Season of television series
DSDS Kids was the only season of the kids version of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. Broadcaster RTL announced on 13 March 2012 that there will be a kids edition of DSDS for children between the ages of 4 and 14.[1][2] Parents had up until 31 March 2012 to register their children.[2] The first show was scheduled to start on 5 May 2012 at 20:15.[3][4] Dieter Bohlen, Michelle Hunziker and Dana Schweiger were named to the jury and Daniel Aßmann served as the host.
In April 2013, RTL decided that DSDS Kids will not return for a second season.[3][4][5] There were only four shows planned for the first season[4] and no auditions were shown.[4] The first three shows showed each step of the ten children who would eventually qualify for the finals.[3] There were 38,664 applications for season 1 of the show.[6]
Semi-finals
First semi-final
- Original airdate: 5 May 2012
- Voted through the final: Besnik, Timmy, Alysha
- Eliminated: Gala, Samuel, Erisa, Pina, Skyla, Julius, Selina
Second semi-final
- Original airdate: 11 May 2012
- Voted through the final: Alina, Vanilla, Marco
- Eliminated: Malcom, Nico, Laura, Michael-Chung, Hakan, Lisa-Marie, Noemi
Third semi-final
- Original airdate: 18 May 2012
- Voted through the final: Marcel, Shania, Yves
- Eliminated: Gianni, Stefani, Latifa, Anita, Sinan, Verena, Jakob
Final
- Original airdate: 25 May 2012
- Winner: Marco
- 2nd to 10th place: Alysha, Yves, Shania, Gianni, Alina, Timmy, Besnik, Vanilla, Marcel
Elimination chart
- The judges decided the tenth contestant for the final as the "WildCard Contestant" and this person presented in the final week.[clarification needed]
References
- ^ "RTL schickt jetzt Kinder auf die "Superstar"-Bühne". Die Welt (in German). 13 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b "RTL startet neues DSDS für Kinder". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Dieter Bohlen verpasst sich selbst einen Maulkorb". Die Welt (in German). 29 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Michelle Hunziker & Dana Schweiger an Bohlens Seite". Hamburger Morgenpost. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Aßmann moderiert "DSDS Kids"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Fast 40.000 Kinder wollen zu "DSDS Kids"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
