German group Cascada from their third studio album of the same name. The song features a guest rap from famous German rapper Carlprit and was released as the album's lead single on 29 June 2009; debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 5... " (Cascada Cascada Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"... ) |
Safe |
| 8 | Diba | "She Said She Said (Plan B song) "She Said" is the second single from English rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks - a concept album whose songs tell the fictitious tale of a sharp-suited English soul singer who finds fame with bitter-sweet love songs, but then loses everything when he ends up in prison... " (Plan B) |
Safe |
| 9 | Pascaline | "Baby Can I Hold You Baby Can I Hold You "Baby Can I Hold You" is the third single from American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman, released in late 1988. The song succeeded in reaching the top fifty in the United States, unlike its predecessor, "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", but it failed to become Chapman's second top forty hit,... " (Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,... ) |
Safe |
| 10 | Sarah | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I... " (Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among... ) |
Band member |
Episode 15: Liveshow II
First Aired: November 25, 2010The second live show was part of ProSieben's Red Nose Day campaign.
The first single is called "No Time for Sleeping".
| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julia | "Black Velvet Black Velvet (song) "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as... " (Alannah Myles Alannah Myles Alannah Myles is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album... ) |
Safe |
| 2 | Yonca | "Time After Time Time after Time (Cyndi Lauper song) "Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984, and remained there for two weeks... " (Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album... ) |
Safe |
| 3 | Esra | "Everybody Hurts Everybody Hurts "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the French Singles Chart.-History:Much of the song was written by... " (R.E.M. R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's... ) |
Safe |
| 4 | Diba | "Broken-Hearted Girl Broken-Hearted Girl "Broken-Hearted Girl" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles. It was written by Knowles, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, and was produced by Knowles and Stargate for Knowles' third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce... " (Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child... ) |
Safe |
| 5 | Jenny | "Don't Speak Don't Speak "Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt. It was released in 1996 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Tragic Kingdom... " (No Doubt No Doubt No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact... ) |
Eliminated |
| 6 | Katrin | "When I Look at You When I Look at You "When I Look at You" is a power ballad performed by American recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus. The song was written by John Shanks and Hillary Lindsey and produced by Shanks. It was released on March 1, 2010 by Hollywood Records as the second and final single from Cyrus's first extended... " (Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.... ) |
Safe |
| 7 | Pascaline | "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" (Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009... ) |
Safe |
| 8 | Meike | "Un-Break My Heart Un-Break My Heart "Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton from her second studio album, Secrets . Written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, the ballad was released as the album's second single... " (Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... ) |
Band member |
Episode 16: Liveshow III
First Aired: December 2, 2010| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascaline | "Hello (Follow Your Own Star)" (Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994... ) |
Safe |
| 2 | Katrin | "Run" (Leona Lewis Leona Lewis Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.... ) |
Safe |
| 3 | Diba | "Waiting for Tonight Waiting for Tonight "Waiting for Tonight" is a song originally recorded by American female pop trio 3rd Party for their 1997 album Alive. American recording artist Jennifer Lopez recorded a version for her debut album, On the 6 , and the song became the second single from the album and also the most famous version of... " (Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller... ) |
Eliminated |
| 4 | Esra | "I'm like a Bird I'm like a Bird "I'm Like a Bird" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West, as the first single from her first album Whoa, Nelly!. It was one of the year's critically acclaimed songs and widely considered as Furtado's signature song... " (Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy... ) |
Safe |
| 5 | Yonca | "When the Rain Begins to Fall When the Rain Begins to Fall "When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens in which Zadora played a lead role... " (Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director... & Pia Zadora Pia Zadora Pia Zadora is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians , she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe... ) |
Safe |
| 6 | Julia | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Everything I Do) I Do It for You " I Do It for You" is a power ballad performed by Bryan Adams and co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours... " (Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written... ) |
Band member |
Episode 17: Liveshow IV
