Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 13)


During the live-shows of season 12, it was announced that the castings for season 13 will start in August 2015. In Fall 2014, RTL gave closer details to the changes of Season 13. The liveshows are replaced with pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany. Only the announcement of the results will be broadcast live. Like the season before the final will not take place in a TV studio in Cologne, but in the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf.
In 2015, RTL announced that DJ Antoine, Mandy Capristo and Heino won't return for the thirteenth season. The new jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, H.P. Baxxter, Michelle and :de:Vanessa Mai|Vanessa Mai. Prince Damien Ritzinger was announced as the winner on 7 May 2016 with Laura van den Elzen finishing as the runner-up.

Auditions and Recall

Start of the season was on Saturday, January 2, 2016. In the casting rounds each candidate selected before the show from a Golden CD with the name of the juror, whose voice should be the deciding factor for advancement or leaving a draw jury voting. Menderes reached the fourth time the recall. There is a "Quick Pick" was held where each candidate had to sing again. RTL did not send this Germany-Recall. Instead, only a short scene was shown in which piles announced that the 32 pre-worn Recall of the 110 candidates in Thailand recall were.

Re-Recall

The Recall in Jamaica was reached by 16 women and 16 men. The contestants were separated in three to four groups by each gender for the first four performances. In the last round the remaining contestants sang in duets where afterwards the judges than decided the Top 10.

Finalists

The Finalist were announced at April 9 and consisted of six male and four female contestants.
PlaceContestantAgeOccupationOrigin
Winner
 Prince Damien Ritzinger25Dance teacherSouth Africa
2
Laura van den Elzen18StudentNetherlands
3
Thomas Katrozan35Sound engineerGermany
4-6
Anita Wiegand17StudentGermany
4-6
Igor Barbosa19StudentPortugal
4-6
Mark Hoffmann19StudentChina
7-9
Ramona Mihajilovic17Supermarket employeeGermany
7-9
Sandra Berger28Child care workerGermany
7-9
Tobias Soltau19TraineeGermany
10
Aytug Gün27Child care workerTurkey
11
Angelika Turo27Dentist aiderGermany

Angelika Turo who originally made it to the Top 10 left the competition on April 14 after she announced her pregnancy. Ramona Mihajilovic than took her place.

Event-Shows

The Event shows are held from April 16 to May 7, 2016 with three pre-recorded shows and a live final. The Voting results were published right after the final.
;Color key
Contestant received the fewest votes and was eliminated
Contestant was in the bottom two, three or four
Contestant received the most votes from the public
Contestant was announced as the season's winner

Top 10 - [Merkers Adventure Mines]

The first event show was held in Merkers Adventure Mines and was pre-recorded on 13 April 2016. The live result show at Eberbach Abbey was aired directly after the event show. At the beginning of the show it was announced that only one contestant would leave the show this week. Also Angelika Turo performed out of competition at the end of the show.
The second event show was held in the Eberbach Abbey and will be pre-recorded on 20 April 2016. The live result show at Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord was aired directly after the event show. Contestant Sandra Berger married her fiancé during the live show. Also this week every contestant had to perform a German song. The three contestants with the fewest votes were eliminated.
OrderContestantSongResultVoting result
1Ramona Mihajilovic"Lieblingsmensch" - NamikaEliminated4.91%
2Thomas Katrozan"Aufstehn" - SeeedSafe8.46%
3Igor Barbosa"Keine Rosen" - :de:Teesy|TeesyBottom four8.05%
4Anita Wiegand"Wenn das Liebe ist" - GlashausSafe17.81%
5Laura van den Elzen"Ich sterb für dich" - :de:Vanessa Mai|Vanessa MaiSafe17.24%
6Tobias Soltau"Ich lass für dich das Licht an" - RevolverheldEliminated5.92%
7Prince Damien Ritzinger"Stimme" - :de:Eff|EffSafe21.89%
8Mark Hoffmann"Ich will nur" - Philipp PoiselSafe9.54%
9Sandra Berger"Unser Tag" - Helene FischerEliminated6.18%

The third event show was held in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord and was pre-recorded on 27 April 2016. The live result show in ISS Dome was aired directly after the event show. Also the six contestants had to perform in pairs in duets or as it was billed 'duells'. The three contestants with the fewest votes were eliminated.
The Final was held live in Düsseldorf at the ISS Dome in front of 13,000 people on 7 May 2016. One Contestant was eliminated after the first performance. The other two performed their favorite performance and the winner's single.
;Round 1
OrderContestantSongResultVoting result
1Laura van den Elzen"9 to 5" - Dolly PartonBottom two24.07%
2Thomas Katrozan"Dreadlock Holiday" - 10ccEliminated23.81%
3Prince Damien Ritzinger"Let It Go" - James BaySafe52.12%

;Round 2
OrderContestantSongOrderSongResultVoting result
1Laura van den Elzen"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles3"Glücksmoment"Runner-Up34.46%
2Prince Damien Ritzinger"Stimme" - :de:Eff|Eff4"Glücksmoment"Winner65.54%

Thomas Katrozan would have performed "Sexy" by Marius Müller-Westernhagen and "Glücksmoment".

Elimination chart