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Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar
''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''Pop Idol'', of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in November 2002 on the RTL network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through phone and SMS text voting. In July 2022, RTL announced that the show would discontinue after the conclusion of the 20th season in 2023. In the first live show of the 20th season it was announced that there will be a 21st season in 2024. Season summaries Season 1 The first season 2002–2003 of ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' debuted witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disorders Of Sex Development
Disorders of sex development (DSDs), also known as differences in sex development, variations in sex characteristics (VSC), sexual anomalies, or sexual abnormalities, are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. DSDs are subdivided into groups in which the labels generally emphasize the karyotype's role in diagnosis: 46,XX; 46,XY; sex chromosome; XX, sex reversal; ovotesticular disorder; and XY, sex reversal. Infants born with atypical genitalia often cause confusion and distress for the family. Psychosexual development is influenced by numerous factors that include, but are not limited to, gender differences in brain structure, genes associated with sexual development, prenatal androgen exposure, interactions with family, and cultural and societal factors. Because of the complex and multifaceted factors involved, communication and psychosexual support are all important. A team of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Egli
Beatrice Egli (born 21 June 1988) is a Swiss pop and Schlager singer. She is the winner of season 10 of the German music competition ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar''. Egli became the second contestant from Switzerland to win the title after another Swiss person, Luca Hänni, won the previous season of the series. She has sold over 1,000,000 records in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Early life and career Egli comes from an Austrian-Swiss family of butchers and has been singing since the age of nine. At 14, she began taking singing-lessons and singing at folk festivals. In 2007, Egli joined up with Lys Assia, an established artist, and together they released the album ''Sag mir wo wohnen die Engel (Tell me where do the Angels live)'', with the title-track from the album becoming an official single. In April 2007, she took part in the Grand Prix der Volksmusik (a folk music competition) reaching final 16 in August 2007 and finishing 12th. In 2009, she performed at Musikant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Berg
Andrea Ferber ( Zellen; born 28 January 1966),Ferber family tree (PDF; 18,1 MB) page 7 known professionally as Andrea Berg, is a German schlager singer. She performed at carnivals as a child and began her career in 1992 after being discovered by record producer Eugen Römer. While she released her first studio album ''Du bist frei'' that same year, her commercial breakthrough took place with its follow-up ''Gefühle'', released in 1995. The collaboration between Berg and Römer spawned a string of commercially successful albums, with her albums ''Machtlos'' (2003), ''Du'' (2004), ''Splitternackt'' (2006), and ''Zwischen Himmel & Erde'' (2009) topping the GfK Entertainment charts, German charts. Her compilation album ''Best Of'', released in 2001, is the album that spent the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela is a dancehall, Hip hop music, hip hop, House music, house and reggae group from Berlin, Germany. Sources say they formed at different times but in the range of 2001–2003. Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus". The name Culcha Candela can be translated into English language, English roughly as "hot" or "bright" culture. History Culcha Candela themselves put their founding on 7 July 2002 through the Band Member John Magiriba Lwanga, Johnny Strange, Mateo Jaschik, Itchyban and Lafrotino. Little by little came also Larsito, Mr. Reedoo, Don Cali and DJ Chino to the band. The different origin of the Member is also reflected in the music so the Band Member rap and sing in English language, English, German language, German, Spanish language, Spanish and Patois In the years after that they made numerous concerts, in 2004 the debut album ''Union Verdadera'' was released, that also came in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kaulitz
Tokio Hotel is a German Band (rock and pop), music band formed in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, bassist Georg Listing, and drummer Gustav Schäfer. Starting from the foundation, the band's music genres were pop rock and alternative rock; since 2014, the band began to perform electropop and synth-pop. After recording a demo album under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG, Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, ''Schrei'', as Tokio Hotel on Universal Music Group, Universal Music Germany in 2005. ''Schrei'' sold more than half-a-million copies worldwide and spawned four top-five singles in both Germany and Austria. In 2007, the band released their second German-language album, ''Zimmer 483'', and their first English-language album, ''Scream (Tokio Hotel album), Scream'', which have combined album sales of over 2.5 million copies worldwide and helped win the band their first MTV Europe Music Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kaulitz
Bill Kaulitz (; born 1 September 1989), also known as Billy for his solo project, is a German singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Tokio Hotel. Early life Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, East Germany. He has an identical twin brother, Tom, who is older by ten minutes. His parents, Simone Kaulitz and Jörg W., separated when Kaulitz was seven years old. Simone married Gordon Trümper, the guitarist from German rock band Fatun on 1 August 2009, after dating for 12 years. Kaulitz showed an early interest in singing, as did Tom in playing guitar. Trümper noticed the twins' musical inclinations, and helped the twins to start their own band. According to Kaulitz in several interviews, he and Tom started writing music at the age of seven years. Career Early musical career (1999–2003) At the age of 10, the brothers began performing live in Magdeburg near their hometown of Loitsche. They played small s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Darnell