First Aired: December 9, 2010| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yonca | "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) "Waka Waka " is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, featuring South African band Freshlyground. It was the official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with its Spanish language version, entitled "Waka Waka "... " (Shakira Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s... ) |
Eliminated |
| 2 | Pascaline | "Bed of Roses Bed of Roses (song) "Bed of Roses" is a rock song released by Bon Jovi in November 1992, from the album Keep the Faith. Jon Bon Jovi wrote the song in a hotel room while suffering from a hangover and the lyrics reflects his feelings at the time... " (Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald... ) |
Safe |
| 3 | Esra | "If I Were a Boy If I Were a Boy "If I Were a Boy" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was composed by Toby Gad and BC Jean. Jean initially recorded her version of the song which was rejected by Jean's record company. Knowles then recorded a new version for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce... " (Beyonce) |
Safe |
| 4 | Katrin | "One Moment in Time One Moment in Time "One Moment in Time" is an Emmy Award winning song written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea.-History:... " (Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among... ) |
Safe |
| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrin | "I Want to Know What Love Is I Want to Know What Love Is "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a 1984 power ballad recorded by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The song hit #1 in both the UK and the U.S. and is the band's biggest hit... " (Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993... ) |
Safe |
| 2 | Esra | "Angels" (Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... ) |
Safe |
| 3 | Pascaline | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down "Empire State of Mind Broken Down" is a song performed by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It is an answer song to the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z, on which Keys is featured... " (Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... ) |
Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaViVe feat. Esra | "No Time for Sleeping No Time for Sleeping "No Time for Sleeping" is a dance-pop song by Romanian singer Corina, released in late October 2010. It was later covered by all-female German band LaViVe. It is the first single taken from the band's first studio album No Sleep .-Track listings:... " (LaViVe LaViVe LaVive were a German girl group consisting of Sarah Rensing, Julia Köster and Katrin Mehlberg formed on the television show Popstars: Girls forever... ) |
Eliminated |
| 2 | LaViVe feat. Katrin | "No Time for Sleeping No Time for Sleeping "No Time for Sleeping" is a dance-pop song by Romanian singer Corina, released in late October 2010. It was later covered by all-female German band LaViVe. It is the first single taken from the band's first studio album No Sleep .-Track listings:... " (LaViVe LaViVe LaVive were a German girl group consisting of Sarah Rensing, Julia Köster and Katrin Mehlberg formed on the television show Popstars: Girls forever... ) |
band member |
Elimination's call-out order
| Order | |Episodes | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |17 | |||
| 1 | Betty | Diba | Meike | Sarah | Pascaline | Jessica | Sarah | Katrin | Pascaline | Meike | Julia | Katrin | Katrin | Katrin | Katrin |
| 2 | Gloria | Katrin | Diba | Jenny | Isabelle | Meike | Yonca | Diba | Diba | Diba | Yonca | Pascaline | Esra | Esra | Esra |
| 3 | Sarah | Angel-Ann | Maria | Meike | Meike | Ines | Pascaline | Yonca | Jenny | Esra | Katrin | Yonca | Pascaline | Pascaline | |
| 4 | Claudia | Sonni | Sash | Julia | Sarah | Katrin | Diba | Julia | Yonca | Pascaline | Diba | Diba | Yonca | ||
| 5 | Angel-Ann | Claudia | Katrin | Katrin | Ines | Pascaline | Claudia | Claudia | Julia | Sarah | Esra | Esra | |||
| 6 | Maria | Sarah | Esra | Yonca | Katrin | Isabelle | Esra | Meike | Sarah | Julia | Jenny | Julia | |||
| 7 | Pascaline | Jessica | Julia | Claudia | Julia | Esra | Ines | Pascaline | Claudia | Katrin | Pascaline | ||||
| 8 | Katrin | Isabelle | Isabelle | Sonni | Sonni | Claudia | Jenny | Ines | Meike | Jenny | Meike | ||||
| 9 | Jessica | Yonca | Jenny | Ines | Rosalie | Jenny | Katrin | Sarah | Esra | Yonca | |||||
| 10 | Julia | Jasmin | Pascaline | Angel-Ann | Esra | Julia | Meike | Jenny | Katrin | Claudia | |||||
| 11 | Jasmin | Ines | Sarah | Isabelle | Jessica | Diba | Julia | Esra | Ines | ||||||
| 12 | Diba | Rosalie | Angel-Ann | Diba | Yonca | Sarah | Isabelle | ||||||||
| 13 | Jenny | Sash | Sonni | Rosalie | Jenny | Sonni | |||||||||
| 14 | Isabelle | Maria | Jessica | Jessica | Diba | Yonca | |||||||||
| 15 | Meike | Esra | Claudia | Esra | Claudia | ||||||||||
| 16 | Denise | Pascaline | Yonca | Pascaline | |||||||||||
| 17 | Chantal | Meike | Rosalie | Sash | |||||||||||
| 18 | Dilara | Jenny | Ines | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Ines | Julia | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Milka | Milka | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Rosalie | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | Esra | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Sash | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Yonca | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | Sonni | ||||||||||||||
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant was band-leader
- The contestant was the best band-leader and was therefore safe from elimination
- The contestant was band-leader and was eliminated
- The contestant quit the competition
- The contestant won the competition
Guest performances
In addition, songs are played during the episodes to promote an artist, single, album, or the show itself. Included is a list of those songs with their Media ControlMedia Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
Top 100 reactions.
