The tenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast on German channel RTL from 5 January to 11 May 2013.
The winner received a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500,000.
Bill and Tom Kaulitz from Tokio Hotel and Mateo from Culcha Candela became judges.
Bruce Darnell and Natalie Horler both left after the completion of season 9.
After nine years, the show produced a female winner, since Elli Erl in season 2.
[1] The 30 cities are Bern, Zürich, Freiburg, Friedrichshafen, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Saarbrücken, Munich, Vienna, Vösendorf, Salzburg, Regensburg, Erlangen, Freiberg, Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Fehmarn, Rostock, Cologne, Dortmund, Koblenz, Göttingen, Paderborn, Berlin, Frankfurt, Jena, Magdeburg and Mönchengladbach.
[1] Bruce Darnell and Natalie Horler both left the show after season 9 and were replaced by Bill and Tom Kaulitz and Culcha Candela.
[3] Mateo of the band Culcha Candela is one of the new jury members for season 10.
She received a recording contract from Universal Music Group and a total of €500,000.
He was the male favorite but he was unexpectedly eliminated in the semi-final, finishing in third place.
She was eliminated in the first live show on 16 March and finished in tenth place.
The winner of the season, Beatrice Egli, received a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500,000.