Bruce Darnell (born July 19, 1957) is an American choreographer, model and television personality based in Germany. He is best known as a jury member for the TV shows '' Germany's Next Topmodel'' and '' Das Supertalent''. Biography Darnell was born and grew up in Colorado. After studying sociology, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served six years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. In 1983, he began his career as a model in Germany. During the following years he modeled for Kenzo, Issey Miyake, Hermès and Calvin Klein in Paris, Milan, Tokyo, and New York. Darnell has also worked since 1990 as a choreographer and coached models for the catwalk. Darnell attained public fame in Germany when he took part in 2006 in the ProSieben show '' Germany's Next Topmodel'' as a juror. In connection with advertisements for this show, he became famous for his typically American accent and his effeminacy. He has also become famous for his mistakes in spoken German, most notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Horler
Natalie Horler (born 23 September 1981) is a singer, songwriter and television presenter, best known for being the lead singer of the Eurodance group Cascada. Early life and family Natalie Horler was born in 1981 in Bonn, West Germany, to English parents. Her father, David Horler, is a jazz trombonist who had moved to Germany to be a musician there, while her mother, Christine, is a foreign language teacher. Horler grew up with her two siblings, Sally and Victoria, and also has a half-brother and a half-sister. Her uncle is English jazz pianist John Horler. Musical career Beginnings Horler took singing lessons from the age of 14 and started singing at cocktail bars around Bonn thereafter. By 17, she had landed her first studio gig, and at 18, she started to work with different DJs and recorded a number of tracks. This is how she met future band members Manian and Yanou. The most notable song of her pre-Cascada era is "Piece of Heaven" as Akira. In addition, Horler appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Nuo
Patrick Nuo (born 31 August 1982) is a Swiss singer. Early life Nuo was born and raised in Canton of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, where he lived until he was 17. His mother is Swiss and his father is an ethnic Kosovo Albanians, Albanian from Kosovo. He has a younger brother, Simon. At the age of 14, Nuo abandoned all hope of becoming a popular tennis pro and decided to focus on a musical career instead. After a few misleading steps at home, he managed to move to Hamburg, Germany, where he was engaged as a backing vocalist for several record productions. In the meantime he also worked as a model for charity projects. His final home of residence for many years now is Los Angeles, California. Career In 2002, Patrick met producer and songwriter David Jost, who helped Nuo sign a contract with Warner Music. In the following months, the duo created a whole album together, which was eventually released under the name ''Welcome (Patrick Nuo album), Welcome'' in September 2003. A top 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Brandão
Fernanda Brandão Gonçalves da Silva (born 3 May 1983) is a Brazilian singer and dancer based in Munich, Germany. She became famous under her stage name Laava, then with Latin pop trio, . Early life Brandão was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and grew up in Rio de Janeiro. By the age of four, she had danced at the Rio Carnival and sung to samba folklore hits. She came from an artistic family, with her mother having produced some successful Brazilian pop songs, and her aunt and uncle being well-known singers in Brazil, and she spent much of her childhood in recording studios. When she was nine, she moved with her family to Hamburg, Germany. Although her music originates from Germany, Brandão considers herself a Brazilian and often travels between the two countries. Career Commercial success In Germany, she took lessons in jazz, modern dance, hip hop, ballet and voice. Brandão, who speaks Portuguese, Spanish, German and English, left school early in 2001, so as to be able ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Meis
Sylvie Françoise Meis (born 13 April 1978), known for sometime as Sylvie van der Vaart, is a Dutch television personality and model based in Germany. Career Netherlands Born in Breda, Netherlands, Meis is partly of Dutch East Indies origin. She graduated from the University of West Brabant (). Aged 18, she decided that she wanted to be a model and was cast for various shoots by casting agencies. After becoming interested in television, she gained popularity through assignments at FoxKids and music station TMF. She hosts several events at TMF, such as presenting the annual TMF-awards, and conducting interviews with international artists such as Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue. In addition, she features in video clips and the Dutch TV series ''Costa''. She also introduced the ''Pure by Sylvie'' jewellery line to the Dutch market. Thereafter, she hosted the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year award ceremony. After being elected the Netherlands' Sexiest Female in 2003, she s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Neumüller
Volker Neumüller (born 18 October 1969) is a German music manager and was known for being a judge on ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar''. Career Born in Cuxhaven, Neumüller has been involved in the music industry since 1987. In 1991, he became the A&R director of Record label PolyGram, a position he also later held at Sony BMG. From 2002 to 2004, Neumüller was also the general manager of Epic Records. Neumüller established ''"313 Music"'' in 2005, a record label, management and television production company, together with the likes of Mark Medlock, Melanie C, Alex Christensen, Daniele Negroni, Luca Hänni Kate Hall and Daniel Schuhmacher. He is also the music manager of the band "The Black Pony". ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' Since the fourth season of ''DSDS'', Neumüller has taken over the management of the series winners. He was a judge for seasons six and seven with Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen on 7 February 1954) is a Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
