# Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 16

The sixteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar began on 5 January 2019 in RTL. Dieter Bohlen returned for his sixteenth series as a judge, while Oana Nechiti, Xavier Naidoo and Pietro Lombardi are the new judges. Oliver Geissen returned for his fifth series as host. The winner was the 20 years old Davin Herbrüggen.

## Finalists

| Place | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Occupation | Status |
| 1 | Davin Herbrüggen | 20 | Oberhausen | Personal Care Assistant | Winner |
| 2 | Nick Ferretti | 29 | Palma, Spain | Musician | Runner-up |
| 3 | Joana Kesenci | 17 | Gronau | Student | Eliminated in Round 2 Final Mottoshow |
| 4 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | 21 | Bochum | Student | Eliminated in Round 1 Final Mottoshow |
| 5 | Taylor Luc Jacobs | 23 | Kiel | Musician | Eliminated Mottoshow 3 |
| 6 | Clarissa Schöppe | 19 | Buckow | Student | Eliminated Mottoshow 3 |
| 7 | Momo Chahine | 22 | Herne | Apprenticeship | Eliminated Mottoshow 2 |
| 8 | Jonas Weisser | 18 | Villingendorf | Student | Eliminated Mottoshow 2 |
| 9 | Lukas Kepser | 24 | Kranenburg | Student | Eliminated Mottoshow 1 |
| 10 | Angelina Mazzamurro | 21 | Erwitte | Hairdresser | Eliminated Mottoshow 1 |

## "Mottoshows"
### Top 10 - "Chartbreaker"

Original airdate: 6 April 2019
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Davin Herbrüggen | "It's My Life" | Safe | 9.14% (6/10) |
| 2 | Joana Kesenci | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe | 16.77% (2/10) |
| 3 | Lukas Kepser | "Happier" | Eliminated | 5.31% (9/10) |
| 4 | Nick Ferretti | "Thinking Out Loud" | Safe | 18.99% (1/10) |
| 5 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | "Crazy in Love" | Safe | 6.47% (7/10) |
| 6 | Jonas Weisser | "80 Millionen" | Safe | 9.22% (5/10) |
| 7 | Angelina Mazzamurro | "Your Song" | Eliminated | 4.98% (10/10) |
| 8 | Momo Chahine | "Mein Stern" | Bottom three | 6.15% (8/10) |
| 9 | Clarissa Schöppe | "Shake It Off" | Safe | 10.78% (4/10) |
| 10 | Taylor Luc Jacobs | "Halt mich" | Safe | 12.19% (3/10) |

### Top 8 - "Retro-Hits"

Original airdate: 13 April 2019
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Jonas Weisser | "Relight My Fire" | Eliminated | 6.39% (8/8) |
| 2 | Clarissa Schöppe | "Jolene" | Bottom three | 9.21% (6/8) |
| 3 | Momo Chahine | "Fresh" | Eliminated | 6.87% (7/8) |
| 4 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | "It's Raining Men" | Safe | 10.30% (5/8) |
| 5 | Taylor Luc Jacobs | "Freiheit" | Safe | 13.02% (4/8) |
| 6 | Joana Kesenci | "Wannabe" | Safe | 18.41% (2/8) |
| 7 | Davin Herbrüggen | "Summer of '69" | Safe | 15.09% (3/8) |
| 8 | Nick Ferretti | "Dancing in the Dark" | Safe | 20.71% (1/8) |

### Top 6 - Semi-Final: "Magischen Moment" (Magic Moment)

Original airdate: 20 April 2019
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" | Bottom three | 10.81% (4/6) |
| 2 | Nick Ferretti | "Make You Feel My Love" | Safe | 29.00% (1/6) |
| 3 | Taylor Luc Jacobs | "Starlight Express" | Eliminated | 9.60% (5/6) |
| 4 | Clarissa Schöppe | "Colors of the Wind" | Eliminated | 8.83% (6/6) |
| 5 | Davin Herbrüggen | "A Kind of Magic" | Safe | 21.94% (2/6) |
| 6 | Joana Kesenci | "Endlich sehe ich das Licht" | Safe | 19.82% (3/6) |
| Duette (Duets) |||||
| 7 | Joana Kesenci & Nick Ferretti | "Shallow" | — | — |
| 8 | Clarissa Schöppe & Taylor Luc Jacobs | "Ein Traum wird wahr" | — | — |
| 9 | Alicia-Awa Beissert & Davin Herbrüggen | "Beauty and the Beast" | — | — |

### Top 4 - Finale (Solo song & Winner's single)

    Original airdate: 27 April 2019
| Order | Contestant | Solo Song | Winner's single | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | "Girl on Fire" | "Good Things" | Eliminated in Round 1 | 7.74% (4/4) |
| 2 | Nick Ferretti | "Hallelujah" | "Anyone Else" | Runner-up | 29.46% (2/4) |
| 3 | Joana Kesenci | "Sweet but Psycho" | "Like a Fool" | Eliminated in Round 2 | 18.77% (3/4) |
| 4 | Davin Herbrüggen | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | "The River" | Winner | 44.03% (1/4) |

## Elimination chart

| Females | Males | Top 10 | Winner |
| Safe | Most votes | Safe Last | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Stage: | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Week: | Week: | 4/6 | 4/13 | 4/20 | 4/27 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Davin Herbrüggen | 6th 9.14% | 3rd 15.09% | 2nd 21.94% | Winner 44.03% |
| 2 | Nick Ferretti | 1st 18.99% | 1st 20.71% | 1st 29.00% | Runner-Up 29.46% |
| 3 | Joana Kesenci | 2nd 16.77% | 2nd 18.41% | 3rd 19.82% | 3rd 18.77% |
| 4 | Alicia-Awa Beissert | 7th 6.47% | 5th 10.30% | 4th 10.81% | 4th 7.74% |
| 5 | Taylor Luc Jacobs | 3rd 12.19% | 4th 13.02% | 5th 9.60% | |
| 6 | Clarissa Schöppe | 4th 10.78% | 6th 9.21% | 6th 8.83% | |
| 7 | Momo Chahine | 8th 6.15% | 7th 6.87% | | |
| 8 | Jonas Weisser | 5th 9.22% | 8th 6.39% | | |
| 9 | Lukas Kepser | 9th 5.31% | | | |
| 10 | Angelina Mazzamurro | 10th 4.98% | | | |