# Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 14

During the live-shows of season 13, it was announced that the castings for season 14 will start in August 2016. In late 2016, broadcaster RTL gave closer details to the changes of season 14. The pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany were replaced by the "Mottoshows" (theme shows) which were used from season 1 to 10.
In 2016, RTL announced that H.P. Baxxter, Dieter Bohlen and Michelle would return, while Vanessa Mai was replaced by YouTuber Shirin David. Oliver Geissen returned as the host of the live shows. The season marked an all-time high because there was a "final 14" which was the highest amount of Mottoshow contestants ever. Also for the first time a wild card voting was introduced where the public voted Alphonso Williams who was eliminated just before the Mottoshows back in the competition. Alphonso Williams was announced the winner on 6 May followed by Alexander Jahnke, Maria Voskania and Duygu Goenel. With 54 years Williams is the oldest winner to date.

## Auditions and "Recall"

There were changes in the rules: New casting candidates were also present during the "Recall" phase, which takes place in Dubai this year. In addition, the groups' Recalls are now treated as those of casting candidates: Each group has to select the Golden CD of a juror before the performance. Directly after the performance, the jurors individually assess the members of the group and agree on their continuation; in the case of a 2: 2 the voice of the jurors, whose Golden CD was selected, counts twice. In the squadrons before the jury met again after all the appearances of a round, decided together which candidates to leave and announced this before all candidates.

## Finalists

The Finalist were announced just before the first Mottoshow where only 13 of the last 16 contestants proceeded. Just before the second Mottoshow, it was announced that either Alphonso Williams or Benjamin Timon Donndorf would be returning as a wild card. Alphonso Williams was chosen. Which made it a final 14 in total.
| Place | Contestant | Age | Occupation |
| 1 | Alphonso Williams | 54 | Warehouseman |
| 2 | Alexander Jahnke | 29 | Clerk |
| 3 | Maria Voskania | 29 | College student |
| 4 | Duygu Goenel | 22 | College student |
| 5 | Noah Schärer | 16 | Student |
| 6 | Chanelle Wyrsch | 20 | Office woman |
| 7 | Sandro Brehorst | 18 | Student |
| 8 | Monique Simon | 21 | Barkeeper |
| 9 | Ivanildo Kembel | 40 | Barkeeper |
| 10 | Ruben Mateo | 20 | College student |
| 11 | Armando Sarowny | 26 | Event Manager |
| 12 | Mihaela Cataj | 24 | Waitress |
| 13 | Angelika Ewa Turo | 28 | Dentist's assistant |
| 14 | Matthias Bonrath | 20 | Paramedics |

## "Mottoshows"

The five Mottoshows will be held from 8 April until 6 May 2017. Only thirteen of the last sixteen proceeded on the live shows' start. Before the second Mottoshow it was announced that Alphonso Williams was brought back as a wild card. Making it a Top fourteen in total. The voting results were published right after the finale.

### Top 16 Elimination

    Original airdate: 8 April 2017
The final 16 were announced on 1 April 2017 and the final 13 were announced on 6 April.
| Contestant | Result |
| Alexander Jahnke | Advanced |
| Alphonso Williams | Eliminated |
| Andrea Renzullo | Eliminated |
| Angelika Ewa Turo | Advanced |
| Armando Sarowny | Advanced |
| Benjamin Timon Donndorf | Eliminated |
| Chanelle Wyrsch | Advanced |
| Duygu Goenel | Advanced |
| Ivanildo Kembel | Advanced |
| Maria Voskania | Advanced |
| Matthias Bonrath | Advanced |
| Mihaela Cataj | Advanced |
| Monique Simon | Advanced |
| Noah Schärer | Advanced |
| Ruben Mateo | Advanced |
| Sandro Brehorst | Advanced |

### Top 13 – Partyhits

    Original airdate: 8 April 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Duygu Goenel | "When Love Takes Over" – David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland | Safe | 14.90% (3/13) |
| 2 | Matthias Bonrath | "Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon | Eliminated | 3.17% (13/13) |
| 3 | Mihaela Cataj | "You're the One That I Want" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Eliminated | 3.90% (11/13) |
| 4 | Ivanildo Kembel | "Happy" – Pharrell Williams | Safe | 5.85% (6/13) |
| 5 | Angelika Ewa Turo | "100.000 leuchtende Sterne" – Anna-Maria Zimmermann | Eliminated | 3.36% (12/13) |
| 6 | Alexander Jahnke | "Ich & Du" – Gestört aber GeiL ft. Sebastian Hämer | Safe | 16.42% (2/13) |
| 7 | Chanelle Wyrsch | "Ich werde lächeln wenn du gehst" – Andrea Berg | Safe | 6.90% (5/13) |
| 8 | Ruben Mateo | "María" – Ricky Martin | Bottom four | 4.36% (10/13) |
| 9 | Maria Voskania | "I'm Outta Love" – Anastacia | Safe | 17.21% (1/13) |
| 10 | Noah Schärer | "Yeah 3x" – Chris Brown | Safe | 9.19% (4/13) |
| 11 | Monique Simon | "Rockabye" – Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie | Safe | 5.42% (7/13) |
| 12 | Sandro Brehorst | "Waiting for Love" – Avicii | Safe | 4.47% (9/13) |
| 13 | Armando Sarowny | "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia | Safe | 4.85% (8/13) |