| Week | Performer(s) | Title | Top 100 Reaction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casting I | Marit Larsen Marit Larsen Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.She began playing violins at age of 5,and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. More recently she has pursued her own music... |
"Don't Save Me Don't Save Me "Don't Save Me" is the first single by Norwegian pop music singer Marit Larsen released from her debut album Under the Surface. The single was released on 2 February 2006 in Norway... " |
56 (+18) | performed with contestants |
| Casting II | Monrose Monrose Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar... |
"Like A Lady Like a Lady "Like a Lady" is a dance-pop song performed by German all-female pop group, taken from their fourth studio album Ladylike . It was written by Risto Asikainen, Zippy Davis, Ercola and Alexander Komlew and produced by German production team Tuneverse... " |
45 (+5) | performed with contestants |
| Casting III | Aura Dione Aura Dione Mariah Dione , professionally known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer-songwriter of Faroese, Spanish, French and Danish origin. In 2008 she released her debut album, Columbine which as of 2011 has sold 100,000 copies worldwide... |
"Song for Sophie (I Hope She Flies) Song for Sophie (I Hope She Flies) "Song for Sophie " is a song by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione from her debut album Columbine. It was released as Dione's second single in 2007 in Denmark, following "Something from Nothing"... " |
66 (+3) | performed with contestants |
| Casting IV | Gabriella Cilmi Gabriella Cilmi Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist.... |
"On A Mission On a Mission (song) "On a Mission" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her second studio album, Ten . The song was released as the album's lead single in Australia on 5 February 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2010. The song has been praised by music critics for its... " |
failed to re-enter | performed with contestants |
| Talent Check | Amy Macdonald Amy MacDonald Amy MacDonald is an American author of children's books. Her works include Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fister's Blister. Her first book, a satire of Jill Krementz's children's books, was A Very Young Housewife.Amy MacDonald... |
"This Pretty Face This Pretty Face This Pretty Face is a 2010 single release by Scottish recording artist Amy Macdonald, released as the third single from her second studio album A Curious Thing... " |
60 (debut) | performance |
| Workshop I | Ne-Yo Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario... |
"Beautiful Monster Beautiful Monster "Beautiful Monster" is a song by American singer Ne-Yo from his fourth studio album, Libra Scale. The song was released to iTunes as the album's first single on June 8, 2010. The song was written by Ne-Yo, Stargate and Sandy Vee, and it was produced by Stargate and Sandy Vee. It is an uptempo dance... " |
15 (+5) | performance |
| Workshop II | Kim Wilde Kim Wilde Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"... |
"Lights Down Low Come Out and Play (Kim Wilde album) Come Out and Play is the eleventh studio album by British singer Kim Wilde. It was released on 27 August 2010 in Europe and is her first album with Sony Music Germany on the label Columbia SevenOne Music. The track "Lights Down Low" was released as the album's lead-single, reaching Number 34 in... " |
64 (-12) | performance |
| Workshop III | Culcha Candela Culcha Candela Culcha Candela is a Dancehall group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2001. Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus"... |
"Hamma!" / "Monsta" | 68 (re-enter) / 82 (re-enter) | performance |
| Live Show I | Popstars Top 10 feat. Gary Baker Gary Baker (songwriter) Gary Baker is an American country music singer and songwriter.-Career:In the late 1970s, Baker was a musician with the LeBlanc and Carr Band. Baker was also a singer musician with the country pop band, The Shooters. He has written songs for John Michael Montgomery, Alabama and others... |
