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Das Supertalent 
Genre Talent show Presented by Marco Schreyl
Daniel HartwichJudges Dieter Bohlen,
Bruce Darnell,
Sylvie van der VaartCountry of origin Germany Language(s) German No. of seasons 4 Production company(s) GRUNDY Light Entertainment GmbH Broadcast Original channel RTL First shown in 2007 Chronology Related shows Got Talent External links Website Das Supertalent is the German version of Britain's Got Talent presented by Marco Schreyl and also Daniel Hartwich from the second season onwards. Just like in all other versions of the Got Talent series, auditions take place and the judges review their talent and then later the home audience vote in an election to deem who wins.
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Seasons
First Season
Main article: Das Supertalent (season 1)Season 1 was presented by Marco Schreyl (also the host of Deutschland sucht den Superstar - the German version of Pop Idol). 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 October and 27 October 2007, in the Schiller Theater in Berlin. The judges were Dieter Bohlen (also a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar), Ruth Moschner (comedian) 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 and won 100,000 euros.
Second Season
Main article: Das Supertalent (season 2)On 18 October 2008, the second season began. Due to good ratings, the amount 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 van der Vaart (a Dutch TV presenter and wife of footballer Rafael van der Vaart). 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 and won the 100,000 euros with it. On December 5 he released an album called Der Mann mit der Mundharmonika (The Man with the Mouth-organ) which placed #1 on the German Charts and did the same little later in Austria and Switzerland.
Third Season
Main article: Das Supertalent (season 3)Season 3 began on 16 October 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 semifinalists from 24 to 30. On December 20, 2009, Yvo Antoni went on to win the show, for his act with his dog, which receive controversial response.
Fourth Season
Main article: Das Supertalent (season 4)Season 4 began on the 16 May 2010 in Frankfurt am Main. The first episode was screened on 24 September. The first episode had the best quotes of all seasons: 7,47 million viewers. The second episode the following day could even top that with 7,74 million viewers. The top 40 semi-finals began on 27 November.
Host and Judges
Season Hosts Judges 1 Marco Schreyl — Dieter Bohlen Ruth Moschner André Sarrasani 2 Daniel Hartwich Sylvie van der Vaart Bruce Darnell 3 4 5 Motsi Mabuse Winners
Season Winner Style 1 Ricardo Marinello Singing 2 Michael Hirte Harmonica 3 Yvo Antoni Acting 4 Freddy Sahin-Scholl Singing See also
External links
- Official website (German)
- Supertalent Fan Website (German)
- Das Supertalent Fan Website (German)
Hosts Marco Schreyl (1–present) · Daniel Hartwich (2–present)Judges Dieter Bohlen (1–present) · Ruth Moschner (1) · André Sarrasani (1) · Sylvie van der Vaart (2–present) · Bruce Darnell (2–4) · Motsi Mabuse (5–present)Winners Ricardo Marinello · Michael Hirte · Yvo Antoni · Freddy Sahin-SchollOther notable alumni Andrea RenzulloCategories:- Das Supertalent
- Got Talent series
- 2007 television series debuts
- German reality television series
- RTL Television series
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