### Top 11 – My favorite song

    Original airdate: 15 April 2017
On 13 April it was announced that there would be a wild card. The public votes on the two pre-eliminated contestants Alphonso Williams and Benjamin Timon Donndorf to return. Andrea Renzullo was not an option due to a contract issue. On 14 April Williams was announced as the wild card winner.
* Wild card voting
| Contestant | Result | Voting result |
| Alphonso Williams | Advanced | 91.00% |
| Benjamin Timon Donndorf | Eliminated | 9.00% |
* Normal voting
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Maria Voskania | "Ich bin wie du" – Marianne Rosenberg | Safe | 10.62% (3/11) |
| 2 | Ivanildo Kembel | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" – Stevie Wonder | Eliminated | 2.98% (9/11) |
| 3 | Armando Sarowny | "Let Me Entertain You" – Robbie Williams | Eliminated | 2.33% (11/11) |
| 4 | Noah Schärer | "I Need a Dollar" – Aloe Blacc | Bottom four | 4.97% (8/11) |
| 5 | Sandro Brehorst | "Radioactive" – Imagine Dragons | Safe | 5.01% (7/11) |
| 6 | Chanelle Wyrsch | "Ich sterb für dich" – Vanessa Mai | Safe | 5.39% (6/11) |
| 7 | Monique Simon | "To Make You Feel My Love" – Adele | Safe | 5.92% (5/11) |
| 8 | Alphonso Williams | "Car Wash" – Rose Royce | Safe | 31.48% (1/11) |
| 9 | Ruben Mateo | "So Sick" – Ne-Yo | Eliminated | 2.87% (10/11) |
| 10 | Duygu Goenel | "Let's Get Loud" – Jennifer Lopez | Safe | 9.97% (4/11) |
| 11 | Alexander Jahnke | "Gewinner" – Clueso | Safe | 18.46% (2/11) |

### Top 8 – Movie songs

    Original airdate: 22 April 2017
* This week the contestant sang a solo song and a duet.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Movie | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Sandro Brehorst | "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins | Footloose | Eliminated | 6.11% (7/8) |
| 2 | Duygu Goenel | "All By Myself" – Celine Dion | Bridget Jones's Diary | Safe | 9.67% (5/8) |
| 3 | Alexander Jahnke | "Chöre" – Mark Forster | Welcome to Germany | Safe | 12.76% (2/8) |
| 4 | Noah Schärer | "Stand by Me" – Ben E. King | Stand By Me | Safe | 11.45% (4/8) |
| 5 | Monique Simon | "Lady Marmalade" – Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk | Moulin Rouge! | Eliminated | 5.64% (8/8) |
| 6 | Chanelle Wyrsch | "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich" Ella Endlich | Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel | Bottom three | 7.21% (6/8) |
| 7 | Alphonso Williams | "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps | Saturday Night Fever | Safe | 35.66% (1/8) |
| 8 | Maria Voskania | "Märchen schreibt die Zeit" – Angela Lansbury | Beauty and the Beast | Safe | 11.50% (3/8) |
| 9 | Alexander Jahnke & Chanelle Wyrsch | "We've Got Tonight" – Ronan Keating & Jeanette Biedermann | Glee | — | — |
| 10 | Alphonso Williams & Noah Schärer | "I Can't Help Myself" – Four Tops | Forrest Gump | — | — |
| 11 | Sandro Brehorst & Maria Voskania | "Up Where We Belong" – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | An Officer and a Gentleman | — | — |
| 12 | Monique Simon & Duygu Goenel | "When You Believe" – Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston | The Prince of Egypt | — | — |

