The seventeenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar began on 4 January 2020 on RTL.
As in the previous year, the jury consisted of Dieter Bohlen, Oana Nechiti, Xavier Naidoo and Pietro Lombardi; before the live shows began, Xavier Naidoo was excluded from the jury, his place took Florian Silbereisen.
[1][2] The season ended on 4 April 2020 with Ramon Roselly as the winner, after having received 80.82% percent from the public.
[3] After 12 casting episodes, recorded on the Drachenfels, on Forggensee and on the Hanse Gate Hamburg, the 126 progressed candidates went to the "Recall" in Sölden.
The remaining 11 candidates competed in an additional Recall in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord for the Top 7 in the live shows.