"I Swear I Swear "I Swear" is a ballad written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for two acts in 1994. Initially it was a number one song on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery at the beginning of the year. His version crossed over... " |
69 (debut) | performed with contestants |
| Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... & Gary Barlow Gary Barlow Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters... |
"Shame Shame (Robbie Williams song) "Shame" is a song by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, taken from Williams' second greatest hits compilation album, In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010. It was released as the lead single from the album on 4 October 2010 by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom... " |
21 (+11) | performance | |
| Revolverheld Revolverheld Revolverheld is a German rock band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2003. Originally named "Manga" and was founded in summer 2003 in Hamburg. In 2004 they renamed the band to "Tsunamikiller" and then afterwards decided upon the name "Revolverheld" after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.-Band... & Marta Jandová |
"Halt dich an mir fest" | 8 (debut) | performance | |
| Live Show II | Paul Potts Paul Potts Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries... |
"Nessun dorma Nessun dorma Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot... " |
failed to re-enter | performance |
| James Blunt James Blunt James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005... feat. Sarah, Julia, Diba, Esra & Yonca |
"You're Beautiful You're Beautiful "You're Beautiful" is a pop rock song co-written by British singer James Blunt, Sacha Skarbek, and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album Back to Bedlam . It was released as the third single from the album in 2005. In the UK and Australia the song reached number one and number two respectively... " |
failed to re-enter | performed with contestants | |
| Paul Potts Paul Potts Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries... feat. Sarah, Pascaline, Jenny, Meike & Katrin |
"What a Wonderful World What a Wonderful World "What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world . Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999... " |
failed to enter | performed with contestants | |
| James Blunt James Blunt James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005... |
"Stay the Night Stay The Night (James Blunt song) "Stay the Night" is the lead single from English singer-songwriter James Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble. The single was released on 25 October 2010. The single received an exclusive advance-release in Austria on 10 September 2010... " |
19 (-3) | performance | |
| Graziella Schazad | "Take on Me Take on Me "Take on Me" is a song by the Norwegian pop band A-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's first studio album Hunting High and Low, released in 1985... " |
failed to enter | performance | |
| Live Show III | Medina Medina (singer) Medina Danielle Oona Valbak , known by the mononym Medina is a Danish pop, dance and R&B singer and songwriter.... |
"Addiction" / "You and I You and I (Medina song) "You and I" is a song by Danish electropop singer Medina. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2009 and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on May 3, 2010. The song is an English version of the Danish song, "Kun for mig", released in late 2008 in Denmark, where it spent 52 weeks... " |
TBA / TBA | performance |
| Duffy Duffy (singer) Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold... feat. Katrin, Pascaline & Diba |
"Mercy Mercy (song) "Mercy" is a soul song performed by Welsh blue-eyed soul singer Duffy, released as the second single from her debut album, Rockferry . Co-written by Duffy and Steve Booker and produced by Booker, it was released over 2008 worldwide to critical acclaim and unprecedented chart success... " |
TBA | performed with contestants | |
| Duffy Duffy (singer) Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold... feat. Yonca, Esra & Julia |
"Warwick Avenue Warwick Avenue (song) "Warwick Avenue" is the third single from the album Rockferry by Duffy. The title refers to Warwick Avenue tube station in London. It was written by Jimmy Hogarth, Eg White, and Duffy and produced by Hogarth. It was released in May 2008, but had already charted by March and April due to download... " |
