Daniel Lopes (born 12 November 1976) is a German-Brazilian singer and songwriter. He came to fame as a contestant on the debut season of the television series ''

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'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation.

Early life

Lopes was born in Brazil and adopted by his German stepfather. During the show, he dated fellow contestant Juliette Schoppmann. They have since broken up. Lopes was eliminated on 11 January 2003, and ended 7th on the show. After his elimination, he was signed to a label. His album ''For You'' (on CD and DVD, produced by Frank Farian) was released in February 2003, while the competition was still going on. Because of this, he was apparently dropped from the tour. Lopes released 2 singles off of ''For You'': "Shine On" and "I Love You More Than Yesterday". "Shine On" reached No. 14 in the German charts in March 2003.Daniel Lopes – ''Shine on'', at Top40 Charts
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DSDS performances

* Top 30: "Angel" ( Jon Secada) * Top 10: "Livin' La Vida Loca" ( Ricky Martin) * Top 9: "Careless Whisper" (

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) – Bottom 2 * Top 8: "Hero" (

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) * Top 7: "A Whole New World" ( ''Aladdin'') – Eliminated

Discography

Albums

* ''

For You For You may refer to: Albums * ''For You'' (Casey Donovan album), or the title song, 2004 * ''For You'' (Frankmusik album), 2015 * ''For You'' (Selena Gomez album), 2014 * ''For You'' (Eddie Kendricks album), 1974 * ''For You'' (Philipp Kirk ...

'' (February 2003)

Singles

* "Shine On" (February 2003) * "I Love You More Than Yesterday" (June 2003) * "Last Christmas/I Used To Cry" (late 2003) * "Change the World" (2005).

References

1976 births Living people Brazilian emigrants to Germany Deutschland sucht den Superstar participants 21st-century German male singers Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! participants {{Germany-musician-stub