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Deutschland sucht den Superstar, Season 4
The Season 4 Cast: from left to right: (on top) Francisca, Jonathan, Laura, Thomas, Lauren, (bottom) Mark, Max, Julia, Martin, Lisa
Format	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Tooske Ragas Marco Schreyl
Starring	Judges Dieter Bohlen Heinz Henn Anja Lukaseder
Country of origin	Germany
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick Simon Fuller
Running time	120 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	RTL
Original run	February 24, 2007 – May 5, 2007 (Mottoshows)
External links
Official website

Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 4 is the fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which aired on RTL network. Mark Medlock, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony-BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn, Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco Schreyl and Tooske Ragas. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant. The voting results were published on May 7.

Episode summaries

1st Top 20 Show (Boys)

Original Airdate: February 7, 2007

• Bottom four: Jonathan Enns, Aleksan Cetinkaya, Arcangelo Vigneri, Lindsay Stabe
• Eliminated: Aleksan Cetinkaya and Lindsay Stabe
• Judges' forecasts: Aleksan Cetinkaya and Lindsay Stabe (Bohlen, Lukaseder, Henn)

2nd Top 20 Show (Girls)

Original Airdate: February 10, 2007

• Bottom five: Julia Falke, Dominika Mrugala, Madeleine Boly, Sarah Jahncke, Nebiha Celenler
• Eliminated: Nebiha Celenler, Madeleine Boly, Dominika Mrugala
• Judges' forecasts: Nebiha Celenler, Madeleine Boly, Dominika Mrugala (Bohlen, Lukaseder, Henn)

3rd Top 20 Show (Boys)

Original Airdate: February 15, 2007

• Bottom five: Jonathan Enns, Arcangelo Vigneri, Tristan Iser, Martin Stosch, Dennis Haberlach
• Eliminated: Dennis Haberlash, Arcangelo Vigneri, Tristan Iser
• Judges' forecasts: Jonathan Enns, Martin Stosch, Tristan Iser (Bohlen, Lukaseder, Henn)

4th Top 20 Show (Girls)

Original Airdate: February 17, 2007

• Bottom four: Sarah Jahncke, Laura Martin, Priscilla Harris, Julia Falke
• Eliminated: Sarah Jahncke and Priscilla Harris
• Judges' forecasts: Sarah Jahncke and Priscilla Harris (Bohlen, Lukaseder, Henn)

1st Mottoshow: Die größten Hits aller Zeiten (Greatest Hits of All Time)

Original Airdate: February 24, 2007

• Bottom four: Laura Martin, Julia Falke, Jonathan Enns, Martin Stosch
• Eliminated: Laura Martin
• Judges' forecasts: Laura Martin (Bohlen), Jonathan Enns (Henn, Lukaseder)

2nd Mottoshow: Die größten Hits der 80er und 90er (Greatest Hits of the 80s and 90s)

Original Airdate: March 10, 2007

• Bottom four: Thomas Enns, Martin Stosch, Max Buskohl, Jonathan Enns
• Eliminated: Jonathan Enns
• Judges' forecasts: Julia Falke (Lukaseder, Bohlen), Jonathan Enns (Henn)

3rd Mottoshow: Power of Love

Original Airdate: March 17, 2007

On March 19, 2007 a CD featuring all of the songs from the show and an additional version of If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red sung by all contestants was released.

• Bottom four: Lauren Talbot, Julia Falke, Martin Stosch, Thomas Enns
• Eliminated: Julia Falke
• Judges' forecasts: Julia Falke (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

4th Mottoshow: Hits von heute (Today's Hits)

Original Airdate: March 31, 2007

For the first time in the history of Deutschland sucht den Superstar the show aired at the same time as Wetten, dass (one of the most successful TV shows in Europe) on the public channel ZDF.

• Bottom four: Martin Stosch, Lauren Talbot, Thomas Enns, Francisca Urio
• Eliminated: Francisca Urio
• Judges' forecasts: Lauren Talbot (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

Beside the show's contestants another casting candidate was eventually given the chance to perform on stage namely Menderes Bagcı who had come to every season's casting audition never getting an admission ticket for the casting call-back. He performed Beat It by Michael Jackson on stage.

The viewers' decision in this episode came as a complete surprise, ^{[1] [2]} as Urio, who was eliminated this time, ranked among this season's best and most favored contestants. Before the decision, jury member Dieter Bohlen ironically predicted Urio's elimination in what he thought was an April fool hoax. Subsequently, he and his co-judges watched the decision with dismay and shock written all over their faces. ^[3]

5th Mottoshow: Big Band

Original Airdate: April 7, 2007

This was the first "Mottoshow" to be co-hosted by female host Tooske Ragas along with Marco Schreyl in this season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Ragas gave birth to her daughter and was not able to present the first four Mottoshows.

