Das Supertalent
Das Supertalent ("Germany's Got Talent", "Got Talent Germany)" is a German talent show, part of the internationally successful "Got Talent franchise", presented by Lola Weippert and Chris Tall. Just like in all other versions of the franchise, auditions take place and the judges review their talent and then later the home audience votes in an election to deem who wins. Since season 14, the winner has received a prize, which totals €50,000. Seasons. Season 1 (2007). Season 1 was presented by Marco Schreyl (also the host of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" – the German version of Pop  Idol). The first episode premiered on 20 October 2007 on RTL and ended on 3 November 2007. The auditions took place in Cologne, Hamburg, Oldenburg and Munich and approximately 5000 people applied for the three-part show. The auditions took place in the first two programs on 20 and 27 October 2007, in the "Schiller Theater" in Berlin. The judges were Dieter Bohlen (musician and also a judge on "Deutschland sucht den Superstar"), Ruth Moschner (TV presenter) and André Sarrasani (circus director). The show reached up to 6.72 million in audience figures. On 3 November 19-year-old opera singer  Ricardo Marinello won in the final by singing, won 100,000€ and finished as first place. The singer Tilly Horn finished as second place. Season 2 (2008). On 18 October 2008, the second season premiered on RTL and ended on 29 November 2008. Due to good ratings, the number of episodes was increased to 7 episodes; 4 audition shows, each 1 hour long and 3 live shows, each 2 hours long. Dieter Bohlen remained as a judge but the two others were replaced by Bruce Darnell (an American model and choreographer who also judges Germany's Next Topmodel) and Sylvie  Meis (a Dutch TV presenter and former wife of footballer Rafael van der Vaart) and the TV presenter Daniel Hartwich joined Marco Schreyl as the new host. The last episodes were on 15 and 22 November. 44-year-old harmonica player Michael Hirte won the second season with 72.62 percent of the vote, won the 100,000€ with it and finished as first place. The contact juggler Kelvin Kalvus finished as second place. On 5 December Michael Hirte released an album called "Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika" (The Man with the Mouth-organ) which placed No. 1 on the German  Charts and did the same little later in Austria and Switzerland. Season 3 (2009). The third season premiered on 16 October 2009 on RTL and ended on 19 December 2009. The judge line-up remained the same from Season 2. Due to the high viewing figures in the second season, RTL Television increased the number of the audition episodes from 4 to 7 and the number of the semi-finalists from 24 to 30. Yvo Antoni went on to win the show and finished as first place, for his act with his dog, which received a controversial response. The opera  singer Vanessa Calcagno finished as second place. Season 4 (2010). Season 4 began on 16 May 2010 in Frankfurt am Main. The first episode was screened on 24 September 2010 on RTL and the last on 18 December 2010. The judges and the hosts returned for this season. The first episode had some of the best quotes of all the seasons: 7.47 million viewers. The second episode the following day topped that with 7.74 million viewers. The top 40 semi-finals began on 27 November. The opera singer Freddy Sahin-Scholl, which has two different voices during the singing, won  this season, €100,000 and finished the first place, the singer Michael Holderbusch finished the second place. Season 5 (2011). The fifth season premiered on 16 September 2011 on RTL and ended on 17 December 2011, while the castings started on 1 May in Hamburg. The judge line-up was changed as Bruce Darnell decided to leave the show to be replaced by professional dancer Motsi Mabuse and the host Marco Schreyl leave the show too. The first episode attracted 7,34 million viewers. On 24 November 2011, the show aired with a "special episode" on Thursday to compete with the  new talent show "The Voice of Germany" from rival networks ProSieben/Sat.1. The episode hit a season low with only 5,83 million viewers and lost against "The Voice of Germany" in the target group 14–49. Panpipe Player Leo Rojas won this season and finished as first place, singer Sven Müller finished as second place. Season 6 (2012). The sixth season premiered on 15 September 2012 on RTL and ended on 15 December 2012.. There have been significant changes to the show. Daniel Hartwich took over hosting duties, and Dieter Bohlen was the only judge to remain on the panel. On  22 June 2012 former host of the popular German show "Wetten, dass..?", Thomas Gottschalk, was confirmed as a new judge., while Michelle Hunziker, who previously worked with Gottschalk on ("Wetten, dass..?") and Bohlen on the local version of singing franchise Pop Idol ("Deutschland sucht den Superstar"). Auditions only took place in the Tempodrom in Berlin. 44,000 people auditioned for season six of "Das Supertalent". This season, a "golden buzzer" was introduced. If one of the judges pushes the buzzer the candidate comes to the next round, no matter what the other judges think. At the last day of taping the  auditions, performer Rene Richter asked jury member Michelle Hunziker to get involved in the performance where she was being held by a lead with Rene holding it with his teeth. While holding Hunziker, the lead snapped which resulted Hunziker getting a brain concussion and bruises. This season has featured a number of failed auditionees from international "Got Talent" shows such as Dan Sperry and Brad Byers of "America's Got Talent", Area 51 and Lucky Franco from "Britain's Got Talent". Sperry was one of the few audtioners who automatically made it through to the semi-finals due to the  golden buzzer rule. Former "DSDS" runner-up Juliette Schoppmann appeared on the show after 10 years she was last seen on RTL. Schoppmann, who originally saw success following her second place, had eventually been dropped by her label and failed to make a comeback. Schoppmann felt that this was a way to make it back into music. After successfully