Mehrzad Marashi (born 20 September 1980)[1] is a German singer of Iranian descent and the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 7.

[2] Born in Tehran, Iran[3] where his father was in the military profession during the Shah's regime, the family immigrated to Germany for political reasons when Mehrzad was just six, residing in Hamburg.

Marashi auditioned to the seventh season of the show Deutschland sucht den Superstar initially under his stage name "Marasco".

Very notably during a live show on DSDS on 10 April 2010, during the Top 3 stage, Marashi proposed to marry his girlfriend.

In February 2011, Marashi opened a dance school and established a recording studio both in Hamburg.