• Bottom four: Thomas Enns, Martin Stosch, Lauren Talbot, Lisa Bund
• Eliminated: Thomas Enns
• Judges' forecasts: Thomas Enns (Bohlen, Henn, Lukaseder)

6th Mottoshow: Die größten Diven und Helden der Musik (Greatest Divas and Heroes of Music)

Original Airdate: April 14, 2007

• Bottom three: Martin Stosch, Max Buskohl, Lauren Talbot
• Eliminated: Lauren Talbot
• Judges' forecasts: Mark Medlock (Henn), Lauren Talbot (Bohlen), Martin Stosch (Lukaseder)

Once again Menderes Bagcı was given the permission to perform on stage. This time he chose Bad by Michael Jackson.

7th Mottoshow: Hits der 70er / Dedicated to… (Hits of the 70s / Dedicated to…)

Original Airdate: April 21, 2007

• Bottom three: Max Buskohl, Martin Stosch, Lisa Bund
• Eliminated: Martin Stosch
• Judges' forecasts: Martin Stosch (Henn, Lukaseder, Bohlen)

On April 22, Bild newspaper announced that contestant Max Buskohl was dismissed by RTL Television afterwards. (See Controversies.)

Judges Dieter Bohlen and Heinz Henn had started a quarrel with each other during the show. On April 14's show Henn made it clear that he did not agree with contestant Mark Medlock's song choices. Bohlen, the staunch supporter of Medlock, began imitating Henn during his review of Lisa Bund's performance. Henn later stated that he thought it was “in bad taste, in bad style and disrespectful towards the contestants”. ^[4]

8th Mottoshow: Songs der Jury (Judges’ Choice)

Original Airdate: April 28, 2007

• Bottom three: Lisa Bund, Martin Stosch, Mark Medlock
• Eliminated: Lisa Bund
• Judges' forecasts: Martin Stosch (Bohlen, Lukaseder, Henn)

9th Mottoshow: Finale

Original Airdate: May 5, 2007

The two finalists performed Elton John's and George Michael's Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me together on stage.

• Winner: Mark Medlock
• Runner-up: Martin Stosch
• Judges' forecasts of who would win: Mark Medlock (Lukaseder, Bohlen), irresolute (Henn)

Contestants

Contestants ^[5] listed in order of elimination, with ages listed at the time of the contest:

• Laura Martin, 27, from Neu-Isenburg
• Jonathan Enns, 19, from Cologne
• Julia Falke, 18, from Fürstenzell
• Francisca Urio, 25/26, from Berlin
• Thomas Enns, 24, from Cologne
• Lauren Talbot, 16/17, from Winsen
• Max Buskohl, 18, from Berlin
• Anna-Lisa Bund, 18, from Hattersheim am Main
• Martin Stosch, 16, from Postau
• Mark Leon Medlock, 28, from Offenbach

Summaries

Season statistics

• Total number of contestants: 10
• Oldest male contestant: Mark Medlock, age 28
• Youngest male contestant: Martin Stosch, age 16
• Oldest female contestant : Laura Martin , age 27
• Youngest female contestant : Lauren Talbot , age 17

Controversies

Contestant Lisa Bund caused a controversy on March 10 when the headline of the German tabloid newspaper Bild read that she fought with bullying, and harassmentby some of the other contestants. On March 14 Bild-Online reported ^[6] about a loud argument between Bund and former contestant Tristan Iser, which happened to have also been filmed by a mobile phone camera ^[7]. Bund stated in an online diary entry ^[8] that she felt the video was “like a bad horror movie”.

On April 22, 2007 German newspaper Bild announced that contestant Max Buskohl quit the competition due to RTL's rejection of his request to let his school band Empty Trash get a recording contract alongside him. Viewers had wondered about judge Dieter Bohlen's uncharacteristic behaviour when he gave an extremely critical review of Buskohl's performance on April 21. Buskohl is alleged to have said that Bohlen was asocial, which explains Bohlen's negative reaction. Contestant Martin Stosch, who was eliminated on April 21, remained as a contestant despite being voted off the week prior, replacing Buskohl. ^[9] However, Buskohl's father Carl Carlton told Spiegel Online that his son already made his decision to leave on Thursday, April 19 but waited until Sunday to make his announcement at request of RTL. ^[10]

On April 24, German entertainer Stefan Raab announced a performance by Buskohl set for April 25 at his show TV total which at that time aired on RTL's rival television channel ProSieben. RTL pronounced against a performance by Buskohl and his band Empty Trash on TV total the next day. So during his show on April 25, and April 26, Raab publicly instigated a protest demonstration set for Saturday's Deutschland sucht den Superstar show and was said to have obtained about 120 tickets. ^[11]However the show eventually went off without any disturbance.

Elimination Chart

Note:

• Bottom 3/4 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. The Bottom Group results are based on published results after the show that determined the number of percentages for each contestant. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank.
• ²Martin Stosch brought back when Max Buskohl withdrew from the competition.
• ₃Roman Lob withdrew from the competition due to illness in the second Top 20 show and was replaced by Tristan Iser.

References

External links

• Official page at RTL
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar at the Internet Movie Database