### Top 6 – Semi-final (Anthems of the musical history)

    Original airdate: 29 April 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Chanelle Wyrsch | "Atemlos durch die Nacht" – Helene Fischer | Eliminated | 6.21% (6/6) |
| 2 | Duygu Goenel | "One Moment in Time" – Whitney Houston | Bottom three | 10.07% (4/6) |
| 3 | Noah Schärer | "Let It Be" – The Beatles | Eliminated | 6.28% (5/6) |
| 4 | Alexander Jahnke | "Freiheit" – Marius Müller-Westernhagen | Safe | 22.79% (2/6) |
| 5 | Alphonso Williams | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – James Brown | Safe | 34.68% (1/6) |
| 6 | Maria Voskania | "Who Wants to Live Forever" – Queen | Safe | 19.97% (3/6) |

### Top 4 – Finale (Solo song, Favorite performance & Winner's single)

    Original airdate: 6 May 2017
* The final result was announced after all four contestants performed their three songs.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result | Voting result |
| 1 | Alexander Jahnke | "Geboren um zu leben" – Unheilig | Runner-Up | 30.91% (2/4) |
| 1 | Alexander Jahnke | "Gewinner" – Clueso | Runner-Up | 30.91% (2/4) |
| 1 | Alexander Jahnke | "Halt alle Uhren an" – Alexander Jahnke | Runner-Up | 30.91% (2/4) |
| 2 | Maria Voskania | "Irgendwann" – Beatrice Egli | Eliminated in Round 2 | 18.00% (3/4) |
| 2 | Maria Voskania | "Unser Tag" – Helen Fischer | Eliminated in Round 2 | 18.00% (3/4) |
| 2 | Maria Voskania | "Magie" – Maria Voskania | Eliminated in Round 2 | 18.00% (3/4) |
| 3 | Duygu Goenel | "Ghost" – Ella Henderson | Eliminated in Round 1 | 10.55% (4/4) |
| 3 | Duygu Goenel | "Get Here" – Oleta Adams | Eliminated in Round 1 | 10.55% (4/4) |
| 3 | Duygu Goenel | "Passenger" – Duygu Goenel | Eliminated in Round 1 | 10.55% (4/4) |
| 4 | Alphonso Williams | "Stop! In the Name of Love" – The Isley Brothers | Winner | 40.54% (1/4) |
| 4 | Alphonso Williams | "Disco Inferno" – The Trammps | Winner | 40.54% (1/4) |
| 4 | Alphonso Williams | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" – Jimmy Ruffin | Winner | 40.54% (1/4) |

## Elimination chart

| Females | Males | Top 16 | Top 14 | Winner |
| Safe | Chosen by the judges for the Top 13, later Top 14 | Won the wildcard voting and returned | Most votes | Safe Last | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Stage: | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Week: | Week: | 4/6 | 4/8 | 4/15 | 4/15 | 4/22 | 4/29 | 5/6 |
| Week: | Week: | Top 16 | Top 13 | Wildcard | Normal voting | 4/22 | 4/29 | 5/6 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Alphonso Williams | Top 14 | — | 1st 91.00% | 1st 31.48% | 1st 35.66% | 1st 34.68% | Winner 40.54% |
| 2 | Alexander Jahnke | Top 14 | 2nd 16.42% | — | 2nd 18.46% | 2nd 12.76% | 2nd 22.79% | Runner-Up 30.91% |
| 3 | Maria Voskania | Top 14 | 1st 17.21% | — | 3rd 10.62% | 3rd 11.50% | 3rd 19.97% | 3rd 18.00% |
| 4 | Duygu Goenel | Top 14 | 3rd 14.90% | — | 4th 9.97% | 5th 9.67% | 4th 10.07% | 4th 10.55% |
| 5 | Noah Schärer | Top 14 | 4th 9.19% | — | 8th 4.97% | 4th 11.45% | 5th 6.28% | |
| 6 | Chanelle Wyrsch | Top 14 | 5th 6.90% | — | 6th 5.39% | 6th 7.21% | 6th 6.21% | |
| 7 | Sandro Brehorst | Top 14 | 9th 4.47% | — | 7th 5.01% | 7th 6.11% | | |
| 8 | Monique Simon | Top 14 | 7th 5.42% | — | 5th 5.92% | 8th 5.64% | | |
| 9 | Ivanildo Kembel | Top 14 | 6th 5.85% | — | 9th 2.98% | | | |
| 10 | Ruben Mateo | Top 14 | 10th 4.36% | — | 10th 2.87% | | | |
| 11 | Armando Sarowny | Top 14 | 8th 4.85% | — | 11th 2.33% | | | |
| 12 | Mihaela Cataj | Top 14 | 11th 3.90% | | | | | |
| 13 | Angelika Ewa Turo | Top 14 | 12th 3.36% | | | | | |
| 14 | Matthias Bonrath | Top 14 | 13th 3.17% | | | | | |
| 15 | Benjamin Timon Donndorf | Elim | | 2nd 9.00% | | | | |
| 16 | Andrea Renzullo | Elim | | | | | | |