The eighth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast on German channel RTL from 8 January to 7 May 2011.
[1] Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel[2][3] and were replaced by Fernanda Brandão[4] and Patrick Nuo.
[7] Sixty people were injured on 27 March in a stampede when a large crowd showed up for an autograph session with this season's participants at CentrO in Oberhausen.
[9] The Hamburger Morgenpost questioned whether RTL misquoted DSDS Top 10 candidate Anna-Carina Woitschack.
"[10] RTL received a statement from the Office of Public Safety stating that Sebastian Wurth was not allowed to participate after 10 pm.
[13] In the third "Mottoshow", Marco Angelini slipped up in his performance and forgot to sing at the correct time.
[15] Dieter Bohlen mentioned the mistake and Marco Schreyl replied that "It could be made easier for the host".
[15] RTL decided that no candidate would be eliminated and the final show has been pushed back a week and is now scheduled to air on 7 May.
This was eventually shown to the studio audience during the recap of her performance and was noted by the judges.
[17] Nico Raecke, who originally was one of the participants advancing to the Top 35, was thrown out of Deutschland sucht den Superstar because of his arrest for robbery and assault.
[1] (Ages stated at time of contest) Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Norman, Marvin, Marco, Sebastian, Pietro, Ardian, Anna-Carina Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Sarah, Zazou, Nina Pietro Lombardi (born in Karlsruhe).
[33] She had been taking vocal lessons for four years before participating in DSDS[33] and took part in street festivals on many occasions.
He completed his medical study shortly after the casting and is going to write his thesis after his departure from DSDS.
The then-17-year-old contestant has been eliminated by RTL chief Tom Sänger after the second "Mottoshow", allegedly for health reasons.