Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 11)
Deutschland sucht den Superstar was the eleventh season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. The winner gets a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500 000. Participants had to be between 16 and 30 years old and could audition in 30 cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. :de:Kay One|Kenneth "Kay One" Glöckler, Mieze Katz and Marianne Rosenberg became judges. Bill and Tom Kaulitz from Tokio Hotel and Mateo from Culcha Candela left after the completion of season 10. The motto of this season is Kandidaten an die Macht!. For the second year in a row this season featured a female final top two and producing a female Superstar for the third time in the history of the show. Aneta Sablik was announced as the winner on 3 May 2014.
Progress
On 13 March 2013 RTL announced, that there will be an eleventh season. The judges from the previous season, with the exception of Dieter Bohlen, were replaced by rapper Prince Kay One, the singer Mieze Katz of the band MIA., and the Schlager singer Marianne Rosenberg. Nazan Eckes returned as the host of the eleventh season, however without Raúl Richter. The season started on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 on RTL.This season's headline is "Kandidaten an die Macht!" . Therefore, it's the first season that the contestants are completely in charge of their song choice and their stage performance. That also enables them to choose an original song.
The season premiere attracted 2,70 Mil. viewers, which makes it the least-watched season premiere in the history of Deutschland such den Superstar. However, ratings improved up to 3,33 Mil. viewers by episode three, which makes it the most watched episode of the season so far within the demographics between ages 14–49.
Re-Recall
The top 30, which consisted of 15 female and 15 male contestants, were brought to Cuba for the further competition. In the top 20 round, the judges chose the top ten to compete in the live shows. Five of the ten eliminated contestants were given a wild card by the judges and made available for public voting. The two with the highest votes by the viewers will be joining the top 10.Top 15
Females:- Aneta Sablik, 23
- Anita Latifi, 18
- Elif Batman, 18
- Maxi Perez-Bursian, 20
- Meltem Acikgöz, 24
- Melody Haase, 20
- Sophia Akkara, 20
- Vanessa Valeria Rojas, 23
- Yasemin Kocak, 21
- Allesandro Di Lella, 21
- Angelo Bugday, 22
- Christopher Schnell, 25
- Daniel Ceylan, 28
- Enrico von Krawczynski, 19
- Richard Schlögl, 25
Live-Challenge-Shows
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| Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated | |
| Contestant was in the bottom two or three | |
| Contestant received the most votes from the public | |
| Contestant was announced as the season's winner |
Top 12 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Dance"
In the first live show, the top 12 was split into two groups of six. In each group, one act had to leave the show. The challenge of the first live-challenge show required the contestant to include a dance routine into their performance.- Group performance: "Timber"
Top 10 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Band Night"
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting results |
| 1 | Aneta Sablik | "Ain't No Other Man" | Safe | 14.9% |
| 2 | Daniel Ceylan | "End of the Road" | Bottom 4 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Yasemin Kocak | "Free" | Bottom 3 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Enrico von Krawczynski | "Story of My Life" | Safe | 8.4% |
| 5 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Your Song" | Safe | 10.6% |
| 6 | Alessandro Di Lella | "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" | Eliminated | 6.9% |
| 7 | Vanessa Valera Rojas | "There You'll Be" | Eliminated | 7.1% |
| 8 | Richard Schlögl | "Demons" | Safe | 9.2% |
| 9 | Elif Batman | "Şımarık" | Safe | 12.1% |
| 10 | Christopher Schnell | "Right Here Waiting" | Safe | 14.4% |
Top 8 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Duets"
The challenge of the third live-challenge show required the contestants to pick one of their competitors for a duet. Only one person of the winning duet-team was able to win the live challenge price.| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting results |
| 1 | Meltem Acikgöz & Enrico von Krawczynski | "Higher" | ||
| 2 | Elif Batman & Christopher Schnell | "Say Something" | ||
| 3 | Yasemin Kocak & Daniel Ceylan | "I'm Your Angel" | ||
| 4 | Aneta Sablik & Richard Schlögl | "California King Bed" | ||
| 5 | Enrico von Krawczynski | "Boyfriend" | Eliminated | 8.2% |
| 6 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Footprints in the Sand" | Safe | 13.8% |
| 7 | Christoper Schnell | "Hero" | Safe | 14.5% |
| 8 | Elif Batman | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Eliminated | 10.4% |
| 9 | Daniel Ceylan | "Be Alright" | Bottom 3 | 11.1% |
| 10 | Yasemin Kocak | "When Love Takes Over" | Bottom 4 | 11.3% |
| 11 | Richard Schlögl | "Eisberg" | Safe | 13.4% |
| 12 | Aneta Sablik | "Dirty Diana" | Safe | 17.2% |
Top 6 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Do Your Own Thing!"
The challenge of the fourth live-challenge show was to pick a song and make it their own.| Order | Contestant | First Song | Order | New version song | Result | Voting results |
| 1 | Christopher Schnell | "When I Was Your Man" | 7 | "She's Like the Wind" | Eliminated | 14.5% |
| 2 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Burn" | 8 | "Gangnam Style" | Bottom 3 | 15.3% |
| 3 | Richard Schlögl | "Stark" | 9 | "Use Somebody" | Safe | 17.8% |
| 4 | Yasemin Kocak | "I Turn to You" | 10 | "Ain't Nobody" | Eliminated | 14.0% |
| 5 | Daniel Ceylan | "Bitte Hör' Nicht Auf Zu Träumen" | 11 | " The Best" | Bottom 4 | 16.7% |
| 6 | Aneta Sablik | "I'm Outta Love" | 12 | "I Need Your Love" | Safe | 21.7% |
Top 4 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Semi-Final"
Instead of a double elimination the semi-final featured an elimination of only one contestant, leaving three contestant in the final.The challenge of the fifth live-challenge show was staging the beginning of one of their songs by themselves.
| Order | Contestant | First Song | Order | Challenge song | Result | Voting results |
| 1 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Just Give Me a Reason" | 5 | "My Immortal" | Safe | 25.4% |
| 2 | Daniel Ceylan | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | 6 | "For You" | Bottom 2 | 23.2% |
| 3 | Aneta Sablik | "Wake Me Up" | 7 | "Survivor" | Safe | 30.8% |
| 4 | Richard Schlögl | "Halt dich an mir fest" | 8 | "Lila Wolken" | Eliminated | 20.7% |
Top 3 - "Live-Challenge-Show: Final"
It was announced that each contestant had to write their winner's single by themselves. After the first performance one of the finalists will be eliminated and the remaining two contestants will compete for the crone.;Round 1
| Order | Contestant | Contestants' Choice Song | Result | Voting results |
| 1 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Dark Horse" | Bottom 2 | 29.3% |
| 2 | Daniel Ceylan | "I Won't Let You Go" | Eliminated | 27.1% |
| 3 | Aneta Sablik | "If I Were a Boy" | Safe | 43.6% |
;Round 2
| Order | Contestant | Highlight Song | Order | Winner's Single | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Meltem Acikgöz | "Skyscraper" | 3 | "Explosion In My Heart" | Runner-Up | 42.1% |
| 2 | Aneta Sablik | "Dirty Diana" | 4 | "The One" | Winner | 57.9% |
Daniel Ceylan would have performed " The Best" and "Someone Out There to Love".