TBA | performed with contestants | |
| Duffy Duffy (singer) Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold... |
"Well, Well, Well Well, Well, Well (Duffy song) "Well, Well, Well" is the lead single Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy's second studio album Endlessly , and the second single released was 'My Boy'. It is unknown if any more singles are to be released from the Endlessly Album. Well, Well, Well was Written and produced by Duffy and Albert Hammond, it... " |
TBA | performance | |
| Live Show IV | Nena Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she... & Peter Heppner Peter Heppner Peter Heppner was the lead singer of the German electronica/synth pop band Wolfsheim, and has collaborated with many other electronic music acts, such as Paul van Dyk, Schiller, and Goethes Erben.- Career :... |
"Im Haus der drei Sonnen" | TBA | performance |
| Madcon Madcon Madcon is a Norwegian Hip Hop duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa.They are well known from the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Interval Act, in which they performed their hit song "Glow"... feat. Pascaline, Esra & Katrin |
"Beggin' Beggin' "Beggin" is the title of a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1967. In 2007, the song received new popularity when it was remixed by the French DJ Pilooski and then covered by the Norwegian hip-hop band Madcon... " |
TBA | performed with contestants | |
| Madcon Madcon Madcon is a Norwegian Hip Hop duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa.They are well known from the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Interval Act, in which they performed their hit song "Glow"... |
"Glow Glow (Madcon song) "Glow" is an English language song by the Norwegian urban duo Madcon It is the first single released from their fourth album Contraband. The song is produced by production team Element, and written by Element and Madcon... " / "Freaky Like Me Freaky Like Me -Credits and personnel:*Lead vocals – Madcon*Female vocals – Ameerah*Music – TJ Oosterhuis, Arjang "Sha" Shishegar*Lyrics – Ameerah, TJ Oosterhuis, Arjang "Sha" Shishegar, Tshawe Baqwa & Yosef Wolde-Mariam- Charts :-Year-end charts:... " |
TBA | performance | |
| Monrose Monrose Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar... |
"Breathe You in Breathe You in (Monrose song) "Breathe You in" a song by German recording group Monrose. It was written by Thanh Bui, Gary Pinto and and Rodney Mark Davies and produced by Pete Kirtley, Andrew Murray and Christian Ballard for their fourth studio album Ladylike .... " |
TBA | performance | |
| Ich + Ich Ich + Ich Ich + Ich , also pronounced "Ich und Ich", is the name of a musical project by the German musicians Annette Humpe and Adel Tawil. They met in a Berlin recording studio in 2002 when Tawil sang on a production that Humpe had written... |
"Hilf Mir" | TBA | performance | |
| LaViVe LaViVe LaVive were a German girl group consisting of Sarah Rensing, Julia Köster and Katrin Mehlberg formed on the television show Popstars: Girls forever... |
"No Time for Sleeping No Time for Sleeping "No Time for Sleeping" is a dance-pop song by Romanian singer Corina, released in late October 2010. It was later covered by all-female German band LaViVe. It is the first single taken from the band's first studio album No Sleep .-Track listings:... " |
13 (debut) | winners' single |
Germany
| Episode | from 3 years | 14- to 49-year-old | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers (in millions) |
Share (in %) |
Viewers (in millions) |
Share (in %) |
|
| 1 | 2,31 | 8.6 | 1,78 | 16.9 |
| 2 | 2,40 | 8.6 | 1,93 | 17.0 |
| 3 | 2,23 | 7.8 | 1,80 | 15.0 |
| 4 | 2,33 | 8.0 | 1,87 | 15.6 |
| 5 | 2,37 | 8.0 | 1,94 | 15.9 |
| 6 | 2,16 | 7.5 | 1,78 | 14.7 |
| 7 | 2,23 | 7.5 | 1,81 | 14.4 |
| 8 | 1,96 | 6.6 | 1,55 | 12.7 |
| 9 | 2,41 | 7.9 | 1,87 | 15.2 |
| 10 | 2,76 | 8.8 | 2,07 | 16.3 |
| 11 | 2,43 | 7.7 | 1,83 | 14.8 |
| 12 | 2,52 | 8.1 | 1,94 | 15.6 |
| 13 | 2,30 | 7.7 | 1,78 | 14.7 |
| 14 | 2,22 | 7.3 | 1,76 | 14.0 |
| 15 | 2,45 | 8.4 | 1,95 | 16.2 |
| 16 | 2,18 | 7.4 | 1,70 | 14.0 |
| 17 | 2,13 | 7.7 | 1,63 | 14.5 |
| Season | 2,32 | 7.9 | 1,82 | 15.1 |