auditioning in front of the judges, she had to compete in a sing-off, in which she won a spot in the semi-finals. This season won the singer and pianist Jean-Michel Aweh and finished as first place, singer Christian  Bakotessa finished as second place Season 7 (2013). The seventh season premiered on 28 September 2013 on RTL and ended on 14 December 2013. It was the first season with four judges. The model Lena Gercke and fashion designer Guido Maria Kretschmer joined Dieter Bohlen and Bruce Darnell as judges and the host Daniel Hartwich returned for this season. Lukas and his dog Falco won this season and finished as first place, devil stick juggler Torsten Ritter finished as second place. It was the first time that the winner won a performance in Las Vegas. Season 8 (2014). The eighth  season premiered on 27 September 2014 on RTL and ended on 20 December 2014. All of the four judges and the host returned for this season. Drag Singer Marcel Kaupp won this season and finished as first place, singer Andreas Hruska finished as second place. It was the first season, since 2008, without Semi-finals. Season 9 (2015). After two seasons, it was announced that the judges will be only three again. The judges were Dieter Bohlen, Inka Bause and Bruce Darnell. Daniel Hartwich returned as host. The ninth season premiered on 19 September 2015 on RTL and ended on  12 December 2015. The singer Jay Oh, who was usually an audience member during the auditions, won this season and finished as first place, Erwin Frankello finished with his sea lions Itchy and Scratchy as second place. Season 10 (2016). The tenth season premiered on 10 September 2016 on RTL and ended on 17 December 2016. The TV presenter Inka Bause was replaced by model and singer Victoria Swarovski and Dieter Bohlen and Bruce Darnell returned as judges. The host Daniel Hartwich returned too. The Golden Buzzer returns as well in this season. However, this year there was a Golden  Chair in the audience, this gave the opportunity to the audience to voice their opinion after each audition, however, the audience has no obligation to use the Golden Buzzer or the red one. The singer Angel Flukes won this season and finished as first place, singer Thomas Stieben finished as second place. Season 11 (2017). The eleventh season premiered on 16 September 2017 on RTL and ended on 16 December 2017. It was announced that the TV presenter Nazan Eckes will replacing Victoria Swarovski. Dieter Bohlen and Bruce Darnell returned as judges and Daniel Hartwich as host. Alexa Lauenburger won  this season with her dogs and finished as first place, singer and violinist Allegra Tinnefeld finished as second place. In this season, there was a little semi-final. Season 12 (2018). The twelfth season premiered on 15 September 2018 on RTL and ended on 22 December 2018. Dieter Bohlen returned for his twelfth series, Bruce Darnell returned for his seventh series and Sylvie Meis returned after six seasons to replace Nazan Eckes. Daniel Hartwich returned for his eleventh series as a host. The regurgitator Stevie Starr won this season and finished as first place, singing trio Mo'Voce finished as second  place. Season 13 (2019). The thirteenth series premiered on 14 September 2019 on RTL and ended on 21 December 2019. Sylvie Meis was replaced from singer Sarah Engels, while Dieter Bohlen returned for his thirteenth season and Bruce Darnell returned for his eighth series. Daniel Hartwich returned for his twelfth series as a host. American dog act Christian Stoinev and Percy won this season and finished as first place, singer Georgia Balke finished as second place. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Ameli Bilyk should be in the finals in 2018 but must be replaced. The reason was an injury. Season 14 (2020 ). The fourteenth season premiered on 17 October 2020 on RTL and ended on 19 December 2020. On 18 June 2020, it was announced that television personality Evelyn Burdecki and comedian Chris Tall will join Dieter Bohlen and Bruce Darnell as the two new judges. It was also announced that Victoria Swarovski will join Daniel Hartwich as the new host. Singer and Guitarist Nick Ferretti won this season and finished as first place, acrobat trio Messoudi Brothers finished as second place. The Places 4 to 11 weren't revealed. Season 15 (2021). RTL announced in March 2021 that Dieter Bohlen and  Bruce Darnell will not longer be judges on the show. Three months after that, RTL announced that Daniel Hartwich and Victoria Swarovski will be not longer hosts on the show too. Later, RTL confirmed that Dutch TV presenter Chantal Janzen, fashion designer Michael Michalsky and the magician duo Ehrlich Brothers will be the new judges while the "fourth judge" will be a rotating cast of guest judges. While Evelyn Burdecki won't be returning to the show, Chris Tall switches sides. He will host the season together with Lola Weippert. The season will begin on 2 October 2021 on RTL . For the first time since 2013, there will be two Semi-Finals again. Judges and hosts. Annotations Reception. Barbara Grofe of RP Online wrote in an early review: "Talents are little to see, but an awful lot of people with ego problems". In another review, it was criticized that also children at a very young age can present their talents. The youth protection also takes a close eye on the show for years now. Next to that, it has been highly criticized in recent seasons that candidates with no real talent are presented to the audience after a pre-casting  to humiliate these people and push the ratings. Christian Richter writes about the show that the "performances are artificially drawn in the length" and the candidates "tell their personal tragic story with overly dramatic music", even repeating the crucial scenes again in slow motion. Richter goes on saying that "RTL characterizes the term 'Emotainments'". It was also published by the "Bild" as "super cheating" that RTL paid some of their talents money for their participation in the show. In spite of the critics, the show is very popular among viewers. In 2010, "Das Supertalent" also won the Golden Camera award  as Best Entertainment Show.