Vanessa Jean Dedmon
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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...
(the German Version of Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
) being voted out by the audience in the Top 3 Show. Dedmon was one of the favourites of the jury.
As of March 2006 she was going out with former co-competitor Mike Leon Grosch
Mike Leon Grosch
Mike Leon Grosch is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:...
. However as of June 2006, they have broken up. She has 2 older siblings, a brother named Delanzo and a sister named Latascha. Vanessa and Latascha live with their parents in Germany while Delanzo is stationed in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
as a member of the United States Army. Also a niece named Cheryl and a nephew named Delanzo Jr.
In October 2006 her first single "Sonnenschein", a duet with German Hip Hop band Rapsoul
Rapsoul
- History :Färger and Neumann first worked together producing remixes for the Frankfurt record label 3p , working with the German pop/soul band Glashaus and female rapper Sabrina Setlur. The two first appeared together as a rap duo as Dreckskind & Pechvogel - History :Färger and Neumann first...
, entered the German single charts at #17.
Idol Performances
- Top 20 Show: There You'll Be (Faith HillFaith HillFaith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
) - Top 14 Show: Living To Love You (Sarah ConnorSarah Connor (musician)Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe , better known by her stage name Sarah Connor, is a German singer, songwriter and television personality. Connor debuted in 2001 under the guidance of artist manager George Glueck and became the first solo act to ever have four consecutive chart-topping hits on the German...
) - Top 10 Show: Run To You (Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney 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...
) - Top 9 Show: Time After Time (Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia 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...
) - Top 8 Show: Knockin' On Heavens Door (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) - Top 7 Show: Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Judy GarlandJudy GarlandJudy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
) - Top 6 Show: Hero (Mariah CareyMariah CareyMariah 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...
) - Top 5 Show: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney 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...
) / Without You (Mariah CareyMariah CareyMariah 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...
) - Top 4 Show: Get Here (Oleta AdamsOleta AdamsOleta Adams is an American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist.-Biography:Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised with gospel music. In her youth her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth.Before gaining her opportunity to perform,...
) / Fallin' (Alicia KeysAlicia KeysAlicia 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...
) - Top 3 Show: Greatest Love of All (Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney 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...
) / I Turn to You (Christina AguileraChristina AguileraChristina 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...
) / Für Dich (Yvonne CatterfeldYvonne CatterfeldYvonne Catterfeld is a German singer, actress and TV host.-Biography:Catterfeld was born in Erfurt, Thuringia, then in East Germany, in 1979. At the age of 15 she started playing the piano and the flute, simultaneously taking first dance and vocal lessons...
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Album appeareances
- Absolute (Mike Leon GroschMike Leon GroschMike Leon Grosch is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:...
):- "We've Got Tonight" (Mike Leon GroschMike Leon GroschMike Leon Grosch is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the third season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.-Biography:...
& Vanessa Jean Dedmon) (2006)
- "We've Got Tonight" (Mike Leon Grosch
- Unbeschreiblich (RapsoulRapsoul- History :Färger and Neumann first worked together producing remixes for the Frankfurt record label 3p , working with the German pop/soul band Glashaus and female rapper Sabrina Setlur. The two first appeared together as a rap duo as Dreckskind & Pechvogel - History :Färger and Neumann first...
):- "Sonnenschein" (RapsoulRapsoul- History :Färger and Neumann first worked together producing remixes for the Frankfurt record label 3p , working with the German pop/soul band Glashaus and female rapper Sabrina Setlur. The two first appeared together as a rap duo as Dreckskind & Pechvogel - History :Färger and Neumann first...
feat. Vanessa Jean Dedmon) (2006)
- "Sonnenschein" (Rapsoul
- Love Songs (DSDS-FinalistsDeutschland sucht den SuperstarDeutschland 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...
Compilation album):- "Hero"
- "2 Become 1" (Vanessa Jean Dedmon, Anna-Maria Zimmerman, Lena Hanenberg, Carolina Escolano & Dana Semcova)